Esteban Vela Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

🌟 Exciting Career Update! 🌟I’m thrilled to share that I’ve accepted the role of Senior Financial Analyst at Whole Foods Market! This opportunity aligns perfectly with my passion for finance and commitment to sustainability and wellness. I’m excited to join a team that shares my values and contributes so meaningfully to the health and wellness industry.A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way – I couldn’t have done it without you. Looking forward to bringing my skills in financial analysis and strategic thinking to Whole Foods and diving into projects that drive impact.Here’s to new beginnings and fresh challenges! 🌱 #Finance #WholeFoods #NewRole #Sustainability #Wellness

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

•Successfully managed a $205 million budget for the City of Austin Transportation & Public Works sector, ensuring optimal allocation and utilization of financial resources through advanced Excel modeling, analysis and data visualization tools.•Played a key role in the merger of multiple city departments (Transportation and Public Works), streamlining operations and improving financial efficiency by leveraging complex Excel functions and dynamic data visualization.•Conducted comprehensive monthly budget reviews for 70+ units within the City of Austin Departments, providing detailed financial analysis and actionable insights for each unit through the use of pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and macros.•Identified and eliminated $20 million in unnecessary internal expenses, significantly reducing the annual budget and enhancing financial sustainability through advanced cost analysis and forecasting techniques in Excel.•Developed and implemented detailed reports, analyses, and models for revenue and economic forecasts, budget planning, and compliance with state regulatory requirements, utilizing Excel for scenario analysis and predictive modeling.

Austin, Texas, United States

Leader Consultant - Diversity and Inclusion During my first rotation, I capitalized on an in-depth understanding of HR practices by driving diversity policies and programs with senior HR staff, including Dell's Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. I advised senior leaders on the latest diversity principals, practices, themes, knowledge and practical application. In addition, I administered consultation to senior management in interpreting human resource policies and programs, ensuring that service comply with state/federal laws, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) guidelines, and diversity & inclusion standards. I acted as a project manager for the first ever mini-Dell Experience Lab, a partnership between Dell and Home Depot to empower the students of Clark Atlanta University (one of Dell's core HBCUs) with access to Dell's greatest technology. Furthermore, I performed extensive research on Dell's competitors and the overall tech industry for better positioning in the increase of diversity and inclusion numbers in women leaders and Black and Hispanic management percentages. Leader Consultant - HR Business Partner (2nd Rotation) I consulted with executive leadership in organizational development, change management, engagement strategies, talent management, and workforce strategies. I also utilize HR metrics to provide insight to senior managers on employee turnovers, training participation, engagement and other information keys to measuring existing HR programs' success.I function as the lead strategist and project manager for services, digital and marketings Graduate Networking Program (GNP), supporting over 1,300 team members across the globe. I create positive employee experiences by coaching managers on how to be servant leaders while managing employee relations and creating a collaborative work environment.

Austin, Texas, United States

Round Rock, Tx

I gathered 10K+ rows of data from 5 sources during my internship to determine the 2020-2021 Dell school selections. Accordingly, I reviewed variables such as acceptance rates, business unit partnerships, diversity, and overall education ranking. I also spearheaded Project Handshake, a $50M+ deal between Dell Technologies and recruitment platform, Handshake, establishing the website to serve as one of the main platforms for hiring, ultimately leading to increased diversity with 8K+ full-time hires. Finally, I captained and facilitated guidance meetings with 3 different teams of 80+ individuals within the company for the project.

San Francisco Bay Area

The Unicorn Hunters show transforms the search for unicorn startups into an immersive entertainment experience, leveraging its long list of accredited investors to help startups execute a global private offering (GPO) and capture the capital they need to skyrocket to unicorn status.

Austin, Texas, United States

As a business analyst, I diagnosed bottlenecks and lag times in the patient experience and journey through a semester-long consulting engagement. Here, I functioned as a subject matter expert in supporting key decision-making processes to improve strategies relating to projects and programs. I analyzed current industry trends to identify organizational opportunities and implement cost-reduction techniques, maximizing efficiency and improving the operational infrastructure. I also cemented collaborative relationships to influence decision-making by partnering with business executives, senior leadership, human resources partners, and colleagues, driving company goals and steering overall business growth. Finally, I ideated, enforced, and drove procedure innovation, change management, quality/process improvement initiatives, and policy adherence. I also implemented industry best practices while leveraging superior project management skills in handling multiple projects.

Austin, Texas Area

As a student facility manager, I managed 3 teams of 10+ staff members by delegating tasks, coordinating work schedules, and executing facility clean-ups. I oversaw daily and nightly operations for the highest-traffic building at UT Austin, with 12,000+ students/faculty daily. Moreover, I facilitated 250+ events weekly for on-campus organizations and local Austin companies visiting UT Austin.

Mcallen, Texas Area

At Lone Star National bank, I initiated cold-calling efforts to 8K+ individuals and 300+ companies through an 8-week internship program to sell and renew insurance policies for natural disasters, mortgage escrow, health benefits, vandalism, and theft by strategically pitching the bank’s value proposition. Moreover, I streamlined the transaction process by implementing a new customer-centric idea, such as offering drive-through clientele the ability to call a banking representative from their vehicles, ultimately increasing call volume by 10% weekly. In acting standing of the Regional Manager, I planned 100+ region-wide meetings including the formation of partnerships with local charities and G League NBA Teams.

Mercedes, Tx.

At Nike, I analyzed 2,000+ products daily for cross-selling and upselling opportunities, increasing sales by 5% in one quarter. I aided in reviewing the value chain to better serve the customer experience and optimize the store’s supply chain processes.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Consulting & Change Mgmt

Activities and Societies: Phi Chi Theta - Red McCombs sponsored OrganizationMinor, Entrepreneurship. Certificate, Business of Healthcare.

High School Diploma, General

Activities and Societies: President of class of 2016.Graduated top 2% of class of 2016.