Pablo Cruz Monge
San José
Summary
Analytical with solid foundation in financial analysis and strategic planning. Proven track record of supporting business decisions through insightful financial reporting and forecasting. Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, optimize costs, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals.
Finance professional skilled in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Adaptable to changing needs, reliable, and results-driven. Expertise in financial reporting, strategic planning, and stakeholder management.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Regional Finance Business Partner
MSD
03.2025 - Current
- Other Pharma/New Launches Business Partner for Human Health Latin America.
- Argentina FPA Business Partner for total Human Health Products.
- Analyzed financial performance metrics to inform strategic decision-making and resource allocation.
- Developed and maintained robust financial models to support budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive optimization initiatives and enhance operational efficiency.
- Provided actionable insights through financial reporting, enabling stakeholders to make informed business decisions.
- Support FP&A activities, including financial functional support to external partnerships.
- Partner with the Finance Director to provide strategic and financial insight on key business decisions and new initiatives; develop, evaluate, and present business cases to senior leaders.
- Partner with commercial, manufacturing, and research teams to drive analytics that optimize capacity, pipeline and commercial investments.
- Mentored junior finance team members, fostering professional development and ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Streamlined reporting processes through automation, significantly reducing turnaround times for key deliverables.
- Played an integral role in annual budget preparation by coordinating input from various departments and consolidating data into comprehensive forecasts aligned with company strategy.
- Developed staff training programs to enhance financial performance and budgetary control awareness.
- Delivered timely and accurate financial reports, enabling informed decision-making by senior management.
- Produced financial reporting in PBI Services to summarize financial performance and explain key variances.
- Led financial modeling efforts for scenario analyses, enabling executive leadership to make informed decisions on strategic initiatives with significant financial implications.
- Monitored budget and revenue trends, compiling reports for company leadership to inform decision-making.
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis
MSD
11.2022 - 02.2025
- Regional Sr FPA analyst, contributing to Latin America consolidation and reporting processes for Human Health.
- Global Oncology GiG Support to standardize global reporting on key products for Oncology Business Unit.
- Support several HH Latin America markets on P&L forecast and reporting processes.
- Conciliate accounting results with planning systems and present final results to market’s financial directors and business planning local market teams.
- Involved on full year budget and forecast cycles to adjust financial planning tools accordingly and create customized monthly/quarterly/YTD analysis (meeting Latin America Regional CoE expectations).
- Price/Volume Regional SME.
- Generate new strategies on measuring current workload of FP&A team with a self-developed template and measurements as a non-related work project, reporting directly to senior management in BSC Costa Rica.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals on time and within budget.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Trained and mentored junior staff on best practices and compliance requirements in daily operations.
- Led initiatives to optimize resource allocation, enhancing overall productivity across departments.
- Analyzed sales data to identify trends and adjust marketing strategies accordingly.
- Increased efficiency by automating routine tasks with software solutions.
Financial Planning Analyst
MSD
05.2019 - 11.2022
- - Led IT Finance Global Support function transition for all Latin America Markets and establish ongoing support from BSC Americas.
- - Provide monthly/quarterly/YTD information concerning IT Finance financial planning and analysis results to US Business Planning team leaders and directors.
- - Develop customized full P&L statements to analyze Oncology results and present them to US Oncology Associate Vice-Presidents.
- - Provide results of generated expenses to Senior VPs of Latin America markets for several Global Support Functions such as Facilities, HR, Legal and Security.
- - Collaborate Mexico market on massive uploads of sales and expense (direct selling, headcount, scraps) in each budget/forecast cycle on planning tools.
- Developed and implemented strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency across departments.
- Analyzed data trends to inform decision-making and optimize resource allocation.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve project outcomes.
- Led training sessions to mentor junior staff on best practices and industry standards.
- Evaluated existing workflows, identifying areas for improvement and recommending solutions.
- Championed the adoption of new software tools that streamlined workflows across multiple departments.
Financial Planning & Analysis Delivery Lead (Revenue and Market Analysis Team)
Moody’s Corporation – Moody’s Investor Services & Moody’s Analytics
12.2017 - 05.2019
- - Deliver information concerning financial planning and analysis revenues on a monthly/quarterly basis to Business Planning departments and Senior VPs of New York and London.
- - Develop customized revenue models to project forecast estimates and analytical information on how to adjust projections based on trending.
- - Develop Global Market reporting to provide guidance of financial indicators related to business growth impact.
- - Present Revenue analysis based on the main drivers (FTMs, Volume, Pricing and Recurring Revenue).
Financial Analyst
IBM Americas Shared Service - Business Management Operation
06.2016 - 12.2017
- - Present forecast financial trends for company contracts to their senior stakeholders.
- - Challenge Senior Delivery Project Executives on data trending and impact in the business for Canadian accounts.
- - Optimize forecast projection with IBM software SPSS using statistical trending of historical data.
- - Weekly/Monthly review of the claim report and reconcile the resources claiming.
- - Advise Global executives of US and Canadian accounts on possible impact of trending based in historical data.
- - Distribute budget among several regions where cost was allocated according on discussions made on a weekly/monthly basis with senior stakeholders or needs of the contract.
Contract Cost Business Analyst
IBM Americas Shared Service - Business Management Operation
05.2012 - 05.2016
- - Create forecast financial trends to support company contracts.
- - Conduct change impact analysis to assess the potential implications of changes and documents court business rules, functions and requirements.
- - Develop statistical models to support project managers.
Education
MBA - Finance
ADEN Business School
06-2025
Graduate degree - Business Administration with emphasis in Finance, Marketing & International Trade
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
12.2014
Skills
- MS Office - Advanced
- Power BI
- RPA UiPath
- Hyperion Planning/Essbase
- SAP BPC
- SmartView/EPM
- BI Reporting
- LPT - Local Planning Tool
- IBM Cognos Software
- Tableu
Certification
- Yellow Belt - Six Sigma
- White Belt - Six Sigma
LANGUAGES
Spanish - native
English - full professional proficiency
Timeline
Regional Finance Business Partner
MSD
03.2025 - Current
Senior Financial Planning & Analysis
MSD
11.2022 - 02.2025
Financial Planning Analyst
MSD
05.2019 - 11.2022
Financial Planning & Analysis Delivery Lead (Revenue and Market Analysis Team)
Moody’s Corporation – Moody’s Investor Services & Moody’s Analytics
12.2017 - 05.2019
Financial Analyst
IBM Americas Shared Service - Business Management Operation
06.2016 - 12.2017
Contract Cost Business Analyst
IBM Americas Shared Service - Business Management Operation
05.2012 - 05.2016
Graduate degree - Business Administration with emphasis in Finance, Marketing & International Trade
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
MBA - Finance
ADEN Business School