Paola Latona
Rochester,NY
Summary
Finance professional with robust background employing critical thinking and analysis to achieve organization goals. Excellent reporting, record keeping and relationship-building abilities.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager, IT Finance
Xerox Corporation
Webster, NY
01.2017 - 10.2025
- Financial management of $150M in annual spending
- Produced monthly and quarterly financial reports to guide strategic planning
- Analyzed large data sets for savings initiatives
- Supported senior leadership with special projects
- Trained staff on financial procedures to enhance job readiness
- Automated close process, reducing time spent on variance analysis by 50%
- Coached, mentored and trained team members in order to improve their job performance.
Sr. Analyst, IM Business Operations
Xerox Corporation
Rochester, NY
03.2014 - 12.2016
- Standardized monthly financial review process using Essbase
- Administrator of team’s Financial SharePoint site
- Analyzed fixed asset data and created depreciation forecasts
- Improved team’s project business case review process with PMO by simplifying reports
- Project led effort to expand ITBM software solution in current environment, enabling IT infrastructure and securities Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Sr. Financial Analyst, North America Finance
Xerox Corporation
Rochester, NY
03.1998 - 02.2014
- Performed monthly close procedures to support—over consecutive years— the R&D organization, Xerox Services ($152M of annual revenue) and IT organization
- Standardized reports using Essbase for faster communication of financial results to management
- Managed over $3M of costs in the Internal Use Software Capitalization account and maintained documentation for audits
- Maintained strict adherence to corporate Accounting policies and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
- Collaborated with finance to ensure accurate payroll processing for sales teams
Education
MBA - Finance
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NYBachelor of Science - Accounting
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NYSkills
- Financial reporting and documentation
- Smart View / Essbase
- Team leadership
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Microsoft Excel
- Data analysis
- Written and interpersonal communication
- Budget management
- Financial presentation and reviews
- Oracle reporting
- Project management
- Variance analysis
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Manager, IT Finance
Xerox Corporation
01.2017 - 10.2025
Sr. Analyst, IM Business Operations
Xerox Corporation
03.2014 - 12.2016
Sr. Financial Analyst, North America Finance
Xerox Corporation
03.1998 - 02.2014
MBA - Finance
St. John Fisher College
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Rochester Institute of Technology