Alex Gonzalez

About Alex Gonzalez

My experience in accounting and finance functions spans over 18 years, and have the flexibility and ability to lead a productive finance team. I strive to provide an excellent and dedicated accounting, finance and management service and ensure a professional work environment. As an effective team leader, I assist the company in reaching their goals and objectives. My years of experience, details of my responsibilities and accomplishments are outlined on my resume. Efficiency• As an Accounting Supervisor, reorganized workloads and automated several manual functions increased efficiency by about 25% and closing time tables were reduced from 4 weeks to 2 weeks.Profitability• As a Financial Analyst, constructed and development labor reporting that provided the visibility and areas of improvement that resulted in a labor hourly cost reduction from 21.4% to 20.9%.Million Dollar Strategies• As a Director of FP & A, I continuously research the market for opportunities. I have strategized and presented multiple million-dollar strategies to help the business grow. o Fried Rice Strategy – utilized the concept of add-ons. Making small changes with a big impact to the bottom line. Fried Rice sales increased about 28% with little to no increase in labor expense.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

   Benihana

   Mar 2021 — Present · US

Education

• Johnson & Wales University

  ASSOCIATES DEGREE, ACCOUNTING

  1997 — 1999

• St. Thomas University

  Master's Degree, Accounting

  2014 — 2015

• St. Thomas University

  BACHELOR'S DEGREE, ACCOUNTING

  2005 — 2007