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Mario Jimenez

Financial Planning & Controlling Lead
Mexico City

Summary

I'm a finance professional with 13 years of corporate experience, the last 4 of them working abroad as an international assignee. Controlling, Accounting, Planning & Budgeting are within my areas of recent expertise. I'm a keen leader and team builder, with an amazing team work spirit and a relentless mindset that looks for constant personal growth and professional improvement. On the personal side, I'm very passionate about sports and nature and I'm also a food, wine and photography enthusiast.

Overview

12
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
3
Certifications
4
Languages

Work History

Philip Morris International
Mexico City

Regional Financial Planning & Controlling Lead
09.2020 - Current

Job overview

Main Responsibilities

  • Control, analysis and detailed financial reporting of all overhead (OVH) expenses and other major Opex lines vs budget/forecast.
  • Quarterly forecasting and annually budgeting of all OVH expenses.
  • Ad hoc analysis of incoming projects mainly with commercial areas.

Main Achievements:

  • Ensured a successful and smooth transition of our historic financial information from our inhouse financial reporting tool to Tagetik.
  • Successfully relocated back to Mexico after 4 years abroad as PMI's international assignee.

Philip Morris International
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Strategic Planning Supervisor
02.2020 - 09.2020

Job overview

Short-Term Expatriation Assignment in the Reduced Risk Products area

Main Responsibilities

  • Analysis and reporting of RRPs sales, expense performance and initiatives.
  • Quarterly forecasting and annually budgeting of RRPs volume sales, revenue and commercial expenses.
  • Scenario modelling for price increases decision making.
  • Project valuation teaming up with commercial and sales teams.

Main Achievements

  • Increased the engagement between Finance and Commercial, Sales and Distribution teams.
  • Optimized diverse reports by at least 30-50% of the initial dedicated time.

Philip Morris International
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Regional Finance Controlling Supervisor
10.2017 - 02.2020

Job overview

Main Responsibilities

  • Regional Finance key point between markets and regional team.
  • Financial analysis and reporting of OVHs and Opex.
  • Quarterly integrity and consistency analysis of all Balance Sheet accounts.
  • SOX Controls Ambassador

Main Achievements

  • Achieved a smooth transition of the migrated activities from CARICAM local finance teams to Argentina's regional team
  • Standardized several financial analysis and reports across the different markets achieving an optimization in many processes of up to 30% of the initial dedicated time.
  • Quickly adapted to a multicultural regional team formed by professionals from over 10 countries.
  • Earned a short-term expatriation assignment to Dominican Republic.

Philip Morris International
Mexico City, Mexico

Financial Reporting Supervisor
01.2017 - 10.2017

Job overview

Main Responsibilties

  • Income Statement and Balance Sheet monthly variations explanation.
  • Other US GAAP financial reports analysis related to Post-Employment analysis, Contractual Obligations, Balance Sheet, etc.

Main Achievements

  • Earned an International Assignment to Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Started my journey as people manager.

Philip Morris International
Mexico City, Mexico

Senior Reporting & Accounting Analyst
09.2015 - 01.2017

Job overview

Main Responsibilities

  • Analysis, monitoring and variances reporting of P&L variances.
  • Accruals and cost center expense reclassifications coordination.
  • Active participation in external audits performed by PwC and EY.

Main Achievements

  • Reshaped the traditional email request accrual process to an intranet SharePoint that provided live visibility to all stakeholders.
  • Automatized several monthly reports and analysis reducing the man hours dedicated to them in at least 50%.

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
Mexico City, Mexico

Senior Business & Financial Analyst LATAM
04.2012 - 08.2015

Job overview

  • Analysis and follow up with value added insights of the regional KPIs such as sales volume, revenue, gross margin, Opex and DSO.
  • Monthly Market and Region Imports analysis through Tableau.
  • Track of the global dairy commodities prices.
  • Part of the sales strategy committee which is in charge of detecting, creating and developing new sales channels and opportunities.

BBVA en México
Mexico City, Mexico

Personal Banker
03.2011 - 04.2012

Job overview

  • Provide customized and reliable financial advisory for my clients portfolio.
  • Operate debt, risk instruments and standard investment funds.
  • Track growth of each customers portfolio.
  • Provide quarterly results reports to customers.

Anheuser-Busch InBev
Mexico City, Mexico

Financial Analyst
07.2009 - 03.2011

Job overview

  • Balanced Scorecard (BSC) methodology implementation.
  • Alignment of strategic maps between all corporate areas.
  • Balanced Scorecard KPI analysis.
  • Market and Financial Indicators analysis such as IPC, TIIE Fx Rate.
  • Planning and executing the Strategic Annual Meetings in 2009 and 2010 of the Retail Division,

Education

IPAG Business School
Nice, France

Postgraduate Degree from Financial Management
08.2008 - 07.2009

University Overview

International Academic Exchange program.

Escuela Bancaria Y Comercial
Mexico City, Mexico

Bachelor from Finance
08.2005 - 07.2009

University Overview

Describle the highlight information Exp: GPA, some subject

Apple Valley Middle School
California, USA

7th Grade International Exchange Student
08.1999 - 07.2000

Skills

Budgeting /Financial Planning

Scenario Modelling

Financial Statement Analysis

Big Data Bases Analysis

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Team Builder

Great Teamwork Spirit

Certification

Figura III - AMIB

Software

Excel

Microsoft Office

SAP

Tableau

Tagetik

Power BI

Timeline

Regional Financial Planning & Controlling Lead

Philip Morris International
09.2020 - Current

Strategic Planning Supervisor

Philip Morris International
02.2020 - 09.2020

Regional Finance Controlling Supervisor

Philip Morris International
10.2017 - 02.2020

Financial Reporting Supervisor

Philip Morris International
01.2017 - 10.2017

Senior Reporting & Accounting Analyst

Philip Morris International
09.2015 - 01.2017

Senior Business & Financial Analyst LATAM

Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd
04.2012 - 08.2015

Personal Banker

BBVA en México
03.2011 - 04.2012

Figura III - AMIB

04-2010

Balanced Scorecard Methodolgy Certification

09-2009

Financial Analyst

Anheuser-Busch InBev
07.2009 - 03.2011

IPAG Business School

Postgraduate Degree from Financial Management
08.2008 - 07.2009

Escuela Bancaria Y Comercial

Bachelor from Finance
08.2005 - 07.2009

FCE Cambridge University - 175pts.

06-2005

Apple Valley Middle School

7th Grade International Exchange Student
08.1999 - 07.2000
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