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Hire SantiagoSantiago Correa Cardona, CFA
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Location
Medellín - Antioquia, Colombia
Toptal Member Since
May 14, 2020
Santiago has been a finance professional since 2017. He is a CFA and excels in financial modeling and real estate finance. His areas of expertise include investments, financial modeling, and capital markets. As an added benefit for international companies, Santiago speaks fluently in English, Spanish, and French.
Career Highlights
Investment Analyst
OmniBnk
Business Analyst
Hipercept (now RealPage)
Education Highlights
Bachelor's Degree
Pontifical Bolivarian University
Certification Highlights
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
Case Studies
Industry Expertise
Other Expertise
Work Experience
Acquisitions and Development Associate
2019 - PRESENT
Lifeafar
- Structured the company's two largest new developments in Colombia, each for approximately $10 million.
- Developed a financial model to value existing projects and evaluate and propose exit alternatives to investors.
- Supported the creation of a new lifestyle residence concept to attract investors to the development projects and guests for the short-term rentals business.
Focus areas: Real Estate Development
Investment Analyst
2019 - 2019
OmniBnk
- Developed a financial statement projections model to reflect the nature of the factoring business in Chile and Colombia, forecasted company cash flow, and performed an internal valuation of the company.
- Created a data model to understand the company's existing and potential client base. The output of the model was the basis for recurrent marketing campaigns that considerably broadened the company's client scope.
- Performed due diligence analysis on three prospect companies for M&A purposes, especially to identify strategic and financial issues for each potential deal.
Focus areas: Data Analysis, Fintech Consultant, Valuation Modeling
Business Analyst
2017 - 2019
Hipercept (now RealPage)
- Built complex financial models for Hipercept’s clients (mainly asset managers in the US and Canada), allowing them to evaluate real estate investment structures, return projections, waterfall compensations, debt schedules, and sensitivity scenarios.
- Performed quarterly valuations of over 100 real estate properties, using the discounted cash flow method.
- Structured data integration processes of the real estate modeling software into Hipercept's data warehouse service, using Microsoft SQL Server. The integrated data included financials, valuations, and return projections for each property.
Focus areas: Commercial Real Estate
Education
2012 - 2016
Bachelor's Degree in International Business Administration
Pontifical Bolivarian University - Medellín, Colombia
Certifications
FEBRUARY 2021 - PRESENT
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
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