Alejandra Hernandez
Summary
A highly motivated sustainability professional with expertise in non-financial reporting, integrated risk management, value chain, and EU regulatory frameworks. Adept at integrating data analysis with strategic consulting to drive corporate sustainability strategic goals, business development, and compliance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CSRD/ESRS reporter
HYDAC Verwaltung
04.2024 - 03.2025
- CSRD-ready ESRS & GRI reporting policies and strategy alignment for 50+ sites, integrating EcoVadis, IntegrityNext, Supplier Assurance, EU Taxonomy criteria and internal risk management processes.
- Automated KPI & data-collection workflow (Excel + Power Query + Python) to streamline ESRS KPI´s.
- Automated climate-risk & scenario modelling (IPCC, NGFS) with ISO 14091 & TCFD compliance, embedding double-materiality insights.
- Led end-to-end ESRS gap & materiality assessments, cutting reporting blind spots by 30 % and boosting audit-readiness through automatization.
- Built Python pipelines for benchmark analysis of 154+ peer firms, and family firms, feeding live Power BI dashboards for competitive ESG positioning.
- Internal Audited carbon-credit projects and verified data for assurance and transition plan, aligning with EU ETS and GHG Protocol.
Werkstudentin-Working Student
HYDAC International Sustainable Consultancy
02.2023 - 03.2024
- Designed & presented an EFRAG-aligned KPI framework to senior management, mapping CSRD/ESRS, TCFD and EU Taxonomy metrics.
- Ran multi-level (top-down & bottom-up) double-materiality analysis—linking SDGs, resilience levers, due-diligence gaps, value-chain segmentation, etc into a clear heat-map for disclosure.
- Embedded the Finance function in non-financial reporting, defining risk-and-opportunity controls that connect ESG data to IFRS, GHG Protocol and audit-readiness requirements.
- Cross-functional and external stakeholders cooperation—Finance, Strategy, IT, Marketing teams, KPMG, ESG tech vendors and researchers at Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld—driving data-quality and on-time delivery.
Internship Managment Consulting
PwC
09.2022 - 03.2023
- Management consulting for family firms — scoped sustainability challenges and value-creation levers across the European mid-market.
- Analysed financial & ESG KPIs for 10.600 European family firms using Capital IQ and Refinitiv datasets to uncover the relationship using statistical analysis between these two.
- Delivered strategy recommendations and an executive presentation to PwC leadership that outlined a new sustainability-focused consulting arm for family-owned clients.
Researcher
International Students Office Circular Economy
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Designed specialty-coffee brand, products and Arabica roast profiles: MAKA Connecting.
- Up-cycled spent grounds into coffee oil, carbon black & syngas via pyrolysis / HTC; carbon black met DIN 51719 (ash) and DIN 51720 (volatiles).
- Led workshops on circular-economy practices for craft cacao & coffee producers.
- Ran thermo-analysis on insulating tiles made from coffee-ground-derived fillers and bio-additives, confirming robust thermal performance.
Carrear Break
International Exchange Program
12.2018 - 08.2020
- Cultural exchange program.
- Relationships and learning.
- English school in Las Vegas-Nevada
- Danish school in Copenhagen-Denmark
Engineering Designer Assistant
Predictmant
03.2016 - 03.2018
- Development of mechanical drawings in Solidworks for new oven installation in Bogota located factories.
- Calculation of project work quantities in Owens-Illinois factories.
- Implementation of work safety plan according to the new law in force.
Insurance Agent
Colpatria Group/Liberty General Insurance - Self-employed
06.2010 - 06.2015
- Ran coverage analysis and premium calculations for multi-line client portfolios, and negotiated terms to match risk appetite.
- Managed the full claims cycle and mined the database for loss patterns, feeding insights into quarterly risk reports.
- Built and closed a sales pipeline for heavy-automotive and savings products, lifting written premium and diversifying revenue.
- Owned key-account relationships and steered cross-team projects (underwriting, finance, compliance) to hit growth.
- Steered end-to-end project management cycles encompassing scope, budget, execution and close-out.
Education
Bachelor in Engineering - Sustainable Business and Technology
Hochschule-Trier
Trier, Germany09-2024
No Degree - Mechanical engineering
Industrial University of Santander
Bucaramanga-Santader ColombiaSkills
- Analytical / strategic thinking
- Adaptability
- Problem-solving
- Communication / Teamwork
- Microsoft Office / Power BI / Solidworks
- Technical in engineering and data analysis
- Project Management
- Stakeholder engagement
Languages
Spanish: Native
English: C1 / Professional Working Proficiency
German: B2 Intermediate Level
Awards
Landesstipendium 2022, Germany, Sustainable tourism for the region - design thinking /Trier university of applied sciences / Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Certification
August 2023 - December 2023
- Understanding the recommendations of the task force on climate-related financial disclosures - TCFD
- Introduction to climate related disclosures: starting the climate journey - TCFD
- Climate-related financial disclosures- continuing the journey - TCFD
- Introduction to scenario analysis - TCFD
- Biodiversity-related disclosures: Understanding impact and dependencies - TCFD
- Embedding climate change into financial management – climate related reporting for accountants - TCFD
January 2025
- Train the trainer HYDAC
LINKEDLN
Public profile & URL: www.linkedin.com/in/alejandra-hernández-71b37662
Hobbies
Tennis / Hiking / Weightlifting
Specialty coffee enthusiast (Tasting-Roasting)
Traveling
Timeline
CSRD/ESRS reporter
HYDAC Verwaltung
04.2024 - 03.2025
Werkstudentin-Working Student
HYDAC International Sustainable Consultancy
02.2023 - 03.2024
Internship Managment Consulting
PwC
09.2022 - 03.2023
Researcher
International Students Office Circular Economy
09.2021 - 09.2022
Carrear Break
International Exchange Program
12.2018 - 08.2020
Engineering Designer Assistant
Predictmant
03.2016 - 03.2018
Insurance Agent
Colpatria Group/Liberty General Insurance - Self-employed
06.2010 - 06.2015
Bachelor in Engineering - Sustainable Business and Technology
Hochschule-Trier
No Degree - Mechanical engineering
Industrial University of Santander
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