María Fernanda Hernández

Head of Administration & Accounting and responsible for Treasury, Taxes, Legal and IT areas, reporting to Business Unit's Managing Partner and Regional Finance Director for Latin America. • Leads annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting process. Monitors compliance with financial KPIs and monthly reports to HQ. Explains variances and local business development and elaborates management reports. • Responsible for the elaboration and issuance of annual financial statements, including the relationship with external auditors and advisors. • Supports commercial area in the economic assessment of projects and the preparation of proposals to clients, including financial, tax and legal aspects. • Provides financial and administrative support to the technical area regarding project management. • Participates in Due Diligence projects lead by Global Acquisitions division.

Head of Administration, Accounting, Treasury, Taxes, Legal, IT and HR areas, reporting to ERM Argentina's Managing Partner and Regional Management Team for Latin America.

Senior Analyst at the Portfolio Management Latin America Department of the German Development Bank based in Cologne, Germany • Performed analysis of business plans, management reports and financial statements of Latin-American portfolio companies. • Elaborated reports on the financial and economic development and performance of portfolio companies for credit risk assessment. • Controlled the fulfillment of conditions precedent for disbursement of loans. • Monitored the evolution, composition and profitability of the 600 MM EUR Latin-America Portfolio and reported for Senior Management. • Inducted trainees to internal systems and procedures.

Experienced Senior Auditor, Transaction Advisory Services Division • Managed due diligence engagements and performed agreed upon procedures on more than 15 M&A transactions involving manufacturing, commercial and service companies, reporting to E&Y Partners. • Normalized EBITDA and analyzed working capital structure of target companies. • Identified accounting and financial issues and suggested the corresponding adjustments. • Collaborated with the tax department in determining contingencies. • Elaborated due diligence reports.

Senior Auditor, Audit Division • Coordinated audit teams and performed audit procedures on industrial, commercial and service companies. • Evaluated internal control procedures and issued management letters. • Prepared Financial Statements under Argentinean and US GAAP. • Provided accounting support to different companies. • Performed budget variance analysis, comparison between actual and forecasted values.