Alexis Gajardo Valdivieso

- Responsible for the corporative deparment of Finance, Treasury, Supplier, Insurance, and Investor Relations, with direct report to CFO  Managed the cash of the entire company for USD +100M, improving financial income through diferent type of financial nvesttment as short as long term (fixed income). Also, supervised the finnancial and accounting valuation of these instruments (Bonds, Deposits, money Market, etc)  Managed company cash position and daily cash Flow in coordination with all department of the company assuring budget comply according proyections . Responsible for the maintenance of working capital and financing lines with Banks Local when be required, specially for comex and long term finnancing transactions  Supervised supplier payment process and with financial counterparties as local as foreign currency. In addition, supervised the compliance of currency policy applying hedge instruments approved for the Administration (Derivatives, Forward)  Leaded the relatonships with Finnancial Institutions, insurance companies, auditors, regulators and investors, on behalf of the Company. In addition,  Coordinated corporatives meeting with investors (quarterly press release) for the results reports to the Market. Leaded the process of insurance tender for the company annualy with local and foreign companies. Additionally, supervised the claims settlement when occurried.  Finnally, responsible for the design and implementation of projects regarding to finance, treasury, control and managing of cash in +100 stores has the company in the country

 Managed the cash excess, investing in different available banking products maximizing profitability. managing resources for USD+ 500 M in the local and international Market both.  Managed the relationship with banks, especially in investment products, debt, cash management, letters of credit and guarantees. Also, with regulators and auditors  Forecasted short-term cash flows, ensuring compliance and periodic monitoring of transactions according to budget to minimize deviations.  Supervised the execution of payments to suppliers and financial counterparts, local and foreign currency. Extensive knowledge and experience in mass payment optimization through Swift messaging (MT101) and XML, with local and international banks.  Managed the following treasury orocess: a) Manual and Automatic Banking Reconciliation (MT940) through Swift messaging, b) Intercompany transactions, cash pooling, dividend payments, short-term loans, c) Foreign Trade; d) Corporate credit cards; e) Issuance, custody and maintenance of guarantees and letters of credit; f) exchange rate exposures, financial counterparties and financial risks associated with the operation  Supervised the collections management process, ensuring the availability of resources.  Ensure a financial service with the areas of the company (Taxes, accounting, finance, budgets, operations, others), being the key user for the rest of the processes  Constant coordination with the parent company (USA) for new projects for continuous improvement and optimization.  Leader of projects that involve continuous improvement and process monitoring for the Treasury área

 Supervised and Analised of the economic-financing situation of the companies in charge (cash flow, financial statements, forecast) proposing if it is necessary alternatives of financing to the Administration.  Relation with banks and finnancial institutions to analise alternatives of financing.  Execution of the short and long term operations in South America as loans, local and international bonds, comitted credit lines, guarantees, derivatives.  Managed the hedge operations to cover finnancial risks, mainly foreign exchange risk (Swap, Cross Currency Swaps, Forwards, others).  Participation in proyects team regarding with Corporate Finance as capitalization of debts, capital increase, others. Also, Reporting of debt and derivatives to local board and stakeholder in Chile, Spain and Italy..

 Designing, evaluation and implementation of Sarbanes Oxley Act Compliance (section 404), in multinacional companies as consultant