Luis Alfonso Barrientos
Financial Planning & Controller
Summary
MBA with over 13 years of experience in Global Pharmaceutical, Energy and Information Technology industries in different financial business areas (commissions, accounts payable, receivable, financial planning, treasury, etc.), working with multi-cultural and multi-regional stakeholders, always aiming to improve cash flow.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Enterprise Business Controller
Microsoft
05.2024 - Current
- Financial leadership for strategic public and enterprise accounts , including clients such as PEMEX, SAT, INFONAVIT, IMSS, TELMEX, and BBVA México.
- Coordination of complex collections processes and resolution of fiscal and contractual disputes with government entities and corporate clients.
- Forecast management and financial consolidation, including analysis of variances, pipeline coverage.
- Active participation in strategic priority reviews and execution of initiatives to accelerate cloud and Copilot consumption.
- Provided insights to improve forecast accuracy, aligning it with business reality, reducing delta in +- 5%
- Reviewed and implemented the partial credit note method, to increase sales at the middle of the contracts
- Helped to release more than 20 accounts that were on hold, allowing the ATU to continue the sales process in a compliant and timely manner. I individually validated each case, some with issues dating back to FY23, and presented solid arguments to Collections for their resolution
Business Controller
Dell Technologies
08.2019 - 05.2024
- Supporting the Federal and SMB sales team that increased revenue YoY in 18%.
- Analyzing financial data and market intelligence to find insights to grow the business and split quotas.
- Reduced variances Actuals vs Forecast by an average of 50%.
- Financial Planning, Budget and KPIs focused.
- Monitor and review the accounting bookings and internal controls.
- Explaining variances of P&L and Balance to the VPs
- Identify the best channels and distributors to work with.
- Designed new dashboards to for better data visualization and take faster decisions.
- Working with collections and accounts payable teams to improve cash flow.
FP&A SR Analyst
Saavi Energia
05.2018 - 08.2019
- Financial modeling, sensitivity analysis data, valuation.
- Created a new finance model to review KPIs of the plants that saved 40 hours per month for the team.
- Project valuation and financial analysis for 4 different energy projects.
Finance Business Partner for Services
Hewlett Packard
04.2014 - 05.2018
- Reviewed costs and identified inefficiencies which once rectified, increased gross margin by 5% in three months
- Reduced variances Actuals vs Forecast by an average 20%.
- Annual budgeting, planning process, management reports for 13 different countries.
- Helped win the biggest contract for Latam.
- Led a cross-functional team of 3 members.
Sr Financial Analñyst for Product
Hewlett Packard
11.2011 - 04.2014
- Review and analyse rebates accrual that helped to release 10 M USD provision.
- Improved forecast deltas vs actuals in 3%.
- Gather the necessary supports to prevent deferral of 4 M USD
- Analysis of variance of the P&L.
Treasury Analyst
Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals
01.2010 - 11.2011
- Analysed Cash Flow that improved predictability.
- Reduced the wait time for transfers saving fund in 5 days.
- Implemented Cash Pooling successfully for 10 legal entities.
Education
MBA
Universidad Iberoamericana
Mexico City 05.2001 -
Corporate Finance And Banking
Universidad Anahuac
Mexico City, Mexico08-2010
Skills
Business process improvement
Profitability analysis
Cash flow management
Internal controls development
Key performance indicators
Financial forecasting
Variance analysis
Decision support
Financial statement review
Additional Information
- Publication of two articles in nationwide journals "Family Business: common effort" and “The importance of SMEs in Mexican society”
Timeline
Enterprise Business Controller
Microsoft
05.2024 - Current
Business Controller
Dell Technologies
08.2019 - 05.2024
FP&A SR Analyst
Saavi Energia
05.2018 - 08.2019
Finance Business Partner for Services
Hewlett Packard
04.2014 - 05.2018
Sr Financial Analñyst for Product
Hewlett Packard
11.2011 - 04.2014
Treasury Analyst
Schering Plough Pharmaceuticals
01.2010 - 11.2011
MBA
Universidad Iberoamericana
05.2001 -
Corporate Finance And Banking
Universidad Anahuac
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