Jessica Santos Da Silva
Account Payment, Transformation, Project Management, Accounting Leader, Operational Leader.
Barueri - SP
Summary
As part of source to pay structure, over 12 years of experience working in account payables, accounting, and transformation areas. As well experience in Lean Tools. Strengths including analytical problem solving abilities and orientation towards process improvements.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Source to Pay Transformation
General Electric Vernova
São Paulo
04.2022 - Current
- Lead and execute initiatives supporting the global Renewable Energy Source to Pay (S2P) process and strategy for the Hydro and Hybrid Globally, and other business and other business and regions as applicable.
- Lead the business assessment, fit/gap, and requirements for S2P processes and solutions.
- Ensure project plan & systems are in place to deliver each initiative on time with quality to reach entitlement for working capital performance. Specifically, driving best in class Days to Pay, Pay on Time, Holds reduction and transaction cost.
- Collaborate across the Source to Pay to decrease the holds and manage initiatives to increase the KPIs.
- Support testing, training, and implementation of S2P tools.
- Partnership with business stakeholders to close/resolve process gaps in the Source to Pay process and tools.
- Support Kaizen initiatives
- Design and implement standard processes
- Create and maintain documentation of new solutions, processes, including regional variations.
- Drive process improvement by leveraging lean tools such as problem solving.
- Support simplification and process improvement projects within the buy to pay process.
- Participate in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
Lead Source to Pay Projects for LATAM
General Electric Renewables
Monterrey
03.2020 - 04.2022
- Coordinated all the audits for NAM
- Responsible for coordinated account payables area for Americas, including wing to wing process since invoices receipt to invoice booking for all companies in Renewable – Americas.
- Responsible to promoted and executed initiatives to increase the KPIs.
- Developed improvements in process to reduce the cost per invoice as Kaizen, Process improvements, Gemba walk and others.
- Implemented 2 Way match for GRID in global regions reducing 19M in the Goods Receipt Non invoice account.
- Implemented Reverse factoring for Brazil generating an impact of 1M in cash flow.
- Coordinated implementation for LATAM of global policies and procedures. Promoted training and SOP.
- Implemented Inbounding automation for Brazil, automating all the invoice booking in ERP, connecting with SEFAZ.
Simplification Leader
Genpact
Monterrey
12.2018 - 02.2020
- Coordinated all the audits for LATAM.
- Disseminated knowledge on Corporate Finance policies within LATAM and shared the best practices.
- Implemented a tool to receipt and validate invoices, provided training and SOPs.
- Lead meetings with functional leaders to review the KPI’s and provided feedbacks, alternatives to improve the KPIs to the stakeholders and the action plan for each country in LATAM and business.
- Collaborated closely with executive stakeholders reporting all the KPI’s and action plan providing value-based business analytics.
- Obtained standardization of process, reduction of the cycle time, increase of paid on time and decrease the holds.
Simplification Leader
General Electric Corporate
Monterrey
02.2018 - 12.2018
- Coordinated implementation for LATAM of global policies and procedures, seeking for standardization of the process, created process flow, SOP and Training for the business in Portuguese and Spanish.
- Coordinated the simplification ideas from the source to pay area. Created Maps, SPOCs, Kaizen, and other initiatives to solve problems. Evaluated the simplification ideas and the benefits before to be approved.
- Worked in implementations as Reverse factoring Program increased the payment term with supplier, centralized the invoice reception process for LATAM and WHT logic automatic by ERP engineering solution for Brazil.
- Lead workshops for pain point and solution identification between source to pay and other areas as accounting and inventory, based on design thinking principles.
Senior Accounts Payables Analyst
General Electric Corporate
Monterrey
08.2015 - 01.2018
- Promoted the standardization aligned for LATAM, improved the process, and moved the operation from Brazil to Mexico creating a shared service to centralize all the process from account payables in Mexico to standardize all the process and reduce the costs.
- Worked in improvements to increase the paid-on time to 85% and supported the Accounting and Audit team in the reconciliation of accounts and documentation.
- Collaborated with ERP implementation as key user for SAP.
- Responsible for solving problem and improve the process to avoid new issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Centro Universidade Fieo
Osasco, São Paulo 01.2010 - 12.2013
MBA - Focus On Leadership And Innovation
FGV - Fundação Gertulio Vargas
São Paulo, SP 12.2020 - 02.2022
Skills
Problem Solving
Communication
Accounting Payables
Teamwork
Process Improvement
Critical Thinking
Leadership
Timeline
Source to Pay Transformation
General Electric Vernova
04.2022 - Current
MBA - Focus On Leadership And Innovation
FGV - Fundação Gertulio Vargas
12.2020 - 02.2022
Lead Source to Pay Projects for LATAM
General Electric Renewables
03.2020 - 04.2022
Simplification Leader
Genpact
12.2018 - 02.2020
Simplification Leader
General Electric Corporate
02.2018 - 12.2018
Senior Accounts Payables Analyst
General Electric Corporate
08.2015 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Centro Universidade Fieo
01.2010 - 12.2013