Yanina Leyton Álvarez

Led the International Performance Management area, responsible for consolidated closing reports, FP&A and business performance analysis, and consolidating all strategic KPIs across countries, business units and brands. Profitability and P&L variance analysis. Investor relationship reporting. Achievements: Designed dashboards to support executive decision-making Improved closing timelines Developed board-level reporting structures

Headed the Finance and Legal departments across Natura&Co’s legal entities in Chile, managing multi-channel business models (direct sales, retail, e-commerce) for the brands Natura, Avon, and The Body Shop. Managing a team of 23 people focused on FP&A, Accounting, Credit and Collections and Legal. Achievements: Increased profitability through budget control and KPI tracking Successfully integrated teams and processes post-Avon acquisition.

Oversaw international commercial planning, including sales forecasting, commercial model analysis, cost assessment, and design of incentive schemes. Achievements: Implemented a new commercial model in Chile, Peru, and Colombia, improving key financial metrics.

Finance lead for the LATAM region (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico), responsible for P&L analysis, cash flow, budgeting, and business planning. Enhanced budgeting processes and rolling forecasts, boosting decision-making effectiveness

Development of long term planning modelling providing support to directors of various markets in Latin America; data analysis, controlling, and monitoring of CapEx, reporting deviations to management levels; preparation of monthly and quarterly presentations and delivering current status and projections to corporate directors. Analysis of KPI metrics (ROI, productivity, operational months, etc.). Development of a market potential model and five-year planning. Preparation of the Development budget.

Development and implementation of financial and operational metrics for management control, processes and procedures, SLAs, KPIs, and benchmark analysis for the Facilities Management area for the Microsoft account at the regional level (currently performing business and financial analysis across 21 countries in LATAM). Analysis of real estate portfolio, projections, and scenario estimations for the real estate business.

Execution of financial and business Due Diligence projects, supporting various strategic and financial buyers, both national and international. Performing tasks related to the review of business plans, take-over processes, and the transfer of brands and/or product lines, among others. Application of accounting, financial, and general business techniques for company analysis tasks, such as reviewing financial statements, identifying deal breakers, estimating working capital, reviewing projections, and applying simulation techniques for business plans.

Conducted a fixed asset valuation for Swiss Medical, including planning team tasks, understanding client objectives, and delivering the final report.

Worked as a Project Accountant within the Finance Department, responsible for budgeting, client account management (USA), invoicing, collection tracking, acting as a liaison between the company and the client, and performing expense analysis, among other tasks.

Performed administrative and accounting tasks using Oracle, including invoicing, budgeting, expense analysis, tax withholdings and perceptions (SIAP), report generation and data analysis.

Oversaw the internal process tracking of imported goods by coordinating with involved stakeholders, developing process flowcharts, and analyzing improvement opportunities for implementation.