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Campbell River, BC, CA

Antofagasta Province, Chile

• Responsible for budgeting and controlling operating and capital costs for Sierra Gorda, the leading mine operation in terms of low-grade copper ore processing. Managed a multinational team of five nationalities.
• Managed budgeting process (Opex and Capex) and financial/accounting modeling under IFRS regulations (obtaining less than 5% variance)
• Reported to Corporate (information involved rolling forecast figures, Capex, and Opex variance analysis)
• Led implementation of Xeras, a… Show more Responsible for budgeting and controlling operating and capital costs for Sierra Gorda, the leading mine operation in terms of low-grade copper ore processing. Managed a.
• Led implementation of Xeras, a site mining costing tool (streamlined cost and capex projections)
• Interacted with Site operations to analyze main cost drivers and requirements

Santiago, Chile

• Coordinated funding and assisted operations to secure venture capital for mining projects (task included presenting Mine projects based on cash flow projections based on estimated resources and promoting them to local.
• Consolidated initial copper concentrate shipments for two small-size mining companies (efforts toward securing metal traders and coordinating local logistics and operations)

Santiago De Chile

• Controls for the Tailing Storage Facility for the Candelaria mine site during the Engineering Project Phase.
• Supervised cost and forecasting for the Candelaria TSF project (US$ 400 million investment)
• Managed project controls and coordination with external engineering companies to ensure progress (control of leading KPI indicators and statement of work competition)

Santiago De Chile

• Accounting Manager for the Tailing Storage Facility project for the Candelaria mine site during the Engineering and Procurement Phase.
• Managed forecasting, cost controls, and payments during the engineering and purchasing phase.Achievements: Improvement in sourcing data and reporting to corporate and in invoice-to-pay-to-time.

Santiago Chile

• Project controller for Freeport in the Northern Chile Area.
• Lead cost controls, financial evaluation, and forecasting for El Abra Mill Project a US$ 6000MM projected project.
• Prepare and analyze project evaluation models under different scenarios.
• Coordinate with different project areas during the pre-feasibility stage of the project.Achievements. Elaborate and present to corporate the economics for top decision on project continuity to following stages.

Chile

• Position based in Santiago, Chile reports directly to Vice President for South America and the South American Controller.
• Forecast corporate cash flows for the South American region, which included operations in Chile and Peru.
• Forecast central office operations.
• Manage financial evaluation on special projects which included potential acquisitions and sales management decisions.Achievements: Improve corporate cash flow procedures, which were input for dividend planning and….
• Manage financial evaluation on special projects which included potential acquisitions and sales management decisions.Achievements: Improve corporate cash flow procedures, which were input for dividend planning and.

Arequipa, Peru

• Responsible for budgeting process and operating and capital costs.
• Improved Cerro Verde’s budgeting processes, cost controls, and reporting (660 million lbs of copper, 2 billion dollars in sales)
• Managed the yearly LOM model
• Designed KPI initiatives and process improvement (project scope was to benchmark and develop leading operational and financial indicators for performance control)
• Led the CAPEX management, managing capital requirements and controls, which included… Show more Responsible for budgeting process and operating and capital costs.
• Led the CAPEX management, managing capital requirements and controls, which included implementing an in-house Capital management tool Show less

Lima, Peru

• I led the initial mine site project for explorations and operating cost analysis for a mine on greenfield operation status.
• Prioritized selling efforts to promote the Toromocho project to potential buyers (successfully closing the operation to Chinalco)
• Participated in the information package: Cash flow projections and financials, used during the due diligence selling process
• Project management: budgeting, task allocation, planning, and controlling

Master Of Business Administration, Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: VP of Latin American MBA graduate students asociation. Teacher assistant for Supply Chain and Chicanos studies..

Finance, Business

Activities and Societies: Top fifth ranked 16th upon graduation