Financial Analyst Manager

Alex Paz

Franklin, TN ***** *.********@*****.*** 786-***-**** https://linkedin.com/in/alex-paz-b014b615a

Financial Management Professional

Detail-oriented and analytical professional with extensive experience monitoring accounts, analyzing financial systems, and forecasting market trends. Remarkable efficiency in generating and examining financial statements and general ledger to minimize errors, while recommending appropriate opportunities to achieve business targets. Demonstrated success in enhancing financial models and applied strategies to ensure revenue growth. Articulate communicator with strong interpersonal skills; ability to foster and fortify strong relationship with clients, employees, and executive management to enable achievement of full business potential. Proven expertise in:

Budgeting & Forecasting

Market Trends Analysis

Strategic Financial Planning

Documentation & Reporting

Risk Management & Mitigation

Cost Reduction & Controls

Corporate finance & Funds Allocation

Staff Leadership and Training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Miami, Fl

Consultant / Investor, 2015 to Present

Develop and implement complex option-based investment strategies to increase revenue stream and organization portfolio, while reducing cost and securing best value.

Streamline trading by conducting equities and derivatives trades for personal accounts on multiple trading platforms. Deliver exceptional consulting services on credit/financial management for small companies exporting out of Miami as well as other investors. Perform comprehensive analysis of financial reports and business publications as well as observe economic data to uncover potential investments, while tracking trends affecting market conditions to penetrate new market.

Key Contributions:

Rearranged accounting classifications at small companies which resulted in proper and clear presentation of financial history that led to successful line of credit negotiations with banks.

Negotiated credit insurance coverage for small exporters improving cost year over year and achieved special coverage for key customers reducing risk by ~60% allowing for sales growth.

Ingram Micro, Inc. – Miami, FL

LA Regional Finance, 2013 to 2015

Oversaw a local team of 5 analysts to ensure continuous financial process and performance improvement.

Delivered exceptional leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams in devising, establishing, and determining, budget formulation, comprising of sales and salary projections, concurrently evaluating performance metrics and annual incentive plan to maximize employee retention rates. Conducted effective analysis of financial results of 6 countries and delivered summarized results of variances to upper management to track and recommend corrections. Provided proactive support to treasury and finance teams in country to conduct detailed financial reviews, and coordinating financial planning with regional audit team to ensure transparency in operations. Established and employed in-house finance reporting tool using Sequel, while presenting to executive management to facilitate informed-decision making.

Key Contributions:

Boosted sales by analyzing and evaluating potential sales deals and providing recommendations to upper management to facilitate informed decision-making.

Lead of integration regional team for acquired company that Generated incremental sales of $300M +.

Guided management on short-term and long-term financial objectives, policies, and actions to identify and mitigate financial discrepancies.

Ingram Micro, Inc. – Miami, FL

LA Regional Treasury, 2010 to 2013

Delivered leadership to treasury personnel in 5 countries to optimize overall financial performance.

Provided high-level support in deploying cash pool program for region to optimize cash flow. Negotiated premium rates with broker and credit insurance provider to reduce cost and optimize profitability. Built and strengthened robust relationships with banking partners and insurance companies to enable achievement of full business potential. Authenticated currency results, including Fas52 and CTA testing, as well as monitoring of all FX forward contracts.

Key Contributions:

Confirmed compliance with corporate policies/regulatory standards for currency exposure management.

Managed the SOX testing for regional Treasury with no adverse findings in the 4 years.

Ingram Micro, Inc. – Miami, FL

Finance Manager, 2001 to 2010

Managed and maintained budget build up for 5 countries with combined revenues of USD $2B, while focusing on cost control and reduction.

Conducted effective analysis of monthly results and variances in budget, forecast and prior periods, while tracking organizational financial performance. Steered monthly forecasting process for Latin America region including variance and profitability analysis to remove potential bottlenecks. Prepared and presented regular and special budget reports to upper management for informed financial decision making. Created and deployed financial reporting package for region to ensure smooth running of financial process.

Key Contribution:

Augmented opening of new operations in the region, while conducting close down processes for multiple in country operations.

Additional experience as Financial Analyst at Ingram Micro, Inc., Miami, FL, and Regional Credit Manager at Ingram Micro, Inc., Miami, FL, and Office Manager at Coltemp, Inc., Miami, FL, and Financial Planner at Carvajal S.A., Cali, Colombia

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Finance

Florida International University – Miami, FL

BBA: Finance & Banking

University of North Texas – Denton, TX

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