Daniela Jiménez

Experience

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  Kraft Foods Group

  Jun 2011 - Feb 2012

  Reporting & Inventory Analyst

  - Reporting team: elaborate balance sheet and P&L reports for the Caribbean and Central American regions and prepare banking conciliations. - Inventory team: analyze cost import of raw material, manage physical inventory and conciliate balance sheet accounts.

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  Citi

  Feb 2012 - Jul 2015

  - Global financial support of expenses management for BUs under Citi Technology Infrastructure.- Produce Monthly Operational Reports- Provide detailed explanations on staffing and expense lines, present and communicate variance drivers to operations and finance controllers- Create templates to project future expenses, i.e. labor costs, depreciation, software and hardware maintenance.- Prepare forecast and planning, and help the business achieve productivity tasks and execute investments.- Member of the “Voice of the Employee” (VOE) where I assumed a leadership role in the organization of Team Buildings of my department and part of the Great Place to Work Council (GPTW) that encourages different site projects related to employee engagement. Show less

  • FP&A Analyst - Expenses

    Mar 2013 - Jul 2015

  • FP&A Analyst - Customer Reporting

    Feb 2012 - Mar 2013
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  VMware

  Jul 2015 - now

  - Support quarterly business reporting and analytics to VMware Executive Staff, leadership team, Finance, and Investor Relations.- Lead business operations initiatives to translate strategy into operational plans, working with key stakeholders and functions within the BU.- Conduct data analysis to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our reports, delivering valuable insights to senior management and executives.- Serve as primary contact for Business Unit SKU hierarchy in collaboration with product managers. Show less - Responsible for bookings reporting for TEC BU (Service Provider BU). Provide insights on top-line drivers for quarterly results, prepare QRB presentations, support on the elaboration of the E-staff deck and support senior leadership on long-range planning processes.- Align with PMs to drive the BU product hierarchy and business strategy.- Collaborate with BU to facilitate annual planning cycles and replan.- Communicate constantly with sales to prepare and present bookings forecast.- Develop a proficient team of FP&A analysts, offering constructive feedback, conducted 1:1 sessions and fostering a collaborative work environment. Show less - Lead and manage the Costa Rica Finance IT team, develop a team of FP&A analysts, provide constructive feedback, guidance and act as a mentor. - Secure Planning, forecasting and actuals for my Business Units and my team's. We support the Global IT group which consists of: IT Applications, IT Shared Services and IT Infrastructure. Responsible for the consolidation of Global IT business unit (CIO & IT Allocations).- Support VPs on their strategy and execution for their groups and provide them analysis and advice on their spending to optimize their financials.- Responsible for monitoring hiring processes and making cost/location recommendations.- Prepare CIO Scorecard, QBR and any other ad hoc request from Corporate and Finance Leadership. Main functions: Plan, Forecast for Spending, actuals analysis, cost projections, business supporting.- Lead Finance Community Team, main goal is to engage Finance Costa Rica team in volunteer events and Lead Engagement Team, which coordinates a team building / offside event respectively Show less

  • Business Operations Senior Manager

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Business Operations Manager

    Feb 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Finance Manager

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Finance Supervisor FP&A

    Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Senior FP&A Analyst

    Jul 2015 - Jan 2018