Finance & Migrations (ERPs)
Alfred Mora Linares
Product Owner FI Transformation | Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma
Heredia
Summary
Kyōka-zai Talent: I am a results-driven finance professional with a proven track record of leading transformation initiatives, tracking implementation and migration in Global Scale and driving Operational Excellence across various sectors. With a solid foundation in Finance, I bring a wealth of experience in Project Management (both Agile and Waterfall), Lean Six Sigma methodologies, and continuous improvement practices to deliver sustainable business outcomes. Throughout my career, I’ve successfully managed cross-functional teams, spearheaded complex financial projects, and implemented strategic changes that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profitability. I am deeply committed to driving business transformation by applying the right mix of financial acumen, process optimization, operational excellence, valued added mindset and innovation.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Business Transformation & Excellence Lead
Accenture
05.2024 - Current
- Successful volume & Capacity Analysis updates over the workforce to obtain value added outputs to manage and plant data driven strategies; such as Client Orientation, Capacity Gaps, Productivity and improvement opportunities over Operational Quality Response (followed by key metrics in MBR reporting to ACN Leadership).
- Lead of the Delivery Excellence program focused on enhancing execution standards through the monitoring and continuous evolution of rigor practices over operational improvements by establishing measurable frameworks, aligning teams around best practices, and promoting a culture of accountability. Enabled sustained performance gains across projects by integrating data-driven insights into delivery assessments and process enhancements.
- Effective deployment of Gen AI to enhance business operations, drive innovation, and optimize decision-making for scalable growth and efficiency.
- Pipeline & Strategic Project Framework: Getting data regarding efficiencies and targets to define the road to move agile over quick wins and transformation path (dummies and buffers).
- Support and partner over the Delivery Excellence to replicate Best Practices and sharing Culture about Operational Excellence towards Quality, Behaviors, and Data.
- Lead and follow up over Kaizen applying tools (RCA, FMEA, Skill Matrix, Training Plan, PMM, etc) for troubleshooting and strategic decision making. Tracking and supporting the score of the Operational Maturity.
- Recognized as Delivery Excellence champion by the Global Excellence Leader for the successful implementation for all the NA Region for Operational Maturity.
Product Owner
Bridgestone Americas
09.2023 - 01.2024
- Using ADO to give traceability (to the projects) to User Stories, Spikes, Task, Features to start the RICEFW of the requirements from the Incubator stage, to Accelerator, as well as mapping the Legacy modules to the new technology (SAP HANA S/4).
- Supporting functional design and technical design to send the frameworks for testing, prepro, and production (real).
- Organize priorities and importance of the New User Stories into Everest to get the Final Estimation for Efforts and Resourses (Backlog), in each of the Modules for Finance AR, GL and Banking.
- Lead meetings with Finance Team to get data related to the current operation, obtain users, stakeholders, accounts, access, roles, transactions, tcodes and workflows.
Business Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
09.2022 - 08.2023
- Lead the transition of Data, Access, Roles, Maps, Documentation, Features from Legacy (old system) to the Target System (SAP HANA).
- Tracking of User Stories, Spikes, Children and Task in ADO regarding the requirements of the Finance Operation aligned with the new features, acceptance criteria, importance, risk mitigation and resourse to be applied.
- Coordination and implementation to the AR and GL and Banking to the team, as well as the functional design and technical design to the Finance Team for Operation.
- Present the Change Request to the IT Team for approval, considering cost, estimated time, human resources, finance impact, workflow, testings, and production (system implemetentation).
- Making sure all the Accounting flow for Treasury (accounts, payments, master data, access, roles, users by country, systems like Fides, Reval, S/4 and Bank) operates correctly.
Control & Compliance Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
08.2020 - 08.2022
- Usage and training of Blackline Systems to Finance Operation, including 3 modules for Reconciliation, Tasks and Journal Entries, explain the system usage to the final user, as well as tracking the learning path for each of team using Dashboards.
- Control and Maintenance of Blackline (Metadata) so the Finance Team will get the current list of accounts, task and entries to be completed, updated user´s profile, and licenses.
- Creation of the automatic reports and manual template to feed Blackline, standard forms for licenses in Blackline and get the amounts, balances, volume of recons, real task list, and set of pending entries.
- Usage of Tableau and Power BI to track productivity, key indicators, and create the necessary reports and dashboards to get the current status for Business KPIs such are RFT, SLA and VOC for each of the regions (Americas Region).
- Excecute the audit for journal entries, and task list mapped in Blackline, applying the Recons Policy and Journal Entries Policy for Bridgestone. Provide the visibility of the findings to the Finance Team and Management Team.
GL Sr Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
03.2016 - 08.2020
- BP & IP migration to BBS, mapping of Journal Entries for End Month Closure, follow up of open items for Recons and Banks, mapping of Chart of Accounts, reconciliations using Blackline, adjustments or accounting entries (Automation), with the financial documents, and (monthly) MRs in IFRS and local format.
- Follow up of the Open Items for Banking Ops, GL Recons and Intercompany, support of each of the transaction with the financial documentation.
- Migration of China, Poland, EMEA, and Canada for BBS, getting the chart of accounts and add them in the reconciliation policy of the Shared Service.
- Troubleshooting with the GL Team, getting into the details of the MR´s elaboration for RU136 and RU138, as well as the Intercompany's Report to find differences and match them.
- Follow up of recurring entries, one time entries, and manual entries, named as employee of the Q and several recognitions to my position.
- Responsible to teach Lean & Six Sigma and Agile to the team, knowing new finance frameworks to work and improve processes and keep the client as the center of the operation.
- Lead the Finance Meeting with the Finance Core Team of Building Products, showing the POST 1 period (Cost or Plant's Postings) to the managers, and provide the status of the End Month Closure.
Bank Recs Sr Analyst
BAT
12.2014 - 03.2016
- Tracking, monitoring and mapping of banking transactions, and the financial logistics of data in Banks (loading process, accounts, frequencies, matching, etc.).
- Responsible to upload the banking data into the SAP in the main accounts and transitory accounts, and lead the migration of Canada into the Shared Service.
- Lead the transfer knowledge of Banking Ops to Bigot for Venezuela in Caracas (getting into the reports, transactions, bank fees, manual and automatic checks, main account match, bank letters, etc).
- Communication with the team about the metrics and statistics related to RFT, SLA and Customer’s Voice as well as support to keep the metrics Ok.
Transactional Procurement Opt Analyst
BAT
09.2012 - 12.2014
- Responsible of the Purchase Order management and reporting, and follow up of the GRIR indicator, also the elaboration of different reports for PO Aging for Costa Rica, Honduras, Canada, USA, and México.
- Follow up of data in MDM to Vendor’s Profile and get into the account, email, address to obtain the most recent contacts to optimize the PO’s performance.
- Improvements of KPI for Purchase Orders, application of PO Policy and presentation of results of Batcca Services for 3 years consecutive with a rate of 93-95-96 of accomplishment.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with business objectives to identify and engage reliable suppliers, negotiate contracts, and ensure long-term relationships to impact smart indicators for GRIR, Open & Close POs Cycle, Direct and Indirect Materials.
- Sucessful project over the MDM PO Cycle to confirm the vendor was receiving the PO on time and conver pending items in material or service (agile flow) for BAT Finance Impact.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Business Administration (Emphasis On Finance)
Universidad Latina De Costa Rica
Heredia, Costa Rica08.2019
Bachelor's degree - English Major Teaching
Universidad De Costa Rica UCR
San José, Costa Rica05.2011
Skills
- Capacity Analysis (Workload)
- Process Automation Templates (The Art Of Possible)
- Operational Excellence - Green Belt (Black Belt in Progress)
Jira And ADO Management
- SAP FI and Microsoft Dynamics (Mapping Requirements)
- Executive Summary (Reporting Cycle) using Microsoft
- Minitab for Statistical Control of Process
- Excellent Verbal Communication: To lead people on the right track and follow up on topics and priorities
- Teamwork and collaboration, and expert in Omotenashi
Certification
Scrum Master Certified
Accomplishments
"Recognized by Denise Ireland as a collaborative DE champion for driving successful implementation in North America while fostering strong cross-regional partnerships with LATAM, exemplifying teamwork and delivering shared success."
“Led close client collaboration to deploy DE solutions, ensuring timely delivery with top-quality standards; built long-term relationships that empowered clients to become high-performance businesses driven by DE behaviors.”
“Key contributor to the Puma Energy account, demonstrating deep expertise in Delivery Excellence and strong alignment with client needs; consistently delivered high-quality, precise outputs with a proactive attitude and valuable insights, driving project success and client satisfaction.”
“Provided exceptional support during leadership transition by guiding processes with patience and expertise in continuous improvement and delivery excellence; consistently offered practical solutions and demonstrated empathy and collaboration while managing a high workload, significantly enhancing team effectiveness and morale.”
“Led the successful DE deployment across North America, ensuring a smooth transition from Operational Maturity to DE while fostering team and client confidence; championed DE values and behaviors to enhance client support and deliver measurable impact through clear leadership and dedicated commitment.”
Interests
Project Management (Agile & Waterfall)
Lean Six Sigma
Gen AI (End To End)
Continuous Improvement Mindset
Timeline
Business Transformation & Excellence Lead
Accenture
05.2024 - Current
Product Owner
Bridgestone Americas
09.2023 - 01.2024
Business Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
09.2022 - 08.2023
Control & Compliance Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
08.2020 - 08.2022
GL Sr Analyst
Bridgestone Americas
03.2016 - 08.2020
Bank Recs Sr Analyst
BAT
12.2014 - 03.2016
Transactional Procurement Opt Analyst
BAT
09.2012 - 12.2014
Bachelor's degree - Business Administration (Emphasis On Finance)
Universidad Latina De Costa Rica
Bachelor's degree - English Major Teaching
Universidad De Costa Rica UCR