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Jasson Sanchez

Summary

Reliable finance leader with extensive international experience in the Americas & European regions and a Master’s in International Business. I’m driven by high standards, strategic thinking and collaboration; transforming complex financial challenges into strategic finance leadership to improve operational efficiency, enhance growth and strengthen organizational performance.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Finance Manager

DHL Express Americas
01.2024 - Current

Member of the Senior Management Team leading the finance function across 17 countries in the Caribbean region, overseeing both captive and third party operations. The role focuses on driving financial excellence, operational efficiency, and strategic business growth through digital transformation and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis for an operation of over 25 million EUR per year.
  • Oversee Accounts Payables, Collections, Billing, Payroll and all aspects of the day-to-day activities and compliance across 17 countries.
  • Streamline of collections and accounting processes reducing write-offs by more than 100% year over year.
  • Partner with Country Managers and Functional Leaders to strengthen profitability and support business expansion by customizing pricing strategies for key customers.
  • Analyzed market trends to inform investment strategies for potential insourcing/outsourcing of operational activities.
  • Streamlined billing process through automation for 16 countries resulting in faster collections reducing DSO by 7 days.
  • Managed successful implementation of new ERP system for 16 countries (SAP).
  • Designed a flexible organizational structures to improve accounting and finance processes.
  • Analysis and design of financial models resulting in over 7% improvement in Operational Productivity and over 5% cost savings year over year.

Aviation Finance Manager

DHL Express US
05.2021 - 01.2024

Role in charge of overseeing the third-party airline spend for the US Aviation Network, ensuring accurate control on spending and strict alignment to service contracts with the dedicated airlines.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Partnered in Data Analytics/Digitalization initiatives to optimize aircraft capacity utilization, better allocation of resources across more than 7 dedicated airlines in the USA Network improving airline cost efficiency by at least 5% year over year.
  • Managed an annual CAPEX budget of 50M EUR in collaborations with Aviation Engineers optimizing Compliance and Financial Governance.
  • Developed policies for fixed assets management in line with internal Compliance and Risk Management policies.
  • Streamlined month-end close process through automation initiatives that increased data accuracy while reducing time spent on administrative tasks by over 25%.




Senior Finance Manager Ground Operations

DHL Express Europe
05.2019 - 04.2021

Sr Manager in charge of overseeing an operation of over 200 million EUR monthly budget; developing financial models to drive productivity and efficiency gains in Ground Operation activities for over 50 countries in the European region.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Developed financial models in collaboration with the Engineering Department to create operational targets and KPI;s for over 50 countries in Europe to absorb over 5% YoY volumes growth through Productivity Improvement keeping same resources level; this initiative resulted in cost savings of over 38 million EUR.
  • During COVID-19 conducted analysis on historical data, current operational data and forecasting information to adjust resources level in over 50 countries in the European Region to avoid massive layoffs while the company navigated through the pandemic period and lockdowns.
  • Project Member of a cross-functional Data Analytics & Digitalization initiative resulting in Dashboards, Insights and Analysis for resources planning based on volume levels; Operational Productivity consistently improved over 5% year over year.

Finance Manager Ground Operations

DHL Express Americas
06.2017 - 05.2019

Position in charge of overseeing the financial performance of the Ground Operations of over 150EUR million monthly budget allocated to the DHL Express Americas Region.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Drove analysis on Financial and Operational KPI's to drive productivity improvement and maximization of budget/resources.
  • Supported the Budgeting and Forecasting processes for over 30 countries in the American region.
  • Active role in setting the targets for the countries in the Americas Region to ensure alignment with Regional and Global targets.

Finance Supervisor

DHL Express SSC
01.2012 - 05.2017

Supervisor in charge of managing a team of 7 accountants dedicated to Intercompany transaction for DHL Express entities in USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Central America and Caribbean region.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

  • Developed training programs for staff, improving team performance and knowledge retention.
  • Conducted audits and reconciliations, maintaining high standards of financial integrity and transparency.
  • Implemented and regularly reviewed financial controls to generate accurate and reliable financial data.

Financial Analyst

AMWAY
01.2009 - 12.2011

Education

Master - International Business

Universitat De Barcelona & OBS Business School
Barcelona, Spain

Bachelor's degree - Business Admin – Finance

Universidad Latina De Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica

Skills

    • Problem Solving
    • Budget management
    • Strategic planning
    • Operational efficiency
    • Cash flow forecasting
    • Team leadership
    • Performance metrics
    • Data Analytics
    • Process optimization
    • Capital expenditure management
    • Data-driven decision making
    • International finance management
    • Digital transformation initiatives
    • Financial modeling
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Accomplishments

Project Lead for "KPI tree project" that consisted in designing a Financial Model to create a link between Financial results and Operation performance for an Operation of 2.3B EUR. Starting from main KPIs breaking them down into sub-KPIs while providing a comprehensive analysis that pointed out areas where operations efficiency could be further improved and resources could be maximized. Project resulted in 38M EUR cost savings.

The project involved cross-functional collaboration between Finance, Industrial Engineering, Commercial and Operations.

The project was rolled out to over 50countries in DHL Express Europe and was used for monthly country reviews, target setting and budget preparation activities.

Developed financial models in collaboration with the Engineering Department to create operational targets and KPI;s for over 50 countries in Europe to absorb over 5% YoY volumes growth through Productivity Improvement keeping same resources level; this initiative resulted in cost savings of over 38 million EUR.

  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.

Certification

First Choice Bronze (Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt Equivalent) – DHL Express

Languages

Spanish Native
English Advanced

Timeline

Senior Finance Manager

DHL Express Americas
01.2024 - Current

Aviation Finance Manager

DHL Express US
05.2021 - 01.2024

Senior Finance Manager Ground Operations

DHL Express Europe
05.2019 - 04.2021

Finance Manager Ground Operations

DHL Express Americas
06.2017 - 05.2019

Finance Supervisor

DHL Express SSC
01.2012 - 05.2017

Financial Analyst

AMWAY
01.2009 - 12.2011

Master - International Business

Universitat De Barcelona & OBS Business School

Bachelor's degree - Business Admin – Finance

Universidad Latina De Costa Rica