Andres Flamand

Experience

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  Brenntag Mexico

  Sept 2006 - Oct 2016

  # Responsible for leading all aspects of the country´s financial organization with yearly sales of $155 million USD and assets of $135 million USD in order to deliver better financial results# Report directly to Latin America’s CFO and Mexico´s General Director# Responsible for managing and leading a team of 11 direct reports and 49 indirect reports# In charge of the finance department, including accounting, reporting, collections, treasury, IT and risk management. # In charge of the supply chain and logistics department which sources circa 75,000 metric tons from USA, Europe, Asia and South America and distributes across the country.# Responsible for the monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting, both local and to corporate in Houston and Germany on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).# In charge of the regulated affairs department which ensures that all applicable regulations are met and all applicable permits (mainly from COFEPRIS) are procured. # Support the decision-making processes by establishing business KPIs, providing forward-looking analysis and insight to the leadership team and ensuring alignment of planned actions and targets.# Responsible for the creation and presentation of the country’s forecasts, as well as its annual budget and strategic midterm planning.# In charge of the preparation, analysis, presentation and follow up of all major investment projects # Analysis and assessment of the financial performance, working capital and cash flow of the country. Show less As Financial Reporting Manager- Continue to run the Financial Planning and Analysis Department- Execute and oversee the strategic processes necessary to plan, analyze and report on the business financial conditions of BLA including coordinating and consolidating the reporting of the product and industry divisions- Support the decision-making processes by providing forward-looking analysis and insight to the leadership team and ensuring alignment of planned actions and targets- Manage and mentor the Senior and Junior Financial Analysts from the Financial Planning and Analysis groupAs Business Strategy Manager:- Seek out areas for process and business data management improvements and develop the appropriate tools to support these improvements and work with the regions to implement them- Owner and responsible for BLA´s data warehouse and of the systems Hyperion: Planning, Essbase, Enterprise and FR Reporting, including the development of new applications - Manage and mentor the Senior and Junior Developers from the Business Intelligence group Show less - Lead the monthly/quarterly closings reporting to head office in Muelheim Germany- Lead the Annual Planning Process preparation including roll up from BLA’s 18 countries’ and reporting results- Maintain our Financial Reporting Tool (Hyperion Enterprise 6.3), report monthly extracts to Brenntag Holding in Germany and provide analysis for Senior Management- Assure the quality of the Company’s internal reports such as the Monthly, Quarterly Forecast and Budget Packages- Responsible for the design, development and implementation of Brenntag’s new Working Capital Management and Inventory Stratification System and Tool (Hyperion Essbase 9.3) including providing training in several countries. Show less - Responsible for organizing the financial requirements and support of the monthly/quarterly closings for Brenntag’s 18 countries in Latin America and the compliance with Brenntag Holding’s deadlines and requirements- Responsible for SAP SEM Reporting of the 5 holding companies and SAP SEM support for Latin America. - Responsible for the transfer of the Business Intelligence SW Hyperion Enterprise from the Corporate Head Office in Germany to the Latin America Head Office in Houston and its implementation in the last one Show less

  • Finance Director

    Jan 2013 - Oct 2016

  • Manager of Business Strategy and Financial Reporting

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

    Nov 2009 - Dec 2011

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Mar 2008 - Oct 2009

  • Financial Analyst

    Sept 2006 - Mar 2008
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  HCI Chemicals Nederland B.V. ((Brenntag’s Procurement Office in the Netherlands)

  Apr 2009 - Oct 2009

  Interim Finance Director

  Covering the position for 6 months while still doing the role of Senior Financial Analyst for Houston - Responsible for the financial organization of the company including the control of corporate policies and procedures- Analysis and evaluation of financial performance of the company- Responsible for the control of the company’s loans and credits and the control of the company’s cash flow- Responsible for preparing and presenting the company’s 2009 Forecast and 2010 budget- Responsible for the monthly and quarterly IFRS reporting to the head office in Houston and Germany Show less

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  GET Group

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2017

  Corporate Finance and Administration Director
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  Andino Holdings USA LLC

  Feb 2017 - now

  Chief Financial Officer

  Responsible for leading all aspects of the group´s financial organization with yearly sales of ~$240 million USD and assets of ~$85 million USD in order to deliver better financial results.Report directly to Andino Chemical Group’s CEO.In charge of the finance department, including accounting, reporting, collections, treasury, IT and risk management. Responsible for the monthly, quarterly and yearly reporting, both local in respective countries and to shareholders on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).Support the decision-making processes by establishing business KPIs, providing forward-looking analysis and insight to the leadership team and ensuring alignment of planned actions and targets.Responsible for the creation and presentation of the group’s forecasts, annual budget and strategic midterm plan.In charge of the preparation, analysis, presentation and follow up of all major investment projects. Analysis and assessment of the financial performance, working capital and cash flow of the group. Show less