Alejandro Aristizabal
Business Professional - Strong academic background in Finance with ample experience within the Finance industry
Paris (75020) France
Professional Status
Student
Open to opportunities
About Me
MBA candidate with strong academic background in Finance and with five years of experience within the financial services industry; strong analytical skills, and ability to work in team/project oriented roles with high technical content. Ample exposure to risk management and to the development of financial models.
Currently looking for a challenging position with international exposure within a financial organization
Currently looking for a challenging position with international exposure within a financial organization
Market and Liquidity Risk Leader Analyst
Tuya S.A. (Bancolombia)
September 2008
to January 2012
Full-time
Medellin
Colombia
- Designed, developed and implemented an Internal Liquidity Model. This model became the main tool used to manage the
cash flow of the company supporting executive decisions. - Proven leadership skills by successfully leading the implementation and the evaluation of the Market and Liquidity Risk
Management System. Led the M&L Risk team and the participation of managers from 9 key business areas. - Planned and coordinated implementation of the Market and Liquidity Risk Management System, with a 100% passing rate
when audited internally and externally (by PWC) during 3 consecutive years. - In 2011, represented the company’s Risk Department when evaluated by Fitch Ratings, the company held the AAA rating.
- Designed, developed and implemented a MS Office based model to predict payments of credits through sensibility analysis
of macroeconomic data and payment patterns, the model had an accuracy of 96%. - Successfully evaluated and reported daily VaR of the company’s portfolio to the Colombian´s regulators for 1 year, and
form 20-F to foreign regulators (SEC) for 3 years. - Acted as a key liaison between the company and regulators (Finance Superintendence and Central Bank), with the
purpose of assuring that the risk department operation was always in compliance with the latest legal mandates. - Performed quantitative and qualitative analysis in order to establish liquidity alerts, reducing risk exposure and allowing
the company to have a healthy financial position for 2 years.
Operational Risk Analyst
Tuya S.A. (Bancolombia)
August 2007
to August 2008
Full-time
Medellin
Colombia
- Trained more than 300 employees on policies and procedures.
- Designed operational tools with the purpose of creating a fraud-free environment. The fraud prevention efforts were not limited to internal risk but also included exposure to external actors.
- Evaluated the company's transactional and data warehouse system with the aim of detecting weaknesses that may pose a threat to the operation. Once a risk was identified a corrective measure had to be proposed.
- Participated in the re-design of an improved client complain process as related to fraud. This initiative brought material gains in responses times and the availability of decision support data.
Risk Control Intern
Tuya S.A. (Bancolombia)
January 2007
to August 2007
Internship
Medellin
Colombia
- Supported all the teams part of the integrative risk management (Basel II), and consolidated information related to market, liquidity, operational and credit risk activities.
MBA - Specialization in Finance
Grenoble Graduate School of Business
September 2012
to September 2014
Concentration: International Financial Management, Investment & Valuation, Managing Financial Performance.
Bachelor in Business Administration - Emphasis in Finance
Universidad EAFIT
January 2002
to June 2008
Concentration: Corporate Finance, Equity Markets, Portfolio Theory, Structure and Regulation of Financial Markets.
Concentration: Financial Strategy, Derivatives, Financial Analysis, Simulation.
- Ms Office - Advanced
- Financial Analysis & Financial Modeling
- Portfolio Management & Capital Markets
- Risk Management
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Teamwork
- English (fluent)
- Spanish (native)
- French (intermediate)