Allan Cruz Cubillo

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Finance and Accounting Professor

Universidad Latinoamericana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología ULACIT

Jan 2024 - Current (1 year 5 months)

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Senior Accounting Manager for Central America and Colombia

Bridgestone Americas

Aug 2023 - Current (1 year 10 months)

Regional Senior Accounting Manager for Central America and Colombia, responsible for subsidiary accounting team with 6 direct reports and point of engagement with Shared Service Center. Responsible for the quality and delivery of Record to Report (R2R) processes for Costa Rica and Colombia. Scope includes but not limited to: month end closing, accounts reconciliations, corporate reporting schedules, controls, and ongoing controller support, providing reliable and timely financial information for decision-making including Free Trade Zone topics providing reliable and timely financial information for decision-making. Ensure compliance with accounting principles, controls, company policies, customer satisfaction and achievement of broader

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Chartered Lawyer

Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Costa Rica

May 2023 - Current (2 years 1 month)

Tax and Statutory Regional Controller (Latin-American Region)

Microsoft

Feb 2020 - Sep 2023 (3 years 8 months)

Multi-Country Regional Controller, responsible for managing Corporate Compliance, local tax team, tax consultants, accounting BPO and local authorities to guarantee Tax and Regulatory Compliance, Tax issues and new legislation and accounting standards implementation for several countries across the region, including Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile legal entities, including attending and leading local tax authority audits. • Co-winner of Americas CFO award by proactive risk management and successful implementation of a project to reduce liabilities across Latin-America in partnership with regional HR, Legal and Pa

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Senior Partner

CC Consulting Costa Rica

Jul 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 7 months)

Statutory and Tax Senior Specialist

Microsoft

Dec 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 3 months)

(Working as vendor through Brenda Marrero and Associates and TMF) Manager of 5 people team, responsible for managing & complying with all statutory requirements including external audits, transfer pricing, tax returns, and accounting accuracy (IFRS/US GAAP) for Microsoft Regional Operations a subsidiary that comprises +1000 headcount and 5 building locations in free trade zone regime, based on Costa Rica attending operations center for Latin-America. • Co-creator of Asset Management Improvement project implemented by the company as worldwide best practice, that allowed to implement RFID asset control, successful migration and control of +5k assets in 5 sites. • Design and implementation of end-to-end contract for a new model of Business

Financial Controller for Central America and Venezuela (OPEX)

Microsoft

Oct 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 3 months)

(Working as vendor through Brenda Marrero and Associates) • OPEX financial controller for Central America and Venezuela, in charge of monthly, quarterly and annual P&L results, adjustments as needed while working with 6 countries, including headcount analysis, working with key areas like HR and Payroll Providers. • Recognized as key business stake-holder for the GM by providing historical analysis data and reviews (Variance to forecast/budget) that allowed the business to invest or re-deploy funds for customer investments and create +USD300k savings by restructuring and controlling expense report policy execution. • Successful setup of new legal entity in Costa Rica including accounting and legal migration of the BS/PNL, employees, purchas

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Chartered Finance Professional

Colegio de Ciencias Económicas de Costa Rica

Jul 2016 - Current (8 years 11 months)

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Corporate Finance Professor

Universidad Latinoamericana de la Ciencia y la Tecnología ULACIT

Sep 2015 - May 2020 (4 years 9 months)

To teach in following courses: Corporate Finance and Valuation, Financial Market globalization, Analysis and interpretation of balance of payments, Finance Management and Banking Operations, Financial Analysis

Corporate Sales Account Executive

Banco Crédito Agrícola de Cartago

Sep 2012 - May 2017 (4 years 9 months)

Business executive specialized in SME´s companies in charge of: • Strong skills in sales and negotiation process. Ranked in third position at national SME´s office in 2014 and 2015 due to sales overachievement exceeding monthly sales of USD500K • Responsible for credit portfolio, Loan´s analysis and recommendation to management board (cash flows reviewal and statement analysis). • Strong Knowledge of banking regulations and products related to client’s cash flow measurement, risk categorization and know your customer policy. • Working with business-partners and clients to increase cross-selling penetrating each client with at least 2 products additional to loans. • Research, Financial structuring and business credit tracking and collection

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Finance Manager

Electrin Ingenieria

Dec 2010 - Sep 2012 (1 year 10 months)

In charge of OPEX budgetary control (aprox USD1M by year), financial management and free trade zone relationship with local free trade zone authority including annual reports and customs export/import process through custom agencies. Main achievements: standardization of reports for Local Free trade zone authority, in charge of all customs relationship with local agency (including freight, insurance and tax payments or exemption documentary process) for hydroelectric project with equipment valued in +USD3M

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Supervisor

Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)

Aug 2009 - Dec 2010 (1 year 5 months)

Responsible for general services personal, supervise them, design the rotation Schedule and procedures, distribute work charge, and apply the internal normative and represent the organization with syndicate and interpersonal relationships. Recognized as the youngest supervisor responsible for over 100 general services workers

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Account Executive

Banco HSBC Costa Rica

Nov 2006 - Aug 2009 (2 years 10 months)

The main responsibilities were to seek and maintain follow-up of potential clients for investment and positioning bank products including cash management products. • Prospecting clients, new business and in-house visits. • Real state prospecting to identify HSBC’s potential clients for personal loans. • Named as the most valuable team member • Participated in new workflow software (add in to banking core) implementation to process credit analysis and CRM, including automation and exception levels follow up, including the documentation of requirements for the new software implementation. • Worked in call center guarantying service support and cross selling for personal loans and deposit accounts. • Complete banking service tracking since

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Assistant Financial Analyst

Banco HSBC Costa Rica

Sep 2005 - Nov 2006 (1 year 3 months)

• Support and assessment main potential clients for credit cards and recommends profiles to be approved by senior analysts. • Responsible for the revision and pre-approbated customers’ database • Creation of monthly and weekly revision reports. • Analyze and recommends credit subjects to the Bank according to internal credit parameters

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Statutory and Tax Regional Controller

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Allan Cruz Cubillo

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