About Carolina
Need sharper financial insights to improve profitability and performance?
I help companies translate numbers into strategy — driving smarter planning, stronger execution, and sustainable growth.
👋 Hi, I’m Carolina — an MBA-qualified Finance Professional with 15+ years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering, and accounting. I've worked with global leaders like Cargill, Philips, and Microsoft, helping senior stakeholders make better financial decisions through insight, rigor, and innovation.
🧠 Core Expertise:
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- Variance & Profitability Analysis
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Financial & Commercial Reporting
- Process Improvement & Automation
⚙️ Tools & Systems:
- Excel (advanced), Power BI, Tableau
- SAP, Oracle, Hyperion
- SQL (good), Python (learning)
💡 What I Can Deliver for You:
- Design rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range plans
- Build dynamic Excel models (Income Statement, Cash Flow, 3-Statement, ROI, Sensitivity)
- Develop Power BI dashboards and visual reports
- Automate reporting processes (Excel, Power BI, Tableau), cutting manual effort and reducing errors
- Create profitability and margin analysis tools (e.g., PVM tools, SKU-level dashboards)
- Analyze profitability, pricing, cost drivers, and commercial KPIs to identify margin growth opportunities
Need reliable financial support? Send me a message — I typically respond within 24 hours.
Spanish
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Amsterdam (up to 50km)
Experience
- Cargill (CH)Finance Business Partner – Operations and Supply chain EMEAAGRICULTUREJuly 2022 - October 2024 (2 years and 3 months)Schiphol, NH, Netherlands• Partnered with the Head of Business Operations and Supply Chain to drive cost optimization and operational efficiency.• Analyzed operational expenses and identified inefficiencies in supply chain processes, implementing cost-saving measures that contributed to achieving a 3% cost reduction target.• Optimized the headcount planning process for monitoring controllable costs, leading to a 20% increase in financial accountability and empowering department heads to make informed decisions.• Worked with business leads to define key performance metrics, enabling data-driven decision-making that improved supply chain responsiveness by 15%.• Established a monthly financial review process with business operations stakeholders, enhancing alignment with strategic financial goals and operational effectiveness.
- PhilipsSenior FP&A Manager – MarketsTECHMay 2021 - June 2022 (1 year and 1 month)Amsterdam, Netherlands• Spearheaded a cross-functional initiative that redefined the financial forecasting process, enhancing accountability and transparency and achieving a 30% increase in data accuracy.• Developed financial models for pricing simulations, enabling the Pricing team to determine optimal pricing strategies that contributed to achieving profit margin targets.• Delivered financial trend insights for 8 market leads, emphasizing risk factors that resulted in formulating risk mitigation plans and ensuring the achievement of quarterly financial objectives.• Streamlined the commercial finance reporting process by eliminating redundant steps, which improved report generation speed by 25% and optimized accuracy for critical financial metrics.
- PhilipsGlobal Senior Commercial Finance ManagerTECHMarch 2019 - April 2021 (2 years and 1 month)Amsterdam, Netherlands• Led the development of the price-volume-mix tool that streamlined the profitability analysis process, reducing data processing time by 20 hours per month and facilitating analysis for over 100 SKUs.• Designed and executed a gross margin training initiative that educated over 50 employees on profitability techniques, leading to a 15% increase in customer engagement.• Created a profitability analysis tool that identified critical areas for profit optimization, empowering 10 market teams to make informed strategic decisions and optimize product offerings.
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Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)Erasmus University2015Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Bachelor of ScienceUniversidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE)2006Bachelor of Science Accounting