Fernanda Arias

Collaborate closely with Project Managers, Contractors, Accounting and Finance team to ensure the financial health and efficiency of all construction projects to monitor and manage financial aspects throughout all project life cycles.

• Financial analysis: Conduct in-dept financial analysis of construction projects, including budgeting, cost forecast and variance analysis.
• Budget Management: Maintain project budgets, track expenditures, and recommend corrective actions
• Cashflow Management: Monitor and Manage Project Cashflows, ensuring that funds are allocated efficiently to meet project schedule and general requirements.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare and present regular financial reports to project managers, executives, and stakeholders, highlighting Key financial metrics and performance indicators. I haven enhanced financial reporting accuracy through meticulous review of data and implementing system improvements.
• Strategic Projects: Lead and Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement strategic initiatives that drive business efficiency and increase profitably of key business units.

• Day to day monitor and coordination of inventory levels for Vendor Management Contracts to guarantee material availability for Operational needs.
• Service level agreements performance and KPIs follow up to give feedback to vendors and constantly improve commercial relationship.
• Perform extensive business analysis to identify cost-effective and savings opportunities to negotiate or re-negotiate current contracts and new business opportunities.

• Performed complex data analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities through contract management, negotiations, and claim efforts. Cost Avoidance savings CAD $ 45.000 in 2 months.
• Identified new and more cost-effective suppliers through dynamic research, communication, collaboration, and intelligent questioning skills.
• Lead strategic projects to procure and implement new software and IT, to improve business operations through all business cycle.

• Contributed to smooth business operations by planning, organizing and coordinating meetings, conferences, travel arrangements and complex calendar scheduling with focus on proper allocation of executive availability.
• Created expense reports, budgets, and filing systems for management team.
• Project Management: follow up on strategic projects, deliverables, milestones and KPIs.

• Lead the construction of Financial models, Operational expenditures, Capital Expenditures, Budgets and Cash Flow planning for Operational business units. Yearly budget + USD 800M
• Supported strategic operational projects related to merges, acquisitions and sales of holding companies. Evaluated several cost optimization projects related to the outsourcing of services and business functions to reduce staff or resources to increase profits and overall financial health.
• Performed monthly follow-up and performance presentations for directors, executives and VPs. Budget execution, Cash flow management and and overall projects performance indicators.

• Contract Management Administration for all fleets: annual budgeting forecast of current contracts, escalation factors and rates, utilization reports, leases and maintenance reserves.
• Negotiation: Request for proposal (RFP) and Request for Quotation (RFQ) build up/launching for technical long term contracts. Negotiation rounds with potential suppliers. Contract awarding and supplier selection. Financial analysis to leverage negotiations.
• Financial Analysis: Data collection and documentation to analyze current situation and execute an effective contrast with new options. Corporate finance, Cash flows, net present Value (NPV) and Return over Investment (ROI) analysis.
• Business Case and Presentations: Compliance Matrix Analysis, Technical evaluation, Cost settlement and financial modeling. Potential supplier recommendation presentation to board of directors and executives. Internal Options review due to operational needs. Annual Category Strategic Procurement Plan.
• Contract draft and closing: cross functional teams coordination (focal point) for supplier selection (Engineering, legal/taxes, insurance, Quality, Repairs etc.) and Service Level Agreements (SLA) for contract execution: contracts, Commercial offers, and Contract amendments.
• Category Management Coordination: Mid and long-term category spend analysis to evaluate possible savings or potential re-negotiation of current contracts. Strategic activities to enhance partnerships with current and future suppliers to optimize and develop together a win-win relationships. Constantly seek savings and improvement of the procurement process through a benchmark of the industry and business-cycle review.
  
  

• Used Project Finance methodology to build financial models to support investors and their bid decision in several 4th Generation awarding of (PPP) Public Private Partnership Projects in Colombia.
• Educated investors on various financial matters and provided professional recommendations on cost improvements and specific government requirements.
• Met with Investors to discuss assets, expenses, costs, cash flow projection and long-term and short-term investment objectives to devise overall financial goals.

CELPE Bras test : Intermediario Superior

Commercial team: Daily market condition monitoring and pricing to support the purchase and sale of grains, Contracts Negotiation, preparing offers, proposals and tenders. Strong focus on Customer service advisement for order placement and pricing settlement. Whilst also identifying new opportunities that contributed to the business profitability.

• Managed the Pending Execution weekly sales and purchases report to provide market analysis for management.
• Product purchase contracts from Origination and final client sale contracts. (FOB, CFO, CIF)
• Closed the monthly vessel freight forwarding, mainly from USA and South America to Atlantic Coast and/or Pacific Coast – Colombia.
• Customer advisement for futures order placement at the Chicago Board of trade.
• Pricing process for each client. Final pricing report by Vessel, for the documentation process.

Management of the sales process. Special monitoring of critical activities to guarantee the success of each campaign.

• Defined the Organization Chart and Flow chart.
• Managed the Campaign planning short and long term.
• Designed the Commercial Incentive plan (for the commercial agents) according to the business outlines.