Jesus Rivera

About Jesus Rivera

Results-driven, visionary Finance Executive with 20 years’ experience providing…

Experience

1. Global Business Controller, High Voltage Service

   ABB

   Jun 2018 — Present

   Managed annual revenue of approximately $450M and operations for 28 centers worldwide. Serve as “go-to” person for all things business and financial. Ensure integrity of financial statements and manage end-to-end financial cycle. Oversee team of 30 direct/indirect reports and provide performance management and coaching support. Executed several transformation initiatives to drive customer service and revenues. KEY COMPETENCIES: FINANCIAL CONTROLLING, INTERNAL SALES, BUSINESS ACUMEN, GOAL SETTING Increased top-line by $260M and bottom-line by $120M year-over-year Drove fact-based decision making Increased competitiveness via cost optimization Championed collaborative and customer-segmented approaches to align with conviction when pursuing deals KEY COMPETENCIES: CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, FINANCIAL ACUMEN, STRATEGIC DIRECTION & PLANNING, IT OPTIMIZATION Stimulated $50M in bottom-line impact via creation and execution of strategic pricing initiative Assembled, developed, and empowered high-performing team Conducted data-driven transactional analysis, establishing customers’ willingness to pay Managed IT/IS/Business to reconfigure back-end system to support implementation, deployment, and long-term success of pricing strategy KEY COMPETENCIES: ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION, LEADERSHIP, BUSINESS ACUMEN Transformed $2B business to promote easier, faster, and improved response to customer Facilitated implementation of country-wide organizational transformation from product- to customer-centric Delivered on growth ambitions by budgeting for head count and investments, and managed successful executions Developed learning and development platform for personnel in 14 countries focused on providing superior customer experience