Carolina Ponce-Delgado

Carolina Ponce-Delgado, MBA has a diverse work experience that spans several industries and roles. Carolina is currently working at Packaging Corporation of America as the Director of Internal Audit, a position they have held since August 2022. Prior to this role, they served as the Assistant Audit Director at the same company from January to August 2022. From January 2020 to January 2022, they worked as the Sr. Manager Internal Audit.

Before joining Packaging Corporation of America, Carolina worked at Grainger as the Sr. Manager - US Controllership from May 2017 to September 2019. In this role, they collaborated with Business Unit Finance and Controllership leaders to improve global controllership efforts and optimize resources.

Carolina also gained experience at IDEX Corporation as the Accounting Manager from August 2016 to May 2017. Carolina was responsible for developing and maintaining accounting processes and procedures, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, and maintaining a strong control environment.

Previously, Carolina worked at Grainger as the Accounting Manager from January 2015 to July 2016. Carolina prepared financial statements, documented variance analyses, and presented results to senior management. Carolina also served as the SOx Project Manager from November 2012 to January 2015, leading the scoping process and managing new consultants.

Carolina's early career included roles as Sr. Internal Auditor at Grainger from September 2010 to November 2012, where they built control frameworks and communicated audit findings, and as a Sr. Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers from September 2006 to August 2010.

Carolina began their career as a Corporate Finance Intern at JLL from May 2005 to January 2006.

Carolina Ponce-Delgado pursued a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance at the University of Illinois Chicago from 2003 to 2006. Later, they obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2021.