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Brenda Carrizales

Spring,TX

Summary

Highly motivated, results driven Business Professional with 9+ years of experience able to thrive in past faced environments. Leader in the technology and energy industry with strong interpersonal, financial planning, business operations and budget forecasting management skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Proxxima Global Business Planner

Exxon Mobil
01.2025 - Current
  • Develops corporate plan and business strategy, ensure submission is compatible with corporate objectives and the projected economic, energy and competitive environments.
  • Supports senior management in developing presentation material or background briefing for internal and external meetings.
  • Coordinates strategic activities and facilitates work processes (e.g. Country Strategy, Corporate Price/Margin work processes, Prioritization frameworks).
  • Assesses current business operations and financial health
  • Developed Business Analytic dashboard to provide insight into sales management, and business operations.
  • Successfully established roles and responsibilities for newly created role in the organization.
  • Works closely with Sales and Operations, Marketing and Supply Chain on Ad hoc special projects.
  • Key lead in ERP system migration

Global Supply Chain Workforce Advisor

Exxon Mobil
07.2023 - 01.2025
  • Led team of six Financial Planners - collaborated and created formal stewardship process to gain greater insight into global workforce mobility.
  • Responsible for maintaining oversight of 3,000 global workforce.
  • Led the integration of the Exxon Mobil Supply Chain organization (previously embedded in the business) established global footprint and developed global strategy.
  • Led the creation of a global hiring framework for Supply Chain.
  • Key team lead of developing the Supply Chain Global Workforce Plan that feeds into the ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Workforce Plan - HR owned.
  • Developed global workforce analytics dashboard to drive greater insights into our global presence and increase visibility.

IT Financial Recovery Coordinator

Exxon Mobil
04.2022 - 07.2023
  • Led team of five Financial Analysts, provided support, guidance and advice on key work processes for global organization responsible for recovery of Exxon Mobil's IT costs.
  • Guided processes for Plan & Budget, Financial reviews, customer billing and recovery.
  • Prepared financial roll-up and offered insights on global business processes.
  • Coordinated divestment activities for various business lines, ensuring strategic alignment.
  • Developed analytic reports to aid financial analysis and reporting of IT projects.
  • Simplified stewardship processes and identified efficiencies resulting in time savings of +30/hrs month.

Sr. IT Financial Analyst

Exxon Mobil
06.2020 - 05.2022
  • Supported internal financial cost reporting, accounting activities, business analysis and stewardship for a GSC business line or ExxonMobil service line.
  • Developed a reliable cost management resource through detailed data insights and analysis.
  • Led multiple internal and cross-functional teams to process initiatives and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Challenged status quo and simplified cost flow in OIT by eliminating unnecessary billing processes, this resulted in time savings of +50/hrs month.
  • Maintained a thorough understanding of cost flows to ensure proper accounting and stewardship.

Strategic Financial Planning Analyst

CEMEX
08.2019 - 04.2020
  • Successfully identified key drivers in cost structure that led to an incremental 2M+ in EBITDA.
  • Successfully drove company strategy based on analysis of a wide range of financial reporting including; variance analysis for an $800M+ budget,
    short-term forecasting, long-term forecasting, working capital, Capex, free cash flows, and market share.
  • Responsible for completion of financial consolidation, reporting and analysis in support of business objectives.
  • Perform various financial planning and analysis tasks, including management reporting and analysis, financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, capital
    planning, and special projects.
  • Develop, maintain, and provide routine and ad-hoc reports to management that deliver visibility to financial results and trends.
  • Prepare material for monthly business reviews, quarterly presentations to senior leadership, and for external reporting.
  • Frequently consult with members of the functional unit to gain information and insight, and influence results that maximize EBITDA.

Global Sr. Financial Analyst - Supply Chain

Hp Inc.
07.2016 - 08.2019
  • Provided highly complex financial analysis to ensure proper supply chain, inventory, and led monthly review with global leaders.
  • Responsible for global commercial and consumer notebooks.
  • Collaborated with teams on a world-wide scale to understand drivers of purchase price variance, helped eliminate inconsistencies in data.
  • Applied technical accounting procedures to processes to ensure integrity and compliance to US GAAP and SOX.
  • Performed financial analysis and reporting on profit & loss, balance sheet, cash flow, and pricing to influence business decisions.
  • Owned quarterly audit process for business areas and successfully explained variances of $10+ million.
  • Successfully managed 12+ business areas and maintained ledgers over $30 million.
  • Recovered $5M+ by successfully identifying errors in the quote structure through deep dive analysis.
  • Successfully cross-trained financial analysts in different time zones and provided mentoring.

Education

BBA - Accounting

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
05-2016

Skills

  • ERP Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Business and Operations Planning
  • Workforce Planning
  • Strategy Development
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Business Performance Evaluation (KPI's)
  • Leadership Skills
  • Strong Communication
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Languages: English and Spanish

Software and IT Tools

SAP, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Power Bi, Salesforce C360
Thinkcell, BW, Velocity, iCost, Analyzer, Equate. 

Timeline

Proxxima Global Business Planner

Exxon Mobil
01.2025 - Current

Global Supply Chain Workforce Advisor

Exxon Mobil
07.2023 - 01.2025

IT Financial Recovery Coordinator

Exxon Mobil
04.2022 - 07.2023

Sr. IT Financial Analyst

Exxon Mobil
06.2020 - 05.2022

Strategic Financial Planning Analyst

CEMEX
08.2019 - 04.2020

Global Sr. Financial Analyst - Supply Chain

Hp Inc.
07.2016 - 08.2019

BBA - Accounting

Texas Tech University