Rodrigo Fialho Coutinho

Director of Finance at Raiz Educação

Rodrigo Fialho Coutinho is the current Director of Finance at Raiz Educação. Rodrigo has previous experience working as an Especialista de Planejamento Corporativo at HarperCollins Publishers from October 2015 to August 2016. In this role, they were responsible for the relationship with the American partners of Harper Collins Brazil, being the focal point of them in the operation, with the responsibility of centralizing all information, demand attendance and monitoring meetings. Rodrigo reported directly to the Financial Director of the group.

During their time at HarperCollins Publishers, Rodrigo was responsible for various important projects and initiatives, including creating a monthly Book of information in English containing P&L, CashFlow, Balance Sheet, HeadCount, Inventory and AR to be sent to Harper's board in the US; preparing a monthly Business Review of the business based on information contained in the Book, with a focus on Income Statement and Balance Sheet; participating in the monthly "Business Review" call with Harper's board in the US to discuss information contained in the book and opinion on business progress; being responsible for the SCP project - calculation of billing and cash projection for a temporary unit that sold products from various companies; redefining processes to adapt them to business rules required by headquarters, with a focus on relations with banks and financial processes; implementing a compliance system called Hipero, involving initial loading, process definition, training of employees and contact with supplier in the US; being responsible for the allocation of all corporate expenses (shared service center - SSC), including personnel expenses of shared areas; providing support to the American team in specific reports and questioning, such as taxes, non-current assets, financial transactions between companies, bank audits and transfer pricing; and being responsible for the financial interpretation of personnel expenses, such as budget preparation, monthly analysis of actual vs. budgeted, benefits and taxes allocation of payroll.

Rodrigo Fialho Coutinho is an engineer with a specialty in production engineering. Rodrigo attended the Universidade Federal Fluminense for their undergraduate degree and holds a Green Belt certification in Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing from Setec Consulting Group.

Rodrigo Fialho Coutinho reports to Andre Gusman, CEO. Rodrigo Fialho Coutinho works with Eduardo Cacalis - Director of Performance Marketing & Customer Success, Solange Santana - Director of People & Administration.

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