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Israel Mateo

Jersey City

Summary

Finance leader with 6+ years of FP&A experience across aviation, technology, and consumer packaged goods (CPG). Proven ability to influence strategic decisions through precise forecasting, enterprise-wide consolidations, and executive-ready reporting. Trusted partner to senior leadership in aligning financial performance with long-term growth, profitability, and liquidity goals.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior FP&A Analyst: Corporate Finance

Mammoth Brands
New York
04.2025 - Current
  • Lead quarterly forecasting, long-term planning, and enterprise-wide financial consolidation, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic priorities
  • Manage and optimize $50M+ in corporate Opex across Legal, Finance, People, and IT, proactively identifying risks and opportunities that improved budget utilization by 12%
  • Build dynamic financial models, deliver executive-ready reporting, and support board presentations to drive alignment on growth, profitability, and liquidity targets

Senior Financial Analyst: Information Technology (IT)

JetBlue Airways
New York
07.2022 - 03.2025
  • Directed planning & forecasting of $300M+ IT Opex, improving accuracy by 99% against quarterly guidance and influencing cost-avoidance initiatives totaling $20M
  • Supported corporate FP&A; transformation initiatives, achieving forecast accuracy within 1.5%-4.5% of guidance targets
  • Automated and scaled FP&A; processes (variance analysis, reporting, headcount planning), cutting reporting cycle time by 25% while boosting accuracy
  • Collaborated with HR and divisional leaders to forecast headcount, optimizing workforce allocation within budgetary limits

Financial Analyst: Central FP&A;

JetBlue Airways
New York
05.2021 - 07.2022
  • Achieved forecast accuracy within 1.5%-4.5% of guidance targets through FP&A transformation initiatives.
  • Designed SAP BPC-linked P&L dashboards to provide executives real-time visibility into divisional Opex.
  • Consolidated IT capital business cases for Investment Committee approval of multimillion-dollar technology projects.

Financial Analyst

IBM
Armonk
04.2019 - 12.2020
  • Built forecasting models in IBM Planning Analytics and DB2 QMF to track $500M+ annual expense, strengthening accuracy and transparency in reporting
  • Reconciled headcount reports for Cloud & Cognitive segment, presenting workforce dynamics that influenced staffing decisions
  • Delivered monthly budget vs. actual variance analyses for a $200M+ Industry Platform Unit, surfacing performance drivers that shaped financial strategy

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance & Business Management

Florida International University (FIU)
Miami, FL
12.2018

Skills

  • IBM Planning Analytics
  • Snowflake
  • DB2 QMF
  • Addepar
  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • R
  • Microsoft 365 Suite
  • SAP Analytics Cloud
  • Parabola
  • Google Workspace

Languages

  • Spanish, Business Proficient
  • Portuguese, Intermediate

Timeline

Senior FP&A Analyst: Corporate Finance

Mammoth Brands
04.2025 - Current

Senior Financial Analyst: Information Technology (IT)

JetBlue Airways
07.2022 - 03.2025

Financial Analyst: Central FP&A;

JetBlue Airways
05.2021 - 07.2022

Financial Analyst

IBM
04.2019 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance & Business Management

Florida International University (FIU)