Adriana Prieto

• Assisted in the preparation of financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support budgeting and forecasting activities, improving overall financial planning efficiency.
• Leadership of FP&A, Treasury and Accounting and Tax teams

Lima (Peru): Jan/23 to Sept/24

Osasco (Brazil): Jan/18 to Dec/22

• Conducted comprehensive market analysis to identify the best acquisition opportunities, enhancing strategic positioning within the Brazilian and LATAM markets.
• Target prospecting and approach with the support of the business team (Area Manager, General Manager, Commercial teams among others)
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to evaluate potential acquisitions, ensuring alignment with corporate growth objectives and operational synergies.
• Analysis of the operations, strategies, financial condition of Sika and the target to build the best Valuation model considering the Standalone and Integrated business.
• Understand of business process and financial KPIs including P&L performance, Balance Sheet position and Working Capital performance
• Preparation of board presentations to support the different stages of M&A process (eg.: NBO request and BO request)
• Leadership in DD processes: management of internal and external teams to carry out analyzes and provide reports in a timely manner
• Heavy involvement in contract discussions and negotiations

• Action as Integration Manager in 2 global acquisitions: Parex Brazil and MBCC Perú. Acted as Integration Manager enable me to have a better understanding of Sika processes, understand the organic strategy of the company and support the decision making.
• Led cross-functional teams to implement integration strategies, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing project delivery timelines.
• Integration plan support preparation
• Monthly tracking report
• Financial analysis

Trainee (May/2008 – August/2009)

Assistant (August/2009 – August/2011)

Senior (August/2011 – August/2016)
Manager (August/2016 - December/2017)

Acting in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) area as a manager, advising our clients in the sale or acquisition of companies and fundraising:

Adequate understanding of the operations, strategies, financial condition and client prospects in order to create premises so that we can establish a range of value of the company through economic-financial analysis (Valuation) based on cash flow generation, market multiples and transaction multiples

Preparation of an Information Memorandum about the client, his future plans and competitive advantages

Search of targets with characteristics of potential investors in the company
Market analysis focusing on promotions
Market analysis focused on purchasing strategies
Markets: packaging, medical clinics, agribusiness, among others.