Laura Aristizabal Head of Finance

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Regional Cost Manager

LATAM South Cone

Jun 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 10 months)

(Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay) - Buenos Aires, Argentina Led the USD $500M total delivery cost for the South American business, with 9 operation and 7 mills in the region. Oversaw all financial processes for the cost structure, including budgeting and strategic planning, inventory management, capex and cash-flow analysis for future investments and cost savings initiatives to drive profit.
•Led investment analysis and "decision-making process" for the recent shutdown of Argentina's Paper mill, seeking to improve profitability through overhead reduction and generating ongoing efficiencies of $7M/year. Executed all Capex projections and 5-year payback plan in order to persuade higher-management to deploy plan.

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Andean Finance Planning Leader

Nov 2015 - May 2018 (2 years 7 months)

(Venezuela-Colombia-Peru-Ecuador-Bolivia) – Bogota, Colombia Managed the Financial Planning Process of a business of USD $1.0B in revenue with 8 operations mills in the region. Oversaw all budgeting and strategic planning processes (Full P&L projection), cash conversion and liquidity analysis and overhead management/control for 5 countries.
•Drove strategic initiatives to improve profitability and efficiencies across the region, helping deliver an incremental operating profit of $6MM from 2015 to 2016.
•Successfully deployed and executed a new S&OP process across the Andean region, which generated $4M in incremental OP and reduced the average forecasting cycle time by 34% and improving forecasting accuracy.
•Led aggressive

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Senior Business Analyst

Nov 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year)

Led all senior financial process for the Baby Child Care unit (Huggies®) and Intercompany/Supply Chain division, with 3 operating mills and exports to more than 25 countries. Oversaw all financial operations for these business units, including budgeting and strategic planning, deployment of profit-improvement plans, pricing and ROI analysis.
•Led a strong plan to reduce Cash Conversion Cycle by implementing the Supply Chain Finance project with CITIBANK®, in order to help increase working capital by means of negotiating new payment-terms with suppliers, resulting in a 25-day positive impact in our cash conversion cycle and increasing our working capital by $18.8M.
•Represented Kimberly Clark at CITIBANK's 2015 Treasury & Finance

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Business Analyst

Aug 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 3 months)

Oversaw all financial operations for the Fem-care unit (Kotex®), B2B unit (KCP®) and Modern Trade business, including budgeting and strategic planning, deployment of profit-improvement plans, pricing and ROI analysis.
•Consolidated a lobby team to meet the government in order reduce a customs tariff which was heavily impacting Kimberly Clark's profitability. The tariff was removed, representing $1.7M in savings for the company.
•Executed major profitability initiatives which helped increase the operating profit of our B2B unit by $1.1M from 2013 to 2014.
•Developed a culture of recognition by creating the "Power of a CFO" award in the Andean region, seeking to recognize and promote value-creation across the finance team. <

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Consulting Analyst

PROSPECTA- Consulting services

May 2010 - Jul 2012 (2 years 3 months)

Consulting company focused in the field of economic development analysis. Recently purchased by A.T. Kearney Consulting Analyst, Bogotá, Colombia May 2010 – July 2012 Executed consulting projects, with special focus on economic development and social impact. Direct communication with key clients such as Global Development Network (GDNET) and IDB (Interamerican Development Bank).

Managing Director North

Dräger Medical

German multinational company, leader in the field of manufacturing and commercialization of medical & safety devices. CFO North Latin America– Reporting to Managing Director North Latam April 2020–To date (Colombia, Panamá, Ecuador, Central America & Surinam) – Bogota, Colombia Manages the Finance Area of a business of EUR $40M and 3 legal entities. Oversees all financial operations for the company, including treasury strategy, debt management, budgeting and strategic planning. Audit, taxes and internal and external reporting (banks & government) also under current scope.
•Optimal Capital Structure definition and funding management. Led bank relationship and negotiations (local Banks & In-House bank), to secure €8M in credit lines for

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