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Leonardo López Méndez

Leonardo López Méndez

Bogotá,DC

Summary

Dynamic Senior Financial & Strategic Projects Leader, skilled in financial modeling and project management. Proven track record in designing innovative roadmaps that enhance value creation and optimize processes. Adept at stakeholder engagement, driving continuous improvements, and aligning projects with strategic objectives to ensure impactful outcomes.

Strategic Leader known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in team motivation, strategic planning, and conflict resolution, ensuring smooth operations and project success. Excel in communication, adaptability, and problem-solving to lead teams effectively towards achieving goals.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial & Estrategic Projects Leader

Ecopetrol (Grupocinte-IPM)
Bogota, Bogota
08.2022 - Current

Design of roadmaps for the implementation of science, technology, and innovation projects, with a focus on value creation in the areas of production, transportation, refining, and renewable or low-emission energy generation. Development of financial models to quantify and assess the economic impact of science and technology initiatives. Cross-departmental collaboration to ensure the effective integration of innovative solutions into existing operations. Identification of continuous improvement opportunities and process optimization through the application of technological advancements. Contribution to the leadership of advanced projects, ensuring alignment with the company’s financial and strategic objectives.

Professional tracking to development plans

Ecopetrol
Bogotá
06.2021 - Current
  • Company Overview: Oil and gas companies
  • Responsible for monitoring projects of the former management of Huila and Putumayo Colombian departments.
  • Transversal support to the other professionals of the department and implementation of the internal financial model of the follow-up department.
  • Capture and modeling of financial information in Peep-Merak for projects and assets in view of investment plan and long-term upstream portfolio.
  • Calculations of managerial and financial indicators for high-level decision making.
  • Oil and gas companies

Trader Stock markets

BVC
Bogotá
03.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: Financial services
  • Trading of equity securities listed on the Colombian stock exchange, taking into account economic and financial factors of the local market.
  • Study is carried out by means of fundamental analysis and technical analysis with historical data, as well as recent data on each of the stocks negotiated or to be negotiated.
  • Financial services

Professional specialized financial technical support

Ecopetrol
Bucaramanga
01.2021 - 04.2021
  • Company Overview: Oil and gas companies
  • Responsible for the development and construction of models in order to determine the financial feasibility of different projects.
  • Analysis and interpretation of each of the evaluations and the results obtained, in order to achieve the viability of each one of them.
  • Oil and gas companies

Professional economic projects feasibility

Ecopetrol
Bogotá
01.2019 - 12.2019
  • Company Overview: Oil and gas companies
  • Evaluation, maturation and valuation of contingent resources and integrated development plans for the southern regional fields (VRS).
  • Financial valuations according to the contractual and technical conditions of each of the fields.
  • Execution of financial and economic evaluations and valuation of other deliverables such as the lookback for the Chichimene fields.
  • Oil and gas companies

Professional portfolio and investments

Ecopetrol
Bogotá
07.2018 - 12.2018
  • Company Overview: Oil and gas companies
  • Responsible for the development of the portfolio, investment plan and the evaluation of the financial feasibility of projects.
  • Contractual and financial monitoring, as well as the execution and maturation of other projects of contracts with partners of Ecopetrol.
  • Oil and gas companies

Specialized professional

Bank of the Republic
Bogotá
12.2013 - 06.2015
  • Company Overview: Colombian central bank
  • Responsible for carrying out all the monitoring and management in the investments that the Banco De La República has in various autonomous assets.
  • Valuation of securities by IRR (internal rate of return) or by price.
  • Preparation of various reports and reports as operational or financial indicators to assess the performance of investments.
  • Colombian central bank

HSF Functional leader (hyperion strategic finance)

Proquinal s.a
Bogotá
09.2012 - 04.2013
  • Company Overview: Primary plastics
  • Implementation of the Hyperion HSF tool by debugging and uploading data and financial information.
  • Formulation of financial indicators and projection modules according to the corporate requirements.
  • Primary plastics

Business risk consultant

Deloitte
Bogotá
10.2011 - 09.2012
  • Company Overview: Business consulting firms
  • Tester of the RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) process of Citibank Colombia.
  • Preparation of independent reviews regarding the external circulars issued by the Colombian Financial Superintendence.
  • Business consulting firms

Collector assistant

Humana golden cross s.a
Bogotá
04.2006 - 08.2006
  • Company Overview: Prepaid Medicine
  • Responsible for developing databases for online collection or debit.
  • Customer support for doubts about your payments, and online debits.
  • Prepaid Medicine

Education

R visualization of data. -

Universidad externado de colombia
04.2025

Courso en r wrangling -

Universidad externado de colombia
09.2020

Specialist in oil and gas management -

Eude business school
05.2020

Master's degree in business administration and management (mba) -

Eude business school
03.2020

Economics specialist -

U. Javeriana
12.2013

Diploma in stock exchange and stock market -

Politecnico Grancolombiano
07.2011

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Polytechnic Grancolombiano
05.2011

Associate's degree in finance. -

Polytechnic Grancolombiano
11.2008

Skills

  • Data visualization
  • Financial modeling
  • Technical analysis
  • Project management
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Investment analysis
  • Continuous improvements
  • Problem solving
  • Strategic planning
  • Relationship building
  • Conflict resolution
  • Stakeholder engagement

Languages

  • English, Fluent
  • Spanish, Native

Additional Studies

  • R visualization of data, Universidad externado de colombia, 09/01/20, Present
  • Curso en R wrangling, Universidad externado de colombia, 07/01/20, 09/30/20
  • Diploma in stock exchange and stock market, Politecnico Grancolombiano, 05/01/11, 07/31/11

Timeline

Senior Financial & Estrategic Projects Leader

Ecopetrol (Grupocinte-IPM)
08.2022 - Current

Professional tracking to development plans

Ecopetrol
06.2021 - Current

Professional specialized financial technical support

Ecopetrol
01.2021 - 04.2021

Trader Stock markets

BVC
03.2020 - Current

Professional economic projects feasibility

Ecopetrol
01.2019 - 12.2019

Professional portfolio and investments

Ecopetrol
07.2018 - 12.2018

Specialized professional

Bank of the Republic
12.2013 - 06.2015

HSF Functional leader (hyperion strategic finance)

Proquinal s.a
09.2012 - 04.2013

Business risk consultant

Deloitte
10.2011 - 09.2012

Collector assistant

Humana golden cross s.a
04.2006 - 08.2006

R visualization of data. -

Universidad externado de colombia

Courso en r wrangling -

Universidad externado de colombia

Specialist in oil and gas management -

Eude business school

Master's degree in business administration and management (mba) -

Eude business school

Economics specialist -

U. Javeriana

Diploma in stock exchange and stock market -

Politecnico Grancolombiano

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Polytechnic Grancolombiano

Associate's degree in finance. -

Polytechnic Grancolombiano
Leonardo López Méndez