Ismael Flores
Finance Manager at Lumenis
- Role
- Finance Manager at Lumenis
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ismael Flores
I’m a strategic finance and FP & A leader specializing in building forward-looking models, optimizing OPEX, and supporting executive decision-making. I’ve led the development of a $200M revenue operating plan, managed a $75M expense budget, and executed projects that drove OPEX savings and contributed to double-digit EBIT margin growth. I enjoy working as a thought partner to sales and senior leaders—structuring ambiguous problems, quantifying tradeoffs, and designing data-driven strategies that improve margin, growth, and operational efficiency. Outside of the spreadsheets, you’ll usually find me refining my golf swing, watching my favorite sports teams, or taking my dog on an adventure.
Experience
Finance Manager
Feb 2023 — Present · San Jose, CA, US
Designed a new expense forecast methodology that improved accuracy from ~91% to ~96-98%, increasing leadership confidence in forecast reliability• Own and optimize a ~$75M operating expense budget, delivering quarterly variance analysis that drives cost and investment decisions for the Americas leadership team• Collaborated with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to implement a new expense management platform, reducing annual platform costs by ~$250K and saving ~525 employee hours per week across ~175 users• Introduced weekly parcel post reporting to track express shipment mix, enabling management to reduce express shipments from 80% to 71% and lowered parcel specific cost by 23%
Education
Chapman University
Bachelor’s Degree, BA in Political Science
2014 — 2018
Chapman University
Bachelor’s Degree, BS in Business Administration (Finance)
2014 — 2018
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2026 — 2029
Skills
- Microsoft Power Bi
- Social Media
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Office
- Time Management
- Problem Solving
- Microsoft Word
- Social Networking
- Financial Analysis
- Teamwork
- Powerpoint
- Data Analysis
- Public Speaking
- Leadership
- Spss
- Customer Service
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