Experience

ALTA Developers LLC.

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Financial Controller

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  - Accounting Department Leader / Responsible for all the accounting operations / Yardi Voyager - Handled all types of accountings: Development & Constructions, Property Management and Corporate Accounting - Took the Accounting Department to new level by organizing all operations and reports. Built Detailed Financial Statements, set up closing schedules for the entire team: bank statements (e-archive), bank reconciliations, accounts receivables, accounts payables, financial statements. - Corporate Treasurer: In charge of all treasury activity: international wires, 120 monthly distributions, vendors payments, management fees, receivables collections - Monthly & Quarterly Closing: 23 ongoing projects to close on a monthly basis with its financial reports, all Balance Sheet accounts properly explained in detail: land, assets, constructions in progress with its report, A/R, Debt with its schedule. Quarterly all Income Pick ups, all investments, all distributions, all intercos matching - Year End Closing: 11 Audits, 50 Income Tax Returns, all 141 K1's Show less



Codina Partners

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Financial Controller

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Consolidated Financial Statements. This process required a multilevel Consolidation process for more than 150 companies. Designed an automated Consolidation file that lowered down the process from 8 weeks to a week and a half • Improved Financial reports from paper to digital helping the company with the pandemic transition from the office to working from home flawlessly • Handling all audits, taxes, financial reports, 1099's, treasury transactions, K1's • Lead a 15 associates teammembers • Worked with the three real estate accounting types: Construction, Management and Corporate • Yardi Voyager Show less



ESJ Capital Partners

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Staff Accountant

  • Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Reporting directly to CEO, CFO, Board of Directors and Luxembourg Team. • Responsible for the accounting of 43 properties in all aspects using Yardi Voyager: financial reports, receivables, payables, treasury, bank recs, quarterly distributions, audits, taxes, month-end close, fixed assets, depreciations, amortizations, cash flows, mortgages. • Initiating and implementing a new process improvement project: “Accounting based on Codification” allowing the company to be audited at any time in the US and Europe. • Financial Reports for all properties. Excel engineered Financial Reports: Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flows. Excel programming handling all reports-all companies. Its monthly update took less than a minute and all financial statements were ready Show less



Grupo Piñero

• Spain
• Hospitality
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Financial Controller and Senior Accountant

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2015

  • Able to change the history of the company improving its profits and become the first company finishing the Audited Financial Reports within Pinero's Group among 52 companies around the world, previous year the company was in last to deliver • Monthly reports and Financial Analysis for the CEO, CFO, VP and Board of Directors. Comparison with the industry and previous 5 years: Working Capital, Current ratio, inventory turnover, average collection, Earnings per share, gross margin, profit margin, ROA, ROI, Ebit, Ebitda, overhead analysis, WACC. • Intercompany reconciliation using Hyperion-HFM. Pinero’s Group had 52 companies providing services to each other, monthly intercompany charges reconciliation to generate a consolidated financial report for Pinero’s Group.• Accounting Manager functions included: month-end close, generate monthly financial analysis and accounting reports: Income Statement, Balance, Cash Flow, Cost Reports, taxes, inter-company charges, bank reconciliation, fixed assets depreciation, insurance amortization. • Fixed assets. Got into the company with a non-re-conciliated fixed assets account, created a Fixed Asset Depreciation Table, new assets acquisition subscription and unsubscribe obsolete assets. • Received a Balance Sheet with 85% of unexplained accounts-numbers, left the company with 0% of unexplained accounts.• Team supervision. Lead and supervised all aspects of month-end close. Lead the Financial and Accounting Team in all aspects. Process Improvement. Show less

• Senior Accountant and Financial Controller

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2012

  - Hired as General Manager of Soltour and Financial Controller for 4 companies: a tour-operator, a watersports, a spa and a photographic business. Profits increased 4 times.- Managed all aspects of supplier relations, banking, financial accounting, annual audits in conjunction with KPMG, taxes, payrolls, treasury and statutory compliance, payables, receivables and bank conciliation. Took the company from losses to profits.- Worked with colleagues from England, Netherlands, India, Jamaica, Nigeria, Cuba, Dominic Republic, Spain, Brazil, Haiti and Chile. Show less



PETPACK S.A.S

• Medellin

• Financial Controller

  • Dec 2009 - May 2010

  - Hired to build the Financial Department and manage Financial Analysis, cash flow projections, and supplier relations. - Recruited and trained a team of 4 finance professionals. 5 years Financial Analysis to provide greater insight to the CEO and the Board of Directors. Discover the cash flow problem of the company: operating leases, solution: Fundraising 2 million dollars from investors. - Hired to build the Financial Department and manage Financial Analysis, cash flow projections, and supplier relations. - Recruited and trained a team of 4 finance professionals. 5 years Financial Analysis to provide greater insight to the CEO and the Board of Directors. Discover the cash flow problem of the company: operating leases, solution: Fundraising 2 million dollars from investors.



Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

• Colombia
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Professor

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Analysis Professor Teacher Analysis Professor Teacher



Universidad EAFIT

• Colombia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • May 2009 - Dec 2009

  Lecturer in Financial Analysis Class for Undergrads – 3 groups assigned Lecturer in Financial Analysis Class for Undergrads – 3 groups assigned



INDUSTRIAS CENO S.A.

• Director of Financial Reporting

  • Feb 2008 - Feb 2009

  - Managed a wide range of financial analysis, including leases, insurance, heavy equipment importation and cash flow. - An imported equipment was broken during its shipment, attained double deduction of taxes from the imported equipment for the price of one. - Managed a wide range of financial analysis, including leases, insurance, heavy equipment importation and cash flow. - An imported equipment was broken during its shipment, attained double deduction of taxes from the imported equipment for the price of one.



OFFCORSS C.I. HERMECO S.A.

• Colombia
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 300 - 400 Employee

• ABC COSTING ANALYST / SHORT TERM FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

  • Oct 2004 - Dec 2008

  - Using an Oracle ABC Costing Software, analyzed a company of 4 markets with 7 costing distribution channels. Quickly learned how to use the product and completed the costing project ahead of time. - Hired to built a Short Term Financial Modelling: monthly projection for the year a front, encompassing general ledger, cash flows, production and inventory modelling, receivables, payables and incorporating several “what if” scenarios. Took 8 months to built this robust modelling software. - Using an Oracle ABC Costing Software, analyzed a company of 4 markets with 7 costing distribution channels. Quickly learned how to use the product and completed the costing project ahead of time. - Hired to built a Short Term Financial Modelling: monthly projection for the year a front, encompassing general ledger, cash flows, production and inventory modelling, receivables, payables and incorporating several “what if” scenarios. Took 8 months to built this robust modelling software.



C&F INTERNATIONAL

• MEDELLIN - COLOMBIA

• Senior Marketing Analyst

  • Jun 2002 - Dec 2003

   Built a Powerful Excel Engineering Software -VBA macro- which integrates Marketing Planning with picture selection option (userform design), automated Illustrated Campaign Presentation Report and wrote a VBA macro algorithm that would to pick the planning info to create an excel spreadsheet with all the campaign numbers: sales, costs, profits, inventory evacuation, purchases among many others.  Built a Powerful Excel Engineering Software -VBA macro- which integrates Marketing Planning with picture selection option (userform design), automated Illustrated Campaign Presentation Report and wrote a VBA macro algorithm that would to pick the planning info to create an excel spreadsheet with all the campaign numbers: sales, costs, profits, inventory evacuation, purchases among many others.