Valmir Camilo da Silva
São Bernardo do Campo,Brazil
Summary
Accomplished finance professional with a robust skill set in strategic decision-making, business intuition, and project execution. Expertise in balance sheet optimisation, tax planning, and compliance ensures effective financial management. Proficient in ERP systems and financial reporting development, enhancing forecasting accuracy and budget oversight. Demonstrated success in implementing process improvements and leading financial meetings with IFRS familiarity. Adept at cash flow management, board reporting, profitability analysis, cost-reduction strategies, KPI analysis, and financial forecasting. Committed to driving organisational growth through innovative solutions and strategic insights.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
2026
2026
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Head of Finance
AVL South America
01.2014 - 07.2025
- Company Overview: Automotive Company with Head Office in Austria
- Manage all financial, statutory and controlling aspects of the business in Brazil
- Execute the monthly closing, international accounting and reporting to headquarter
- Support the development of an annual operating plan and quarterly forecast
- Ensure appropriate financial, risk, accounting and auditing policies and local procedures
- Manage the cash flow of the company, working capital, capital expenditure and all measurable (KPI’s) related
- Ensure appropriate customs and logistics processes in accordance with all business unit around the world
- Financial strategy & planning (including long term goals of profitability and providing recommendations of investment decisions)
- Lead financial & administrative team
- To fulfil the requirements from the customers, headquarters, government, and employees.
- To provide the continuous improvement process in all the daily routines
- To monitor the optimization of resources and the cash flow appropriately
- To achieve the headquarters calendar (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually)
- To contribute with the audit process
- Manage day-to-day financial operations like accounting, treasury, taxation, controlling, procurement, payroll and reporting.
- Solve appropriately financial, accounting, administrative, human resources, IT and legal matters.
- Support the process owners
- Banks relationships
- Control all aspects of Budgeting and Forecasting.
- Review and explain monthly financial results.
- Submit financial reports to headquarter.
- Establish controls to ensure accurate financial information throughout the Division.
- Support the Managing Director on various projects.
- Conduct internal audits, as required.
- Ensure defined in AVL South America' goals and objectives
- Optimization of the return on capital employed ROCE (inventory, receivables, project processing time, payments conditions, etc)
- Automotive Company with Head Office in Austria
Accounting & Reporting Coordinator
Clarion Events – Feiras e Exibições
08.2012 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: British Company of Trade shows (Main trade show in Brazil: LAAD Defence & Security)
- Produce and report the month-end closing statements (Balance Sheet / P&L / Reconciliations);
- Provide all standard, recurring and adjusting entries to ensure month-end closing numbers reviewed and reported in due time;
- Prepare workings / reconciliations of balance sheet;
- Produce all budgeting and forecasting statements (monthly and annual);
- Ensure timely reporting of all budgeting and forecasting according to head office policy, 13 weeks, 6 weeks, 1 week, flash report & actual;
- Provide actual to budget/forecast variance analysis;
- Assist with the preparation of budget presentations;
- Responsible for keep statutory documentation in accordance with Brazil legislation;
- Provide information to fiscal authority;
- British Company of Trade shows (Main trade show in Brazil: LAAD Defence & Security)
Senior Controls & Compliance Analyst for Latin America
Intel Semicondutores do Brasil
06.2008 - 03.2012
- Company Overview: Global Leader Manufacturer of microprocessors.
- Management of compliance, ensuring fiscal & statutory in accordance with local legislation and US-GAAP throughout Latin America, focus on mitigation risks in financial reporting.
- Reporting the results of purchase orders audit to key stakeholders demonstrating the impacts in the financial reports.
- Ensure compliance in payment to customers for cooperated marketing activities through Latin America partnering with vendors developed by me to collect all documentation and provide guidance to customers about requirements to payment.
- Global Leader Manufacturer of microprocessors.
Logistic & Financial Consultant
Magnesita S/A
08.2005 - 07.2007
- Company Overview: Global Leader Manufacturer of Refractory Products
- Management of efficiency in shop-floor with standard costs analyzes providing analyzes for increasing efficiency resulting in more products delivered with same resources. This management process involved analyzes of downtimes as well.
- Coordination of mapping current financial process and proposal new flows in preparation of ERP implementation (AS-IS & TO-BE) as well as documenting the opportunities in financial department with focus on increasing efficiency and keeping service level agreements with all customers (internal & externals).
- Global Leader Manufacturer of Refractory Products
Controls Analyst
Elevadores Atlas Schindler
07.1993 - 08.2005
- Company Overview: Global Leader Manufacturer of Elevators & Escalators
- Monitor and report the revenue of portfolio of service´s contracts and new equipment sold.
- Provide financial analyzes including the impacts of inflation and rates in the forecast.
- Management price list of new equipment and providing guidance for sales team related to minimum margin target as well as management the system and calculation of margins for sales.
- Management purchasing of specific products for manufacturing machines.
- Coordination and customization of the systems implementation (Bann & SAP/R3).
- Global Leader Manufacturer of Elevators & Escalators
Education
MBA - Finance and Controllership
USPEsalq
Pos Graduation - Accounting & Controls
UNIP
Business Administration Graduate - undefined
UNIP
Skills
- Strategic decision-making capacity
- Strong business intuition
- Project scoping and execution
- Balance sheet optimisation
- Tax planning and compliance
- Knowledge of erp systems
- Financial reporting system development
- Forecasting accuracy
- Budget development and oversight
- Implementing process improvements
- Leading financial meetings
- IFRS familiarity
- Cash flow management
- Board reporting
- Profitability analysis
- Cost-reduction strategies
- KPI Analysis
- Financial Forecasting
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
Spanish
Intermediate
German
Beginner
Custom
- 30 years experience in management of Strategic Planning, Controlling, Auditing, Accounting, Budget, Supply-Chain & Purchasing.
- Experience in challenging, fast-growing international environments in companies like AVL & Intel.
- Management skills with multidisciplinary teams and participation in high complexity projects in Latin America, Europe, and USA.
- Ability to demonstrate and structure problem-solving through process analysis.
- Extensive experience in business controlling, treasury, financial planning, tax, risk analysis, accounting, costs & corporate budget.
- Solid presentation and communication skills, able to forge relationships across multiple organizational levels.
- Knowledge of production processes from companies like Schindler & Magnexista.
Personal Information
- Age: 51
- Nationality: Brazilian
- Marital status: Married
Timeline
Head of Finance
AVL South America
01.2014 - 07.2025
Accounting & Reporting Coordinator
Clarion Events – Feiras e Exibições
08.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Controls & Compliance Analyst for Latin America
Intel Semicondutores do Brasil
06.2008 - 03.2012
Logistic & Financial Consultant
Magnesita S/A
08.2005 - 07.2007
Controls Analyst
Elevadores Atlas Schindler
07.1993 - 08.2005
Pos Graduation - Accounting & Controls
UNIP
Business Administration Graduate - undefined
UNIP
MBA - Finance and Controllership
USPEsalq
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