Francisco Jimenez

Director, Financial Instrument Lead

KPMG in Ireland

Francisco Jimenez is a Director at KPMG Ireland, where he leads a team of 30 professionals with backgrounds in Quantitative Finance and Finance. KPMG Financial Instruments (KFI) is centered on providing support on financial instruments, specializing in fair value calculations, hedge accounting, and risk management guidance for clients across diverse sectors.

Francisco regularly speaks on financial instrument topics for leading organizations. He has exhaustive experience valuing a wide range of financial instrument product types, encompassing Over the counter (OTC) derivatives (both vanilla and exotic), Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs), illiquid debt, structured products, Power purchase agreements (PPAs), and Virtual PPAs.

Francisco has collaborated with major Irish and international corporate clients to assess their hedging requirements. His experience covers a wide range of risk domains, including interest rates, foreign exchange, and commodities risk, including electricity price risk.

  • Fair value measurement
  • Financial Services
  • Financial instruments
  • Risk Management

  • CFA Level III candidate

  • BA in Business Administration and Law with Mention in Finance, University Pontificia Comillas, Madrid (ICADE)