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Camila Castano
Camila Castano
Camila is a finance and operations professional with dual master's degrees in Finance and Industrial Engineering from the University of Los Andes. She is a Financial Lead at Food and Beverage Company, planning and monitoring the financial model, managing financial risks, and leading a team of financial analysts. Her achievements include improving budget accuracy by 30% and structuring a new pricing system for the commercial team. She was a Financial Analyst at the same company, where she developed a consolidated sales and inventory system and streamlined commission calculations. Camila also has experience as Head of Operations at Food and Beverage Manufacturing, where she enhanced plant productivity and optimized inventory management. She is fluent in Spanish and English, with intermediate proficiency in Portuguese, and skilled in Excel, Power BI, Python, VBA, Stata, and Java.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
University of the Andes
2014 - 2019
Master’s Degree in Finance
University of the Andes
2022 - 2023
Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering
University of the Andes
2019 - 2020
Business Administration and Management
Pearson College London
2022 - 2022
fulltime
Colombia
Skills & Expertise
Industry Expertise
Financial Lead
Food and Beverage Company
Financial Analyst
Food and Beverage Company
Operations Manager
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Strategic Advisor
Personal Care Product Manufacturing
Food and Beverage Company
Financial Lead
Nov 2022 - Present
- Planning, projecting, and monitoring the company's financial model for the next four years;
- Managing financial risks related to exchange rates and raw materials for contracts, inventory, and expenses;
- Providing pricing and quotations for the commercial department, considering various market variables;
- Controlling inventory to identify capital and procurement needs based on sales projections, including associated risk management;
- Leading a team of financial analysts and interns;
- Replicating financial and operational models for the opening of a new country;
- Structuring a new pricing system for the commercial team, enhancing efficiency in time and pricing processes for clients, considering market variables and company assumptions;
- Improving budget planning for the next year, increasing expense accuracy by 30%.
Food and Beverage Company
Financial Analyst
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
- Preparing reports and presentations for the board of directors;
- Monthly tracking of expense and sales budgets for timely decision-making and commission settlements;
- Analyzing reports, documents, and financial statements to support decision-making;
- Monitoring inventory movements to identify purchasing or capital needs;
- Establishing a consolidated sales and inventory information system encompassing historical data and projections, enabling data-driven decision-making to proactively address capital and inventory requirements and identify business opportunities with diverse clients;
- Conducting market studies leading to the formulation of pricing strategies and daily purchasing tactics for regional use;
- Developing a tool for calculating the commissions of the sales team, streamlining the process, and maintaining traceability.
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Operations Manager
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
- Facilitating communication between management and different company departments to ensure alignment of objectives and goals;
- Leading the production and logistics team;
- Controlling and implementing inventory management software and interacting with suppliers, procurement, and payments;
- Planning production and logistics to meet customer-established deadlines;
- Analyzing processes, time, sales, and potential investments to measure productivity and find the most efficient way to allocate labor and machinery, reducing costs and optimizing production;
- Conducting financial, accounting, and treasury analysis;
- Relocating personnel and acquiring machinery in processes to enhance plant productivity, resulting in an increased monthly production capacity and up to a 100% boost in sales;
- Forming a team that shares the company's values and mission, enabling collaborative efforts to achieve set objectives and goals;
- Developing a tool that facilitated effective inventory management, leading to cost reductions due to the planning conducted through this system.
Personal Care Product Manufacturing
Strategic Advisor
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
- Conducting corporate restructuring aimed at operational efficiency;
- Evaluating and analyzing sales, costs, and expenses to identify savings, leading to customer prioritization and cost-efficiency;
- Analyzing timing and deficiencies to enhance production workflows;
- Increasing production by up to 20%;
- Improving efficiency in transportation times between different stages of the processes through the relocation of production plant divisions;
- Enhancing interdepartmental communication through organizational restructuring, resulting in internal process efficiency.
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