Patricia Ntumba

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location of Patricia NtumbaJaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Timeline

    Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

    Junior FP&A Forest Analyst

    Suzano
    Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brasil
    Current Company
    Aug 2021 - now

    ZBB Specialist | FP&A Operations

    Ambev
    Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brasil
  • About me

    FP&A | Finance and Controlling | Procurement

  • Education

    • Université catholique du congo

      2006 - 2011
      Bachelor’s degree financial management and controlling
    • Universidade católica de santos

      2015 - 2015
      Bachelor’s degree in engineering petroleum engineering
    • Mba usp/esalq

      2023 - 2025
      Master of business administration - mba finance and controlling
    • Universidade católica de santos

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor’s degree in engineering industrial engineering
    • Fundação getulio vargas

      2021 - 2021
      Postgraduate lato sensu - specialization, financial management postgraduate interrupted
  • Experience

    • Suzano

      Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

      - Analyzed the feasibility of alternative supply solutions for manufacturing plants, including forest base change, wood purchasing, transportation modes, and equipment sizing.- Responsible for preparing the budget in collaboration with the PCP, harvesting, logistics, and maintenance teams.- Collected, consolidated, and evaluated actual business results, identifying deviations from the budgeted figures.- Conducted monthly variance analyses between Actual vs. Budget and Actual vs. Forecast, evaluating opportunities to optimize the bottom line.- Developed and monitored action plans to correct deviations with the operations team (Harvesting, Logistics, and Maintenance), aiming to resolve issues and meet the cost and expense targets.- Prepared and presented monthly and quarterly results to the Executive Manager of the unit.- Conducted sensitivity analyses of wood costs by farm and transportation mode.- Prepared weekly wood cost forecasts for pulp production cost projections.- Validated the financial targets for the unit. Show less - Participated in process understanding and effectiveness evaluation of controls (design and operational) related to SOx certification for the Forest and Legal Capex projects.- Contributed to various Audit Process projects, such as Outbound Logistics, Legal Services, Wood Commercialization, and Treasury, where I assisted with:- Understanding and mapping of processes and activities.- Preparing the Audit Work Program.- Creating process flows to identify risks.- Preparing the Opening Meeting for the Audit.- Developing tests to identify process deficiencies, analyzing controls, policies, and procedures.- Validating identified exceptions and preparing reports formalizing the results.- Follow-up on Audit findings. Show less

      • Junior FP&A Forest Analyst

        Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
      • Internship in Internal Audit

        Aug 2019 - May 2020
    • Ambev

      Aug 2021 - now

      Key Responsibilities:- Maintain the global file (Draft/Final) updated with information on reconciliations and variations for each OBZ package.- Provide support to FP&A, package owners, and Field teams in OBZ management, ensuring compliance with the company’s financial guidelines.- Properly manage information within the Anaplan platform, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.- Coordinate the reporting of LE (Last Estimate) for OBZ packages in the Anaplan platform.- Perform reconciliation between SAP and Cognos data, ensuring consistency in financial information.- Provide effective support to the budgeting process, ensuring alignment with OBZ financial targets in coordination with FP&A and the Field teams. Show less Key Responsibilities:- Responsible for the monthly calculation and recording in SAP of fair value adjustments (AVP) for accounts payable, as determined by IFRS 13 (CPC 46).- Perform the calculation of reversed balances and prepare management reports.- Analyze and justify variations in all accounts in the accounts payable area, reporting to the accounting team to ensure data reliability for financial closing.- Provide support for accounting analyses, ensuring accounting sustainability and addressing issues based on the guidelines set by the Controlling department.- Analyze and manage payment dates and deadlines to reduce cash flow dispersion.- Manage the payment approval flow (DAG) to mitigate risks of authority breaches and ensure compliance adherence.- Oversee Rebate and payments related to foreign exchange fluctuations.- Handle internal and external audit inquiries.- Lead the PMO with the goal of increasing payment area efficiency through process development and implementation to mitigate non-compliance risks with internal policies.- Monitor supplier and public authority protests due to non-payment, seeking solutions to avoid legal actions against the company and inclusion of company CNPJs in the State CADIN.- Coordinate the Governance & Compliance target for the area.- Develop qualitative and quantitative analyses to support decision-making processes.- Identify and propose automation projects that ensure productivity, quality, and efficiency improvements for the department.- Indirect leadership of the Information team (5 analysts and 1 assistant). Show less Job rotation in the Procure to Pay (P2P) area, providing a broad view from the receipt of purchase requisitions, through the negotiation process, SAP order creation, all the way to payment.- Analyzed purchase requisitions and descriptive memos before the start of the quotation process.- Negotiated spot purchasing processes for indirect and commercial goods.- Conducted auctions aimed at cost reduction.- Monitored routines including: * MRP for stock replenishment at manufacturing units and distribution centers. * Managed Sales & Marketing contracts and ensured payments were made according to agreed terms using Ariba and Netlex tools. * Processed corporate expenses (travel and petty cash). * Allocated travel expenses (Uber and 99). * Entered invoices into SAP. * Managed D0 and D1 payments in SAP and Nexxera. * Performed account reconciliation and bank account balancing. Show less During the trainee program, I gained in-depth knowledge in several business areas:- Brewing: End-to-end processes, from raw material receipt, through production and bottling, to distribution of finished products.- Sales: Field visits to understand customer needs, market realities, marketing strategy implementation, and relationship building.- Tech: Explored how technology can be used to simplify processes and drive sales through transformative solutions like BEES and Zé Delivery.- Corporate: Gained an understanding of the company’s strategy and how it connects to business areas.Verticalized and Excellence Center: Studied the production processes for packaging (glass and cans), malt, and the use of 3D printers for producing internal replacement parts to reduce production costs. Show less

      • ZBB Specialist | FP&A Operations

        Jul 2024 - now
      • Accounts Payable Specialist

        Jul 2022 - Jun 2024
      • Purchasing and Payments Specialist

        Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
      • Trainee Supply

        Aug 2021 - Nov 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Design think

      Saint paul escola de negócios
      Jun 2020
    • Planejamento e orçamento

      Saint paul escola de negócios