1. ANDRES FELIPE OTERO VARGAS
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
I am a former Business Administration Student with a Financial Management post-graduation. I have great interest,
knowledge and experience in Financial Areas, Capital Markets and Client Relationship segments. From my banking
experience I have gained strong analytical skills and causal reasoning which allows me to draw efficient conclusions and
solutions for the business needs. I characterized myself for creating and optimizing innovative processes, which helps
my job to be more effective. I have excellent interpersonal skills and public relations. My competencies and Skills
include:
Conceptual Thinking Budget & forecasting development Financial Mathematics
Client Relatioship (Int-Ext) Automatize & Process Improvement Cost Control
Team Building Leadership Financial Statements Analysis Financial Modeling
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CITIBANK, Bogotá - Colombia October 2014-Actual
Business Planning & Analysis Analyst 2
Financial Planning Operations & Technology
Perform the monetization of Colombian Legal Entities valued at USD $2.5 million and payments of intercompany
transactions (transfer pricing) with different global CITIGROUP institutions worth USD $55 million annually. Properly
allocate costs to different areas and product segments. Control, check and review the different Balance Sheet, Income
and Expenses lines in all CITIBANK and Colombian subsidiaries.
-KEY CONTRIBUTIONS
Designed and implemented the process that uploaded the accounting for all inter-affiliate charges in the
proper Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Accounts.
Developed an information system which summarized the services given by a global CITIGROUP entity and
its cost. It also included percentage variations, trends, forecasts and monthly payments.
In Conjunction with Finance and the Controllership Team, all procedures and regulations were put in place
in order to integrate Citibank and its Colombian Subsidiaries on board with the Global Inter-Affiliate
System, the coordination helped with the standardization and a more efficient execution in all of its
processes.
Business Planning & Analysis Analyst 1 December 2012 – October 2014
Financial Planning Operations & Technology
Check the annual expenditure on telephone, data channels and various Operations & Technology services used by
CITIBANK and subsidiaries nationwide. Manage contracts for Software Development, Technology and Infrastructure
areas annually valued in USD $32 million.
2. -KEY CONTRIBUTIONS
Developed a data tool which controls and summarizes automatically the execution of contracts from
diverse CITIBANK Operations & Technology areas.
Reduced annually expenses in Operations and Technology Infrastructure services in USD $150K. Strong
savings were encountered through a wide analysis made on contracts, invoices and services received,
which concluded in rates renegotiation and termination of services not in use.
Created new databases for all the processes and responsibilities in the position. The files presented
efficient information as it delivers organized and effective data for making presentations and reports,
Decreased the number of Service Providers issued invoices in 88%. Monthly bills decreased from 288 to 35
invoices, this significantly simplified the process of analysis and bill payments from a 22 day task to an 8
business day procedure.
EDUCATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POST-GRADUATION
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA
BACHELOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Fluent written / conversational Spanish (native) and English. Intermediate level in French (niveau B1+,
France Langue, Paris, Dic 2009) and Portuguese.
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access).
Intermediate level in Crystal ball, Visual Basic, Essbase & Bloomberg Terminal