Manager Management

Jose Salazar

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International Finance Executive

International finance executive with progressive growth in responsibility and challenge at leading multinational companies such as Intel, Avon, Stanley Black & Decker and Linde. Broad experience over 13 years spanning full spectrum of finance & accounting operations, including strategic planning, commercial finance, supply chain, accounting and treasury. Recognized for analysis of complex operational issues and working cross-functionally to rapidly solve those issues. Ability to explain complex topics in a clear, simple, and concise manner. Innovative, analytical, and strategic thinker. Sensitive to industry innovations and consumer trends. Adhere to the highest standards of integrity and excellence.

•Corporate Strategy and Investor Relations

•Business Planning & Analysis

•Forecasting

•Leading Virtual Teams

•FX Trading and Hedging Analysis

•Private Equity

•Project Finance, Funding Structures, Collateralization

•Financial Modeling & Enterprise Valuation

•Treasury Cash Management, Leasing and Capital Investment Analysis

•Fluent in Spanish and English, with working knowledge of Portuguese.

Professional Experience

Linde Group – A World Leading Gases and Engineering Company (revenue approx. EUR 18 Billion) 2014-Present

Head Americas Subsidiary Finance – New Providence, NJ

Lead North and South America liquidity and capital processes including Project Finance/Funding Structures, cash investing and hedging/FX risk management

Implemented and standardized cash forecasting procedure across the region in order to improve cash visibility and optimize usage of funds

Restructured entire debt of Colombia through Intercompany loans by obtaining funding in Euros and implementing Cross Currency Swaps in COP obtaining savings of EUR 500,000 during first year

Implemented Hedging and Risk Management activities, negotiated ISDAs and Local Agreements with main banks in North and South America and fully hedged Capex, Dividend and Royalties payments obtaining FX savings of EUR 1m in year 2015

Lead Leasing vs. Buy project to replace all of the commercial and non-commercial vehicles for US and Canada; work closely with procurement and legal departments on the RFP process and successfully bid the fleet management to a US vendor and obtained saving of USD 2m

Lead budget and planning process for Americas Treasury organization by having a 3 year liquidity forecast and also modeling cash and working capital scenarios to be used by the FP&A team for the rolling forecast and annual budget

Preparation of financial analysis, commentary and presentation materials for executive review and board meetings.

Developed insights on trends in key performance indicators covering all areas of trade working capital, FX, Financing, Cash management and capital expenditures. Collaborated extensively across three headquarters, namely Munich/NJ/Santiago/Sao Paulo.

Empresas Públicas de Medellín- EPM – Colombian Energy, Gas and Water Company (revenue $7 Billion) 2013-2014

Group Treasurer– Medellín, Colombia

Directed a group of 120 employees composed of 3 areas: Credit and Collections, Financial Markets and Financing/Capital Markets across Central and South America.

Played a key role in streamlining business processes, and establishing treasury policy and guidelines in the entire region.

Led the implementation of the Treasury Workstation and transition to a shared service center.

Led bonds issuance in the international market as well as local market.

Actively engaged with rating agencies to make sure company was heading in the direction investors were expecting.

Led Investors relations department

Created and led Credit Committee to optimize the credit and collection area, monitor collections KPI and determine when to provision a bad debt

Led Investment and Pension committee and help developed the strategy to invest the excess cash for the organization and select the pension managers for the company's pension fund

Assisted in M&A transactions in Brazil and Chile, successfully transitioned Treasury activities from the acquisition and help to develop the project finance structure for a wind farm project in Chile

Advance Publications. – Communications company that owns Condé Nast Publications and newspapers in more than twenty American cities (revenue approx. $7 Billion) 2012-2013

Manager, Global Financial Planning and Analysis – New York, NY

• Lead the FP&A effort for all the operating units such as Newspapers, Advance Digital, American Business Journals, Bright House Networks and Conde Nast and drive the budgeting Forecasting, Strategic Planning and board presentations

•Design and develop complex financial models, key analytics, ad-hoc analysis, and deliver business insights and present recommendations to management to drive business decisions

•Support the Corporate Development Group with all the M&A activities including Valuation models, Market Research, Comps Research, Due Diligence and Presentations with recommendations to the Board

•Responsible for Cash Flow Planning, Management Reporting and Hyperion Financial Management

Stanley Black & Decker. – Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware and provider of security product (revenue approx. $7 billion) 2011-2012

Manager, Latin America Financial Planning and Analysis – Miramar, FL

•Lead the FP&A effort for the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) region and drive the region’s monthly financial forecast, annual budgeting process, operating plan variance analysis and special projects

•Responsible for 7 Business Units/Brand Segments P&L and Balance Sheet; working directly with Marketing to set pricing/customer discount strategies, Brand/Promotion expenditures for each segment

•Provide Financial Analysis (Revenue, Cost, Expenses, Working Capital) for each SBU/Brand Segment by Country and also for LATAM as Region

•Assist Supply Chain team (Demand Planners) to have visibility to sales forecast by SBU/Brand Segment; also with working capital indicators such as DSI by Brand/SBU

Avon Products Inc.– A Global Direct Selling Leader in Beauty Care (revenue approx. $10 Billion) 2009-2011

Manager, Global Financial Planning and Analysis (2010-2011) – New York, NY

•Responsible for managing the Global Brand Marketing, Market Research, Communications and R&D, which accounts for $310MM of annual spending.

•Lead the business planning process (Forecasts, Budget and Revenue Growth Agenda) and reporting rhythms.

•Identified savings of $35MM from travel expending as well as from projects that did not have a positive ROI for the company.

•Responsible for ensuring effective understanding, analysis and reporting of key metrics such as productivity, compensation, travel, inflation, Order Fill Rate, Piece Fill Rate, Service, Capex, etc.

•Successfully drove process improvements by identifying flaws in the reporting system, implemented monthly finance reviews with the leaders of each cost center under my supervision to make them more accountable and help them manage their budgets.

Manager, Supply Chain Finance (2009-2010) – Medellín, Colombia

•Manage the Andean Region (Colombia, Perú and Ecuador) Supply Chain group budget consisting of planning, Quality Assurance, Third Party Manufacturing, Sourcing, Legal and Finance Departments with approximately $20M in annual spending.

•Responsible for division level planning & reporting of headcount and spending for Plan, Forecast, and monthly close/update cycles.

•Responsible for all the inventory management activities, developed a set of indicators/scorecard to monitor inventory levels across Andean Region, engaged with planning and marketing departments to define specific programs to evacuate all the excess inventory and reduce the inventory days

Intel Corporation – A Global Multinational Technology Company (revenue approx. $55.4 Billion) 2006-2009

Consumer PC Group Analyst Financial Planning and Analysis (2008-2009) – Portland, OR

•Managed the Budget for a group consisting of marketing, planning and engineering resources with approximately 200 employees and $50M in annual R&D spending. Total Revenue for this segment is forecasted >$5B for 2008.

•Responsible for division level planning & reporting of headcount and spending for Plan, POR, and monthly close/update cycles.

•Created a set of business indicators to monitor the revenue/spending of the group as well as the impact of the new initiatives implemented by the group.

•Developed a Profit/Loss statement for the consumer segment by utilizing the data systems currently implemented at Intel and by leveraging 3rd party data from research organizations

Digital Office Strategic Analyst (2006-2008) – Portland, OR

•Successfully developed a platform PnL to measure success of Digital Office and Digital Home platforms

•Developed vPro valuation model and system price points analysis for Digital Office

•Support to digital office platform analysis throughout LRP horizon (from 2007 to 2011)

•Coordination of Digital Office long range plan (LRP) inputs, including CPU volume analysis, CS, segmentation analysis and ASP modeling

•Support digital enterprise group operations with financial analysis for the Product Line Business Plan (PLBP)

PNC Bank – Financial Services Corporation (Assets approx. $358 Billion) 2003-2006

Municipal Bonds Analyst (2005-2006) – Pittsburgh, PA

•Assist Municipal and Corporate Bonds traders on daily activities

•Verify that trades were properly inputted into Bloomberg and verify that daily position is balanced.

•Monitor RTTM and MSRB to comply with the G-14 reporting

•Settle daily trades through the clearing partner, cancel/Rebill trades when necessary and contact customers to verify information

Pension/401k Advisor (2004-2005) – Pittsburgh, PA

•Assist participants with their inquiries about their 401k or pension plan

•Place trades on behalf of participants

•Bilingual 401k and retirement services support

•Provided investment education services in Spanish

Financial Services Consultant (2003-2004) – Pittsburgh, PA

•Assist customers for general inquiries

•Sales, loan applications and Business Banking

•Participated in the development of a Bilingual Business Banking Team

Bancolombia S.A – Colombia Financial Services Corporation (Revenue. $3.6 Billion) 2001-2003

Treasury Analyst (2002-2003) – Medellín, Colombia

•Prepared statements for the Central Bank

•Analyzed the treasury accounting and prepared the cash flows

•Valuation and mark to market of forwards and swaps

•Assisted in the design of swaps for international customers

Credit Analyst (2001-2002) – Medellín, Colombia

•Analyzed financial statements

•Performed market research

•Prepare briefs for credit committee

•Analyzed company’s debt capacity debt to income ratio

Education, Awards and Other

Accounting Certificate – University of California Berkeley. 2008

MBA – University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of Business. 2006

Bachelor Degree – Administrative Engineering. Engineering School of Antioquia. Colombia. 2003

•Hold NASD Series 7 and Series 63 licensing

•Certified by the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA)

•Conducted personal research on Stock’s technical analysis and financial instruments valuation

•Certified Business Banker by PNC Bank

•Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications, SAP and JD Edwards, Hyperion, JPM Access,Bussiness Warehouse, Lift, Allegro, Quantum, 360T and Bloomberg.

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