Laura J Arango

Financial Planning and Analysis for 14 countries in the Americas Region. -Delivering a comprehensive financial planning and reporting service within the FP&A function of the Americas team. Reporting to the Americas Head of Financial Planning & Analysis Americas and working with the wider Regional Americas team and the Group Finance team, the role will help to facilitate the reporting and financial analysis of the Americas region for the Inchcape Group. -Involvement in the production of detailed budgets and forecasts for the CEO / CFO of the Americas region -Contribution to the production of market decks. -Provide quality insightful analysis on business trends, performance vs market expectations. -Engage and collaborate with market Financial Directors in delivering the priorities of the FP&A function. -Provide guidance and oversight in the reporting of performance metrics. -Participate in the integration of newly acquired businesses into the Inchcape operating model, via reporting and system set-up. -Involvement in regional impairment analysis. -Focus on continuous improvement of the existing data, processes and systems in the FP&A function. -Point of contact for the Americas markets in relation to BPC system requirements, including system changes and improvements.

-Act as Business Partner for the Retail unit of new and used vehicles (dealerships) and after-sales services (workshops), leading a team of 10. -Prepare, analyze, and present valuation of Business Cases for investment in new projects. -Design KPIs and create departmental reporting with dashboards (operational and financial) for daily performance tracking and agile decision-making. -Active role in the integration of processes and cultures in the merger of Praco Didacol and Derco. -Responsible for internal and external audit controls for the business unit. -Monitoring NPS (customer satisfaction) results. Establish and follow up on action plans to improve indicators. -Ensure compliance with Habeas Data regulations and manage the data repository. -Define KPIs for determining variable compensation (salary) for the sales force. -Prepare the annual budget and monthly projections. -Present information to regional and global committees.

-Owner of a children’s play center in Bucaramanga. Managed everything from business model conception, value proposition, and marketing strategy to staff hiring, payroll processing, training, customer service, accounting, and tax filings with DIAN.

-Consultant for 3 months, 100% remote. -Directed the reorganization of the department and the company's main Tribe (agile methodology). Defined roles, routines, and overall methodology. -Optimized the monthly cash flow projection process, improving accuracy and reducing time consumption. -Enhanced the contract management process by implementing a dashboard with key contract information for visibility on rewal dates and costs. -Defined the budgeting process, establishing clear timelines, task dependencies, potential bottlenecks, and well-defined deliverables. - -Consultor 3 meses, trabajo 100% remoto. -Dirigir la reorganización del departamento y la Tribu principal de la compañía (metodología ágil de trabajo). Definir roles, rutinas, metodología general. -Optimizar el proceso mensual de proyección de flujo de caja, mejorando exactitud y consumiendo menos tiempo. -Mejorar el proceso de gerencia de contratos. Implementar tablero de control con la información principal de cada contrato para dar visibilidad de fechas de renovación y costos. -Definir el proceso de presupuestación estableciendo cronogramas claros, dependencias de tareas, posibles bloqueos y entregables claros con formatos definidos.

-Lead the financial planning process and budget control process of the 5 business units that compose the company in Colombia. (yearly expenses USD200MM) -Provide strategic support: board presentations, KPIs, industry comparisons and other projects requested by senior management. -Direct monthly reportings and variance analysis to summarize and communicate results. -Coordinated change of budgeting and reporting methods during the adquisition process of Carrefour. -Lead cost killing analysis. -Oversee and direct monthly and yearly forecasting. -Analyze viaility of investment projects through financial modeling. -Lead a team of +10 people. -Guarantee a succession plan for the department contributing to the company's stability. -Responsible for SOX controls -Achievements: 2020 and 2021 were the best EBITDA levels due to budget/expense control, exceeding all expectations. -Liderar el proceso de planeación financiera y control presupuestal de las 5 unidades de negocio que componen la empresa. (gasto anual USD200MM) -Apoyo estratégico: preparación de presentaciones a junta, KPIs, comparativos de industria, y otra información solicitada por la gerencia general. -Reportes mensuales y análisis de variaciones para resumir y comunicar resultados. -Responsable de la migración del modelo de gestión Carrefour al modelo de gestión Cencosud -Líder en análisis de cost killing. -Proyecciones mensuales y anuales. -Armado y análisis de factibilidades para nuevos proyectos de inversión. -personas a cargo: +10 -Responsable de controles SOX del área. -Garantizar el plan de sucesión del área dándole estabilidad a la empresa. -Logros: 2020 and 2021 fueron años de EBITDA históricos gracias a control presupuestal y de gastos, superando todas las expectativas.

-Budgeting process -Control of expenses -Design and track KPIs -Income statement analysis to support decision making -Yearly and montly forecasting -Reports for headquarters -viability analysis and modeling for investment projects -oversee monthly closure in IFRS standards. -Build narratives for SOX controls -SAP(fi-co-mm-sd-ps), microstrategy, hyperion. Elaboración de análisis financiero, planeación financiera y control presupuestal, diseño, ejecución y análisis de indicadores de gestión y reportes de control sobre información histórica y proyectada. Reportes financieros a casa matriz. Análisis de las factibilidades de proyectos nuevos. supervision de cierre contable bajo criterios IFRS. Armado de narrativas para controles SOX. Manejo de hyperion, microstrategy y SAP (fi-co-mm-sd-ps).

-created from scratch and led the inventory process. (USD20millon) -Audit the commercial offer negotiated with suppliers -Guarantee the discounts negotiated in the offer are timely and properly charged. -reconcile accounts payable with suppliers. -budgeting process -expense control -income statement reporting Encargada del proceso de inventarios generales y cíclicos de la compañía. Responsable de revisión de ofertas comerciales de proveedores y la correcta ejecución de los descuentos allí negociados. Conciliación de cartera con proveedores. armado de presupuesto anual. control del gasto. reportería. logros: Colombia seleccionado como país con mejores prácticas de toma de inventarios.

Asistente de Gerencia y comercial Kpis, key performance indicators, indicadores de gestión, presupuesto, presupuestación, análisis, estados financieros, planeación financiera, proyecciones financieras, reportes, reportería, presentaciones, junta directiva, finanzas corporativas, presentaciones ejecutivas, análisis estadístico, análisis financiero, factibilidades, valoración de proyectos, flujo de caja, sap, hyperion, powerbi, ifrs, niif, nic, evaluación de proyectos, inversiones, control financiero. KPIs, key performance indicators, budgeting, financial analysis, financial planning, financial projections, reporting, executive presentations, board meetings, corporate finance, statistical analysis, feasibility studies, project valuation, cash flow, SAP, Hyperion, Power BI, IFRS, NIIF, NIC, project evaluation, investments, financial control.

Máster en Análisis Financiero

Graduada con la distinción Cum Laude. Segundo mejor ECAES del país en 2007