Roberto Serrão

Roberto is a driven and ambitious professional with experience in business strategy, data analysis, and research. He has worked on projects in diverse sectors, including Specialty chemicals, Agriculture and Component manufacturing. He has a positive attitude, is able to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Roberto is focused on his professional development and is currently studying project management. He is currently serving as a Consultant at Emergent Africa where he has been since 2021. He has gained hands-on experience in strategy development, financial analysis and data modelling while working directly with senior management.

Strategy and Finance Consultant (Emergent Africa)

• Assisting in the development of proposal documents
• Brainstorming and reviewing team members work
• Industry research

Strategy and Finance Analyst  (Emergent Africa)

• Developed high level financial models
• Conducted research and developed slides for strategy projects 
• Ran the induction and handover process of a new staff member
• Reviewed and assisted with VBA, SQL and Power BI deliverables

Intern Analyst (Full-time) (Emergent Africa)

Strategy Team

• Researched and analysed various data sources to gain and provide insights that supported the development of the company strategy
• Conducted competitor portfolio analysis
• Conducted research and data collection 
• Developed slides and templates for data collection and presentation
• Developed financial models
• Conducted M&A research 

Data analytics Team

• Owned the design and development of data models and dashboards to draw insights and automate processes
• Extracted, cleaned and transformed data
• Developed VBA macros to automate excel processes
• Extracted data from SQL database
• Contributed, edited and reviewed presentation packs

Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management (Honours)                                                                                                     2020

University of Pretoria

Subjects: Advanced Corporate Finance | Strategic Management | Corporate Performance | Risk Management (The course included CIMA exemptions up until the Management Level exam)

Bachelor of Commerce Financial Sciences                                                                                                                                          2019

University of Pretoria

Subjects: Internal Auditing | Accounting | Financial Management | Taxation | Internal Auditing

Achievement: Graduated Top of the Class - Distinction