Cruz Aguirre
Garden Ridge TX *****
************@***.***
Senior Business / Financial Analyst
Experienced analyst who thoroughly enjoys in-depth analysis and problem-solving with experience in finance, engineering, and operations. Delivers timely financial reporting and analytics while striving to understand the core drivers of performance. Bilingual: Spanish.
Expertise includes:
Financial Analysis and Reporting
Hyperion Financial Reporting and Essbase
Trend Analysis, Forecasting, Budgeting
Advanced skills in all MS Office products
Cost / Benefit / Risk / Sensitivity Analyses
SAP Business Objects, SQL, VBA
Productivity Improvement modeling
Tableau
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACELITY, a division of 3M - San Antonio, TX 2006 – 2020
Sr. Business/Financial Analyst
Provided Financial Planning and Analysis support for the Americas. Mentored new employees in the Financial Analyst role in the US and Latin America regions. Reported, monitored, and analyzed on key performance indicators.
Worked with Marketing developing annual budgets and long-term strategic plans for products and services.
Designed Business Objects reports providing product-level information for Marketing and Sales.
Collaborated with developers producing product daily sales reports in Tableau.
Wrote functional business requirements and consulted on SalesForce.com (SFDC) CRM project
Provided segmentation analysis evaluating volume trends by Region and District.
Developed and implemented a tool providing Product Line Profitability analysis across market segments.
BOEING – San Antonio, TX 2004 – 2006
Business and Planning Analyst
Financial Planning and support for the C17 and KC135 maintenance operations and reporting to the Government on a weekly basis.
Developed and maintained MS Access database of weekly performance for the C17 operation providing performance to target analytics.
Budgeted and re-phased budgets for warranty and waiver Technical Orders (TCTO) monthly.
Completed weekly government reports showing funding versus actual expenditures for C17 and KC135 labor activities.
Trained/mentored three new analysts on reporting for KC135.
Analyzed and discovered a $650 thousand overage in payments made to the fuel supplier over a period of 2 years.
Developed new analytics helping managers follow the progress on aircraft modifications versus budget.
FEDERAL EXPRESS – San Antonio, TX 1996-2003
Senior Financial Analyst
Financial Analyst supporting San Antonio and Houston district operations.
Completed Cost/Benefits and MIRR analyses on capital improvement projects totaling over $2 million each.
Analyzed and generated budgets for two districts exceeding $210 million in annual revenue and $150 million in annual expenses.
Demonstrated a consistent record of positively impacting profit performance throughout tenure
Maintained District general ledgers for 45 separate cost centers.
Trained managers in invoice processing, maintenance of general ledger and acceptable accounting principles.
Additional Relevant Experience
FEDERAL EXPRESS – San Antonio, TX
Industrial Engineer
Worked with Director and Operations Managers on optimizing facility and airport ramp operations. Mentored engineers in US and Toronto, Canada.
FEDERAL EXPRESS – Plano, TX
Operations Manager
Managed 18 couriers and 4 administrative employees while earning exceptional review scores from subordinates and upper management.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics / Physics, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
Community Involvement
Former Board member and Treasurer of the Acelity Foundation