Highlights:As Financial Analyst in a global company (Plantronics, Inc): Leading the corporate reporting for Software as a Service (SaaS) and Habitat Soundscaping, the two new innovative business solutions in Plantronics portfolio. Developed from scratch and established the SaaS and Soundscaping performance dashboards. Cross functional team collaboration in the Customer Success Department Kickoff. Provide Revenue and Standard Margin guidance to Global Regions (America, Europe & Africa, Asia)

Skills:Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Business Analysis, Data Visualization, Forecast, Framework and Financial Planning Processes, Dashboards, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, ERP, HYPERION, SALESFORCE, POWER BI, Cross-Functional Team, Decision-Making, Software as a Service

Goal:To take on a senior leadership role that involves strategic planning and has a significant impact on an organization’s profit.

Financial Analyst, FP&A 01/2015 - current
Plantronics, Tijuana, Baja California Mexico
Industry: Technology / Consumer goods
Adding value to Corporate Finance and internal business partners through financial performance information.
• Design and improvement of Executive Dashboards (Enterprise and Consumer Business), adding visual analysis using Oracle OBIEE and Microsoft Power BI. • Leading the corporate reporting for Software as a Service (SaaS) and Habitat Soundscaping, the two new innovative business solutions in Plantronics portfolio. Developed from scratch and established the SaaS and Soundscaping performance dashboards. • Cross functional team collaboration in the Customer Success Department Kickoff. Defining business growth metrics and created the performance dashboard. • Provide the Revenue and Standard Margin Actuals vs Forecast report (Global, Americas, Europe and Africa, Asia Pacific) advise Corporate Finance Manager and the Global Sales Finance Director accordingly. • Established an automated Opex Report for CFO, Worldwide Sales, and R&D (Actuals vs Budget variances). • Marketing Incentives report to Chief Marketing Officer. Process improvement by customized an Opex report for CMO Team provided visibility for their Opex performance vs Budget. • Opex forecast, reporting, and period-closing support for Marketing group. • Managed large datasets. • Tools: Oracle, OBIEE, Hyperion ESSBASE, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, vlookup, conditional formatting), Microsoft Power BI.--

Tecnológico de Monterrey 08/2000 - 05/2006
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon , Mexico
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Financial Accounting
ITESM Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey BSc in Accounting and Finance

Gustavo Cota Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization