Finance

Adalberto De La Cruz

Atlanta, Georgia *****

404-***-**** *************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Finance/Accounting professional with over 15 years of experience in financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, modeling, cost accounting, pricing, operations with large corporations including Fortune 500. Bilingual English-Spanish. Analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, initiative, team player, goal and results oriented. Proficient in SAP, Oracle, People Soft, Outlook Soft, MAS/200, JD Edwards, Hyperion, Excel, Word, Power Point.

EXPERIENCE

HOOTERS OF AMERICA, Atlanta, GA Feb 2015 – Mar 2016

Senior Financial Analyst

(Reason for leaving – Company Restructure)

Responsible for the financial analysis and support of company own and franchise stores both domestic as well as international representing $900M in sales. Activities include analysis of results vs budget and vs prior year, reporting, P&Ls analysis, cash flow, same store sales, currency impact, modeling, ad hoc.

Analysis, review, and reporting of monthly forecast of domestic and international stores.

Responsible for the monthly Management Deck that included financial information as well as sales and operational information to present to senior management and board of directors.

Analysis and review of franchise P&Ls as well of consolidation of financial information from the different domestic and international franchisees to present to upper management.

Responsible for the analysis, review and distribution of weekly franchise sales report.

Analysis and support of the yearly budget process of the company own and franchise stores.

Provided financial analysis and support to the Operations and Franchise teams by creating different models of financial and operational information for decisions making such as closing, acquiring, or selling stores, as well as new sites for potential new stores.

Consolidated and analyzed different KPI reports detailing information such as same store sales in USD and in Currency Neutral, and other financial and operational information.

Ad-hoc analysis and reporting as required from stakeholders.

BCD TRAVEL, Atlanta, GA Jan 2013 – Jul 2014

Manager of Finance

(Reason for leaving – Company Restructure)

Responsible for the financial analysis and support of five offshore sites (Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Peru, and Chile) representing $350M in sales. Activities include analysis of variances versus budget and versus forecast, reporting, modeling, P&L, cash flow, balance sheet, ad hoc.

Analysis and review of monthly forecast process for all sites, including analysis of P&L, Capex, cash flow, supporting reports, bridge explanations, to present and review with upper management.

Responsible for the analysis and review of yearly budgets for the different sites, including analysis of all supporting reports, as well as reviews with site managers and upper management such as division President, CFO, COO and other VPs.

Consolidated and reviewed monthly variance explanations, and flash report, versus budget and versus forecast to present to corporate and upper management.

Analyzed and consolidated monthly KPI report explanations detailing and explaining key indicators for all the sites, to present to upper management.

Created new and improved reports with key information and modeling according to the users’ needs.

Provided support to all sites in their month-end close process, resulting in improved deadlines timing.

Performed ad-hoc financial and accounting activities including intercompany analysis, AR analysis, resulting in better control and decision making.

CSM BAKERY SOLUTIONS, Atlanta, GA Jan 2012 – Jan 2013

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsible for the financial analysis and preparation of monthly variance reports and presentations detailing key financial and statistical information versus budget and versus forecast by product category, to present to upper management.

Analysis and review of monthly forecast process by product category, as well as trend analysis of different statistical information versus Budget and versus Prior Year.

Provided support and analysis in the preparation of the yearly budgets by product category, including analysis of all supporting information, to present to upper management.

Created financial models to summarize and monitor trends in price and margins utilizing different key statistical and financial information to present to upper management.

Coordinated with procurement to get up to date and accurate commodity pricing to accurately calculate detailed cost and pricing of new products as well as modification to existing ones to evaluate market changes and financial impact.

Participated in the development of costs and modeling for new products in close cooperation with R&D, Supply Chain and Product Category Teams.

Created a manual that serve as tool to cost and price new products.

Assisted in the development of new platforms to gather financial information to serve as tools to the different stakeholders, as well as different ad hoc reporting.

NEWELL RUBBERMAID, Atlanta, GA Nov 2010 – Dec 2011

(Reason for leaving – Company Downsize)

Finance Leader

Responsible for the financial analysis and support of 3 Distribution Centers and 7 cost centers totaling $600M in sales. Activities included reporting, variance analysis and explanations versus budget and versus forecast, modeling, consolidations, margins, productivity, inventories.

Prepared, analyzed, and reviewed monthly detailed forecasts for the 10 different business units and cost centers to present to upper management.

Prepared, analyzed, and reviewed yearly budgets for the different business units and cost centers, including reviews with Directors, and Vice Presidents.

Prepared financial models and provided financial support to various projects and initiatives, resulting in better decision making.

Coordinated and presented monthly results reviews of the different BUs to Directors and Vice Presidents.

Consolidated, prepared and analyzed monthly and quarterly operations and KPI reports for each business unit, detailing key statistical and financial metrics as well as productivity, to present to upper management.

Created new and improved reports with key information according to the stakeholders’ needs

Monthly ad-hoc accounting activities including adjustment journal entries and cross charges between business units and cost centers.

BWAY CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA Jul 2009 – Jul 2010

(Reason for leaving – Company Restructure)

Senior Plant Accountant

Responsible for the month-end close of 4 production facilities representing $200M in sales.

Consolidated, prepared and analyzed monthly and quarterly results and performance reports versus budget and versus forecast, including explanations to present to upper management.

Responsible for support and analysis of the yearly budgets process for all business units to present to upper management.

Analysis and review of the monthly forecast process for all the different business units.

Prepared general ledger account analysis and reconciliations, as well as support of internal and external audits.

Created scorecards that included different schedules detailing key statistical information and analysis of monthly and quarterly results to achieve better decision making.

Prepared various ad-hoc reports and analysis to achieve better understanding of results.

GEORGIA PACIFIC LLC, Atlanta, GA Jan 2007 – Feb 2009

(Reason for leaving – Company Downsize)

Supervisor of Analysis

Responsible for the financial analysis and reporting of 13 production facilities (in 6 states) representing $600M in sales.

Prepared various financial models and reporting schedules for the different business units in the organization to present to upper management.

Consolidated, analyzed and distributed monthly forecast of the 13 mills, providing meaningful reports with forecast information to the different businesses and upper management.

Provided support and analysis to the different business units in the preparation of their yearly budgets, to present and review with upper management.

Consolidated and analyzed monthly and yearly P&L variances by business unit and total business.

Consolidated, reviewed and analyzed various month-end results reporting packages, including forecast information, manufacturing costs, material price changes and usage and efficiency.

Prepared monthly management book that included different reports detailing key statistical information of monthly results and forecast.

Created new more efficient reports that resulted in reduction of reporting time.

RUSSELL CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA Apr 2005 – Jan 2007

Senior Cost Accountant

ACUITY BRANDS (LITHONIA LIGHTING), Conyers, GA Jun 2003 – Apr 2005

Senior Cost Accountant

EDUCATION

BA, Accounting, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)

(Monterrey, México)

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Manufacturing.

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