Leo Almada

About

Currently at Magnum managing a small global team (NY/London/Paris) and leading analytics operations, including financial reporting for a Shopify-based ecommerce platform. Partnered directly with a newly appointed CFO and COO during a significant org change involving elimination of three global director roles, coached the COO through difficult conversations, and supported a senior promotion that included navigating an H-1B visa process.

Key Strengths

• Manages a global team of 3 across New York, London, and Paris
• Built/structured an analytics function: clarified roles/ownership, established workflows, aligned priorities
• Owns financial reporting for an ecommerce platform on Shopify
• Drove organizational change with CFO/COO during leadership restructuring and role eliminations
• Executive coaching: trained COO to handle difficult change-management conversations
• Improved team morale and efficiency by promoting leaders with strong soft skills (linked to revenue impact)
• Managed multiple concurrent cross-functional initiatives across finance, HR, and legal using shared project trackers with owners/milestones/outcomes
• Drove executive alignment via structured weekly check-ins and visibility into interdependencies/roadblocks
• Improved executive decision-making with KPI dashboards and centralized reporting for CFO/department heads
• Hands-on ecommerce analytics: built Excel KPI dashboards fed by Shopify exports
• Balanced strategic projects (NY office buildout) with operational responsibilities (month-end close and reporting)
• Trusted with highly sensitive information (compensation, governance materials, board-level financial reports) and uses controlled-access practices

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