LINA JULIETH BARON ROA

*** ** ***** ***, *****, Miami, Florida

Cellphone: +1-786-***-****

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Finance and International Trade Professional with a postgraduate degree in Business Strategic Management and experience in Accounts Payable, Financial and Administrative areas leading high performance teams; with strong mathematical, analytical and financial skills, a very a committed woman, responsible, entrepreneur, proactive, extremely resourceful and immediate problem solver with a steady personality, with ability to prioritize and multi-task with efficiency and confidence, excellent time management and organizational skills, with a high degree of professional initiative and accountability, ability to work independently and as a member of a team, positive attitude, fast-learner and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

EDUCATION:

Elementary and High School Education

Divine Savior School, Bogota, COL (1995–2007)

Finance and International Trade

Sergio Arboleda University, Bogota, COL (2008-2012) Summa Cum Laude Honor Degree

Accumulated Average: 4,77

Postgraduate in Strategic Business Management

Sergio Arboleda University, Bogota, COL (2015-2016) Management Skills International Course

Sergio Arboleda University & Rey Juan Carlos

University, Madrid-Spain (2016)

Software skills: SAP, QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), Concur, Workday. Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Advanced), Portuguese (Basic). WORK EXPERIENCE:

NEW YORK WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR CORP, Miami, Florida Accounts Payable & Operations Coordinator (Feb 2019 - current) 1. Leader of Miami operation (Accounting, Logistics and Query Resolution) and coordination of Sales and Marketing Teams in Colombia.

2. Accounts Payable and Receivable process coordination: Invoices, Payments execution, Collection of accounts receivable, customers’ queries management, Purchase Orders, Bills, Bank Accounts and Inventory management. 3. Budgeting, revenue, expenses and long- and short-term cash flow forecasting, Balance Sheet and P&L. 4. Sales Tax and accounting documents preparation. 5. Monitoring and tracking key performance, sales and financial metrics. 6. Responsible for Woo Commerce orders processing, new products creation for website and eBay online market and Store operation (cash, inventory, customer service, opening and closing). DIAGEO COLOMBIA S.A. / SHARED SERVICES CENTER, Bogota, Colombia Accounts Payable Team Lead (March 2016 to Dec 2018) 1. Accounts Payable End to End Process Management (Vendors Set-up, Purchase Orders, Invoicing, checks, ACH, and wire payments, GL review and Vendor Query Resolution) for 12 LAC countries with great results in Free Cash Flow and Spend KPI’s.

2. Invoicing process Management and stabilization for 11 LAC countries (supervisor of >10 people). KPI’s on target, more than 12k invoices posting per month.

3. Supplier Finance Program (Confirming) implementation in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Panama and follow up of CASH benefits in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela with 45% of total No- Statutory spend (£25m monthly) paid via Confirming generating +30 days in free cash flow. 4. Leader of Mexico’s Accounts Payable activities successful migration from Bucharest and Manila to Bogota. 5. Control Assurance & Risk Management and Audit Leader: PWC Audit and SOX Project with no findings. 6. Consolidation and team engagement, promoting teamwork and professional career development. Senior Accounts Payable Specialist (May 2014 to March 2016) 1. Purchase Orders, Good Receipts, Invoices and Balance Sheet provisions management for Latin America. 2. Accounts Payable KPI’s stabilization for West LAC and Andean countries (Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Venezuela).

3. 3waymatch and 2waymatch Accounts Payable process management. 4. Control and Assurance Risk Group Leader.

5. Promotion as Accounts Payable Team Lead for Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico (supervisor of 15 people). DISTRIBUIDORA TOYOTA S.A.S. / Bogota, Colombia

Finance Analyst (June 2013 to May 2014)

1. Renting area creation, consolidation and ISO certification for TOYOTA industrial equipment. 2. Financial analysis for TOYOTA machines’ contracts through reports, P&L construction and costs review. 3. Standardization of Renting commercial offers, based on financial models with IRR and WACC as key variables. Billing Analyst (August 2012 to May 2013).

1. Digital platform creation support, follow-up and stabilization for national dealers and distributors’ management. 2. Check, approve and prioritize invoices for payment according to payment terms and the Company’s cash flow position.

3. Promotion as Finance Analyst after a 150% increase in number of machines sold via Renting for one year. Multidotaciones J.B. / Bogota, Colombia

Administrative and Finance Manager (January 2008 to June 2011) 1. Creation of a dynamic Budget model, achieving the expenses control and improving company profitability. 2. Financial model implementation to analyze prices, costs and sales in order to take strategic decisions. 3. Vendors-relationships improvement achieving better prices, longer payment to terms and authorized distributor’s certifications.

4. Team Consolidation, even with the third parties, improving the quality control in order the company could achieve the deadline delivery dates and quality level established by the customers. International Development Bank (BID) / Washington D.C – United States Intern Labor Markets and Social Security Unit (September to December 2011) 1. Formal guide Process creation (personal expenses, loans, financial analysis, and donations impact). 2. Standard formats and processes achieving employees’ higher productivity. 3. Collaboration for Brazil Labor Markets Project for Ceara, Bahia & Pernambuco.