Xose Pineiro

Master of Finance
Schaffhausen, Switzerland Xose Pineiro - Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Master of Finance Candidate - SMC
Bachelor of Economics, Universidad de Vigo

Industry Background
PhilipsElectronics gave me the opportunity to begin my professional career helping to build its European Accounting Services in Dublin. Philips is one of the world’s biggest electronics companies and Europe’s largest, offering a great opportunity to develop my skills and to grow as a professional. Migration of the consumer electronics division accounting services of Spain and Portugal, followed by the SAP standardization processes project were within my duties. The knowledge gained during this period allowed me to join another leading organization, Tyco International Ltd. The financial issues of 2002 required a new orientation, change of the leading team and the commitment of all employees to re-establish the reputation of the company. I actively participated in this change process during the SOx implementation in the company’s European Reinvoice Center of its Medical Division in Switzerland, adapting the transfer pricing processes to the new policy.

Forecasting, Planning and Analysis Manager is my last role at Tyco’s Corporate office in Switzerland, which performs the accounting for Tyco’s internal treasury department as well as supports Tyco’s intellectual property functions. The role implied the responsibility of managing complex projects; absorption of spun-off residual entities, opening of Corporate offices in China or SOx processes standardization across all European Corporate offices. I also was instrumental in the Company’s $40B split in 2008. During this process, the Corporate International team was required to triplicate its financial entities and processes in Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mauritius and Thailand, taking part on the recruitment and effective training of the new teams.

Personal Vision & Plan
I am an enthusiastic person and a finance professional who best develops and utilizes his abilities in changing environments, articulate in four languages and with a vast international experience in large multinationals who wants to take an active role on the globalization role the world is currently going through. Leading organizations challenging their employees with continuous efficiency improvements, seek of synergies or suggestion of innovative processes fit best my skills. My strong motivation is directly linked with the company values, a strong need I have in order to identify with the company and that I use as a driving force to achieve the company’s objectives. Learning and development are other key elements that impact my career.

My strong financial background, project leading experience and inter-personal skills are a strong foundation where to expand my skills as a manager, which will allow me to access roles in board directorships or executive positions, closer to the decision making body of a high growth organization in the future. With interests in strategy, financial analysis, financial restructuring, debt restructuring or due diligence in the nearest future and aiming a further professional development in more operational roles in a mid-term prospect, but also I would like to go in depth in employee development and motivational techniques. The human factor is an aspect that I would like to highlight as one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century and an area where I would like to make a difference.