Patrícia Condeço Gaião

Led finance and purchasing (6 direct reports) at Tupperware's largest manufacturing unit in Europe. Owned monthly and annual closing under US GAAP and Portuguese statutory books (SAP R/3, JD Edwards), group reporting in Longview, cost accounting, budget and CAPEX, SOX compliance, statutory audit, local tax and transfer pricing. Standardised reporting and moved manual routines to SharePoint and Microsoft 365 workflows.

Coordinated Iberia finance operations at a tomato paste producer (5 plants, €500M revenue). Finance business analyst for the SAP S/4HANA Finance implementation in Portugal and Spain (FI, GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Business Partner): requirements, design, testing, go-live and user adoption. Supervised Treasury, AP, AR and Collections (3 direct reports), managed bank financing and credit insurance, supported closing, budgeting and external audits.

Led the finance function of a management consulting firm as a member of the executive management team, reporting monthly to senior management and the board. Led statutory accounting and the integrity of the financial statements, produced the monthly P&L and balance sheet, managed cash flow, forecasting and accounts receivable, and introduced best practices across finance and administrative processes.

Financial analyst for the Iberian operation of an integrated logistics and transport group. Owned the financial BI platform on Oracle Hyperion (data model and management reports, including the P&L), prepared business cases for new projects, provided financial information and training to the Iberia management team, mapped processes for continuous improvement and carried out internal audits of contracts, purchasing, suppliers and sales.

Financial controller for the Iberian transport business of an integrated logistics group. Prepared the 2015 Iberian transport budget, gathered requirements for a new P&L reporting model, reviewed accounting records, financial statements and reports for accuracy and compliance, and maintained accounting controls through consistent policies and procedures across regions.

Internal auditor for the Deloitte Portugal group (Portugal and Angola). Reviewed individual and consolidated financial statements, performed predictive and substantive testing, ran external balance confirmations and reconciliations, mapped shared service processes (finance, HR, procurement) and validated operating costs for the Angolan operation.

Financial controller for the Deloitte Portugal group (Portugal and Angola). Reviewed individual and consolidated financial statements, delivered business controlling and reporting for all business units (accounts receivable, collections, aging, KPIs), prepared P&L reporting for management and ran functional tests for new performance indicators.

Internship at a retail bank branch: analysed short-term debt and mortgage loans, supported client acquisition and credit recovery campaigns, and handled customer service and administrative work.