Veronica Sanchez
Zion
Summary
Finance professional with a proven track record in strategic finance, operational analytics, and process improvement, skilled in margin, pricing, forecasting, and Power BI/VBA automation to streamline reporting and drive data-driven decisions. Experienced in leading cross-functional initiatives with Sales, Product, Operations, and Engineering, including CapEx ROI tracking and KPI development, delivering cost savings, efficiency, and business growth. Mentors and develops team members, fosters collaboration, communicates effectively at all levels, and thrives on taking on new challenges to deliver measurable results.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Financial Analyst-Operations
ITW Paslode
01.2024 - Current
- Provide strategic financial partnership to Operations, Innovation, and Product teams through margin, pricing, profitability, and variance analysis, identifying opportunities for cost reduction, and process improvement.
- Lead forecasting, Budget vs. Actual analysis and scenario modeling to support short- and long-term planning, including AOP and LRP, improve forecast accuracy by 60%, and mentor team members on financial best practices.
- Perform in-depth operational and inventory variance analysis, translating complex data into actionable insights for leadership and cross-functional teams, enabling decisions that increased operational efficiency by 30%.
- Design, automate, and maintain KPI dashboards and management reporting using Power BI and VBA, reducing manual reporting time by 8 hours weekly, and improving data accuracy for executive reviews.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product GMs, Operations, Engineering, and Sourcing, including close collaboration with Engineering on CapEx projects, evaluating investments, and tracking Budget vs. Actuals, and monitoring ROI, support decisions for capital projects.
- Performed line-level performance reviews, process improvement initiatives, and operational optimization, while preparing forward-looking financial and inventory cost analyses that enabled leadership to take proactive measures, improving production efficiency on the line by 2.5 hours.
Sr Financial Analyst
Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Partner closely with Sales and business unit leaders to support pricing strategy, forecasting, and profitability, delivering actionable insights through price, mix, and volume (PMV) analysis.
- Support Sales with ad-hoc deals, pricing, and customer profitability analysis, enabling faster, data-driven commercial decisions, and revenue optimization.
- Analyze monthly results, forecasts, and annual business plans, explaining variances, and identifying revenue and margin improvement opportunities.
- Perform new product development (NPD) financial analysis, including cost modeling, pricing support, profitability assessment, and ROI evaluation.
- Own sales incentive commission analysis and payout processing, ensuring accuracy, compliance with incentive plans, and timely monthly and quarterly payments.
- Drive process improvement and automation by leveraging Power BI to streamline manual reporting, improve data accuracy, and reduce reporting cycle time by 30%.
Financial Analyst II
CDW
12.2020 - 01.2023
- Partner with key internal customers and cross functional teams to provide valuable financial analysis
- Analyze financial results to provide explanation of variances
- Streamline reporting functions
- Implemented strategic growth plans, resulting in increased revenue year over year
- Work in Hyperion & Workforce to update headcount, salary & plan
- Perform P&L review and variance analysis, balance sheet reconciliations, headcount reporting, as well as a monthly management report package
Sr Partner Finance Specialist
CDW
12.2014 - 12.2020
- Manage over 200+ Volume Incentive Rebate programs.
- Plan, track, measure, forecast, report on status of all VIR programs
- Created Master Program Tracker published on companies shared network
- Analyze financial results to provide explanation of variances
- Streamline reporting functions
- Implemented strategic growth plans, resulting in increased revenue year over year
- Streamlined internal processes to improve efficiency and reduce overhead costs.
Education
MBA - Business Analytics
University of Southern Indiana
IN09-2018
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Criminal Justice
DeVry University
Skills
- Strategic finance
- Profitability analysis
- KPI monitoring and dashboards
- Power BI and VBA
- Cost reduction strategies
- Capital expenditure tracking
- Sales analysis
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Scenario modeling
- Process automation
- Problem solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Financial modeling
- Operational efficiency
- Effective communication
- Financial statement analysis
- Revenue trend analysis
- Capital budgeting
- Customer relationship management
- SQL proficiency
- Account reconciliation
- Stakeholder communication
- SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Navision, JDE, AS400, PeopleSoft, OneStream, Workday
Certification
CCNA- Cisco Certified Network Associate
Languages
Spanish
Timeline
Sr Financial Analyst-Operations
ITW Paslode
01.2024 - Current
Sr Financial Analyst
Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC
01.2023 - 12.2023
Financial Analyst II
CDW
12.2020 - 01.2023
Sr Partner Finance Specialist
CDW
12.2014 - 12.2020
MBA - Business Analytics
University of Southern Indiana
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Criminal Justice
DeVry University