Resume - Alex Carriero - Finance and Administrative Executive

1. ALEXANDRE CARRIERO
alex.carriero@gmail.com São Paulo, SP Brazil
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE
EXPERTISE IN FINANCE PROCESS / SHARED SERVICES CENTERS / TAX / CORPORATE STRUCTURE/ COMPLIANCE
SUMMARY
Experience in sales and profit growth in large and relevant leading companies such as EDS, Yahoo!, Regus, IPG,
Microsoft, Accenture, in the services sector.
Business partner to executive leadership teams on developing and executing financial processes, strategic planning,
budget review and control, new business pricing, controllership. Focus on business development and sales growth, with
leadership ability in positions such as financial and administrative director and management consulting projects
executive.
Compliance processes following USGAAP and IFRS norms and procedures and customization to SOXA standards.
Experience with implementation of financial services delivery centers and integration of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle and
Microsiga). Trained on LEAN/Six Sigma methodology.
Ability toconduct negotiations inmulticultural environments, project leadership, process improvement and cost review.
Lived and worked for a major IT services company in the United States for seven years, and work experience with several
countries in Latin America and Europe. Fully fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian (dual citizenship Brazilian
and Italian).
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Business Administration - FGV, São Paulo, Brazil - 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Execution Comunicação S/A – Startup - Advertising Agency - São Paulo / Brazil 2017
Finance and Administrative Director
• Company conception since filling of Articles of Association at local Commercial Board. Implementation of
internal processes – Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Legal, HR and IT. Implementation of local
ERP system after selection of local accounting firm that would run the process. Implementation of fiscal regime
for 2017.
• Analysis and development of hiring structure for outsourced professionals into a Limited company in order to
reduce the labor contingency in a future M&A. This would also allow a reduction in taxes of about 10% of total
revenue in the following three years.
Avanade - Joint-venture of Accenture and Microsoft – IT Services – São Paulo / Brazil 2013-2016
Finance Director
• Full tax structure review related to intercompany invoicing between Accenture and Avanade in order to minimize
problem of double taxation on all transactions between the two companies. This generated around US$ 2M
savings per year to the control company group with the implementation of direct invoicing to clients when
possible.
• Complete review of people benefits of the company – health insurance, meal vouchers, company cars – in order
to minimize costs. This analysis went through renegotiation with vendors and benefits realignment without
reducing them to the staff. Accomplished savings of around US$ 350k/year.
• Direction of analysis and implementation of transferring local Finance process involving processual and repetitive
activities to Accenture Argentina and Accenture India, which would lead them in their internal finance leverage
delivery centers in order to better leverage work and to reduce costs. Savings were around US$ 100k/year with
no need to hire additional staff in Brazil even with the increased demand for Finance services with the growth of
Avanade Brazil.

2. Regus – Global leader of office and co-working rental - São Paulo / Brazil 2011-2012
Finance and Administrative Director
• Close work with Brazil Managing Director to support the company’s initiative to achieve rapid and profitable
growth in the market – helped analyzing the opening of seven new Regus business centers in Brazil that
generated a 15% revenue growth in 2012.
• Coordinated local procurement efforts in Brazil to achieve cost reductions in all negotiations including with key
suppliers (Embratel and Diveo), generating savings of USD 374k in 2012.
IPG – Interpublic Group – Global holding of advertising agencies - São Paulo / Brazil 2010-2011
Finance Director
• Managed integration of newly acquired advertising agency CUBOCC with Interpublic Group after agency
acquisition in March ’10. Responsible for providing support on strategic and financial planning, analyzing
business opportunities and financial risk evaluation, with relevant direction suggestions.
• Coordinated implementation of IPG Corporate SAP ERP system in Finance and developed compliance procedures
to USGAAP and internal control systems for SOX in conjunction with IPG Corporate Team.
Yahoo! – Internet Portal - São Paulo/ Brazil 2008 - 2010
Finance Senior Manager - Controller
• Development of Strategic Business Plan; implementation of Oracle ERP (Accounts Receivable module) and
coordination of task force on aged trial balance and billing processes, substantially reducing outstanding balances
over total accounts receivable by 80%.
EDS – Electronic Data Systems – IT Services – São Paulo / Brazil and Dallas, TX / USA 1994 - 2008
Finance Planning & Analysis Manager – FP&A
• Manager of team of 17 people in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia responsible for financial support to
managers of outsourcing contracts (accounts) in Latin America – main tasks include budget preparation, billing
to clients, support to monthly close and pricing analysis and build-up of cost models for new deals.
• Accomplishments in area include system improvement and customization of SAP for internal and external billing
and participation on renegotiation and renewal oflargest financial services client contract for additional 10 years,
ensuring USD 45 million of annual revenues and unit margin above market threshold.
• Lived in the USA for seven years working for EDS. Provided financial support for tasks such as financial planning
and analysis, budget preparation, monthly close, preparation of management reports on US GAAP and
performance analysis against forecast for outsourcing contracts (accounts) of EDS in four different offices in the
US between 1998 and 2005 – Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), San Francisco (CA) and Washington DC.
• Supervision of FP&A activities on the company task-force team to fix mega-deal contract with the Navy-Marines
Corps between 2004 and 2005. This team, made of select specialists from operations, IT and finance in the
company, was able to fix performance problems of contract and was fundamental to accomplish the renewal of
the contract for additional three years, announced in early 2006, adding USD 3 billion to the original contract
value.
LANGUAGES
Fully fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian