Joel Aguilar

Joel Aguilar

Solutions Consultant

  • 32+ Years of Accounting Experience

    with progressive experience leading financial, accounting, and operations teams for domestic and international companies.

  • Professional Partner to C-Suite Executives

    providing sound financial and operations counsel to inform decision-making.

  • Proven Value Enhancement Leader

    providing sound financial and operations counsel to inform decision-making.

AREAS OF FOCUS

Roles

  • Monitored in-process recommendations worldwide, performing corrective follow-up and related reporting to Audit Committee & IT Process & Controls Committee
  • Focused on data analytics, mergers and acquisitions, offshoring operations, privacy compliance, contract management, inventory controls, and more
  • Performed global audits evaluating over 10 unique control environments at locations such as Europe, Latin America, and North America
  • Implemented the use of automated work papers improving the efficiency and reducing the costs of performing audits
  • Set up Internal Audit function, resulting in promotion to replace the Controller’s function
  • Created innovative reports and automated processes and tools to compare, analyze, and comment on monthly result variances
  • Increased computer efficiency of the accounting processes reducing the finance overhead by 50%

Achievements

  • Implemented Audit Leverage and member of the AutoAudit implementation committee to integrate electronic workpapers, audit workflow, web-based issue tracking tools, and dashboard reports
  • Initiated a successful corporate audit function for Alcatel-Lucent /Nokia companies in North America with regional sales responsibility of $1 billion
  • Member of Tableau data analytics team, implementing data mining and techniques for continuous monitoring of intercompany transfers, accounts receivable, and accounts payable
  • Participated in the Finance and Accounting shared services assessment of DuPont Textile Industries and Procter and Gamble joint efforts of HP and A.T. Kearney
  • Implemented process risk-oriented audit tools and guidelines for operational audits of banking products and services