Andrea Blanco, Mba Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Led the team in developing the annual operating plan and periodic forecasts, as well as analyzing results and delivering actionable insights to our business partners.Analyzed trends in parcel volume and revenue to identify and implement growth strategies based on data-driven insights.Supported ad hoc requests from the commercial team to conduct detailed.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Managed the annual financial planning and forecasting for the cross-border businessMaintained clear and effective communication with stakeholders, ensuring transparency and understanding of financial plans and performance.Developed various financial scenarios to assess potential risks and opportunities, aiding in formulating contingency plans.Created and.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Main Responsibility: Led the annual financial planning and forecasting P&L.
• Led financial modeling for investment projects and evaluated financial scenarios across the e-commerce organization.
• Presented monthly financial results and forecasts; analyzed comparisons to forecast, budget, and prior years.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis of performance trends, operational metrics, and target settings.

Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas Area

• Main Responsibility: Supported the annual financial planning and forecasting for parcel P&L, focusing mostly on warehouse costs.
• Provide support to report performance trends, operational metrics, and target settings.
• Ensured compliance with reporting standards, corporate policies, and integrity of internal and external reporting

Caracas, Venezuela

• Led the annual financial planning and forecasting of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), for 100 % of the plants. Provided insights to the market, decision making support and identified opportunities and risk for cost budget.
• Safeguarded the accuracy of Cost in Profit and Losses reports.
• Analyzed Cause of Change Tracker for COGS through comparisons between Real vs Planned Costs, by SKU.
• Coordinated with multiple teams within the organization to forecast costs for any innovation project.
• Reported to the country and global management relevant KPI's such as SFA, SLOB's, FIFO, among others.
• Supported the procurement team in sourcing savings projects

Caracas Area, Venezuela

• Provided deep analyses in distribution cost, yearly budgeting, cost follow-up, and made commentaries to enhance decision making processes. Identified opportunities and risk for warehousing, logistics and move cost.
• Planned and forecasted the annual operating plan of distribution cost, for 5 distribution warehouses that supplied the country. Compared real and planned variations monthly.
• Implemented a global project to automatize OTIF calculations.
• Supported procurement in move savings projects.
• Reported KPI's such as OTIF, Fill Rate, and Distribution Cost.

Caracas, Venezuela

• Guaranteed the timely and effective process of cash collection with strong cross-functional collaboration across Customer Service/Logistics, Sales, Finance, Governance, and Customers.
• Supported the SAP global project implementation process for Order to Cash to standardize operating systems across the different Diageo international offices.
• Reviewed clients’ annual credit limits by evaluating their financial status and assessing risks. Managed a portfolio of Distributors and Key Account all around the country.
• Ensured that internal procedures complied with the corporation international best practices and policies such as the prevention of money laundering.
• Enhanced cooperation between Finance, Sales, & Logistics teams by cultivating interpersonal relationships and setting clear goals.
• Developed negotiation skills by constantly liaising with clients and by building mutually beneficial relationships.

Caracas Area, Venezuela

• Guarantee that all corporative credits that were liquidated in the bank would comply with all the requirements. Analyzed credit liquidations under exception, follow up to complete the credit files. Supported the audit.

Caracas Area, Venezuela

• Supported Investment representatives in their account management and business development.
• Assisted existing clients and new clients, provided applicable recommendations, and built strong customer relationships
• Actively supported PDVSA‘s bond issuance, National state-owned oil company.
• Supported in the public offering of shares of the largest power company and telephone in Venezuela (Electricidad de Caracas & CANTV).

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Licenciado En Administracion, Business Administration And Management, General