Diego A. Paez Email & Phone Number

As Control, Finance and Business Performance Manager at an entity (joint venture) founded in 2019 and operational since 2021, I've played a key role in establishing and growing the onshore business unit while providing support to the offshore market. My key responsibilities and achievements include:• Lead strategic financial planning, including budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, driving stability and efficiency in volatile markets. Achieved sustained EBITDA of c. +40% over 3 years and with a flatted intercompany debt.• Oversee commercial finance and revenue growth activities, providing insights for investment decisions and new product launches. Conduct pricing analysis, performance evaluations through customer and product P&L, aligning with strategic goals like brand building and sustainability.• Proactively identify and engage with new clients and business opportunities, expanding the company's market presence and contributing to revenue growth. Successfully managed 2/3 key accounts in a new market.• Spearhead business performance management, analyzing financial data to identify trends and drive actionable insights. Focus on key KPIs such as Gross Margin, RIR A&P, and Operating Margin to improve overall business results.• Foster collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, JV board members, and external partners. Ensure alignment with business objectives and explore market dynamics, leveraging benchmarking from mature Joint Ventures.• Drive process improvements and lead quarterly risk management committees. Establish a strong internal control environment and manage key business risks, both financial and non-financial. Implemented 50 new controls with minimal findings.

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Led Trade Investment Management and Pricing processes along the region ensuring best practices, compliance and adherence to finance and commercial policies, adding value to the business through budgetary control and profitability analytics by optimizing investment strategy into the trade and pricing plans. Generating improvements on profit, cash collections and customer collaboration agenda.

Bogota

Lead and support local and regional projects related to commercial operational model enhancements and IS projects as Project Manager and Project Manager Office according the complexity and the budget for each case; leading interdisciplinary teams, budget control, scope management, deliverables agenda, timelines and risk management through PMI methodology and leadership skills.

Support Share Service Center Starup for Latin America based in Colombia for Order to Cash process (Customer Service and Account Receivables Management) for eight markets with more than 300 customers along the region, excluding Brazil and Mexico.Achieve main KPI targets related to OTC Process as follow: Overdue Debt (1% - GBP 100K) for markets migrated at 2014 year end, DSO around than 50 days for the region and OTIF (On Time in Full) as 89%; providing significant contributions to Working Capital and Business Strategy for the region.

Support, analyze and audit activities related with travel and entertainment expenses generating cost reductions insights to the business.Ensuring the accomplishment of T&E policy and be direct contact with key vendors such travel agencies and Corporate Credit Card supplier.Lead local implementation of global tool for T&E expenses reporting.

Lead the annual process Budget for GL&S (Global Logistic and Supply) of Andean region in terms of administrative and operational cost for different BU of the company. Perform monthly analysis, forecast and submission of Budget execution scorecard.

Analyze and control daily cash flow through different support activities such forecasting, funding, cash excess management and foreign Exchange trading for intercompany and dividends payments. Create daily cash forecast for two months ahead for planning and control proposes. Perform treasury operations diagnosis to phase and reduce additional and unnecessary cost for financial movements. Savings on Foreign Exchange trading base on macroeconomics index.

Diploma, Project Management

Postgraduate, Strategic Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finanzas, General