Experience

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  cLabs

  • Senior Accountant

    • Aug 2020 - Present

    - Finance Operations Management - AP payments control reviews, payroll, expense reports, internal finance policy compliance, and treasury management.- Treasury Management - Executed TWAP OTC sell orders to fund operational finance needs, effectively managed FIAT and Crypto balances to ensure adequate funding for critical financial obligations, including payroll, tax filing, and essential subscriptions and services- Finance Board slide presentation – Developed and delivered comprehensive financial board presentation decks for Management and key board members, effectively communicating the company's financial status and performance.- Managed the month-end financial close process, including the control and final review of critical month-end journals such as prepaid amortization, depreciation, allocation, intercompany entries, and payroll and expense accrual journals.- Oracle Netsuite ERP - led and managed the transition and implementation to a new ERP system.- Successfully implemented a range of new crypto-native tools and decentralized applications (DApps), including Verady Ledgible, Cryptoworth.io, Request.finance, Gnosis Safe, Hedgey.Finance, and others to enhance financial operations and reporting within the CELO blockchain ecosystem.- Drove payroll innovation by introducing Bitwage for crypto payroll, elevating financial flexibility. Strategically implemented Deel and Via.work EOR solutions to support global expansion, significantly reducing compliance risks for international contractors.

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  Xapo

  • Remote

  • Financial Control

    • Jun 2018 - Apr 2020
    • Remote

    Managed Accounting and Financial Control operational side in the organization. Prepares daily, weekly, monthly financial reporting for management. Review bookkeeping accounting work and provide feedback to the Controlling Team. Also recommends best practices to Management (complying with GAAP requirements).Key Accomplishments:- Led the Transition and Implementation to the Company's new Accounting ERP System - Oracle Netsuite.- Month-end Closing processes and Monthly Reporting: Accruals, Depreciation, Amortization (streamlined these processes using the new ERP features).- Management Reporting (Income Statement, Expense Analysis Trend, Balance Sheet) - direct stakeholders are CEO, CFO and COO. The reports are also directly used for the Quarterly Financial Performance reporting to the Board of Directors.

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  Conduent

  • Pasay City, Philippines

  • Senior Accountant

    • Apr 2015 - Jun 2018
    • Pasay City, Philippines

    Primary Function – General Accounting- Prepares journal entries; ensures that entries and financial records adhere toestablished controls, accounting principles and policies- Reviews and verifies the accuracy of journal entries and supporting documents- Prepares and analyzes balance sheet reconciliations (through Blackline System)and advises supervisor and/or manager of issues on the reconciliation andproposed resolution.- Assists with audits by providing supporting records and documentation- Prepares analytics/monthly reports – Variance Analysis, Revenue Trending, etc.- P&L Variance Analysis – reviews completeness and analyzes trends and fluxes for LOB Controllership Support- Coordinating closely with US Business partners on the resolution of Accountissues/exceptions – Weekly/Fortnightly Conference calls.- Conducted regular Webex meetings with US counterparts in handlingSBU/Project-related requirements (with US Finance and Operations Team).Process Improvement Projects- Re-engineered/streamlined Global SBU Reporting Processes- Developed MS Access automated reporting template for a more efficientTurnaround time (Estimated time savings of 30+ hours per month)- Developed automated macro script in generating LOB Variance Analysisreport (Estimated time savings of 5hrs per month).

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  Deutsche Bank

  • Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

  • Senior Operations Analyst

    • Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
    • Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

    Functions:Primary Function is the handling of Nostro, Internal and Depot Reconciliations- Smartstream Reconciliations System- Worked closely with foreign counterparts for issues/findings- Weekly Escalation Reports- Monthly Aging ReportsReconciliation Exceptions Handling- Coordinating with KL and Jakarta businesses for exceptional items.- Weekly Conference Call with Business HeadsInvolved in the preparation for TLM Migration- Initial preparation for the migration to the new reconciliations system.

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  HSBC Global Banking and Markets

  • Alabang, Muntinlupa

  • HSS Securities Analyst

    • May 2013 - Aug 2014
    • Alabang, Muntinlupa

    Functions:Part of the AU Custody and Clearing Pioneer Transition Team- Worked closely with Australian Business Partners for the transition of the wholeReconciliations and Data Administration function to Manila.- Process Training and Systems-testing with Australian counterparts for the formaltransfer of processes.- Handled the UAT Testing for all related systems (GHSS, BPM, etc.)- Formal Process roll-out (Sign-off) and ImplementationProcess Improvement Projects- Re-engineered/streamlined a number of transitioned processes (Lean Six SigmaYellow Belt-certified – examples below):- Enhanced Reconciliation Excel templates for a more efficient Turnaroundtime (Estimated time savings of 20-30 minutes per daily task)- Developed macro scripts that improve presenting and handling ofReconciliation exceptions.Reconciliation Exceptions Handling- Coordinating closely with Australia Business partners on the resolution ofAccount issues/exceptions – Weekly/Fortnightly Conference calls.- Directly contacting of AUS Registries / Client Companies.- Coordinating with Fund Managers to reconcile Monthly Unit Trust figures.

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  Citi

  • Makati City, Philippines

  • Financial Reporting Analyst

    • Apr 2011 - May 2013
    • Makati City, Philippines

    Functions:Part of the Data Standards Management Team- Worked closely with EMEA and US counterparts for the Data-Standards relatedissues (Weekly and Daily Calls are conducted with the Team).New Global Data Standards System Roll-out/Implementation- Process Training and Systems-testing for new Workflow Automation Tool- Conducted various trainings for Local and Foreign counterparts (EMEA and Asia)for the transition to the new Workflow Tool.Global EUC Program – Manila Administrator- Program Objective is to collect and gather all Excel/Access-based macro tools(Globally) and maintain in a single repository – all related data (file description,owner/developer) will be maintained in an SQL database. All files are installedwith a Version Control Tool (VBA-developed by Global EUC Devs).- Served as Manila Administrator for the Global EUC Initiative.- Process Training with US and Costa Rica Developers for the ProgramImplementation.- Conducted Manila site-wide Brownbag Trainings for the EUC ControlsImplementation.- Worked closely with US EUC Program counterparts and Tech Developers (CostaRica) – weekly conference calls to resolve technical/system issues.

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  Philippine National Bank

  • Pasay City, Philippines

  • Accounts Analyst

    • Nov 2009 - Apr 2011
    • Pasay City, Philippines

    Functions:Handled Implementation of new Cash Management System- Process and Systems Training and Testing with System vendor.- Worked closely with System Developers to address technical/systems-relatedissues.- CMS UAT - Initial Testing and sign-off- CMS Production - Migration and implementationTransition and Implementation of PNB C@shnet (part of CMS Suite)- Process and Systems Training- System roll-out and implementation.