Hello
mbaMission team,
I've recently finished my GMAT and I am still a bit confused about the entire MBA application process and the WHERE and HOW. Let me know your best opinion about my profile
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Demographics: French male, 29 years old.
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Education: Bachelor in CPA studies in France (GPA 3.0), Master's in the same field (GPA 2.9)
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Other coursework: Professional Certificate in Data Science (Harvard University, GPA 3.9).
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GMAT: 730, 49Q, 40V, 8IR, 6 AWA
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TOEFL: 113/120
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Work experience 6.5 years in total. From recent to old:
DIAGEO - Bogota, Colombia
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Global leader in sales and production of alcoholic beverages)
Stream Lead Latin America - Working Capital & Balance Sheet Jan2021-Present
Spearheaded the CASH stream (7-member peer group) responsible to set-up the Working Capital and Balance Sheet frameworks and processes across LAC, with the mandate of driving standardization and efficiency across Latin America.
Led the reorganization of the CASH reporting for the regional C-level leadership; passing from +15 tools & reports to 1 BI tool.
Associate Financial Controller Mexico (July 2020 – January 2021)
Finance Controller responsible to oversee the P&L and Balance Sheet for Mexico’s market ($450m USD in sales in 2021), 1 direct report, coordinating a team of 7 analysts.
Overturned Data Quality and internal controls ratings in Mexico after three years of unsatisfactory results, passing from the lowest-rated market to the most compliant market in Latin America.
Co-launched the diversity and inclusion committee for Colombia, in charge of driving and executing the diversity and inclusion global strategy in the market (450 people in 2020).
As part of the Top Talent program, I was awarded personal coaching sessions (normally reserved for senior leadership).
Senior Financial Analyst (May 2019 – July 2019)
Acted as program manager for a Global project on Advertisement costs after the previous manager left the company, and landed the project on time despite an initial 2 months delay, thanks to the implementation of agile methodologies and iterations.
Promoted after three months to a higher position within the company.
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC – Boston, MA, USA & Barcelona, Spain
Global leader in energy management and automationFP&A and Finance Controller (February 2017 – February 2019)
Provided financial analysis and support on global projects in Schneider’s Digital Data Hub (yearly spend of €100m - 2018).
Managed the forecasting and closing processes for my scope, being the only FP&A of the department to handle the full responsibilities of Finance Business Partner for two groups with annual spend of €20m (2018).
Performed financial risks, results and expectations reporting to stakeholders as well as presentations to leadership teams (VPs and their teams) across the globe in multiple languages (English, Spanish and French).
Worked in a multicultural environment, collaborating with professionals from 10+ nationalities on multiple timeframes.
Created for my group new closing and forecasting files that were extended to the entire FP&A department 6 months later.
BIZ LATIN HUB GROUP – Bogotá – Colombia
Regional provider of back office services in Latin America and Australia, +11 countries, +100 collaborators (2016)
Senior External Auditor (July 2016 – Nov 2016)
External audit missions under the senior auditor’s responsibility: controlled financial statements under IFRS.
LVDS GROUP – Brive – France
Regional accounting group in France, 15 branches, 200 collaborators, €15m sales (2014)
Junior External Auditor (October 2012 – October 2014)
Participated to external audit missions: my responsibility was to assist the senior auditor in every phase of the missions
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Extracurriculars: none
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Post MBA goals: short --> finance manager at a Fortune 500 CPG or tech company, Long--> I want to lead a finance organization of a global company within one of these industries.
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Target Schools: HEC Paris, IESE, ESADE, IE, MCGILL, ROTMAN.
The specific question I would have are:
- Does my profile fit with these Schools
- Is my profile competitive for these schools
- I am likely to get scholarships at these schools
Thanks a lot team for your response and the time you'll dedicate to the review!!
J