Susana Vargas

Experience

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  Keystone Resort

  Aug 2000 - Jun 2001

  Property Management Supervisor

  Warehouse Inventory Control and related budget for cleaning material, office supplies, room appliances.Organize the daily work for 100 hotel rooms and common areas (cleaning services and hotel maintenance.Supervise Housekeepers and Inspector, 10 employees in total (vacations, assistance, feedback, performance).Coordinate and participate in the quarterly inspection for quality control.

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  Align Technology de Costa Rica

  Oct 2002 - Nov 2003

  Production Supervisor

  Supervise Team Leaders and Technicians, 120 employees in total (vacations, assistance, feedback, performance) Contro quality control vs. productivity on a daily basis. Define goals and metrics by team.Coordinate people for weekend goals for extra hours.Maintain the supporting documentation updated by employee related to trainings, according to the ISO requirement and internal controls. Verify the knowledge and understanding of each team member and leaders about the External Audits and ISO requirements. Show less

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  Global Transaction Center, Chiquita Brands.

  Nov 2003 - Jul 2012

  Follow up: Team goals and metrics, results and analysis. (Eight Associates and one Supervisor).Verify the fulfillment of the Service Labor Agreements SLA’s.Coordinate along with the Project Team Leads the tasks and responsibilities on projects related to JDE system implementation process. Guarantee the fulfillment of the policies and procedures of Internal Control and Sarbanes-Oxley SOX. Follow up and resolve issues related to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control OFAC, as well as to, the “International Trade Compliance Policy” for all of the Chiquita worldwide subsidiaries.Participate in the selection and hiring process of new Associates. Show less

  • Internal Control

    Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Data Standards Team Lead

    Nov 2003 - Dec 2010
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  Global Transaction Center, Chiquita Brands

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2009

  Accounting supervisor

  During this period I was also the Data Standards Team Lead at the GTCConsolidate the Accounting for cross reference and monthly control.Control the integrity between the Physical Inventory at the warehouse and system reports. Prepare the Finance Annual Budget and Monthly review of the working capital (forecast).Revision of the monthly and quarterly accounting and financial reports. Follow up on team gold and metrics by month, results and analysis (2 direct reporting employees). Verify the fulfillment of the Service Level Agreements SLA’s. response timesCoordinate with the Project Team Leads on projects related to implementation process.Guarantee the fulfillment of the Control and Sarbanes-Oxley SOX policies and procedures. Participate in the selection and hiring process of new Associates. Show less

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  Chiquita Brands International

  Jul 2012 - Mar 2015

  Corporate Senior Auditor

  - Make objective assessments of operations and share ideas for best practices; provide counsel for improving controls, processes and procedures, performance, and risk management.- Suggest ways for reducing costs, enhancing revenues, and improving profits. - Deliver competent counseling, assurance, and facilitation services.

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  BAT

  Apr 2015 - now

  • Ops. Finance Senior Manager - US

    Apr 2023 - now

  • OTC Senior Manager - US & CA

    Aug 2022 - Apr 2023

  • Financial Controller - GBS Costa Rica

    Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

  • NGP Ops. Finance Manager

    Nov 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Product Costing Manager - GBS

    Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Transactional Finance Manager - GBS

    Apr 2015 - May 2017