Overall financial management, focusing on driving growth and financial sustainability across five countries and three different business models. Responsibilities span over designing and implementing financial strategies, risk management, and comprehensive financial management, including business finance, financial partnering, financial planning, accounting, treasury, procurement, collections, tax, and financial audit functions, among others. Special emphasis on aligning financial initiatives with overall organizational goals and driving executive leadership in strategic planning, as well as on building high-performance finance teams, embracing new technologies, and implementing process improvements to optimize financial operations.

Responsible for the financial operation of all 5 countries ensuring an efficient use of the firm’s resources. Design, implementation, and supervision of administrative and financial processes such as planning and budgeting, corporate and performance reporting, month and year end closings, accounting, internal, external and tax audit, treasury and taxes among others, aiming at providing key and timely business support and reaching short, mid and long-term strategic goals. All of the above within a high-growth environment.10 direct reports & 12 outsourcings in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama and Peru

Responsible for the financial operation in Colombia ensuring an efficient use of the firm’s resources. Design, implementation, and supervision of administrative and financial processes such as planning and budgeting, corporate and performance reporting, month and year end closings, accounting, internal, external and tax audit, treasury and taxes among others, aiming at providing key and timely business support and reaching short, mid and long-term strategic goals. All of the above within a high-growth environment.4 direct reports & 3 outsourcings

Rigid plastic packaging manufacturing group with operations in Andean RegionDesign, projection and follow-up of the group’s capital structure and budget. Ad-hoc analysis and special projects structuring in accordance with the firm’s growth strategy.Main Achievements: -Built a consolidated financial model to assess the group’s financial structure. -Opened a production plant in Ecuador aiming at improving margins and dispatch times with existing clients as well as expanding presence within the Ecuadorian market. -Strategic link between CEO and key members of the management team and Board of Directors, facilitating and supporting organizational communication and corporate decision-making

Leading Colombian strategic communications consulting firmIn charge of supervising financial operation and maximizing the firm’s profitability, while maintaining robust control mechanisms – Pricing Strategy – Liaison with Legal Team and Advisors.4 direct reportsMain Achievements: -After designing and implementing a financial restructuring, cash flow was fully recuperated, indebtedness levels were completely controlled, and the firm generated the highest Ebitda and Ebitda Margins since its establishment.-Designed and implemented the firm’s pricing strategy. Created a pricing tool that facilitated, standardized and unified a criterium for preparing commercial proposals to clients. -Internalized the formerly outsourced accounting and IT departments, increasing levels of coordination with other business areas, cutting response times in half, and reducing associated costs (~20%). -Led the creation of the company’s recruitment committee. This required the complete redesign of recruitment procedures, which resulted in a 25% reduction of staff turnover. -Led the creation of two business units (visual communication and digital communication), in liaison with the firm’s Vice President, increasing and strengthening the firm’s service portfolio.

Selected in 2009 by Latin Finance as the best Investment Bank Boutique in Colombia. In that same year Dinero Magazine awarded the firm with first place in number of syndicated loan transactions in Colombia and second place in funding attainment.Financial modeling and structuring for debt and equity fundraising, project finance, M&A and asset valuation, green and brown field projects, public tenders and fairness opinions. Practice areas included healthcare services, transportation infrastructure (highways, railroads, airports, mass transit), power generation (hydro and thermal), industrial goods and Oil & Gas, among others. Main Achievements: -Financial structuring of the winning bid with which the concessionaire Airplan was awarded with Colombia’s second largest airport concession (management, operation and maintenance of airports in Rionegro, Medellín, Montería, Quibdó, Carepa and Corozal). Afterwards I advised Airplan in the design of their capital, financial and operational structures-Financial structuring of projects with investment requirements of over US$1 billion obtaining debt for ~US$250m in banking, multilateral and capital markets