Sandra Montenegro

• Comprehensive coordination of finance reporting and data analytics initiatives across the EMEA and LatAm regions.
• 1FTE in charge and potential additional 2 to be hired.
• Directly reported to the Senior Director of Financial Planning & Reporting EMEA and LatAm, playing a pivotal role in advancing the Reporting Strategy of the Corporate International Finance Team
• Assumed leadership responsibilities as the primary contributor, establishing, standardizing, and managing Finance Reporting activities for EMEA and LatAm
• Ensured a cohesive and efficient approach to finance reporting, implementing strategic measures to enhance data accuracy and streamline reporting processes
• Actively engaged with key stakeholders from diverse departments, including Sales, Operations, Finance, Marketing, and Human Resources, fostering collaboration to generate reports that facilitate data-driven decision-making
• Initiated and led discussions at the intersection of critical business functions, contributing to informed decision-making processes.
• Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
• Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones and deliver high-quality results.

• Effective liaison between the individual markets and the corporate
• Ensure compliance with SOAX, reporting structure, and stakeholder information
• Oversee the preparation of monthly and annual corporate reporting deliverables
• (3) Re-Forecast by year- preparation and corporate submission), Actual variance reporting, including Cap.Ex (Flash analysis), Annual Budget submission, Long Term Plan LTP (10-year scope), and Quarterly Performance Reviews QFR
• Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
• Oversee the preparation of value-added ad hoc financial reports and analysis as appropriate
• Consolidated reports and presentations to the board of directors of all planning scenarios
• Created and designed reports ad hoc to visualize data across regions looking for specific business insights towards different areas of interest
• New Business developments, SG&A expenses, Gross margin, and KPIs for the region and markets
• Create financial models to drive actionable items and recommendations
• Indirect team management by developing and maintaining efficient, effective, and diverse relations with local teams across Latam markets
• Support the Latam procurement team with data analysis and report design
• Support markets with training on new reporting tools such as PaW and Tm1.

• Finance Business Partner for North America National Accounts Sales at KC Professional, supporting a team of 22 Sales professionals - a portfolio close to $600M with a contribution on target
• Designed and administered a targeted segment plan based on three factors: Lost business, Price increase opportunities, and volume growth expectations
• Review and support monthly results and presentations, new business deals, and the price increase process
• Utilize data analytics to develop and implement process improvements, control costs, and increase revenue
• Responsible for budgeting, Forecasting, and price management models
• Ensure T&E compliance
• Accomplishments include: T&E compliance document by cost center allocation, allowing clarity on investments and expenditures
• Improved monthly results are reported by creating and implementing KPIs to review month Volunteer in Price and Audit compliance as additional tasks to enhance business acumen
• Actively developing a Data Management system effectively providing a complete PnL at the SKU level.
• Collaborated closely with senior management on strategic planning efforts, aligning departmental goals with overarching company objectives.
• Remedied issues and conflicts among workers using negotiation and active listening.

• Managed and mentored a team of 3 direct reports, focusing on employee engagement and development
• Designed an SG&A detail report per area
• Created and analyzed financial models of new business opportunities for senior management
• Conducted audits on petty cash, reducing their lifetime and minimizing TAFs
• Accomplishments include: Created and implemented a new budgeting and forecasting process across all operations areas
• Increased accuracy from 82% to 90%
• Created a monthly financial dashboard, allowing a more dynamic approach to measuring actuals vs
• Budget
• Created and implemented the cost center structure, taking advantage of the transition to SAP and easily tracking all expenses per area
• Generated indirect savings by visualizing overspending and potential savings
• Developed and administered a corporate credit card policy.

Junior Manager, Finance – LATAM R&D (2007-2010)

• Responsible for sharing global information with HR LATAM, Supply, and all countries' Controllers
• Supervised two direct reports
• Accomplishments include: Designed KPIs focused on growth trends, identifying the leading causes of overspending variances
• By achieving KPIs, develop a set of procedures by category to maintain monthly controls
• Successfully merged reports between Foods and HPC, creating R&D One-LATAM with a budget of $E44M
• Developed and implemented the departmental payroll and cost analysis based on the internal cost center, achieving the same accuracy standards for both divisions.