marta yalid Sterling, Certified Public Accountant CPA | Executive Master of Financial Management

About

Certified Public Accountant CPA, with studies in Executive Master of Financial Management, and special interest and knowledge in the fields of Risk Control, Financial Modeling & Valuation business. Experience in financial Management oversees Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Receivables areas. Highly competent at teamwork, methodic and proactive in the search of results, focus on Strategic Support to sales and services. Over 15 years of work experience in multinational companies

Experience

Multiple

Mar 2018 – Present

Bogota

Project Financial Advisor

Helping companies to perform budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis over their revenue and expense to ensure profitability targets are met at minimum costs Achievements: • Improved the company's return on equity (ROE) using the DuPont pyramid by 20% or more. • Implemented strategic recommendations for financial risk mitigation based on strengths or weaknesses • Manages and assets the performance by business unit and product.

Busch Colombia SAS

Mar 2014 – Sep 2017

Bogota

Manager of Finance and Administration

Managing the process of strategic financial planning, through budget management, rolling forecast, periodic financial analysis, the necessary financial indicators for accounting closings and reports to headquarter company, as well as ensuring the correct alignment of the strategy with management indicators. Anticipate financial and operational risks and attend internal and external audits. Achievements: • Achieved to balance the liquidity of the company, improving 30% vs. the previous year. • Improved profitability by 40% reducing freight costs, monitoring and control OPEX expenses. • Supported the growth of the business by financial strategy increasing sales by 35%. • Optimized reporting time reducing 4 days, improving 27% of effectiveness. • Successfully implemented the ERP, aligning it with the business object, and structuring the reporting model to the headquarters, which generated greater analysis and better management in Colombia. • Maximized the profitability to products, market segments, customers, prices-costs reaching the profitability targets through the monitor and control.

Linde Colombia in Outsourcing Tower Consulting

Jan 2007 – Mar 2014

Bogota

Head of Fixed Assets

Coordinating of Budget; forecast; evaluation and monitoring of investment projects; executing financial reporting; projection and analysis of tax benefits planning. Achievements: • Contributed to the execution of the CAPEX budget, proposing possible replacements for new projects, improving the productivity of the company. • Achieved fiscal benefits 69.8 MUSD 2008-2013 and I successfully supported audits from the DIAN (Tax and duties National Government Entity) • Controlled accounting and financial control of Proyecto Reficar - Capital Investment: 14.4 MEUR. - Saint Gobain Project - Capital Investment: 8.3 MEUR that allowed its execution according to budget and forecast • Presentation of the CAPEX report, improving the process of preparing the report and quality control, positioning the company in second place in the group's inter-company LatAm rating. • Managed the control and approval of CAPEX of investment projects facilitating the prioritization and control of the forecast as a LatAm financial assistant.

Linde Colombia in Outsourcing Tower Consulting

Aug 2003 – Jan 2007

Bogota

Fixed Assets Analyst

Leading all registration and control activities under COLGAAP and IFRS. • Delivered strategies for the control of fixed assets administratively that allowed a 60% reduction in the inventory taking process

DIAN, Tax and duties National Government Entity

Mar 2001 – Dec 2002

Bogota

Accounting Auditor, Technical

Audit the accounting through documentary analysis. • Reached acceptance of the proposal to reissue the financial statements of the Commercial Department to the Comptroller General of the Nation entity

Education

ISEAD Business School

Jan 2013 – Nov 2014

Executive Master in Financial Management, Finance

Centro Universitario Villanueva from Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Jan 2013 – Nov 2014

Executive Master en Dirección Financiera, Finance

Fundación Universitaria San Martin

Jun 1997 – Mar 2003

Public Accountant, Accounting

marta yalid Sterling

Certified Public Accountant CPA | Executive Master of Financial Management

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