Manuel Angel Arguello Rodriguez

Responsible for General accounting, Treasury, Tax, Internal control and Financial Planning areas. Working for a young Company in Mexico, I am focus on developing new policies and procedures to reinforce internal control, as in procure to pay and reimbursements processes, as well as procedures to better manage cash flow, implement coverage strategies against exchange rate fluctuations, improve collection process, comply with tax requirements and improve control over inventories

Responsible to coordinate annual business plan, monthly rolling forecast for P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flow statements. Analyze and approve business cases for Capex investments and new customers commercial offer. Prepare monthly and quarterly results presentation for General Manager and Board of Directors. Long term projections for Banks. Responsible to implement Financial Planning platform (EPM-Hyperion).

Developed annual and long term business plan for Network and Information Technology business units (about $600M USD annualy), as well as the annual and long term plan for capital expenditure for AT&T Mexico (about $500M USD annualy). Main Achievements • Reduced in average 5% operational costs over the last four years that drive’s operational costs close to industry benchmark. Annual savings with vendors about $5M-$10M USD • Delivered annual savings in capital budget, about 15% from original plan ($50M-$100M USD) • Increase Network inventory turnover and reduced obsolescence around $15M usd per year, in the last couple of years

Responsible for financial statements in local and US GAAP, including monthly variance analysis and implementation of internal controls. Reviewed of 10Q and 10K reports for SEC filing. Main Achievements • Coordinate the implementation of internal control framework to comply with Sarbanes Oxley 404 and 302 • Lead financial merge between former Nextel and Iusacell (Policies & procedures and Accounting and billing systems) • Lead implementation of Oracle ERP for AT&T subsidiaries • Improve reporting timeframe from 5 to 3 working days

Responsible for annual and long term plan for profit and loss (P&L) statement, capital plan and cash flow statement. Responsible for variance analysis against business plan, prior year and prior rolling forecast P&L analysis of new products and brands.

Prepare financial statements in local and US GAAP. Responsible for the submission of financial statements and variance analysis explanation to Headquarters. Team leader of SAP implementation for The Coca-Cola Export subsidiaries. Financial analysis of projects like shares sale, leasing equipment, fixed assets sale, impairment test, business valuation, purchase of trademarks, among others. Coordinate monthly and year end close activities and Income tax reconciliation.

Planning and execution of audit reviews for different subsidiaries like Jafra, Oral-B, Duracell and Gillette in different coutries like Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Dominican Republic. Prepare reports to Headquarters and discuss audit findings with top Management. Analysis of current procedures and implementation of best practices

Planning and execution of audit reviews to consumer products and manufacturing Companies like Colgate, Bimbo, Coco-Cola FEMSA, Astra laboratories, among others. Review of internal control framework and recommendations against best practices. Prepare Financial Statements for shareholders and tax authorities in local and US GAAP.