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Selene Benavides CIA

CFO, ALPFA

Selene Benavides is VP of Finance/CFO Advisor with Consero Global where she helps companies like ALPFA as their CFO to address complex financial requirements with software applications while scaling finance operations more efficiently and reducing G&A expenses to allow for greater investment in driving and supporting top line growth for her clients. Prior to her new role, Ms. Benavides was the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operations Officer for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, located in Irving, Texas where she was responsible for helping its leadership define the strategic direction of the organization, enhance its offerings and reduce its expenses, all while overseeing the Operations, Finance, Legal, and IT functions of the business which includes 40 Chapters across the nation. Previously, Ms. Benavides was a Cost Center manager overseeing the Global Audit and Transformation budget that included 300+ employees across the world. Also at Dell, she held roles as a Revenue Recognition leader for Services Accounting team, global lead analyst for the Consumer/Small-Medium business group and as a Senior Audit Consultant. Previous to her leadership at Dell, Ms. Benavides worked for Farmers Insurance Group and BMC Software as a Project/Operations Manager. The former Treasurer of the NSHMBA National Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee, she fosters education and leadership as key attributes to one’s success and the prosperity of our future society. Ms. Benavides is an alumnus of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Leadership Program, the Corporate Achiever program with HACR and has participated in the Hispanic Austin Leadership program sponsored by the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce where they designed new initiatives to help the Hispanic community in the Central Texas Area. Most recently, Ms. Benavides received a B.S. in Mathematics from Texas A&M University and holds an MBA from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. During her spare time, Ms. Benavides enjoys volunteering to help small businesses grow, doing yoga, running marathons, participating in triathlons and relaxing with her husband traveling the world.


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