Paula Soares

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20+ years of experience in Construction and Real Estate | International Career (Portugal, Brazil, USA) | CFO | Business Development | Project Management | MBA Porto Business School | Harvard
Paula Soares's Location
Braga, Braga, Portugal, Portugal
About Paula Soares

Management Executive, with international experience in Real Estate and Construction (Portugal, Brazil and USA). My strong qualifications in developing and implementing procedures and processes, as well as organizational skills and financial background, have qualified me to work for 7 years, as an Operations Manager and Project Manager in a Miami Beach’s high-end construction firm, with projects in South Florida and NY, and in 2021/2022 as Senior Director for the Facilities Management business area at Excell Communications. I have recently worked as CEO of a USD $80M Commercial (Retail and Corporate) Construction company, operating in 13 different States in the US, serving one of the largest telecom companies in the country.

Paula Soares's Current Company Details

20+ years of experience in Construction and Real Estate | International Career (Portugal, Brazil, USA) | CFO | Business Development | Project Management | MBA Porto Business School | Harvard
Paula Soares Work Experience Details
  • Tirion Works Management
    Chief Executive Officer
    Tirion Works Management Mar 2022 - Sep 2023
    New York/ Dallas, United States
    Focused on the company´s expansion and establishing processes, procedures and the entire structure of Procurement, Financial Control, Commercial and HR Departments. Responsible for the relationship with the company´s biggest Client, Altice USA, and supervising the Operations team, which managed to deliver almost 70 retail stores, averaging 2,500 sqf/each, and 3 corporate projects, increasing the company´ Revenues from $21 Million to $80 Million from 2021 to 2022.
  • Excell Communications
    Senior Director
    Excell Communications Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
    United States
    Senior Director for the Facilities Management BU, coordinating a team of 50 people, including facilities managers, technicians and supervisors, responsible for managing more than 7,7 M sqf in 9 different US States.- Created procedures to guarantee that all the processes in place were perfectly understood and followed;- Responsible for the capex projects associated with facility management, submitting the proposals to the Client and working with the construction managers in order to control the projects’ costs and income.
  • Mutchnik Construction Group
    Operations Manager
    Mutchnik Construction Group May 2014 - Jan 2021
    Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area And New York
    As Operational Manager, the aim was to guarantee that all the conditions were created for the GC’s team and the subcontractors to perform their jobs on time and on budget, namely assuring that the intervenient parties received all the important and accurate information and that all the relevant decisions were made on time.Project Manager in several renovation projects in Key Biscayne, Fisher Island and Bal Harbour, FL, with total costs varying from $3 Million to $10 Million, and in a $ 7 Million apartment in a NYC Landmark Building, accumulating with site supervisor functions in the last 4 months of the renovation.A Mutchnik Construction Group is a full-service construction firm, specialized in the buildout and renovation of high-end luxury residences, with operations in South Florida and NYC
  • Fitout Brasil Sa
    Financial Director
    Fitout Brasil Sa Mar 2009 - Sep 2013
    São Paulo Area, Brazil
    Administration and financial management of the company, together with legal and human resources responsibilities.Fitout Brasil is a services provider company for real estate projects, focused on shopping centers and mixed-use projects, acting from the procurement until the property management of the assets.
  • Fdo Group
    Head Of The Investment And Studies Dep. And Management Control
    Fdo Group Mar 2006 - Feb 2009
    Braga Area, Portugal
    - Investment and Studies’ Department: analysis of economic feasibility of new investment opportunities in all the business areas of the Group, with a focus in real estate, but also involving the Energy and Construction Sectors; monitoring and controlling the development of new projects, analysis and evaluation of potential Assets and Companies’ acquisitions and elaboration of the respective Business Plans; contacts with financial institutions and decision-making under the financing options for the Projects, including the negotiation of long-term loans for the Shopping Centers; coordination, together with the CFO and external consultants, of the sales process of the Group’s Shopping Centers portfolio; - Consolidation and Reporting: Coordination of the Annual Budget and Forecast process; financial and management monthly Reports for the Board; Annual Consolidation Financial Statements and Annual Report & Accounts.
  • Sonae Sierra
    Head Of The Investment And Studies Department
    Sonae Sierra Sep 1999 - Mar 2006
    Porto Area, Portugal
    - Participation in the creation and launch of Sierra Fund in 2003, an investment fund in shopping malls managed by Sonae Sierra with an Initial Equity of $ 1.26 Billion;- Supporting the Development and Asset Management decisions, as Responsible for the economic viability of new projects and refurbishment of the assets in operation, for all the target markets;- Elaboration of the Investment Proposals for the Board of Directors; - Coordination of external evaluations of the Company’ assets and elaboration of internal reviews;- Value Based Management (EVA methodology) and Balanced Scorecard annual processes;- Training of multi-national teams (including Portugal, Brazil, Greece and Germany) regarding the projects’ feasibility analysis and the impact on the value of project management teams’ decisions.

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Paula Soares's current role is 20+ years of experience in Construction and Real Estate | International Career (Portugal, Brazil, USA) | CFO | Business Development | Project Management | MBA Porto Business School | Harvard.

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Paula Soares attended Harvard Business School, Porto Business School, Universidade Do Porto.

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