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Maximiliano Augusto Galli / maximilianogalli@yahoo.com.
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Maximiliano Augusto Galli / maximilianogalli@yahoo.com Professional background: I am a Certified Public Accountant with a Postgraduate in Finance. I have more than 15 years of work experience acquired in the consulting industry (9 years) and in the financial services sector (6 years). My international experience includes work done in the United States of America (New York, Detroit, Virginia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, among other US cities) and Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Central America and Caribbean). Work experience: PriceWaterhouse USA, Manager (2013-present) PriceWaterhouse Argentina, Manager (2009-2013) PriceWaterhouse Argentina, Senior (2006-2009) Central American Bank of Economic integration (2001-2006) papaymama.com (1999-2001) Central Bank of the Republic of Argentina (1998-1999) Areas of expertise (see detailed project list on next page): Design business strategy Control P&L performance at business unit level Design effective Finance organizations and delivery models in Controlling, Treasury, FP&A, Tax, Internal Audit Assess effectiveness of Finance Function Plan and conduct audits Discuss accounting topics Design financial models Monitor financial risks Assess balance sheet strength. Optimize working capital management Improve financial processes, controls and policies Optimize cost basis and management Design business requirements for ERP implementation Design sourcing strategies Design procurement methods and tools Conduct valuation, due diligence and other M&A activities. Restructure debt. Assign credit ratings. Education (see detailed education on last page) Certified Public Accounting (Universidad Católica Argentina) 1998 Postgraduate in Finance (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella) 2000 Clients Pfizer, Staples, Altair, Mylan, Under Armour, HITT Contracting, AES Corp, AES GENER, AES Central American, Syngenta, Monsanto, Pan American Energy, Grupo Roman, Grupo Cargo, International Finance Corporation (World Bank), LANXESS, CAPSA-CAPEX, Fondo Nacional de Ahorro, ACINDAR, Bridgestone, among others. Selected key accomplishments (*): Acted as PMO in Financial Reporting project (US$50BN) Redesigned Finance organization of +600 FTE (US$10BN) Designed optimized Finance delivery model in 3 countries (US$15BN) Led pre-ERP requirements for Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR, Plant Maintenance in 3 countries (US$1BN) Led close process improvement (US$2BN) Challenged business plan (US$500MM) Led financial policies design (US$2BN) Led design and test of controls (US$2BN) Led price adjustment in transaction (US$600MM) Led due diligence in acquisition (US$100MM) Led valuation (US$50MM) Redesigned credit risk framework (US$1,000MM) Restructured over 5 loans generating revenue in excess of US$20MM Assessed credit risk of a portfolio of US$1,000MM in 5 countries Key strengths Business developer focusing on long term relationships Lead teams to success while building individual capabilities Results-driven, creative problem solver Strong business acumen combined with financial analysis capabilities . Instructor Revenue Recognition US GAAP (USA), Order to Cash (USA), Introduction to Proposals (USA) Interests Member of Advisory Panel of Harvard Business Review Mentor of Hilltop Consultants (Georgetown University) Mentor to entrepreneurs Key industries Pharmaceutical, retail & consumer, energy & utilities, financial services, agribusiness, oil & gas (*): Figures in ( ) represent revenue of client served
Process improvement and policies design • Optimized Procure to Pay cycle at Staples (Boston, USA) 2015 • Optimized the close process at Under Armour (Baltimore, USA) 2013 • Optimized the close process at Brown Advisory (Baltimore, USA) 2013 • Optimized warehouse management at Grupo Cargo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2012 • Designed financial policies at PAE (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2011 • Optimized the close process at CAPSA-CAPEX (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2008 • Optimized the close process at AES Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) 2008 • Optimized the close process at EDELAP (La Plata, Argentina) 2007 My consulting experience includes the following projects: • Finance organizations and delivery models (Controller, Treasury, FP&A, Tax, Internal Audit)). Finance Transformation and benchmark. • Redesigned the Finance Function at Mylan creating a Commercial Finance and Operations Finance functions and 3 SSC in NA, Europe and India. • Redesigned CFO’s scorecard and the Finance Function governance model at Mylan. (Pittsburg, USA) 2014 • Conducted rightsizing at Lo Jack (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2010 • Conducted rightsizing of CAPSA-CAPEX (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2008 • Accounting, auditing, valuation and due diligence • Designed working capital package for Pfizer (New York, USA) 2015 • Reviewed balance sheet and P&L of Pfizer’s subsidiaries (New York, USA) 2015 • Designed business requirements under new revenue recognition accounting standard (Detroit, USA) 2014 • Conducted due diligence of beer company (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2008 • Conducted audit procedures to adjust price of a transaction (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2007 • Conducted valuation of two construction companies (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2007 • Pre-ERP implementation and project management • Led collection of business requirements for Finance organization (Falls Church, USA) 2013 • Led pre-SAP process standardization for 155 processes in Finance, Supply Chain, Plant Maintenance, HR and Commercial for 3 business units (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2012 • Shared Services Center design and implementation • Supported migration of Bridgestone Argentina’s back office to SSC in Costa Rica (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2013 • Developed feasibility study for a shared service center for ACINDAR(Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2010 • Designed a shared service center for AES in Central America for Controller, Treasury and FP&A (Panama, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, 2008) • Developed feasibility study for a shared service center for AES (USA, 2008) • Controls design and testing • Supervised testing of HR controls in SAP at AES Servicios America (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2010 • Designed and tested Finance and Supply Chain controls at AES GENER (Santiago de Chile, Chile) 2011 • Remediated controls post-SAP (Santiago de Chile, Chile) 2007 • Financial risk management • Conducted risk management diagnostic of Banco Ganadero in Bolivia using IFC framework (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2009 • Redesigned the credit risk management framework for FNA (Bogota, Colombia) 2009 • Conducted risk management diagnostic of Banco Atlantida in Honduras using IFC framework (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2009 • Developed stress testing models • Finance effectiveness and benchmark . • Conducted benchmarking of Treasury, Internal Audit, Tax and Controller at Mylan (Pittsburg, USA) 2014 • Assisted Monsanto CFO’s assessing the effectiveness of the Finance Function (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2012 • Designed cost management strategies for chemical company to achieve savings in excess of AR$8MM (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008) • Sourcing and procurement • Designed financial conditions for RFP for nuclear power plant (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2012 • Designed procurement processes for the Pan-American Health Organization (Washington DC, USA) 2009 • Business strategy • Challenged the 5 years business strategy and designed dashboard to measure business performance of Syngenta’s salesforce (Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2013
Family Business consulting • Redesigned financial processes of agrochemical company (Chaco, Argentina) 2012 / 2013 • Conducted assessment and redesigned financial processes at Argentina’s largest John Deere dealership (La Pampa, Argentina) 2012 • Conducted assessment and redesigned financial processes at food company (Villa Martelli, Argentina) 2008 • Redesigned procure to pay processes in construction company (Santa Cruz, Argentina) 2007 • Designed procurement strategies at waste management company (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) 2007 • Conducted assessment and redesigned financial processes at fishing company (Mar del Plata, Argentina) 2007 • Designed budgeting model at fishing company (Mar del Plata, Argentina) 2007 My experience in the financial sector industry includes the following activities: • Work out specialist and loan portfolio assessment • Business executive • Developed credit rating models for companies and financial institutions (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). • Acted as an Invited Credit Committee Member, in support of CABEI Financial Management (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). • Developed credit rating of CABEI US$1.0 billion loan portfolio for the private sector. (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). • Supervised early collection efforts for CABEI US$750 MM portfolio in arrears in Honduras and Nicaragua, in coordination with the Regional Managements of those countries. • Drafted CABEI Manual for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Other Illicit Activities, at the request of the Risk Management division. • Conducted due diligence of high-risk bank (City of Guatemala, Guatemala). • Reviewed payment ability of a thermal energy company in default (City of Guatemala, Guatemala). • Reviewed payment ability of a hospital in default (San José, Costa Rica). • Reviewed payment ability of a shrimp company in default (Managua, Nicaragua). • Reviewed payment ability of a timber company in default (Managua, Nicaragua). • Reviewed payment ability of a hotel Holiday Inn in default in debt restructuring of over US$1,0MM (San Pedro Sula, Honduras) and assets over US$12,0MM. • Reviewed payment ability of hotel Pichilingo Resort & Marina in debt restructuring of over US$5,2MM (Amatique Bay, Guatemala). • Reviewed payment ability of a timber company in default (Managua, Nicaragua). • Cleaned up CABEI US$10.0 MM portfolio, with losses of reserves for US$1.0 MM and additional profits for US$1.0 MM (Tegucigalpa, Honduras). • Conducted a due diligence of a bank at high risk. Proposal of an action plan (San Salvador, El Salvador). • Conducted an evaluation of the Salvadorian financial system and CABEI competitiveness in the Salvadorian financial system (San Salvador, El Salvador). • Conducted a financial assessment of the Deposit Guarantee Institute for a contingent line of credit for up to US$44.0 MM (San Salvador, El Salvador). • Designed a proposed line of credit of US$100.0 MM for El Salvador Reserve Central Bank (San Salvador, El Salvador). • Elaborated a proposal formulated to the Republic of El Salvador Ministry of Finance to finance the social security gap for up to US$400.0 MM (San Salvador, El Salvador). • Credit analyst • Prepared credit opinions for the approval of global lines of credit for financial institutions, government of the Republic of El Salvador, and leading companies in the private sector (San Salvador, El Salvador) • Financial analyst • Developed a DuPont model to understand levers of bank’s profitability • Prepared loan reserves document to be approved by the Board of Directors • Conducted joint work with Banco Multisectorial de Inversiones to strengthen the business plan of the first Reciprocal Guarantee Company in Central America. Holding of investor conference. Presentation to the Board of Directors of the Bank of a proposal to invest US$1.0 MM. (San Salvador, El Salvador) Value at Risk analyst • Tracked trading and investment portfolio of Argentina’s financial system • Measured value at risk of trading and investment books • Prepared report to Board of Directors on value at risk of banks’ exposure to market risk
Trainings attended • Finance Summit”, PwC USA, Atlanta, 2015 • “Calculating and reporting customer profitability”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Improving your accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll teams efficiency”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Features of a high performing Finance Function”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Analytics: Introduction to regression analysis”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Fundamentals of IT due diligence”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Improving your month end closing”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Introduction to fraud symptoms and detection”, PwC USA, Washington 2014 • “Sustained improvement in working capital”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Fraudulent Financial Reporting” ,PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Developing the Finance Vision and Strategy”, PwC USA, Washington, 2014 • “Treasury Foundations”, PwC USA, Washington, 2013 • “Close To Report Foundations”, PwC USA, Washington,2013 • “Enterprise Performance Management Foundations”, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Analyzing the Finance Function”, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Finance Operating Model – Part!, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition”, PwC USA, Boston, USA, 2013 • “SAP Procurement”, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Management reporting for decisión making: beyond ABC costing”, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Introduction to Finance Transformation”, PwC USA, Washington, USA, 2013 • “Directorios efectivos”, IAE, Argentina 2011 • “Delivering deal value”, PwC USA, Brazil, 2010 • “SAP Overview E-Learning”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Argentina, 2007 • “Introduction to US GAAP”, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Argentina, 2007 • “Moody’s Financial Analyst”, Moody’s KMV, Honduras, 2005 • “Risk Rating System”, CABEI, Honduras, 2005 • “Rating Methodology for Banks (METRIC)”, CABEI, El Salvador, 2005 • “Rating Methodology for non-banking financial institutions (CAMEL)”, CABEI, El Salvador, 2005 • “Basel II”, Asociación de Bancos Salvadoreños, El Salvador, 2005 • “Corporate Risk Management”, Euromoney, Honduras, 2004 • “Corporate Credit Analysis”, Euromoney, Guatemala, 2004 • “Analysis and Rating of Banking Risk”, Deloitte & Touche, Venezuela, 2001 • “Mergers and Acquisitions of Banking Institutions”, Deloitte & Touche, Venezuela, 2001 • “Credit Risk Analysis”, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000 • “Business Plan”, Professional Council in Economic Sciences for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000 • “Budget Analysis”, Professional Council in Economic Sciences for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2000 • Lectures where acted as speaker • Risk Forum 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Comprehensive risk management in banks and enterprises / Risk identification structures: • Speaker at the Eurofinance conference, Miami, USA, 05/11: International Cash and Treasury Management / Keeping the LATAM supply chain moving. • Speaker at the Forum 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 09/10: Analysis of practical cases and of the effects of the operational risk management / Determination of capital by operational risk. • Lecturer at Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 07/10: Effective management of working capital and financing.