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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Organizational Unit: Controller - Financial Reporting: Designed, built and maintained financial/accounting reports/models. Prepared and filed monthly, quarterly and annual forms/surveys (financial/operational data) required by U.S. regulators. Assisted with the translation (from English to Spanish) of financial reporting documents (e.g. quarterly financial reports), formal letters and presentations directed to CITGO Board of Directors, among others. Performed capital budgeting and analysis, and presented results to senior and executive level management. Developed dashboards and financial models designed to respond quickly to ad-hoc reporting needs.

Houston, Texas, United States

Organizational Unit: Mid-Office: Financial Analysis (Cash Flow Estimation, Capital Budgeting modeling and maintenance, NPV, IRR, MIRR, Payback Period, Discounted Payback, Profitability Index, Sensitivity and Scenario Analysis. Ratio Analysis (liquidity, efficiency, leverage, coverage and profitability). Break-even and Leverage Analysis. Financial modeling/Dashboard design using Microsoft Excel.Performed variance, gain/loss, earnings analyses and reporting (crude, feedstock and product supply and terminals). Kept track of daily, MTD and YTD physical and financial P&L positions and traders’ performance based on P&L results and hedging effectiveness. Gained exposure to hedging of physical priced inventory using derivatives (futures and swaps). Proactively helped transform Mid-Office’s analytical focus from static reporting to dynamic/interactive dashboards based on Pivot tables/charts and simple macros. Coached members of the Mid-Office’s Performance Management and Risk Analysis teams in how to design, build and implement their own dashboards. Assisted in the development and maintenance of financial and operational models used to track and analyze CITGO’s Renewable Identification Numbers purchased, sold, used or traded by CITGO in order to assure compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard requirements established by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Houston, Texas, United States

Organizational Unit Business Analysis and Performance: Analyzed cargo operations and demurrage processes in order to identify and propose key performance indicators. Proposed, designed and implemented dynamic dashboards used for analyzing operational/financial demurrage activity. Maintained daily reports to ensure that operational standards were met. Worked closely with Mid-Office to construct an analytical and reporting tool (“transportation cube”) with the objective of increasing accuracy, visibility and availability of data. The tool efficiently tracked transportation expenses and reduced gaps between operational and financial data found in the company’s ERP system. Gained exposure to COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology) framework.

Houston, Texas, United States

Organizational Unit: Claims and Demurrage Control: Reviewed, issued, negotiated and settled demurrage claims associated with tanker and barge cargo operations. Analyzed contractual agreements and identified changes (e.g. inclusion of public dock, excess pumping, tandem barge operations clauses) to improve operational efficiency and reduce demurrage-related liabilities against CITGO. Recovered over $6.3MM from Time Charter daily hire expenses as demurrage rebilled to CITGO’s counterparties helping the group increase cash inflow resulting from this activity by 26% y-o-y.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Awarded “Best in Class” in case study competition

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemistry

Publications: Pailloux, L.S.; Rosario-Amorin, D.;Chakravarty, M.; Camus, J.; Smith, K.A.; Duesler, E.N.; Dickie, D.A.; Paine, R.T..

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Management

Semester Hours Completed: 51/55

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemistry

Publications: Arribas, G.; Chinea, C.; Padron, D.; Márquez, M.; Ciardelli, F. Synthesis and Reactivity of ansa-Titanocenes Towards.