Paola Avila López

Administrative Consultant @Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Support budget planning and monitor budget execution, preparing detailed reports and expenses reconciliations (SAP, Hyperion, reclassifications, etc.) to guide strategic decision-making and ensure alignment with the chart of accounts, departmental goals and organizational priorities.• Manage end-to-end contracts process and payments for consultants and consulting firms, including drafting agreements, updating vendors in corporate systems, and close coordination with finance, PRC, HRD, ITE, and all SCL divisions RPAs. In charge of Process over 1,500 payments annually and ensuring compliance with Bank policies while addressing inquiries and incidents.• Contribute to budget formulation and long-term financial forecasting, and workforce planning analyzing resource requirements, cost scenarios, and the financial impact of resource management activities in coordination with other departments and stakeholders.• Serve as focal point for HR processes in HQ and COF, supporting workforce contracting (CNS, PEC and firms) and administration, ensuring compliance with IDB policies, and attending general requirements for staff and CNS.• Analyze, optimize, and deploy changes to internal processes and mechanisms to adapt to new institutional policies, ensuring business compliance and efficiency.• Lead the innovation in the definition of the new process in the social sector (centralization of PEC contracts processing in the department) improving the process for five social sector division and guaranteeing the quality of contract information, while analyzing, optimizing, and deploying changes to internal processes to adapt talent acquisitions process (talent +) This process impacted around 1,600 contracts per year.• Ensure compliance with corporate requirements, including staff time reporting, leave administration, mandatory courses, and annual self-assessments, maintaining data accuracy and quality.• Support Travel Management by reviewing Statements of Expenses SOEs and TAs