Experience

UP Career Assistance Program

• Philippines
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Vice President for Finance and Legal Affairs

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  - Leading 21-person finance and legal affairs (FLA) team in managing org’s event expense tracker, tax regulation compliance, and revenue collection from company sponsors.- Administers FLA members’ compliance with org activities and external partnerships through close coordination with other AVPs. Handles interdepartmental petty cash for process-based expenses.

• Finance and Legal Affairs Officer

  • Sep 2020 - Jul 2021

  - Developed a consolidated tracker for total org (covering 5 departments, 6 events, and 123 members) that integrated approved budget versus projected and actual expenses. Demonstrated tracker to 5 departments and prepared user manual to ensure use.--- Tracker resulted in all departments’ expenses fall within +/- 5% of their budgets, org standard for financial budgeting - Collected and tracked 5 departments’ quantitative KPIs during 2 events. Provided a qualitative report on target KPIs vs actual statistics, and remarks on fulfillment and nonfulfillment, thereby successfully streamlining Operations’ event revalida efforts Show less



Shopee

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Validations Intern, SeaMoney Credit

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Conducted local market research on 5 local competitors, all digital cash loan companies, across 4 weeks. Tested and evaluated each user interface and document validation process on 2 devices, and prepared recommendations on what SeaMoney can improve coming from tests. • Initiated 2 new app verification processes (address and source of income) through creation of Buyer Cash Loans (BCL) user manual. Presented to Team Leaders and praised for detail and comprehensiveness; successfully defended before panel of Shopee executives. -- Processes are set to be launched at the end of the year and expected to result in team’s 96% collection rate maintenance despite launch to a riskier user segment. • Assessed usability of BCL activation interface during the User Acceptance Testing phase for over 40 activation entry points, with 5-person product development team through use of admin-owned user accounts on Shopee app. Praised for initiative to learn about operations of another department. Show less



UP Junior Finance Association

• Philippines
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director for Investor's Council - Markets

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  - Authored 26 news articles on financial and economic markets, with a turnaround time of 1 week per 2 articles. Articles were sent out weekly to 50+ newsletter recipients. - Wrote insights on market implication for specific sectors and how certain projected market movements could impact investors.

• Associate Director for Investor's Council - Trading

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Identified and wrote about key stock trading concepts, with 1 week turnaround time. Posted on org’s 1000+ member social media group of aspiring student investors, with engagement of 100+ total reactions.- Analyzed stock charts of Philippine public trading companies every week, and curated a weekly watchlist based on chart patterns. Posted on public org page with 4500+ followers.

• Seller Operations Intern

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Coordinated with marketing point person in assessing, approving, and posting 10+ banners and 10+ push notifications in the Seller Centre, resulted in increase in seller participation for promotional campaigns. • Reviewed and reformatted 100+ articles on the Seller Education Hub website in 3 weeks as part of content migration project from previous Help Centre. Praised for prompt outputs and attention to detail. • Analyzed discrepancy between estimated and actual shipping fees of 1750 Shopee shops in 3 weeks through computed net impact rank to determine improvement or non-improvement of top delinquent sellers. Presented findings, recommended new targeted communication efforts to lower delinquency rate. Show less

• Associate Director for Financial Project - Operations

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  - Coordinated with 2 suppliers for org’s summer night bazaar’s logistical needs; successfully negotiated a 50% price discount with 1 supplier through in-depth discussion on equipment needed and working budget. - Facilitated cancellation of 1 contract due to pandemic, securing a redeemable supplier fund for future events as part of negotiation. - Coordinated with 2 suppliers for org’s summer night bazaar’s logistical needs; successfully negotiated a 50% price discount with 1 supplier through in-depth discussion on equipment needed and working budget. - Facilitated cancellation of 1 contract due to pandemic, securing a redeemable supplier fund for future events as part of negotiation.



UP Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants

• Philippines
• Accounting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-chairperson for Externals

  • Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  - Spearheaded Payatas outreach program for 25 kids as part of organization’s social responsibility arm; Utilized org budget to buy Christmas food packs for beneficiaries. - Led 5-member team in curating and purchasing 20+ types of goods needed; arranged transportation needs for 5 team members and 2 volunteers. - Spearheaded Payatas outreach program for 25 kids as part of organization’s social responsibility arm; Utilized org budget to buy Christmas food packs for beneficiaries. - Led 5-member team in curating and purchasing 20+ types of goods needed; arranged transportation needs for 5 team members and 2 volunteers.

• Associate Director for Marketing

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  - Pioneered The Fintern - event that exposed college students to 5 days of in-depth finance training from prominent finance companies in the country. Pinpointed possible future bottlenecks and logistical problems and ideated contingency plans for each. - Contacted and screened 100+ college student applicants during the initial phase, and handpicked final 20 candidates. - Event successfully completed and is now a flagship event of UP JFA. - Pioneered The Fintern - event that exposed college students to 5 days of in-depth finance training from prominent finance companies in the country. Pinpointed possible future bottlenecks and logistical problems and ideated contingency plans for each. - Contacted and screened 100+ college student applicants during the initial phase, and handpicked final 20 candidates. - Event successfully completed and is now a flagship event of UP JFA.