ECONOMIST & FINANCIAL ANALYST

J. Gilberto
Rodríguez A.

Financial Analyst | FP&A | Corporate Finance

Financial Modeling · Business Analysis · Data-Driven Decision Making

Mexico City, Mexico

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01 / ABOUT

The context behind
the numbers.

I’m an economist and financial analyst with experience building a business and translating operating data into financial decisions.

My experience combines ownership of financial planning, budgets and contract profitability at FieldFront with cost modeling, econometric analysis and investment evaluation at Tropical Organic Growers. I connect financial statements, operating KPIs and scenario analysis to explain performance, assess opportunities and support management decisions.

Financial planningOperational perspectiveDecision support

02 / EXPERIENCE

Finance in practice.

An analytical foundation.
A hands-on business perspective.

Jan 2024 — Jun 2026

Mexico / United States

Agricultural recruitment

FieldFront Agricultural Workforce

Founder | Finance, Administration & Commercial Management

Built an agricultural recruitment services business from the ground up, serving domestic operations and U.S. employers under the H-2A program. The business operated primarily through fees per hired worker and contracts with defined recruitment targets.

  • Owned contract budgets, cost estimates, expense allocation and control, payroll, payments to recruiters and suppliers, and accounting oversight.
  • Evaluated new contracts and negotiated commercial proposals using expected costs, client budgets, required resources and margins.
  • Prepared monthly cost and results reports, compared actuals with budgets and forecasts, and incorporated variance drivers into estimates for future operations.
Business development & leadership
  • Developed the business concept and administrative, financial and operating processes, including control, analysis and reporting tools.
  • Managed licensing and authorization processes in Mexico and the registration and structuring of the U.S. operation; reviewed legal and regulatory documents with external legal counsel.
  • Developed client relationships and secured the first commercial contract through networking in the first months: domestic recruitment of approximately 100 workers for a grape-growing operation.
  • Formed and coordinated a network of approximately 4 directly affiliated recruiters and an additional 4–5 independent recruiters. Recruiters handled candidate sourcing and selection; my focus was business management, finance, negotiation and coordination.
Operational analysis & reporting
  • Prepared internal financial and operating performance reports and delivered performance reports to clients.
  • Tracked worker performance, tenure and retention, and analyzed geographic origin and historical patterns to support planning for future recruitment processes.
  • Tools used: Microsoft Excel, VBA, Power BI, Microsoft Office and Google Workspace / Google Sheets.
≈500 / yearDomestic placements≈200 / yearH-2A / U.S. placements

Typical domestic operations: approximately 50–100 workers.

Jan 2022 — Sep 2023

Mexico

Agricultural operations

Tropical Organic Growers

Business & Finance Analyst

Developed financial, economic and quantitative analysis for an agricultural business with approximately 800 employees and more than 1,000 hectares in production, primarily bananas.

  • Analyzed production costs and volumes, workforce costs and productivity, resource utilization and profitability, complementing traditional weight- and volume-based production indicators.
  • Developed financial and operating models, forecasts, KPIs and scenarios; applied econometric analysis and evaluated investment projects.
  • Prepared reports, analyses and executive presentations for the CEO and Board, as part of a small group responsible for meeting their specific reporting requirements.
Internal progression & tools
  1. Internship · approximately 6 weeks
  2. Assistant to the Vice President · approximately 3 months
  3. Assistant to the CEO · approximately 4 months
  4. Business & Finance Analyst · through September 2023

Tools used: advanced Excel, intensive VBA for automation and model development, Power BI, R and Microsoft Office.

03 / PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Trusted across leadership,
finance and operations.

Professional recommendations from leaders across finance, business, production and human capital at Tropical Organic Growers.

FINANCE & ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES

Maribel Galindo

Chief Financial Officer

Tropical Organic Growers

“His analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail have enabled the accurate execution and oversight of various crucial financial procedures within our organization.”

EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Lic. Rolando Leyton

Chief Executive Officer

Tropical Organic Growers

“Likewise, his understanding of financial management was key to maintaining a profitable and stable operation.”

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

Andro J. Mejía Loza

Business Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

“He established metrics and projections that optimized our processes, significantly increasing operational efficiency.”

OPERATIONS & CROSS-FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Jesús E. Lovera

Production Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

“His structured approach and skill in managing multiple tasks simultaneously ensured that projects were executed on time and with the highest quality.”

LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION

Jorge Delarbre

Human Capital Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

“His ability to adapt to changing situations and provide creative solutions has been a valuable contribution to our projects.”

04 / SELECTED PROJECTS

Questions into insights.

Five examples of financial analysis
applied to business decisions.

Tropical Organic Growers

01COST ANALYSIS

Weekly Finished-Box Cost Model

What does a monthly average leave out?

Monthly view
Weekly visibility
Analysis cadence: from monthly aggregation to weekly visibility.

Developed an Excel/VBA model that changed finished-box cost analysis from monthly to weekly, making operating costs visible at a more useful frequency.

CONTRIBUTION

Revealed loss-making weeks and inefficiencies concealed by monthly totals, supporting more detailed cost and profitability analysis.

Excel / VBAWeekly analysis

Tropical Organic Growers

02ECONOMETRICS

Fertilizer Econometric Analysis

When does more input stop adding value?

Production response
Fertilizer expenditure →
Conceptual illustration of diminishing returns; not measured project data.

Developed an econometric study over approximately one month, examining the relationship between fertilizer expenditure and production weight, volume and output.

CONTRIBUTION

Identified diminishing marginal returns beyond certain application levels: additional spending brought only marginal production gains. The findings supported fertilizer-spending reduction and optimization decisions.

Econometric analysisResource allocation

Tropical Organic Growers

03INVESTMENT ANALYSIS

Mango Business Unit Evaluation

What would make a new mango operation financially viable?

  1. Investment
  2. Cash flows
  3. NPV / IRR
Evaluation framework, compared across operating and financial scenarios.

Contributed to a comprehensive evaluation of a new mango production and commercialization business, modeling initial investment, operating costs, expected production, prices, revenue and cash flows.

ANALYTICAL SCOPE

Assessed economic and financial viability through break-even analysis, NPV, IRR and comparisons of financial and operating scenarios.

Investment modelingScenario analysis
Explore the evaluation
  • Compared mango varieties and production alternatives based on commercial potential, including markets and potential export destinations.
  • Evaluated organic versus conventional production and their economic and operating implications.
  • Examined synergies with the existing banana operation: warehouses, cold rooms, storage capacity and packaging requirements and alternatives.
  • Management considered me for the subsequent project management role; I ultimately did not accept the position.

FieldFront Agricultural Workforce

04FP&A

Contract Economics & Forecasting

How do contract expectations compare with reality?

  1. Historical costs
  2. Forecast
  3. Actuals & variances
Actual results inform the next forecast.

Used historical cost analysis to develop contract-level budgets and forecasts, considering pricing and expected margins.

ANALYTICAL SCOPE

Actual vs. forecast comparisons and variance analysis at the contract level.

Contract economicsForecasting
How the analysis worked
  • Analyzed historical recruitment costs per worker and operation, then estimated new contract costs according to workforce requirements.
  • Compared proposed client budgets with estimated costs and expected margins to prepare and negotiate commercial offers.
  • Compared actual costs and results with forecasts, identified the drivers of variances and used those findings to refine future estimates.

Tropical Organic Growers

05COSTS & PRODUCTIVITY

Cost & Workforce Productivity Analysis

Where could operational resources be used more efficiently?

  1. Operating resources
  2. Productivity KPIs
  3. Decision support
Analytical process for evaluating resource use and optimization opportunities.

Provided analytical support to a cost-reduction initiative, developing workforce productivity and performance KPIs to identify optimization and restructuring opportunities across functions.

CONTRIBUTION

The analyses informed organizational restructuring decisions. I also evaluated significant operating expenses and agricultural inputs, including fertilizers, to identify further cost-optimization opportunities.

Productivity KPIsCost Optimization

05 / SKILLS

A practical analytical toolkit.

01

Finance

  • FP&A
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Financial Modeling
  • Variance Analysis
  • Cost Analysis
  • Profitability Analysis
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Cash Flow Projections
  • Investment Analysis
  • Scenario Analysis
  • Break-even Analysis
  • NPV
  • IRR
  • Financial Planning
  • Margin Analysis
02

Business & Analytics

  • Business Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • KPI Development & Analysis
  • Econometric Analysis
  • Cost Optimization
  • Financial Reporting
  • Management Reporting
03

Tools

  • Advanced Excel
  • VBA
  • Power Query
  • Power BI
  • Google Apps Script
  • R
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Office
Advanced Excel & automation
  • Financial and operating models; advanced formulas and functions, including XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP and INDEX / MATCH.
  • Pivot tables, Power Query, data management and analysis, and dashboards.
  • Solver, scenario analysis, macros and VBA for analysis, automation and custom tools.
  • Google Apps Script for process and document automation.
Financial statements & performance analysis
  • Read and interpret income statements (P&L), balance sheets and cash flow statements.
  • Analyze financial ratios and indicators across liquidity, profitability, efficiency and leverage.
  • Assess margins, cost structure, trends and variances, and interpret financial results to support decision-making.

06 / EDUCATION & LANGUAGES

Built on a strong foundation.

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Master’s in Applied Economics

In Progress

Sep 2026 — Jun 2028 (expected)

MITx

MicroMasters Program in Finance

Currently studying Finance and Accounting · 5-course program

In Progress

Aug 2026 — Present

Universidad de Guadalajara

B.A. in Economics

Aug 2017 — Jun 2022

Languages

SpanishNative

EnglishNative / Bilingual

07 / CONTACT

Let’s start a conversation.

For conversations about financial analysis, FP&A and corporate finance.

Mexico City, Mexico

Get in touch by emailjosegilbertorodriguezarias@gmail.comConnect on LinkedIn
Contact
Professional recommendation

Maribel Galindo

Chief Financial Officer

Tropical Organic Growers

Through this letter, I wish to convey my professional recognition and support for J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, with whom I had the privilege of working closely during his tenure in our finance department.

Gilberto has consistently demonstrated a high degree of competence and dedication in every task and project assigned. His analytical skills and meticulous attention to detail have enabled the accurate execution and oversight of various crucial financial procedures within our organization.

Not only does he possess outstanding technical abilities, but he also has a proactive character and innate leadership that make him stand out among his peers. Gilberto has the virtue of identifying areas of improvement, proposing innovative solutions that have significantly contributed to the strengthening of our financial processes.

In addition to his professional capacity, Gilberto has shown himself to be a person of firm values and unwavering integrity. His willingness to collaborate and his positive attitude make him a valuable and appreciated colleague by the entire team.

I am confident in stating that J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias would be an invaluable addition to any organization seeking to bolster its team with a professional of his caliber. Therefore, I highly recommend him without reservations.
Professional recommendation

Andro J. Mejía Loza

Business Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

I am pleased to introduce Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, who served as a Process and Finance Analyst under my supervision at Tropical Organic Growers for 2 years.

Gilberto has displayed an innate ability for detailed analysis and a strategic vision in project development. He established metrics and projections that optimized our processes, significantly increasing operational efficiency. Furthermore, his profound understanding of financial management ensured the profitability and financial health of our company.

He not only stands out for his technical competence but also for his adaptability and proactive leadership. His integrity and professional ethics, combined with his ability to foster a collaborative environment, have made him a role model for his colleagues.

I am fully convinced that Gilberto will be a valuable asset to any team or organization. I recommend him without reservations and with full confidence in his capabilities.
Professional recommendation

Jesús E. Lovera

Production Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

I am writing to provide a testament to the professional and personal excellence of J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, who performed under my supervision in the production department.

From the outset, Gilberto stood out for his ability to tackle challenges and his commitment to achieving goals and objectives. His structured approach and skill in managing multiple tasks simultaneously ensured that projects were executed on time and with the highest quality.

His prowess in coordinating teams and ensuring smooth and effective communication between various departments is commendable. Thanks to his leadership skills, we were able to overcome obstacles and achieve production levels previously unseen.

Furthermore, Gilberto is also a trustworthy and respectful individual. His work ethic and collaborative attitude have enriched our work environment, strengthening the bond between colleagues and fostering an atmosphere conducive to innovation and growth.

I am convinced that any organization or team fortunate enough to have Gilberto will benefit not only from his technical expertise but also from his character and leadership. It is for this reason that I wholeheartedly endorse his candidacy and recommend him with full confidence.
Professional recommendation

Jorge Delarbre

Human Capital Manager

Tropical Organic Growers

It is an honor for me to express my heartfelt recommendation for J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, whom I had the opportunity to know and oversee while he was part of our team in the Human Capital department.

Gilberto has proven to be an exceedingly competent and determined professional, carrying out his responsibilities with diligence and precision. His ability to adapt to changing situations and provide creative solutions has been a valuable contribution to our projects.

Additionally, his capability to facilitate communication among workgroups and promote a collaborative environment has been essential for the cohesion and efficiency of our team. Gilberto has always been eager to learn and share his knowledge, standing out as a natural leader in various initiatives.

On a personal note, Gilberto exudes professionalism and reliability. His commitment to excellence and his integrity have left an indelible mark on our organization and those of us who have had the pleasure of working with him.

I have no doubts that Gilberto will be an invaluable asset to any entity or project he chooses to undertake. Therefore, I provide my full and unreserved recommendation.
Professional recommendation

Lic. Rolando Leyton

Chief Executive Officer

Tropical Organic Growers

Allow me to introduce J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, who worked as a Process and Finance Analyst at Tropical Organic Growers for 2 years under my supervision.

During his time with us, Gilberto demonstrated skills in detailed analysis and proposed strategic approaches to the projects in which he participated. He contributed to the implementation of metrics and projections that improved our processes. Likewise, his understanding of financial management was key to maintaining a profitable and stable operation.

Gilberto is competent in his technical field and has demonstrated the ability to adapt to different situations and challenges. I value his professional ethics and willingness to work as part of a team, qualities that distinguish him.

I believe Gilberto can be an asset to any organization that values detailed analysis and financial management. I recommend him based on his performance and the abilities he demonstrated during his time with us.

Should you require additional information about J. Gilberto Rodriguez Arias, I remain available to answer any questions.