Carlos Castillo

Experience

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  Merck

  Sept 1994 - Jan 2014

  Responsible for the delivery of Financial and commercial services to Central and South American countries. These services include Accounting to Reporting, Procure to Pay,Treasury, Order to Cash and Business Analytics. Supports internal/external audits, ensure compliance with corporate/regional finance policies and manages the regional banking relationship. Direct reports: 6 Assoc. Directors. Team: 65 people. Opex Budget: US$3 Millions. Main achievements: - Led the transition of SBS transactional activities to an external BPO.- Designed the retained organization (COE) that will perform estrategic support activities in SBS LATAM.- Led Successful integration of LATAM Shering Plough finance activities into the SBS center in Santiago including the implementation of a new ERP system (JDE).- Led SBS team of the LATAM Merck-Shering Plough integration team (2009) that defined strategies and actions to ensure a successful integration as one MSD. Show less Responsible for the Accounting, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Expense reports, Inventory, Payroll and tax areas of MSD in Venezuela. Team of : 10 peopleLeader of the Regional Controller's council, defining regional standard policies and procedures and systems that allowed the future creation of the regional shared services center.-Improved internal controls procedures resulting in a perfect ratings of MSD Venezuela, after an internal audit failure managed by former controller.-Ensured compliance with all tax regulations that allowed operations continuity in a very complex and government controlled environment.-Lead all finance-accounting activities related to the recall of an important pharmaceutical product. Show less Responsible for the Budget and planning support to the Marketing and support functions teams in the Regional office. Also responsible for the facilities administration of the regional office. Team of 2 people.- Implemented a budget and expense control system that in line with other Operational excellence initiatives helped to successfully reduced expenses in the regional office. (99-02= 14% )- Developed a Regional Sales Report by product, widely used by Regional Product Managers.- Actively participated in the operational excellence team that has improved productivity in the Regional office.- Led process improvements initiatives that helped the sales/Marketing regional team to reduce the time invested in administrative activities and focus more on value added activities to growth the business. Show less Supports the financial planning of the MSD Venezuela. Responsible for the expense budget control and reporting to achieve targets. Provide Sales and expenses variation analysis and reports to help business units manage their budget. Coordinate with the accounting department any adjustment resulted from the budget analysis. Sales: US$ 150 million. Expenses budget: US$50 million.Main achievements: - Support the implementation and roll out of the B&E system to easy budget control. This includes training to BU directors, managers and finance users.- Development of sales and budget variance analysis reports. - Support the implementation of JDE accounting module. Show less

  • Director of Finance Shared Services LATAM

    Oct 2009 - Jan 2014

  • SBS Accounting to Reporting Manager for LATAM

    Feb 2006 - Sept 2009

  • Financial Controller

    Feb 2003 - Jun 2006

  • Financial Services Manager

    Feb 1999 - Jan 2003

  • Budget and Planning Analyst

    Jul 1997 - Jan 1999

  • Cost Accountant

    Sept 1994 - Jun 1997
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  Synthon

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

  Gerente de Administración y Finanzas

  Responsable de la Administración y Finanzas de las dos entidades legales en Chile, incluyendo los departamentos de Contraloría, Control Interno, Tesorería, Impuestos, Costos, Reporting, Credito y Cobranzas. Otras responsabilidades estan relacionadas a dar apoyo financiero a los departamentos de Producción, R&D, Business Development y Comercial.Equipo 5 Jefes de Area y 15 staff. Reporta a Gerente General local y matricialmente al CFO corporativo.Logros: Integración Legal (Fusión) de las entidades en Chile. Restructración del departamento de Finanzas, actualización de análisis financieros (Balance General), Desarrollo de una política de compras local. Show less

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  Fresenius Medical Care

  Mar 2015 - now

  Fresenius Medical Care es una compañía de origen Alemán con mas de 100 años de trayectoria en el mundo. FMC es líder en la innovación y tratamiento de enfermedades renales a través de procedimientos de diálisis de altísima calidad, cuyo objetivo final es mejorar la calidad de vida de los pacientes. Como Director del Shared Service Center mi responsabilidad está en la definición estratégica y calidad de las operaciones del Centro de Servicios para Fresenius LATAM. El objetivo principal de nuestra organización es lograr la centralización, estandarización y optimización de los procesos: Procure to Pay, Treasury, Order To Cash y Accounting to Reporting. Show less

  • Director de la oficina de gestión de proyectos y programas

    May 2022 - now

  • Director Shared Service Center LATAM

    Mar 2015 - Oct 2023