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Francisco Avilez

Finance Director / SSC Head

About Me

Financial, Accountant and Auditor with more than 25 years of experience in financial and administrative areas in AAA companies and different segments as manufacturing, automotive, security, retail, contracting, healthcare and consulting. Expert in the building and management of Shared Services Centers. Generation of the financial, operative and commercial strategy; building, analysis and Improvement of budget, forecast and their variations. Controller and risk manager with SOX and FCPA knowledge. Responsible to answer internal and external audits. Expert in business migrations and systems implementations. Sustainability in the goals achievement and expected results. Effective team builder interested in develop and people professional growth.

Jurisdiction

Mexico

Notable Employer

  • SSC Head at Arthrex

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
SSC HeadNotableArthrex
2024 - 2026

In charge to give continuity and expand the Arthrex SSC Latam. Leader of finance departments AR, AP, Accounting, Taxes, FP&A, Treasury, Fixed Assets and Inventories for Latam countries. Creation and follow-up of the KPI’s and metrics that are presented in a dashboard to corporates and subsidiaries (business units). Development, updating and standardization of process and policies across the countries including SLA´s and controls. Analysis, projection and control of the FCF. Building and monitoring of annual budget and the 3 year plan strategy. Report of the finance figures and metrics (monthly, quarterly and annual basis) to corporate. Variation analysis and action plans. Relationship with third parties as tax consultants, auditors, banks

Finance and Administration Director / Business AdvisorBioclinicos Fleming
2022 - 2024

Finance and Business advisor of the company director's board. Note: This was my main function from July 22 to September 2023 as freelance advisor. Providing guidelines for the improvement of all company areas as Commercial, Finance, Operations, Customer Care, HR. Budget building and follow-up of the Free Cash Flow. Risk analysis for new projects and investments based on ROI. Restructuring of areas in accordance with a stretch budget. Building of effective work teams Analysis of each cost center to get efficiency of the expense. Support to the Controller to design and follow-up the KPI´s and create and adequate control environment. Responsible of AR, AP, Treasury, Accounting and also HR and Purchasing

Finance DirectorHellermanntyton
2022 - 2023

In charge of accounting, AP, AR, Accounting, FP&A, Costs, Inventories, Treasury and Taxes for 2 plants (Jalisco and Nuevo León). Leader of budget preparation in coordination with all areas: commercial, operations, HR, IT, etc. Presentation of Financial Statements to Board on monthly basis with the variation analysis for each cost center. Relationship with external consultants as Trade Compliance, Taxes, Legal, Labor, etc. Legal representative in charge to review and evaluate the company contracts and agreements. In charge to guarantee a healthy control environment (Financial, Operative and Legal). Responsible to attend and respond internal and external audits in accordance with SOX

Finance DirectorAltecsa
2021 - 2022

Responsible of Accountant, Treasury, FP&A, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Costs, Purchasing and IT. Working together with Commercial, Logistics, Manufacturing, Projects and HHRR. Reporting to General Director. In charge to respond audits and work with other external consultants. Building of the Budget and follow-up of variations making the proposal to mitigate significant deviations. Design and implementation of the Internal Control system including the Organizational Structure, policies and procedures. Creation of the reports for financial analysis and definition of the dashboard to present monthly figures to board of stakeholders. Development of Key Performance Indicators for all areas (KPI´s)

Business ConsultantTalu
2021 - 2021

Statuary audits and operating reviews to generate the corresponding observations letter and the mitigation plan in order solve them and improve the internal control system. Evaluation of the internal control systems of different companies to evaluate potential risks in the record of financial transactions and in the environment control of all administrative and operating areas. Analysis of policies and procedures of financial, operatives and manufacturing areas and re-engineering of them in accordance with the control environment suggested and the needs of each company. Teaching courses of basic finance "Finance for No Financials" aimed to operative and commercial areas of the company in order to create conscience of the monetary impacts of their day-to-day activities

SSC Regional Finance Sr. ManagerJohnson Controls
2014 - 2020

Transition leader of the migration and stabilization of the financial operations from 7 countries in Latam to CDMX SSC. Development of the Standard Operating Procedures for the región including controls and SLA´s. Create the strategy to guarantee the recovery of accounts receivable by leading the financial team (OTC, RTR, PTP) in coordination with Latam business units. Strong relationship with commercial and operative areas to get BU's goals. Supervise the budget process and the follow-up by forecast analysis explaining variations. Responsible of the compliance of the Service Legal Agreements between Shared Services Center and its customers (Latam Business). Leader and Legal Representative of Tyco Shared Services Center this include the responsibility of all administrative aspects as procurement, management and operations and a very close coordination with legal and HR

Education

Degree of Accounting / FinanceUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1992 - 1997
Diploma of Corporate FinanceInstituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
2010 - 2011
Diploma of International AccountingEscuela Bancaria y Comercial
2026 - 2026
Diploma of Customer CareUniversidad Iberoamericana
2005 - 2005

Certification

Total Certifications1

Six Sigma Green Belt

Tyco

2006 - 2006

Credential ID: NA

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages2

Skills

Financial Strategy
Change Management
Building Effective Teams
Situational Leadership
Cost Control
Risk Management
Assertive Comunication
Data Analytics
FP&A
Board and Stakeholders Reporting

Interests

Corporate Finance
Cash Flow Improvement
FP&A
Growing Business
AI
Business Administration
Shared Services Centers
Operations

Languages

Spanish
English