Experience

Horn Solutions

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr Accountant

  • Jun 2020 - Present



Brenntag

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial Accountant

  • Nov 2015 - Jan 2020

  -Report to LATAM Controller performing the Financial Analysis and Consolidation process of Intercompany operations of 22 legal entities in the region.-Derivatives Hedges calculation and Cash transactions application, reconciliation of bank accounts, accounting processing daily/monthly reports, balance sheet and income statement accounts. -Preparation of financial statements, analysis of forecast/budget to actual, booking of journal entries for month end, quarter and year end close including comments for variances. -Quarterly IFRS reporting compliance for Public traded organization, FC1 Forecast, Forecast 2 and BUDGET, MTP1, MTP2.-Home office administrator for Credit Limit Control tools and participation in audit research.Achievements:-Supervision of Head Office Accounting Administrator in order to provide reports in line with the requirements for global office headquarters to ensure effectiveness reducing duplicate team efforts. -Month end consolidation reporting process streamlining, which reduced in 40% the month end close processing.–Credit Limit Review audit process in SharePoint, liaising and obtaining approval to access in house reporting tools for the use of credit analysts across the region in order to ensure effective task completion and deadline compliance.



STAR BUILDING SERVICES.

• Staff Accountant

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2015

  -Cash transactions application, reconciliation of bank accounts, accounting processing daily/monthly reports, balance sheet and income statement accounts and financial analysis.-AR processing prepayments, invoicing and collection on outstanding accounts, being accountable for reducing delinquent balances with the highest customer service skills.Achievements:-50% Reduction of past due balances and 100% execution of delinquent customers.-Credit limit customer review and set up by implementing a KYC Know Your Client update for risk mitigation and credit worthiness assessment including preexisting and new customers.-Implementation of Late Fee charges and prepayments.



Energy Alloys Global Solutions

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Staff Accountant

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

  -Supervision and reconciliation of accounting processing for the subsidiary Energy Alloys Mexico liaising with the outsourcing consulting firm in the region for tax and business law compliance.-Intercompany Reconciliation of General Ledger Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts. -Short and Long Term Debt reconciliation liaising with Treasury Department.-Intercompany Cash Calls transactions and FX deals recording for allocated regions liaising with Treasury Department. (Korea, Canada, Singapore, Mexico). -Conduct accounting research and preparation including follow-up audits (Int/Ext)-Preparation of financial statements by business unit, participation of monthly closing, reconciliations and forecasting, collections aging monitoring in order to free cash flow.Achievements: -100% deadlines compliance for Accounting/Finance and Audit as per task allocation.-Implementation of tracking procedures in compliance with the inclusion of regions’ year-end tax and business law for the offsetting of intercompany transactions. (Intercompany invoices offsetting tracking).



Sutherland Global Services Colombia

• Treasury, Finance and Accounting Manager

  • May 2011 - May 2012

  - Cash Management and Treasury Operations, reporting for CAPEX and OPEX due to the expansion in the region (ACH, FX deals, wires initiation for senior management approval), Bank fees renegotiation. -Long and Short-term borrowing reconciliation and reporting making recommendations for Cash Flow improvement and Revenue Growth.-Managed a team of 4, supervised the accounting processing, month/quarterly/year end reports, reconciliation of balance sheet and income statement accounts, in charge of audit requests completion, performing in compliance with local tax and business law as well as corporate guidelines.Achievements: -Reduction of past due receivables with the implementation of collections reminders with participation of Account Managers, which resulted in decrease of Corporate Loans for CAPEX investment.-Accomplished the Accounting operation amongst a team hired without Budget inclusion.



Sunset Cell Group LLC

• United States
• Telecommunications

• Staff Accountant

  • Jan 2008 - Apr 2011

  -Performed monthly closes, preparation of JE Journal Entries, reconciliations. -Credit analysis and approval of credit limits for customers in the USA and LATAM through the implementation of Factoring, PO funding including the monitoring of letters of credit. -Financial reports analysis and recommendations.Achievements: -PO funding and FACTORING strategies implementation leading to Operating Income increase by 40%. -Reduction of past due receivables implementing effective systems for collecting and monitoring.-Established internal controls for the shipment of products.



SUNSET CELL GROUP LLC. Wholesale cellular distributor.

• Accounting Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Apr 2010

  -Preparation of financial statements, clerk staff supervision, management of monthly closing, reconciliations and forecasting free cash flow-Credit analysis and approval of credit limits for customers in the USA and LATAM through the implementation on Factoring, PO funding including the monitoring of letters of credit -Analysis for all accounting areas Cash Flow Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Collections, Reconciliation, Financial Reports analysisAchievement: -Implementation of PO funding and FACTORING strategies leading to the increase of Operating Income of $1.2M. -Reduction of past due receivables implementing effective systems for collecting and monitoring-Established controls for collection and shipment of products



Brickss Corporation

• Credit Analyst

  • Aug 2005 - Dec 2007

  -Collect credit information and performed clients’ credit-worthiness analysis.-Participated in all other credit department functions including preparation of new credit files/reports, tracking expirations and renewals of mortgage conditional qualification letters.-Strong analysis, attention to detail and communication skills to effectively provide information in timely and professional manner to Line Managers, Lending companies, Title Companies and Lenders.Achievements: -95% conversion rate for loan applications submitted to lenders, leading to a sharp increase of Operating Income.



ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (CPA)

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2007

  -Preparation of financial statements, variances analysis, financial plans, forecasts, reconciliation with an emphasis in cash flow and revenue Growth. -Implementation of internal control procedures. -Analysis for all accounting areas Cash Flow Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Collections, Reconciliation, Financial Reports.Achievement: -Reduction of past due receivables implementing effective systems for collecting and monitoring.-Implementation of business strategies leading to the increase of Operating Income. -Implementation of additional lines of credit resulting on business expansion. Processes Improved:1. Improved and automated difficult and error prone cash accounting processes by documenting entries, established institutional company knowledge of the requirements in order to reduce the RECONCILIATION process timeline.2. Investigated and identified solutions for late vendor payments, delivering project to change invoice matching to PO instead of receipt.3. Streamlined accounting close process by implementing management tools to manage process as an example creation of formal logs such as CLOSE log, Issues log; JE/ACCRUALS source and reference file dependencies and contact sheets.



Travelodge UK

• Treasury Analyst

  • Nov 2003 - Jul 2005

  -Reconciliation of daily cash position communicating senior management on cash expenditure. -Analysis and preparation of reports with budget vs. actual variance, forecasts for CAPEX and OPEX. -Processing of Treasury operations, initiation of daily ACH, FX deals and wires for Management approval. -Participation in audit and accounting related projects.-Long and Short-term borrowing monitoring, reconciliation and reporting.Achievements: -Implementation of Credit card guarantee and late cancellation fee policy for all hotel reservations leading to 30% increase of Operating Income. -Implemented minimum length of stay and Prepayment policies resulted 20% increase of Operating Income.



American Express Finance

• Treasury Analyst for Liquidity Management and Foreign Exchange

  • Jul 2001 - Nov 2003

  -Reconciliation of the portfolio of American Express Bank account, cash forecast, variance analysis. -Validation of FX deals executed on daily basis, ensuring correct confirmation of trades and familiarization with treasury systems for exposure calculation to ensure that FX risk had high level control and low level risk. -Renegotiation of bank fees with vendors. Achievements: -Implementation of FX hedging of cash flows for the allocated regions in order to avoid sharp swings.



American Express Bank

• Accounting Analhyst

  • Nov 2000 - Jul 2001

  -Monitoring and Reconciliation of the portfolio of American Express Bank accounts ensuring accuracy in posting daily transactions. -Daily analysis of customer’s bank accounts transaction for LATAM region, processing dormant status. -Processing of Quality control procedures for Dormant Status accounts being reactivated. Achievements: -Implementation of KYC processing for the LATAM market aiming to tackle money laundry. -Monitoring and Reconciliation of the portfolio of American Express Bank accounts ensuring accuracy in posting daily transactions. -Daily analysis of customer’s bank accounts transaction for LATAM region, processing dormant status. -Processing of Quality control procedures for Dormant Status accounts being reactivated. Achievements: -Implementation of KYC processing for the LATAM market aiming to tackle money laundry.