MARY ANDRADE
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Dynamic C-level executive with a proven track record of driving multi-million-dollar revenue growth and margin expansion across diverse sectors. Expertise in navigating start-ups and fostering strategic partnerships with Executive Management, Board of Directors, Audit Committees, and regulatory bodies. Recognized for high-energy leadership and a history of rapid advancement within premier organizations, complemented by a strong ability to develop and lead both global and domestic teams. Versatile background in finance includes strategy, planning and analysis, controllership, pricing, investor relations, audit, risk management, SEC reporting, human resources, and Six Sigma certification.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Financial Officer
Resource Smart LLC
01.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Resource Smart delivers energy-efficiency and renewable energy solutions
- Lead global finance teams on building a finance structure. Comply with all off takers requirements including Quarterly financial reporting to lenders meeting threshold compliance.
CFO Consultant
Third Bottom Line/Finance for Impact and International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology
10.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Denver based Multi Family Solar nonprofit across the US.
Chief Financial Officer
First Person Solutions
01.2021 - 09.2025
- Company Overview: Pharmaceutical Start-up
- Served as Chief Financial Officer Consultant at First Person Solutions, for over 4 years, overseeing financial operations in the US and India.
- Implemented One World NetSuite to streamline tracking of daily, monthly, and quarterly functions, including manufacturing and inventory.
- Successfully passed four years of Statutory Audits in India, ensuring compliance and financial integrity.
- Developed expertise in financial systems and audit processes, enhancing operational efficiency.
NetSuite System Integration Consultant
Mars Energy
Rocklin, CA
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Company Overview: Solar Energy PE backed Start up
Chief Executive Officer/ Board Member
Ultimate Risk Services
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: URS is a Start-up with a repurposed HIPPA Compliance tracker
Global Chief Financial Officer
IBUILD Global Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: iBUILD is a FINTECH that provides C2C (citizen to citizen) mobile construction platform start-up in Africa
- Lead the development of the iBUILD global financial strategy, including the implementation and globalization of financial reporting standards. GAAP/IFRS
Chief Financial Officer / Managing Director/Treasurer
Cube Hydro
Maryland
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Renewable energy PE backed Start-up
- Sold company for $1.1 Billion in 24 months.
- Assist and implement in formulating the Company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives.
- Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans.
- Growing portfolio through M&A from $4MM to $800MM in less than 24 months
- Implementing NetSuite Cloud financial technology, reporting directly to Private Equity Board in NY
- Ensured accurate and timely financial reporting of the Company. Managed the Company’s capital and budgeting processes.
- Develop performance measures that support the Company's strategic direction, including 60 slides monthly Private Equity report out on KPI, Operations, Budget to actuals analysis.
- Maintained Debt Service Ratio control for $140 million AIG financing.
- Develop financial processes and internal systems for overseeing, managing and integrating the Company, its Affiliates, and joint ventures’ portfolio companies and subsidiaries’ financial and operational reports, and prepare consolidated reports.
- Coordinate relations with financial institutions the Company and its Affiliates financial relationships, as well as External Auditors’ (KPMG Clean audits).
- Provide assistance in due diligence on potential acquisition targets and responsible for implementing streamlined back office operations.
- Serve as corporate treasurer of the Company. Establish employee accounting systems including time-keeping, vacation and sick leave accrual and related employee benefit matters.
Global CFO / COO
Ashoka Foundation
Washington, DC
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Global Nonprofit for entrepreneurial support
- Overseeing 450 active funding sources, across 30 countries and more than a dozen programs.
- Supervise all daily operations for this NGO in 72 countries. Restructured global financial / budget / reporting systems by implementing cloud-based technology.
Senior Director Portfolio & Business Management
NextEra Energy
Juno Beach, Florida
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Company Overview: One of America's largest capital investors in energy infrastructure
- Supervised and consolidated $2.1BN annual budget process for annual Board approval.
- Consolidated and forecasted entire portfolio across 27 states and 3 countries monthly.
- Recouped $3.5MM annually in process cycle time-savings through financial reporting automation (Six Sigma Certified); automated P&L monthly close and forecast; developed G&A tracking system.
Divisional Risk Management & Compliance Officer, England Regional Financial Officer, Latin America & Caribbean VP Financial Planning & Compliance
G4S Securicor
Palm Beach Gardens, FL & Crawley, England
01.2001 - 01.2008
- Company Overview: Largest security company in the world with $16BB in annual revenue in 107 countries, over 300,000 employees, trades as G4S on London and Stockholm exchanges. Business includes physical guarding, cash in transit, technology access control, US Embassy security, NASA security, DOD security, Nuclear reactor security.
- Grew LATAM revenue in 23 countries after 9/11. Responsible for the complete financial management of the G4S Latin America and Caribbean division which included a total of 23 countries with revenues and EBITA totaling over 450 and 45 million USD respectively.
- Routine responsibilities involved the monthly/annual reporting and analysis, quarterly forecasts, budgets, business plans, corporate governance/compliance, insurance coordination, audit coordination and all treasury monetary transfer decisions from high-risk countries.
- Strategic responsibilities included involvement in all aspects of the development and implementation of the LATAM business plan; all aspects of M&A activities within LATAM including target identification, negotiation, due diligence, integration and relationship management with minority shareholders; recapitalization/ restructuring of companies; financing and debt management and country management change-outs.
- Team member of all US Embassy security contracts bid worldwide.
Assurance Based Advisory Service / Corporate Finance Manager
KPMG LLP
Orlando, FL
01.1994 - 01.2001
Education
Global Master of Arts (GMAP) - International Relations / Finance
Tufts University
Bachelor of Arts - Inter-American Studies, Political Science & Economics
University of the Pacific
Skills
- Oracle/NetSuite, Adaptive Insights/Connect (now Workday), Epiphany, Salesforce (Cloud), Sage, QuickBooks, SAP, R3, BW, SEM / IP, Cognos, PCI/GenTrader, Hyperion Financial System, Platinum Financial System, MS Project, MS Office, RACSE, People Soft, ERP and SDLC implementations, and Agile and SCRUM methodologies
Accomplishments
International management - Latin America, Africa, Asia & Eastern Europe
Implementation of Global MIS & ERP
Cash Flow Minded Management
Multi-million dollar M&A global experience
Regional and Divisional Multi-million
P&L Responsibilities
Native Fluency English/Spanish conversant French/Portuguese
IFRS, USGAAP, SOX, local GAAP across LATAM and Caribbean
990 filing, SFS 116, 117
Certification
Six Sigma – Greenbelt/Black Belt (Certificate),
Harvard, “Leadership in the 21stCentury”; Chaos, Conflict & Courage (Certificate)
Transforming Your Leadership Strategy, MIT, Cambridge, MA (Certificate)
American Council on Education; For Outstanding Achievements Washington DC (Certificate)
National & International Security (NISM) JFK School of Government, Harvard University, MA (Certificate)
International Finance and Commerce, Dr. Robert E. Grosse, Thunderbird University, American Graduate, School of International Management, MBA (Certificate)
Inter. Seminar on Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA), Michael Comer McKenna & Cuneo, LLP (Certificate)
Trained West Point Cadets; Academic Individual
Advanced Development (AIAD) (Plaque)
Strategic Planning for the XXI Century, Dr. Robert Benfari, Harvard University (Certificate)
Organizational Behavior, Michael Useem, The Wharton
School, U of Pennsylvania (Certificate)
Corporate Financial Strategy, John Percival, The Wharton School, U of Pennsylvania (Certificate)
COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
Costa Rica, Grand Cayman, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panamá, Honduras, Belgium, Bolivia, México, Chile, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Paraguay, Perú, Argentina, El Salvador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Jamaica. South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Mozambique, Hong Kong, England, Denmark, Canada, Holland, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, USA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Graduate of numerous professional, leadership and technical programs from Harvard, MIT, Wharton, KPMG, Thunderbird University, US Government, and frequent presenter to industry group.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Portuguese
Limited Working
Timeline
Chief Financial Officer
Resource Smart LLC
01.2025 - Current
CFO Consultant
Third Bottom Line/Finance for Impact and International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology
10.2024 - Current
NetSuite System Integration Consultant
Mars Energy
01.2024 - 05.2024
Chief Financial Officer
First Person Solutions
01.2021 - 09.2025
Chief Executive Officer/ Board Member
Ultimate Risk Services
01.2020 - 01.2021
Global Chief Financial Officer
IBUILD Global Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
Chief Financial Officer / Managing Director/Treasurer
Cube Hydro
01.2015 - 01.2017
Global CFO / COO
Ashoka Foundation
01.2013 - 01.2015
Senior Director Portfolio & Business Management
NextEra Energy
01.2008 - 01.2012
Divisional Risk Management & Compliance Officer, England Regional Financial Officer, Latin America & Caribbean VP Financial Planning & Compliance
G4S Securicor
01.2001 - 01.2008
Assurance Based Advisory Service / Corporate Finance Manager
KPMG LLP
01.1994 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Arts - Inter-American Studies, Political Science & Economics
University of the Pacific
Global Master of Arts (GMAP) - International Relations / Finance
Tufts University