CPA Independent Practitioner

• Jun 2021 - Present

Contracted as an Senior Auditor for various firms to perform Financial Statements for healthcare, local government, education, and governmental agencies. The work comprised planning the engagement, including the understanding of the client business, tests over the organization’s internal controls, and substantive tests of the client’s General Ledger accounts as well as the preparation of the Financial Statements audit reports. Involved in consulting engagements which included among others special projects assisting agencies such as Autoridad para el Financiaminento de la Infraestructura de Puerto Rico (AFI) and the Administracion de Edificios Públicos (AEP) in their preparation for their annual financial statements audit including analysis and correction of several complex accounts.

Finance IT

• Oct 2019 - May 2021

Senior Accountant

• Oct 2015 - Oct 2019

Accounting Director - Office Manager

• Mar 2003 - May 2015

Responsible for the following duties among others: • Analysis, review and report the transactions of the General Ledgers accounts, including the reconciliations of the sub ledger to general ledger accounts. • In charge of the financial reporting of the institution based on GAAP. • Management of the month-end, quarter and year end closing activities. • Preparation and presentation of variance analysis explaining the difference between the actual and budget accounts balances. • Preparation of special works assigned by the Board of Directors related the industry environment and the business tendencies. • Ensure the compliance with the internal controls activities including the establishment of new process to improve the control activities. • Sales and gross margin analysis including inventory valuation and job costing experience. • Provide assistance to the financial audit performed by the external auditors. • Other administrative tasks such as, coaching the accounting and management staff. Review and approval of the personnel time reports and time leave requests Attendance to periodical meetings with other industry officials and the preparation of the institution’s correspondence.

Senior Auditor

• Jul 1999 - Apr 2002

This job comprised of the following tasks among others: • Planning the engagement, performing tests of client’s internal controls in order to identify possible weaknesses. • Developing and performing substantive tests (financial audits) and compliance requirement tests (single audits) • Reviewing the work performed by the staff assigned. • Preparing the audit reports as well as discussing the audit findings and management letter comments with client management. Involved in several engagements that entailed a variety of accounting environments such are manufacturing, health care, construction, distribution and governmental entities.