Diego Gonzalez

Experience

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  Banco Itaú S.A.

  Dec 1988 - Feb 1989

  Foreign Trade Schollar
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  NCR Argentina

  Nov 1990 - Jun 1994

  Various F&A Roles

  Marketing Administration SupervisorAccounting and Inventory SupervisorTaxes and Insurance AnalystAccounting Scholar

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  AT&T Corporation

  Jun 1994 - Mar 1996

  1) Participated in the selection of the Financial Managers and Co-Managers of the Lucent Technologies Spin Off2) Managed the sale of Bankruptcy Securities AT&T received for payment of its services from Companies under Chapter 11 Protection Managed and support all F&A roles (Planning, Accounting, Taxes, Invoicing, Collections, Payables and Treasury). Managed and support all F&A roles (Planning, Accounting, Taxes, Invoicing, Collections, Payables and Treasury).This roles was managed together with the Controllership of AT&T Global Information Solutions

  • Treasury Associate

    Jul 1995 - Mar 1996

  • Controller

    Jun 1994 - Jun 1995

  • F&A Manager

    Jun 1994 - Jun 1995
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  NCR Argentina

  Mar 1996 - Jun 1999

  1)Managed the following F&A Areas: Accounting, Taxes, Inventory, Treasury, Accounts Payables, Collections, Reporting, Real Estate and Procurement2) Sold NCR Uruguay subsidiary to Arnaldo Castro S.A. 1) Managed the preparation and approval of the 1998 Business Plan for Retail in Caribbean and Latin America 1) Member of the Team that worked together with McKinsey Consulting in the Pricing Waterfalls study to improve NCR Gross Margin for Retail Deals2) Ensure compliance of NCR policies for all reviews and approvals of Pricing for US based customers 1) Implemented Sun Systems for Central and Eastern Europe Countries2) Implemented Oracle 10.7 Fixed Asset Module for the USA Organization3) Defined and mapped all the accounting connections and validations to be able to transfer the Oracle Data into Hyperion for 1997

  • Controller

    Feb 1998 - Jun 1999

  • C&LA Retail Planning Manager

    Oct 1997 - Jan 1998

  • US Pricing Analyst

    Mar 1997 - Oct 1997

  • Financial Architecture and Quality Analyst

    Mar 1996 - Mar 1997
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  NCR Argentina S.R.L.

  Nov 1998 - Jun 1999

  Director

  Director of the Board - Legal Representative

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  SKY Argentina SCA

  Jul 1999 - Jun 2002

  CFO

  • Successfully launched SKY´s Direct to Home Service in Argentina in November 2000.• Accountable for the following Areas: Accounting, Reporting, Taxes, Treasury, Human Resources, Planning, Purchasing, Real Estate and Internal Controls.• Designed and implemented all administrative structure and procedures for the launch of the business in Argentina.• Team leader for many Press and PR events in different provinces to launch SKY services.• Negotiated strategic programming and services contracts to start the business in Argentina. Total Investment executed US$ 125M.• Strong participation in the best launch of a SKY platform worldwide. SKY Argentina was the fastest ever subsidiary to reach the mark of 10.000 subscribers.• Staff: 22 associates. Show less

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  NCR Argentina S.R.L.

  Jan 2002 - Apr 2016

  President of the Local Board - Legal Representative1) Supported transition of the Local Management Team after departure of former President of the Board.2) Direct involvement in Union and Foreign Trade related matters impacting NCR Argentina3) Ensured compliance of all local statutory regulations. Vice-President of Local Board - Legal Representative1) Development and implementation of business continuity plans during Union related crisis (Unión Informática)2) Direct involvement and support of import/export plans presented to the Secretary of Commerce in Argentina3) Managed roadblocks to allow prompt payment of foreign debts during foreign exchange restrictions in Argentina4) Ensured compliance of all local statutory requirements.

  • President

    Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Vice President

    Jan 2002 - Jul 2015
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  NCR Corporation

  Oct 2002 - Oct 2023

  Responsibilities include providing leadership to enable NCR’s risk strategy, deliver high quality customer & supplier support, drive operational efficiency & performance, and ensure adequate controls to support NCR’s business results. Transactional responsibility includes Accounts Payable, Travel & Entertainment Reimbursement, and Credit Management processes. This role delivers End to End process effectiveness by collaborating and communicating across key functional teams, including Sales, Services, and Procurement. Utilizing customer master and credit data, automation tools, innovation, and process improvements is to meet NCR’s business operations & objectives. Show less 1) Responsible for the AR management and collection of all the Americas (United States, Canada, Caribbean and Latin America) - +40% of NCR Corporation Worldwide Revenue2) Coverage includes 10 countries with NCR presence supported by subsidiaries and +20 countries in the region supported by Distributors.3) Management responsibilities over a direct team for Caribbean and Latin America and an indirect outsourced team of 30+ people in Bangalore, India and 2 associates in Buenos Aires, Argentina4) Monitoring and coordination of the collection activities of our outsourcing partner (Accenture) resources supporting the region from Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bangalore, India.5) Team Lead - NCR Caribbean and Latin America CFO Council6) Team Member - NCR Global Learning Council7) Team Member - NCR Argentina Leadership Council Show less 1) Regional Process Owner (Latin America) for Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Intercompany, Fixed Assets, Travel and Entertainment and Payroll (All NCR Transaction processing for the Region)2) Regional Lead for Collections (Latin America + USA and Canada) - More than 50% of NCR Collections worldwide.3) First point of contact between NCR Local Organization, NCR Global Process Owners and Accenture Delivery Centers4) Responsible for Outsourcing Companies performance monitoring (Accenture, ADP, etc.)5) Statutory Vice President for NCR Argentina6) Managed and developed import/export plans required by the Secretary of Commerce in Argentina to obtain authorizations for imports in country.7) Managed and developed Plans to allow intercompany payments from Argentina to other NCR Subsidiaries after the implementation of Central Bank restrictions8) Team's expenses budget - over US$ 1M - More than 20 associates Show less • Areas of primary responsibility included payroll (for over 1.000 associates), order management, invoicing, credits and collections for the Region (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Mexico account for over US$ 200M in revenues).• Managed logistics, foreign trade and customer implementations until April 2008.• This role also included the review and certification of Sarbanes Oxley requirements. • Since April 2008 responsible for the collection of the Americas Distributors (20 additional countries). • Provided support to regional and global shared service centers in the areas of accounts payables, fixed assets, intercompany accounting, treasury and general ledger/reporting.• Single point of contact for any issues in country related to F&A type of issues (Real Estate, Procurement, etc.)• Managed the finance and administration activities related to the Teradata Spin off from NCR in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico in 2007.• Effectively outsourced all the sales administration process to the Czech Republic (Prague) effective March 2009 achieving savings of 25% in headcount and expenses.• Total Budget for the organization: US$ 3.5M until April 2008 – US$ 2.4M currently.• Associates in the group: 90 until April 2008 (prior to transition to Global Operations). Currently 39 associates (includes 3 direct reports that are the countries’ Controllers). Show less • Responsible for the overall Sarbanes-Oxley 404 requirements completion in the Americas Region within the Dayton Financial Shared Service Center and on worldwide basis for the Inventory and Revenue Accounting process.• Managed all Caribbean and Latin America Administrative Generalists Resources that were not aligned to Global or Regional Process Owners.• Provided support and guidance to the NCR Perú and Chile Statutory Controllers. • Supported all in-country Accounts Payables Resources.• Participation in any special projects related to F&A as required (e.g.: Global Inventory and Revenue Process Owner between May and October 2005, C&LA Key Policies and Procedures Training, etc.).• Spent 3 months in Sao Paulo improving the Procure to Pay process. I was able to obtain a clean internal audit report after the local organization had three consecutive negative visits to the Country. Show less • Accountable for the payroll and sales compensation calculation of over 2000 Associates in the Asia Pacific Region (Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan and Malaysia).• Restructured all the organization to improve processes and reduce cost (Financial and Headcount).• Implemented new process to document issues and metrics to evaluate performance of outsourcing provider (ADP).• Managed outsourcing relationship with ADP Australia for Payroll Services over the Region.• Selected and trained the new APAC Program Manager before returning to Argentina.• Staff of 14 associates located in Sydney. Show less • Project managed jointly with Deloitte and Touche (UK).• Completed review of all purchasing and account payable processes for the Financial Shared Service Centers in the USA (Fort Lauderdale, FL and Dayton, OH), Europe (London and Amsterdam), ATMs factories and parts distribution centers in Europe and the USA (Dundee - Scotland, Maastricht - Netherlands and Atlanta, GA - USA).• Identified about U$S 8M in savings worldwide for the Purchase to Pay Process.• Developed all the project plans to be implemented between 2003 and 2005 to achieve identified cost reductions. Show less

  • Global Credit Services and Purchase to Pay Senior Manager

    Feb 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Americas Accounts Receivables and Global Credit Services Senior Manager

    Feb 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Americas Credit and Collection Manager

    Jul 2014 - Feb 2019

  • Director, Global Business Services Latin America

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Caribbean and Latin America Controller

    Apr 2006 - Oct 2012

  • Americas Region Internal Controls and Special Project Manager

    Jun 2004 - Mar 2006

  • Asia/Pacific Associate Services Manager

    Dec 2003 - Jun 2004

  • Caribbean and Latin America Accounts Payable, Travel and Entertaiment and Associate Services Manager

    Mar 2003 - Nov 2003

  • C&LA Internal Controls and Balance Sheet Manager

    Jul 2002 - Mar 2003

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2002 - Jan 2003
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  NCR Voyix

  Oct 2023 - now

  • Executive Director - Global Credit Services, Accounts Payable, Travel and Expenses

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Global Credit Services and Procure to Pay Senior Manager

    Oct 2023 - Sept 2024