Experience

Semillas Vivas España (Living Seeds-Sementes Vivas)

• Managing Director

  • Dec 2018 - Present

  This function is performed in a company that is active in Management Team but also leading the activities of Spain jointly with the CEO. *Objective: - Supporting the CEO in the day to day activities in Spain. - Have an overview of the whole company in Spain to improve processes and efficiency as well as financial management. - Supporting the cluster managers to achieve the operation, strategic and the financials targets. - Managing Spain as a profitable business unit. - Supporting the development of the professional seed sales and the financial performance. *Responsibilities/tasks: - Responsible for the whole operation in Spain jointly with the CEO and supporting the CEO and Cluster Managers. - Responsible for sending report from Spanish Cluster regarding important topics and issues to investors. - Jointly with the CEO definition of the budget of the country organisation and budget control jointly with the CEO and head of finance. - Together with the sales and marketing team, supports the sales and marketing implementation for Spain. Support marketing Iberian strategic. - Office organization, supporting communications with high profile partners and clients. - Managing the outsourced Accounting, Legal & HR for the Spanish company. Show less


We Are Seekers
• Spain
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Tribera

  • Jan 2017 - Present


TECFIRE MIDDLE EAST FZE

• Financial Controller

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Accounting and Management: o Review and validation of the International Accounting including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition. o Monitors and confirms financial condition by conducting audits; providing information to external auditors. o Management and contact with suppliers and customers. o Review and validation of Letters of Credit for contracts negotiations. o Monitors and control of functions for HR and Administration Departments. • Financial: o Review, monitoring and financial reconciliation in the International Department. o Coordinate and direct the preparation of the Budgets and Financial forecasts and report variances. Achieves budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating corrective actions. o Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations. o Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures. • Treasury: o Anticipation and preparation of the Treasury needs and Cash Flows. o Foreign Exchanges investments. Show less



Unide - San Sueña y Onuba S.l

• External Consultant

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2015

  o Family business. o Help with the development and creation of this new company. o Offer assistance regards to procedures and legal advice. o I am currently in charge of marketing, social media and I am the accounting assistant. o Family business. o Help with the development and creation of this new company. o Offer assistance regards to procedures and legal advice. o I am currently in charge of marketing, social media and I am the accounting assistant.



Oxford University Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Cashier - Sales Ledger - Financial Assistant

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  o Completion of the cheque deposit list on SAP (in GBP and foreign currency), making sure it is in line with the agreed SLA. o Bank reconciliation duties, such as processing the BACS receipts in order to clear the SAP accounts. o Check foreign payment requests are authorised before processing them on Business Internet Banking/File Gateway to ensure payments are actioned when due. o Identified any possible rejected payments, through the interpretation of “xml” file. o Process cash and cheques to be actioned through Banking Assistant. Knowledge of cash banking procedure, for Conferences, Exhibitions and unused cash and personal expenses from staff. o Rejections (Foreign payments / BACS / ACH): identify the payment, move the amount from the allocated account to the right account in order to match it with the correct entry. o Stop cheque requests (GBP/USD): Identified if the the cheque is out of date, fill the form for making a request to stop a cheque in Barclays website or in case of a USD one, follow the different procedure to request the stop. o Credit card expenses (EDMS): control the different In-Trays in EDMS. o Organise incoming post for the Cashiers team, making sure that all cheques and BACS remittances are correctly identified and ready to be processed by the correct Sales Ledger team. o Process foreign returned payments, informing the relevant department so that they can update the vendor records. Show less



Blackwell's Bookshops

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Credit Controller - Accounting

  • Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

  o o Ensure that the customer ledger is maintained and that all cash is collected in accordance with the agreed terms. o Continuously monitored the payment behaviour of customers ensuring the effective turnover of debtors into cash flow for the company. o Reported outstanding issues to management and inform them early of potential debtors problems. o Contact debtors and ensure payment of outstanding invoices by email and telephone. Communicate all customers to meet agreed timeframes and resolve queries. o Work with customer services to resolve customer issues: Copy invoices, proof of delivery, credit notes, and liaise internally to progress any problems. o Liaise with Account Managers and the Assistant Accountant to resolve escalated/difficult account queries. o Reconcile accounts and do the same for the month end for the whole debtor ledger. Show less



Medline Scientific

• United Kingdom
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Assistant

  • Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

  o o Customer liaison for the Spanish speaking market. o Preparing and sending price quotes to the customers. o Processing and tracking invoices. o Customer information and sales data entry. o Responding and dealing with customer enquiries on pricing, products information and invoicing via email and phone on daily basis. o Assistance in the design of the website and its translation into Spanish o Creating and updating the price list o Supporting the sales manager in all the administration and selling tasks and assistance to the Quality department o Creation of technical product information sheets and other paperwork. o Scheduling of the workload accordingly in order to meet the established deadlines. o Arrangements of purchasing activities with providers. Show less



Hospitality

• Australia
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Part-Time

  • Oct 2009 - Sep 2011

  o Relocated to UK in 2009 and worked in hospitality industry to improve English language skills. o Relocated to UK in 2009 and worked in hospitality industry to improve English language skills.