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Welcome Oscar Cristancho Mercado, Assistant Vice President, Budgets and Analysis

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Oscar Cristancho Mercado joined Valencia Tuesday, December 1, 2015, as assistant vice president, budgets and analysis. Oscar will report to Loren Bender, vice president of business operations and finance.

Oscar will design fiscal year budgets and develop forecasting and analysis tools that will help the College continue its stewardship of financial resources. His first order of business is training on a new system that will be integrated with Banner, called Millennium FAST, that will create financial reporting while streamlining processes, thereby creating greater access and visibility of the system’s data for improved decision making.

Immediately prior to joining Valencia, he served as vice president of financial planning and analysis with CitiBank in Tampa. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst and finance manager for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment.

Oscar is married to his wife, Sabrina, and they have a one-year-old son, Mateo. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and obtained a Master’s in Business Administration from Webster University.

Oscar is located at the District Office, Room 355. You may reach him at ochristanchomercado@valenciacollege.edu or extension 3306.

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