Johans Sergei Razo Zazueta

Main Responsibilities:

• Finance Business Partner and Project Manager, identifying operational gaps through comparative analysis with the parent company's operations (Nissan Mexicana).
• Leading strategic projects for Nissan Exports from Mexico.

Main Achievements:

• Led the implementation of a structured process for the monthly validation of exchange rate impacts on manufacturing costs, identifying a benefit of over 450M MXN .
• Led a team to optimize the reporting and collection process for warranty charges to suppliers, generating a benefit of over $3M USD .
• Negotiated and recovered retroactive inflation adjustments in contracts, resulting in a benefit of more than 4M MXN for the company.
• Developed a dashboard for consolidating financial results from the Materials Finance area, enabling the automatic generation of key reports (FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Global Finance) and the immediate creation of required analyses without the need for additional manual processes (Half vs Half, QoQ, MoM).

Main Achievements:

• Created a RACI for the maintenance and monitoring of systems related to the costs of imported parts, reducing compliance risks in customs calculations.
• Led the implementation of a systems improvement to optimize the accounting registration of consigned parts, reducing work times by 90% and mitigating accounting and financial risks.
• Implemented a process for generating deliverables for parts origin audits in customs audits, ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Automated the monthly reconciliation process with the purchasing department in Excel, reducing execution time by 90%.
• Developed a forecasting process for budget allocations for emission testing, improving financial planning and cost control.

Main Achievements:

• Created a Tableau dashboard to analyze the impact on results (P&L) and supplier performance, utilizing thousands of lines of data and consolidating multiple data sources, facilitating strategic decision-making.
• Designed a methodology for identifying payments related to additional negotiations with suppliers in Tableau, eliminating 100% of audit risks.
• Designed a financial model for the accurate allocation of retroactive price changes by category, optimizing cost control and ensuring correct functional performance recognition.
• Optimized the reconciliation process for carryover costs of raw materials, reducing execution time by 90%.
• Recognized as "Outstanding" in the FY21 performance evaluation, highlighting my impact on process improvement, proactivity, and results.

Main Achievements:

• Implemented an analysis of localization opportunities in Mex-to-Mex models using Tableau as the analysis tool.
• Developed a detailed analysis of the currency composition in the cost of materials by vehicle line, improving the accuracy in cost estimation, exchange rate risks, and financial control.
• Developed a financial model to measure the impact on results (P&L) and cash flow, enabling the determination of a fixed exchange rate for operations in Mexico (FY20).
• Changed the methodology for calculating financial provisions for exchange rate, resulting in a 50% improvement in accuracy, optimizing cash flow estimation, and reducing exchange rate variability risks.
• Implemented Tableau as the reporting tool for the Finance Purchasing area.