I'm Marco Vargas and I'm a former Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) Global Relationship Partner who now works as a Fractional CFO. I'm supported by two long term employees. Seasoned staff accountants, both former PwC.
TOGETHER, WE'RE A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF KNOWLEDGE, PROFESSIONALISM, SAVVY, EXPERIENCE AND VALUE
My team and I work remotely; in fact, we're based in San Miguel de Allende (San Miguel is in the central highlands of Mexico - it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site that's often voted one of the most beautiful cities in the world) where my wife (a Consulting Archaeologist) and I are raising a family. I'm a world citizen; my Mother is British, my Father is Mexican/American, I was educated in the USA (I have a degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin) and I worked for a Big Four firm (PwC) for 20 years prior to settling down in San Miguel in 2016 and going in to private practice. I speak and write in perfect English; in fact, my English is better than my Spanish. Equally important, I intimately understand accounting rules and laws - particularly as they relate to global, cross-border issues such as transfer pricing and EU VAT triangulation - and always work in full compliance with GAAP.
I'M INFINITELY QUALIFIED TO WORK AS A FRACTIONAL CFO
I work for a small collection of clients and perform a wide variety of tasks; my client list circles the globe but the common denominator is all are on QuickBooks. Working collaboratively, my team has a proven track record of overseeing the finance, accounting, human resources and legal departments of my clients, most doing business across international borders. We manage banking, lending, investor and financial statement auditor relationships, set transfer pricing policies, manage A/P, A/R, payroll (both direct and PEO), budgeting, consulting, tax strategy and compliance, management (cost) accounting, modeling, planning and variance reporting.
On the H.R. side I manage recruiters, shrink and grow headcount, assess and drive the design of industry-competitive compensation packages, establish COLAs and oversee the structuring, awarding and vesting of stock options (both pre and post IPO).
On the legal side I oversee the design and creation of offshore, tax-mitigating entities, manage relationships with law firms and offshore fiduciaries, drive contract and employment negotiations, appropriately protect intellectual property worldwide and work to assess, understand and mitigate risk through the use of both conventional and offshore, captive insurance strategies.
I'M SERIOUSLY INVESTED IN BEING A FRACTIONAL CFO; THIS IS NO SIDELINE HUSTLE OR PART TIME GIG