Santiago Correa Cardona, CFA
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
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
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Dynamic Revenue and Client Analysis on Power BI
Real Estate Portfolio Model
Free Cash Flow and Valuation Model for a Private Company
Industry Expertise
- Real Estate
- Financial Modeling
- Fintech
Other Expertise
- Argus Enterprise
- DCF Valuation
- Financial Modeling
- Fintech
- Microsoft Power BI
- Pro Forma Financial Statements
- Valuation
Work Experience
Acquisitions and Development Associate
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.
Investment Analyst
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.
Business Analyst
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.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in International Business Administration
Pontifical Bolivarian University - Medellín, Colombia
Certifications
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CFA Institute
Skills
Finance
Financial Modeling, Pro Forma Financial Statements, Valuation, DCF Valuation, Due Diligence, Valuation Modeling, Data Analysis, Asset Valuation, Private Equity, Integrated Financial Statements, Corporate Finance
Industry Expertise
Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Commercial Real Estate
Data & Analysis Software
SQL, Tableau, Bloomberg
Output Software
Microsoft Excel
Other
Microsoft Power BI, Argus Enterprise, DCF Modeling, Fintech Consultant, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Revenue Analysis, Data Visualization, Financial Analysis, International Commerce, Derivatives, Fintech
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