Hector Alejandro Pacheco Ricardi

Hector Alejandro Pacheco Ricardi

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Multinational / Regional / Global Marketing & Finance Operations Executive
Mexico

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  • Aspen Technology
    Finance Operations Manager
    Aspen Technology
    Dec 2023 - Mar 2026 (2 years 4 months)
    Accountable for leading end-to-end Accounts Receivable operations, ensuring accurate, timely billing, system integrity, and consistent cash flow performance across a global environment. Lead billing teams and cross-functional stakeholders to enhance collections effectiveness, resolve issues proactively, and deliver operational excellence aligned with business objectives.

    -Led the global implementation of the Accounts Receivable (AR) system migration, ensuring a seamless transition.
    -Managed a team of billers, overseeing daily invoicing tasks and ensuring deadlines were met.
    -Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify improvements in billing workflows, optimizing processes and reducing turnaround times.
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  • Rapyd
    Finance Operations Americas
    Rapyd
    Feb 2023 - Dec 2023 (11 months)
    Responsible for finance operations across the Americas, ensuring financial integrity, accurate reporting, reconciliations, and robust controls to support regional business performance.

    -Strategically collaborated with global payment professionals to achieve organizational goals and tasks.
    -Managed partner reports to support optimized decision-making and business performance.
    -Proactively solved client issues, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring high satisfaction levels.
    -Conducted daily reconciliations and implemented corrective actions to improve business performance.
    -Reviewed and resolved daily alerts with a strategic approach, mitigating risks and enhancing operational efficiency.
  • IBM México
    Finance Operations Professional for Marketing & Communications - Mexico
    IBM México
    May 2012 - Sep 2021 (9 years 5 months)
    In charge of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting for Marketing and Communications across Latin America, ensuring disciplined cost control, target accuracy, and alignment with regional and global objectives.

    -Led global transformation projects in Latin America, aligning regional processes with global standards.
    -Implemented improvements to regional KPI’s, achieving a 30% optimization in processes.
    -Reduced financial approval times by 80% (from 10 to 2 days) through improved communication with area managers.
    -Achieved 95% accuracy in meeting financial targets.
    -Obtained "Satisfactory" results in internal and external audits in Mexico and Latin America.
  • Croda
    Credit Controller
    Croda
    Aug 2011 - Jan 2012 (6 months)
    Led the Accounts Receivable function, overseeing credit approvals, client onboarding, and end-to-end collections to safeguard revenue and working capital performance.

    -Led the Accounts Receivable (AR) department, managing new client registration and credit approvals.
    -Reduced bad debt by 40% (from 2M USD to 800K USD).
    -Implemented a formal process with KPI’s, improving cash flow and the company's financial health.
    -Optimized collections strategy, increasing early payments to 10% of the portfolio and strengthening short-term cash flow.
  • Honeywell
    Cash Applier Specialist
    Honeywell
    Nov 2010 - Aug 2011 (10 months)
    Led Accounts Payable operations, overseeing bank reconciliations, intercompany settlements, and payment controls to ensure financial accuracy and compliance across entities. Standardized procedures and internal controls by developing formal manuals, strengthening governance, consistency, and scalability of finance operations.

    -Responsible for accounts payable (AP) bank reconciliation and intercompany payments.
    -Created an Excel macro that reduced account distribution time from 1 hour to 5 minutes.
    -Reduced unidentified payments by 95% (from 100M USD to 5M USD).
    -Developed procedure manuals for the department, standardizing processes.
  • Maersk Line
    Controlling Scholar
    Maersk Line
    Jun 2010 - Nov 2010 (6 months)
    - Finance Scholar assigned to the Country Controller.
    - Forecasting of the exchange rate (MXN - USD) for next month.
    - Helped treasury to create reimbursement policies.
    - Participated in monthly financial closings.
    - Presented financial information that Controller and CFO requested.
  • Robert Bosch
    Finance Scholar
    Robert Bosch
    Apr 2010 - Oct 2010 (7 months)
    - Finance Scholar assigned to the Country CFO.
    - Risk analysis for new accounts receivable suppliers.
    - Helped accounts receivable to update reimbursement policies.
    - Participated in monthly financial closings.
    - Presented financial information that CFO requested.
    - Implemented a scorecard to track inventory fluctuations, maintaining and improving accuracy during reconciliation initiatives.
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  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
    Bachelor's degree, Administración y gestión de empresas
    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México