Experience

Cuestamoras

• Costa Rica
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Consolidation and Compliance Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  • Responsible of directing, supervising and coordinating all functions of General Accounting Department (General Ledger, Tax and Insurance) • Responsible to perform the consolidation process of the 7 Cuestamora Salud entities • Responsible of the monthly reporting to the Headquarter. The reporting process is doing in BPC (reporting software that is like to Hyperion). • Company's General Accounting is under my responsibility: Fixed Assets, Insurance, Depreciation, Patents, month end close reporting, ICP reconciliation • Responsible for handling the Internal and External Audits • Attention to corporate tax advisors • Implementation and monitoring of internal controls Show less



APM Terminals

• Netherlands
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  • Responsible of directing, supervising and coordinating all functions of Financial Accounting Department (General Accounting, AP, Tax, Fixed Assets, Treasury ) • Company's General Accounting: Fixed Assets, Insurance, Depreciation, Patents • Tax Charge • Responsible for handling the Internal and External Audits • Attention to corporate tax advisors • Preparation of closing reports to be presented to the Regional Team • Implementation and monitoring of internal controls • Responsible of directing, supervising and coordinating all functions of Financial Accounting Department (General Accounting, AP, Tax, Fixed Assets, Treasury ) • Company's General Accounting: Fixed Assets, Insurance, Depreciation, Patents • Tax Charge • Responsible for handling the Internal and External Audits • Attention to corporate tax advisors • Preparation of closing reports to be presented to the Regional Team • Implementation and monitoring of internal controls



Alcon

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

   General Accounting Manager Company (Central America, Caribbean and Dominican Republic) Fixed Assets, Insurance, Depreciation, Patents. Payroll Tax charge Responsible for addressing the Internal and External Audits Direct and trading relationship with financial institutions Cash Pooling Attention to corporate tax consultants Preparation and submission of reports close to the region Implementation and monitoring of internal controls Participation in the preparation of the annual budget and regional meetings to analyze results Show less

• • Sep 2013 - Nov 2014

   Responsible for leading, consolidate, load and analyze the strategic planning of the company Development of variance analysis of actual results vs TGT Development of all presentations with their respective analysis for monthly meetings with the region Strategic Development Plan 5 years term Sending reports and analyzes requested by the region

• • Jun 2012 - Sep 2013

   General Accounting Manager Company (Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala) Responsible for the share of taxes for the 3 countries Responsible for addressing the Internal and External Audits Direct and trading relationship with local financial institutions Attention to corporate tax consultants (KPMG) Preparation and submission of reports close to the region Implementation of internal controls Participation in the preparation of the annual budget



Calvo Distribucion Alimentaria, S.L.U.

• Spain
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Feb 2011 - Jun 2012

   Charged with reviewing, calculate and control the costs of production of the plant Assess the profitability of the various societies in the region Generate and review all month-end reports Charged to review, monitor and generate savings in operational, administrative costs of the plant Direct support to the Plant Manager in administrative and financial matters. Investment control Keep track of changes that are generated, and give appropriate explanations, of all actual costs versus budgeted costs of the different Group companies, both in El Salvador and Costa Rica Charged with reviewing the different processes and stages of the production process, to ensure the correct procedure (purchasing, handling of raw materials, packaging materials, finished product inventory, etc.) and find savings in the process Check the correct recording of transactions that are generated in accounting under the Group's policies for the proper generation of financial information Show less

• • Apr 2010 - Feb 2011

   Charged with reviewing and restructuring all administrative and financial-accounting processes of the company Billing area manager, where did the implementation in SAP, introducing all settings, from customers, items and price lists to automate the whole process Responsible for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory, Payroll and Taxes Direct participation in the planning process of the company Performing analysis and interpretation of financial statements and reports Direct support in business management to General Manager and Key Accounts Managers Control and Logistics support part, orders regarding logistics operator Show less



Reckitt

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jan 2006 - Jun 2009

   General Accounting Manager of the company, taking charge the coordination of the different areas namely Finance Department, Accounts Payable, Treasury, Accounts Receivable and Cost Accounting Responsible to send all financial and accounting information, local and regional Responsible of taxes, for the development, control and presentation of the different tax obligations of the company. In this field, I led a project to recover taxes, which generated a tax credit of $ 490,000.00 based on a reclassification of sales that could be considered as offshore Responsible for overseeing the internal control, be aware that the policies established by the company, both which are taught globally as we had and we developed locally are met Active participation in the strategic planning of the Company, where he was in charge of designing and controlling all part of expenses and also to review and reconcile the financial statements to be sent to the region Show less

• • Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

   Company´s Cost Accounting responsible, recording, controlling and analyzing different reports related to this activity. Financial planning, budget and forecast each three month in order to evaluate new projects. Project leader developing a global application in order to allocate the variance between standard costs and current costs to the inventory bought by the branches. Part of the co-packer changing process, in which most of the production was moved from Costa Rica to Guatemala. Inventory control responsible, accounting and accuracy as well. The accuracy level was 70% by working on changing the logistic operator the company gets 98% accuracy in physical inventory taking. Show less

• • Jan 2002 - Dec 2002

   Prepare reports related to the Commercial Department on time to be analyzed by the decision makers. Monthly sales coordinator, responsible of measuring them in order to achieve company´s objectives and to prevent risks. Implement several analysis reports, asked by the regional headquarter as a result of decision needs