Executive Profile
Finance Business Partner and FP&A professional turning operational data into decision-ready insights.
Ralph Patrick P. Divina
Finance Business Partner / FP&A Lead
ralphpatrick.com
Finance Business Partner / FP&A professional with 7 years' experience turning operational data into decision-ready insights across multi-entity environments (KSA + PH).
Owns budgeting, rolling forecasts, monthly variance commentary, KPI dashboards, and executive performance packs. Strong business partnering with commercial and operations teams to drive margin, cost control, cash runway, and performance accountability.
Core Skills
Finance Business Partnering: stakeholder management, KPI ownership
Commercial & Ops Finance: pricing, margin drivers, cost control, vendor spend
FP&A: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, performance insights
Reporting & Systems: exec packs, dashboards, Excel/PowerPoint, SAP, Zoho Books
Financial Modeling: driver-based models, scenarios/sensitivity, runway planning
Cash & Working Capital: DSO management, AR follow-ups, cash conversion cycles
Professional Experience
7 years across marketing & advertising and industrial trading in Saudi Arabia.
Lampaah Marketing & Advertising
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Finance Lead (FP&A / Business Partnering)
2021 – 2024
Owned annual budget consolidation, rolling forecasts, and projection updates tied to revenue trends, labor utilization, and vendor commitments.
Built driver-based Excel models (supported by SAP extracts and Zoho Books outputs) to forecast margin, burn rate, and runway for leadership decisions.
Produced monthly performance packs with KPI commentary (gross margin by category, inventory aging/turns, vendor spend, fulfillment/handling costs, and cash conversion) highlighting risks and actions.
Partnered with ops and commercial leads to translate numbers into actions — reprice, pause spend, rebalance vendor mix, tighten cost controls — and coached KPI owners to improve performance accountability.
Reduced DSO by 10–12 days in 3 months by tightening invoice cutoffs, shortening invoice-to-send time, and running weekly AR follow-ups with clear escalation on overdue accounts.
Aldrees Industrial Trading and Manufacturing
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sales Operations & Finance Analyst
2017 – 2021
Built monthly sales and cost projections from SAP extracts to support pricing decisions, margin tracking, and management reporting.
Supported forecasting and monthly reporting by validating revenue, pricing, and cost movements using SAP ERP data and operational context.
Delivered cost and margin analysis to improve commercial performance visibility and support day-to-day decision-making.
Coordinated cross-functional workflows (sales, operations, finance) to reduce data gaps and keep reporting aligned with operational reality.
Education & Certifications
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Financial Management
AMA University, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
2023
Certification (In Progress)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA®) Candidate
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
In Progress
Get in Touch
Open to Finance Business Partner and FP&A roles. Reach out via LinkedIn or download the resume PDF.