Derrek Space
Twenty years leading finance teams across insurance, healthcare, consumer goods and financial services. I build the planning, reporting and operating disciplines that let leadership teams decide with confidence.
- 17 marketsLed consumer insurance finance across Latin America at AIG
- $55MIn savings identified and delivered at Kemper
- 20+ yearsFinance leadership, from Lehman Brothers and PwC to AIG
- 3 languagesEnglish, Spanish and French
Finance that leadership can act on.
I have spent my career where finance meets operations: building forecasts leadership trusts, cutting reporting cycles, and redesigning cost structures without breaking the business. At AIG I led finance for the consumer insurance business across 17 Latin American markets and delivered $65M in SG&A savings, with a shared service center in Bogotá.
At Kemper I directed business intelligence and FP&A on a $5B portfolio, delivering $55M in savings and leading the Workday Adaptive Planning implementation. Since 2018 I have run Consultgenix, an advisory practice for owner-led and PE-backed companies, where I now apply AI workflows to make finance teams faster.
I am based in Coral Gables and work in English, Spanish and French.
Selected roles
Founder
Fractional CFO and finance transformation work: finance function assessments, operating model redesign, ERP and EPM implementation, reporting rationalization, and bookkeeping for independent insurance agencies.
Director, Business Intelligence and FP&A
$5B portfolio. $55M in savings. Directed the Workday Adaptive Planning implementation and automated recurring reporting, cutting manual work about 30%.
Interim Finance Head, Medicaid and Medicare
Finance for Florida Medicaid and Medicare managed care operations. Three medical economics projects cut medical cost overspending 14% and contributed to a 6% Florida Medicaid revenue increase. Managed MLR, Achieved Savings Rebate, Florida Healthy Kids and AHCA filings.
Head of Finance, Latin America Consumer Insurance
Finance leadership across 17 markets. $65M (22%) in SG&A savings and a shared service center in Bogotá.
Finance roles
Planning, analysis and due diligence across consumer goods, data and telecom distribution.
Finance and advisory
Internal finance and advisory at PwC. Operations and investment banking support at Lehman Brothers.
Where I add the most value
Planning and forecasting
Budgets, reforecasts and driver models that hold up in front of a board, with accuracy tracked every cycle.
Finance transformation
EPM and BI rollouts, close acceleration and reporting redesign, from Workday Adaptive to Power BI.
Insurance finance
Consumer and P&C economics, carrier and agency accounting, premium trust and commission reconciliation.
Cost and operating model
Shared services and SG&A redesign across multi-country organizations.
AI in finance operations
Practical AI and automation workflows that remove manual work from close, reporting and analysis.
Latin America
Multi-market leadership across 17 countries, in Spanish and English.
Education
- MBA, Accounting and Finance, University of Connecticut
- BS, Finance and Economics, University of Florida
Certifications
- Wharton: Business and Financial Modeling, Business Analytics, Accounting Analytics
- Six Sigma Green Belt, Kennesaw State University
- Intuit QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor: QuickBooks Online Level 1 and 2, QuickBooks Desktop and Desktop Enterprise, Bookkeeping, Workforce (payroll), Enterprise Suite
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