Summary
Rubens Mesquita is a seasoned finance and administrative executive with over four decades of experience leading controllers, FP&A, treasury, tax and operational finance across major agribusiness and trading firms. He has steered complex transformations including ERP implementations (SAP S/4HANA) and shared services consolidations, and has hands-on experience with US GAAP/IFRS reporting, FX hedging, funding and litigation processes. As a former CFO and long-time controller at multinational firms, he has led M&A, PMI and IPO-related work and cultivated strong relationships with local and international banks and development institutions. He combines deep technical familiarity with systems like SAP, JDE and Datasul with pragmatic PMO discipline to deliver measurable process and control improvements. Now consulting through RMesquita Consulting, he is actively structuring systems and shared services for large agribusiness clients, demonstrating a rare mix of operational detail and board-level strategic insight. Despite a career rooted in finance, he still lives by the mantra “No pain, no gain,” signaling a results-driven, hands-on leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and business planning, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and business planning at UFU - Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Bachelor's degree, Economics at Unit
Technologist in Accounting, Accouting Technician, Technologist in Accounting, Accouting Technician at CEAB
English