Experience

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  Center for Energy and Environment

  • United States

  • Accounting Controller

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • United States

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  Volunteers of America

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Controller

    • Oct 2009 - Jul 2022

    Volunteers of America is a national non-profit organization with more than 16,000 employees, providing local human service programs, including housing and healthcare. Main responsibilities:Provide direction and supervise the Accounting Department with 6 direct reports. Oversee month end and year end close for more than 40 different programs.Monthly consolidation of the organization Financials.Ongoing support to Operations, IT and facility Executive Directors acting as a liaison among these organizations and the Finance Department. Analysis of balance sheet and Income statement for accuracy and reasonability, ensuring compliance to the GAAP and VOA policies and procedures; which include: revenue recognition, capitalizations, depreciation, expenses, etc.Provide supporting documentation for year-end auditors.Implement, review and communicate Internal Review’s findings.Lead implementation of the new system and software in our different kind of programs and defining requirements for data exchange between the clinical software to the accounting system.Develop, maintain and continuously improve the different accounting processes.Coordination and/or execution of any ad-hoc projects that may arise during the normal course of the Department activities.

  • Accounting Manager

    • Oct 2006 - Oct 2009

  • Staff Accountant

    • Oct 2004 - Oct 2006

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  Lehigh County conference of churches

  • Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Accounting Manager

    • Oct 2002 - Dec 2003
    • Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

    The Lehigh County Conference of Churches is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assist the people in need and encourage all to reach their full potential. Main responsibilities:Perform the proper recording of all authorized financial transactions: A/P, A/R, general expenses, payroll, month-end adjustments, accrued expenses, accrued revenue, bank accounts, cash receipts, petty cash disbursements, fix assets and depreciation.Bank accounts reconciliation, General ledger and Sub-ledger (A/P and A/R) reconciliation.Set-up and record keeping of all vendors, customers and donors files.Prepare and report the Financial Statements to the Executive Director, Board of Directors and Program Directors.Prepared all required tax reports: 941, Unemployment Compensation, W4, 1099, W9.Collaborate with the independent auditor for all annual audit requirements

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  National tourist office of Spain

  • Singapore

  • Financial Accountant

    • Oct 1999 - Oct 2000
    • Singapore

    The National Tourist Office promotes tourism in Spain of Australians and South Asians. Main responsibilities:Start- up of the Singapore Office with special responsibility in the organization of the Administrative-Financial department.Establish the accounting procedures and systems in compliance with the Singapore and Spanish regulations.Accounts Payable, bank statement reconciliation and other banking functions, Payroll Accounting and Petite Cash. Prepared the Financial Statements and Control Budget. Assisted to the General Manager in the financial functions.

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  FNAC España

  • Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

  • Corporate Account Payable Department Head

    • Oct 1993 - Oct 1999
    • Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

    FNAC is a Multinational French Company established in many European countries specialized in distribution of multimedia entertainment products: Books, Music, Video, Computers and Hi-fi. Distribution is channeled through "Mega-Stores".Accounting Manager-6 direct reports- responsible of the Corporate Accounts Payable. General Ledger and Sub-Ledger reconciliation in monthly basis. Reconciliation of the information integrated in monthly basis from the different systems.Month-end close a/p accruals.Preparing semi-monthly cash disbursements.Start-up team member responsible for setting up the procedures for different accounting areas such as Accounts Payable, Sales Records, Bank Statement reconciliation, EFT posting, Fixed Assets and Tax Reports, providing the necessary training to the Accounting Team.Established new procedures for consolidation of the finance activity for the three "Mega-store" in Spain and report the results on time.Supervised the readiness of the Portugal Financial Department (A/P) for the opening the first store in Lisbon in 1998.Inventory control and tracking of the inventory discrepancies.