SAP
Erwin De Castro
Director Of Finance
North Miami Beach,FL
Summary
Financial professional with ten years of experience growing revenue/profit through effective team and project management. Extensive knowledge of client-focused team-building with training in diverse industry supervision.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director of Finance
CCL-HG - Compass Group USA
01.2022 - Current
- Book of business north of 450M of managed volume
- Consistently produced double digit topline and bottomline.
- Fostered a culture of accountability within finance department, emphasizing the importance of meeting deadlines and delivering accurate financial data to stakeholders.
- Negotiated favorable vendor contracts by leveraging strong analytical skills and industry knowledge for competitive advantage.
- Instituted best practices in financial management processes by conducting regular reviews of procedures, policies, and systems for continuous improvement opportunities.
- Provided insightful recommendations for process improvements, contributing to increased operational efficiency across the organization.
- Developed accurate monthly forecasts using historical data trends combined with current market conditions for enhanced decision-making capabilities.
Sr. Finance Manager
Unidine - Compass North America
03.2021 - 01.2022
- Increased revenue by assisting with operations management, sales and marketing efforts.
- Assessed expansion plans and presented costs to forecast trends and recommend changes.
- Mitigated process gaps and managed financial operational functions.
- Continue to push division to be top performer in bottom line profit at +20% Margin
- Partnering with Operational Leadership/Sales to grow Healthcare Division business to $200M portfolio.
Sr. Financial Analyst
Unidine - Compass North America
10.2018 - 03.2021
- Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking.
- Developed presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities.
- Managed $110M in Revenues and integral part in growing bottom line profit by 10% over Fiscal 20 budget.
- Reviewed contracts financially impacting company and counseled executive leaders on impact contracts would have on company operations.
Senior Financial Analyst
Flik - Compass North America
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Reviewed monthly requisitions for accuracy and completeness, reconciled transactions and determined payment approval statuses.
- Identified budget variances and recommended corrective actions, avoiding overruns and maintaining positive cash position.
- Reviewed weekly and monthly budget performance reports, ensuring all departments and agencies operated within allocated budgets and investigated excessive expenses and reporting discrepancies.
- Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability and expense forecasts.
- Drove Division savings of $586K over Fiscal Year by creating G&A dashboards and recommending expenses freezes throughout the year.
Financial Analyst
Flik - Compass North America
09.2015 - 10.2017
- Worked with clients to ensure understanding of rationale and details of financial strategies.
- Developed forecasting tools to analyze revenue variance, business pipeline and industry trends.
- Identified budget variances and recommended corrective actions, avoiding overruns and maintaining positive cash position.
- Used Qlik & SAP to create reports and recommended courses of action to upper management.
- Developed, produced and analyzed financial statements by division/region.
- Reviewed financial reports and streamlined operations to increase productivity and company profits.
- Managed budget of $150M Revenue and $20M of bottom line profit
Education
MBA - Accounting
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ 01.2011 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ 09.2000 - 01.2005
Skills
Budgeting
Business operations analysis
Account reconciliation
Revenue trend analysis
Financial and operational reporting
Software
MICROSOFT EXCEL
HYPERION - ESSBASE
MICROSOFT OFFICE - POWER POINT, WORD & ACCESS
QLIK
POWER BI
Accomplishments
2017 Recipient of the President's Award for Exemplary Performance for the Division
Timeline
Director of Finance
CCL-HG - Compass Group USA
01.2022 - Current
Sr. Finance Manager
Unidine - Compass North America
03.2021 - 01.2022
Sr. Financial Analyst
Unidine - Compass North America
10.2018 - 03.2021
Senior Financial Analyst
Flik - Compass North America
10.2017 - 10.2018
Financial Analyst
Flik - Compass North America
09.2015 - 10.2017
MBA - Accounting
Montclair State University
01.2011 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
New Jersey Institute of Technology
09.2000 - 01.2005
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