Antonio Torquato
CFO @ SUGOI Incorporadora
About
An executive with over 20 years of experience in the financial area with a focus on debt restructuring, raising investments, negotiations, and implementation of cost reduction projects. Career developed in national and multinational organizations of medium and large size acting in the pharmaceutical, energy, consulting, telecom, software, banking, and chemical segments. Companies such as: Prati-Sugoi, Donaduzzi, PWC Brasil, Brasil Telecom, Totvs/Datasul, Banco Finasa, and Grupo Rhodia. - Solid experience in the financial area, especially in debt restructuring with banks and suppliers. - Experience in raising investments with commercial banks, foreign banks, BNDES and Finep for R&D. - Solid knowledge of raising funds in international development banks for the acquisition of machinery. - Leadership, negotiation, and implementation of projects to obtain special tax regimes. - Focus on restructuring internal controls, internal and external auditing, corporate governance, reduction of internal costs and industrial processes, feasibility studies of industrial plants increasing profitability. - Experience in negotiations with trade unions (labor unions and labor agreements), local communities, municipal, state, and federal agencies for project development and conflict resolution with the community. -Experience as Board Member, Statutory Director, and Executive Director in the management of areas such as Finance, Controlling, HR, Engineering, and IT. - International exposition: Strategic planning of Energy distribution company (Germany). Reengineering of Datasul's subsidiaries (Argentina and USA). Land selection for industrial plant in Mercosur.
Brazil
São Paulo
Financial Services
Inglês, Administração de folha de pagamento, Controle de processos, Gestão operacional, Fechamento de empréstimo, Planejamento estratégico de crescimento, Estimativa de projetos, Usinas termoelétricas, Planejamento de produção, Planejamento de manutenção, Gestão de filiais, Revisão de contratos jurídicos, Documentação de software, Balanced Scorecard, Relações com Investidores, Tecnologia da informação, Gestão de contratos, Gestão de projetos de software, Gestão de fornecedores, SAP Supply Chain
Experience

CFO
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Sugoi is a group of companies in the Real Estate with focus on MCMV market with 4 main companies and 87 SPEs. • Management of a team of 32 professionals in the areas of Finance, Controlling, Legal, Accounts Receivable and Payable, Tax, Billing, Budget, CEF's Relationship, Facilities, IT and HR. • Business valuation for several real estate projects in the region of São Paulo. • Review of internal processes to improve results, reduce costs and increase governance. • Fundraising with CEF for real estate projects with a total of more than R$ 300 million for housing development. • Raising funds from national commercial banks to support operations. • Sales support to achieve budget (more than R$ 300 million in annual revenue). • Monthly and annual cash flow and long-term planning for several projects. • Responsible for the Group's IR team. • Reports of meetings of the Board of Directors. • Complete review of accounts receivable, accounts payable, contract management and CEF relationship processes in others to improve processes. • Review of contracts, approval of all contracts and evaluation of lawsuits, review and their legal agreements. • IT management with several implementations and automation developments to improve efficiency from the Accounts Payable team to the customer's contract management process. • More than R$ 300 million in revenues in one year. • Significant improvements in the company's net income.

Controller
São Paulo, Brazil
• Preparing Surf Telecom and its 3 entities for IPO (Initial Public Offering) process by reviewing together with EY 3 years Balance Sheet and P&L. • Review Accounting and Finance procedures to improve transparency and to meet SEC standards. • Commercial negotiation with wholesale service providers preparation for the consolidated organization. • Complete process review from revenues to cash management to meet SEC standards. • Responsible for the budget (process, structure, and implementation) and monitoring of all FP&A’s aspects (YTD, MoM, YoY). • Over R$ 14 million in tax credits which represented significant 2021 profits. • Responsible for running the Business Plan (Valuation) from the company and feasibility analysis for business acquisition. • Responsible for structuring and presenting materials to committees and board meetings.

Controller
São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
• Managing four companies and eight professionals in the Controlling and FP&A actives. • Review of several controls, commercial tools, credit-granting to improve results. • Processes reviews in a pharmaceutical plant to improve quality and processes performance. • Review MRP and ERP systems in the pharma plant aiming to improve production and quality control. • Inventories auditing, stores and Distribution Center. • Review Balance Sheet and P&L • Restructuring the Group, with controls reviews, new accountings procedures, financial and HR processes, systems reviews and implementation of cost reduction. • Review of processes in the Distribution Center, such as picking, team productivity, internal controls, routes review, carriers’ control, rupture follow-up, and systems improvement. • Monthly report by company, by store and consolidated.

Group CFO
Toledo Area, Brazil
CFO/Financial Director Reporting to the President and directly managing 81 direct employees and 5 companies (Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Carrier, Packaging, Drug Distributors, and Bioequivalence Laboratory. - Management of Financial, Controlling, Legal, Accounts Receivable, Registration, Tax, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Billing, Cash planning, Tax Planning and Budget. - Leadership in the development of the short/long term strategic planning and budgeting (5 companies and holdings). - Search for tax incentives in the states (the company had 23 branches) Gained 38 million in ICMS credits. - Visit several clients in Brazil, public and private, negotiation of credit limits and installment plans. - Responsible for the M&A project for the sale of the packaging business unit of the Group. - Implementation of the new accounts receivable system, new financing management system, and exchange rate risk policy due to the large volume of liabilities in US$ and Euros. - The leadership of a team of 400 collaborators involving Financial, Controlling, Engineering, Fiscal, Legal, Invoicing, HR, IT, and Environment areas. - Management of the strategic and financial planning of the Group's companies. - Valuation of the company for the sale of interests between partners, in conjunction with Morgan Stanley. - Fund-raising with commercial, national, and international banks. - Complete development of a project for an industrial unit from the feasibility study, raising of financing with BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank) and equipment suppliers, to the implementation of the new unit. - Fundraising with FINEP (Studies and Projects Funding) for the development of new drugs. - Hiring Big Four to review all accounting/financial processes and governance improvement.

Senior Manager
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
- Large infrastructure projects for clients as Thyssenkrupp CSA and Votorantim in project and operations performance improvement. My role involves the project coordination, team management (6 professionals) and presentation to the Board. Senior Consulting Manager Reporting to the Partner in the Energy practice area - Several cost reduction review projects, process review, financial process restructuring, organizational structure review, and implementation of indicators in several segments (Veterinary Drugs, Energy, Mining, Auto Parts, and Telecom). - Project and process auditing for clients such as Light, Siemens (Brazil and Germany), ThyssenKrupp, Gates, Bookfield, Energisa, Arysta and CPF. - Consulting on risk management for Thyssenkrupp CSA considering the financial area, IT, processes, accounts payable, material receiving, security, and people management (Project worth 4.5 billion euros). - Financial Process Auditing for companies like Arista (Veterinarian); - Energy consulting work in Germany for E.ON (one of the largest energy companies in the EU). - Consulting for Rio de Janeiro's bid to host the 2016 Olympics.

Project Controller
Brasília e Região, Brasil
Project Coordinator Report to the Director of Business with Operators Main Responsibilities: - Review of controls of the Director of Business with Operators (Accounts Receivable/Payable - R$2.0 billion). - Responsible for strategic review, processes, costs, and SOX implementation. - Coordination of study of interconnection costs to comply with ANATEL. - Responsible for cost reduction of R$ 40 million in 2006 in telecom expenses. - Contract management, IT costs, procurement, and accounts payable processes. - Contract negotiation with 200 national and international IT suppliers. - Responsible for cost reduction projects with gains of US$ 18 million in 2003. - Budget management of R$ 500 million/year.

Financial Manager
Joinville e Região, Brasil
- Responsible for projects that resulted in R$ 14 million working capital reduction; - Management accounts receivable (US$ 50 million/y) and accounts payable (US$ 45 million/y); - Treasury and cash management for Datasul and its subsidiaries (Argentina, Mexico and United States); - Management of Datasul´s 2,000 contracts with its clients in Latin America; - Reengineering of the finance and contracts department; Outsourcing Datasul´s non-core business activities.

Financial Manager
São Paulo e Região, Brasil
- Set up the Finance and Controls department for OfficeMax Brasil; - Budget planning and reports; Management of accounts receivable and credit card receivables and contracts; - ERP implementation for the finance and control department; - Credit negotiation with main vendors.

Director
Banco Finasa de Investimento
São Paulo e Região, Brasil
- Development of the M&A department for Banco Finasa; - Development of strategic plans for the M&A division; - Industry analysis and identification of potential Brazilian companies for M&A operations; - Management and coordination of projects together with foreign investors; - Development of private equity studies for Finasa Group (US$ 90 million).

Head Of Strategic Planning
São Paulo e Região, Brasil
- Investment analysis for the Rhodia-ster polyester fiber and polyester resin business; - Direction and analysis for the establishment of joint ventures in Brazil and Argentina in the polyester business; - Site location for a polyester plant in Mercosur; Work with Bear Sterns, Bankers Trust and IFC for different projects; - Review Rhodia-ster’s strategic plan together with Arthur D´Little; Polyester resin market analysis for Brazil and South America.

Operations Department Specialist
São José dos Campos e Região, Brasil
- Responsible for electricity generation, steam and water for a textile plant; - Identification and coordination of energy cost reduction projects (R$ 6 million); - Management engineering and maintenance support activities; - Development of automation projects for power plant, water treatment and boilers; - Benchmarking within Rhône-Poulenc operating units in Europe for performance improvements and energy projects; - Contract management for electric energy supply to backup our own electric power generation system; - Development of special training program for low skills workers to introduce TPM – Total Predictive Maintenance. This program was mentioned in a magazine in France.
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