Paulo Salazar
About Paulo Salazar
Paulo Salazar is the Director of Finance Operations at Teleflex in San Diego, California, with extensive experience in finance and accounting roles across various companies.
Current Role at Teleflex
Paulo Salazar serves as the Director of Finance Operations at Teleflex in San Diego, California, United States. In this role, he oversees financial operations, ensuring the smooth integration of accounting processes, management of accounts payable, and handling of fixed assets and inventory transactions.
Previous Experience at Cardinal Health
Paulo Salazar worked at Cardinal Health in various capacities between 2017 and 2022. He was the Director of Finance Operations from 2020 to 2022, Sr Finance Manager, Global Manufacturing Transformation Leader, and Medical Segment in 2019-2020, and Plant Controller from 2017 to 2019, operating in the Greater San Diego Area and Tijuana Area, Mexico. He co-led the integration of accounting processes and successfully completed month-end closing processes in 1.5 days.
Finance Roles at Medtronic and Bose
From 2014 to 2017, Paulo Salazar was the Plant Controller at Medtronic in Tijuana Area, Mexico, where he streamlined budgeting and forecasting processes across 40 sites within the Minimally Invasive Therapies Group. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Controller at Bose Corporation from 2008 to 2014, also in Tijuana.
Early Career in Finance and Auditing
Paulo Salazar began his career at DFK International as a Tax Supervisor from 1994 to 1998 and moved on to PwC as a Senior Auditor until 2005. This was followed by roles at Greatbath Medical as a Financial Analyst and as Plant Controller at Medtronic. His early career provided robust experience in finance, accounting, and auditing in the Tijuana Area, Mexico.
Educational Background
Paulo Salazar holds a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Finance from CETYS Universidad, obtained between 2012 and 2015. He also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Finance from Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, completed from 1994 to 1999. His educational background has been fundamental in his extensive career in finance operations.