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State Of São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo, Brasil

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São Paulo, Brasil

• Fund Structuring and Management: managed 7 offshore funds (2 Cayman, 5 Delaware) which account +USD 300mi AUM. Conducted 2 annual audits (PwC) and 4 fund structuring processes besides oversighting regular management.
• Investor Relations: managed +100 Limited Partners, from onboarding to daily support, and participated in the fundraising processes for core funds III and IV, along with senior partners;
• Compliance and Governance: assured the compliance with: (i) Brazilian, Cayman, and Delaware authorities and regulators, and (ii) Limited Partnership Agreements and bylaws - by participating in Board Meetings.

Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

• Investing: analyzed 40+ investment opportunities across a wide range of sectors, such as (i) education, (ii) health, (iii) healthy food & beverages; (iv) cosmetics, and (v) smart cities.
• Monitoring: managed a portfolio of 10 companies, of which 4 demanded an active role in (i) fundraising support, (ii) management selection, (iii) business development, and (iv) budget approval.
• Reporting: proposed and led an internal project to standardize the investment analysis process and monthly reporting;
• Auditing: responsible for the annual auditing report by being the focal point for KPMG and reviewing accounting of investments (financial instruments and equity method).

Managed portfolio companies on a full-time basis – Pet Care and Tembici

Santiago/Chile And Buenos Aires/Argentina

• Performed a key role in the company’s internationalization, by assessing the acquisition of a Chilean company and in the setup of a green field project in Buenos Aires/Argentina, together with the LatAm Regional.
• Assessed in the Chilean-target acquisition (modelling, due diligence, and deal closing);
• Led the post-acquisition integration of the Chilean subsidiary and the intercultural engagement with the Brazilian parent company, together with the Regional Manager;
• Hired, trained and managed the Treasury, Accounting, Administrative and HR teams for the two LatAm subsidiaries;
• Structured two long term debts for the LatAm bike sharing projects (7-year issuance in Santiago and a 10-year in Buenos Aires);
• Periodically reviewed Argentinean legal, accounting and fiscal matters along with local specialists.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

• Managed the Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A teams;
• Structured the FP&A team from scratch, implementing Budget/Forecast, Project Finance, and other processes, giving support to management team on financial issues;
• Assessed in the Chilean-target acquisition.

Sao Paulo, Brasil

• Prepared the company for the fundraising process by restructuring internal controls and procedures to improve the financial statements quality – equity round concluded in Nov,2018 with VCA Inc (NASDAQ: WOOF), strategic.
• budgeting and forecasting processes;
• operational and financial KPIs;
• daily cash flow management tools.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

• Created quarterly earnings releases, board meeting presentations and peer analysis.

• Identified and evaluated non-strategic assets as part of the Financial Restructuring plan.
• Assisted on the sale of assets worth R$1 billion, performing financial modeling and coordinating the data room for acquirer’s due diligence process.

• Structuring: (i) led guarantees formalization from due diligence to contract sign-off and (ii) managed debt obligation portfolio of more than R$ 1.3 billion composed by mortgage, assets and receivables-backed debt.
• Restructuring and Rollover: assisted on the debt restructuring and rollover processes, ensuring the best guarantees selection through asset pool analysis (receivables portfolio, landbank, project’s Net Asset Value and.
• Reporting: developed and implemented several reports regarding the whole company’s indebtedness to relevant internal and external decision makers (CEO, IRO, CFO and rating agencies). > Selected projects: creation of.

Rio De Janeiro E Região, Brasil

• Dedicated personal vacation period from PDG Realty to work for Vinci Partners and gain experience with Private Equity.
• Food industry sector analysis: performed using both top-down and bottom-up approaches, and presented the screening result to the Private Equity partners and team.
• Deal opportunity analysis for the infrastructure fund: financial modeling for a renewable energy project, and sector regulation research.

São Paulo E Região, Brasil

Cfa Program - Level Ii Candidate

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.)