Nice Buenaventura

Finance Analyst at Waterlogic Australia
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Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, AU

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Credentials

  • CPA
    CPA Australia
    Jun, 2022
    - Sep, 2024
  • Certified Public Accountant
    Philippine Professional Regulation Commission
    Dec, 2007
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

    • Australia
    • Food and Beverage Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Finance Analyst
      • May 2022 - Present
    • Australia
    • E-Learning Providers
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Accounts Supervisor - AR and AP
      • Mar 2020 - Apr 2022

      * Prepares and handles month-end processes - bank and credit card reconciliation, balance sheet reconciliation, GST report and lodgment, payroll tax lodgment (various states in AU), sales commission report, AR analysis and PDD, adjustment and reclassification journals. * Supervises Accounts receivable team * Accounts Payable function – assigns entries to proper accounts into the ERP accounting system and ensures all accounting records and supporting documents are maintained. * Prepares and handles month-end processes - bank and credit card reconciliation, balance sheet reconciliation, GST report and lodgment, payroll tax lodgment (various states in AU), sales commission report, AR analysis and PDD, adjustment and reclassification journals. * Supervises Accounts receivable team * Accounts Payable function – assigns entries to proper accounts into the ERP accounting system and ensures all accounting records and supporting documents are maintained.

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Cash and FX Analyst
      • Jan 2015 - Jul 2019

      * Consolidated monthly the currency exposure actual and forecast and coordinated with Area Treasurers for timely adjustments.* Monthly analysis and reconciliation of treasury financial results (hedging, unrealized/realized) and investigated the variance against projection.* Hedging related: produced monthly accounting entries, consolidated hedge results, monitored hedge process/documentation and compliance and provided statistical data.Coordinated the field's cash forecasts to establish cash needs and reconciled the field operations funding requests.* Monitored daily positions and coordinate necessary approvals.* Support administration of internal loans (drawdowns, repayments, interest payments)* Assisted and supported internal and external audits.* Bank Account administration duties and assisted in cash pool management.* Controlled currency settlement* Controlled and prepared legal entity general ledger entries including pre-payments, advances, etc.* Complied with applicable company policies, including Personnel, Quality System and Health, Safety * and Environment standards and procedures. Show less

    • Intercompany Accountant
      • Sep 2013 - Dec 2014

      * Created billing (Account Receivables) to associated companiesRecorded invoices (Accounts Payable) from associated companies.* Cleared associated company receivables and payables. This entails posting of cash settlements advised by Treasury by clearing the General ledger of outstanding payables and receivables.* Cleared the suspense (unbilled) account regularly. Items in the suspense account should not be older than 3 months.* Confirmed balances with other regions monthly.* Provided commentary to reporting group on significant movement of associated company accounts and suspense accounts* Trained new team members. Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Payments Analyst - Disbursement team
      • Sep 2012 - Aug 2013

      * Processed foreign currency payments and ensured correct banking details are used depending on the peculiarity and requirements per currency / per beneficiary bank to avoid payment fallout.* Handled queries forwarded to foreign currency payments mailbox appropriately and within the Service level agreement.* Generated and handled monthly accounts reconciliation by SAP General Ledger (GL) and Subsidiary Ledger (SL) account reports and reconciled/resolved open line items.* Prepared variance analysis on certain accounts to investigate on the difference between actual and standard behavior (Accounts reconciliation).* Navigated through various accounting ERP systems like Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) R/3, Worldlink Citidirect, Treasury Workstation to perform daily operations and financial investigations. Show less

    • Accounts Payable Accountant
      • Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

      * Ensured that invoices are processed in the ERP (SAP) with the correct General Ledger codes and Cost Center accounts within the appropriate accounting period.* Ensured all accounting records and supporting documents are maintained in accordance with legal requirements and corporate record retention policies.* Ensured that various adjustment requests are done correctly and recorded in the appropriate accounting period.* Assessed on the validity of adjustment requests by conducting detailed financial research and investigation prior to recording of correcting entries.* Made certain that the three-way match procedure is implemented to avoid paying incorrect and perhaps fraudulent invoices and to safeguard the organization’s assets.* Generated and prepared various financial reports used for internal, external, audit or compliance.* Handled customer queries, requests, and other accounts payable concerns and provided timely and accurate solutions to accounting related problems.* Supervised team members relating to team’s deliverables and metrics; formulated, recommended and implemented corrective and preventive measures to minimize incurrence of payment related incidents.* Ensured proper and timely handling of queries and/or requests from auditors to ultimately improve effectiveness and adequacy of policies and internal controls.* Resolved audit issues identified by auditors as an integral part of good management and improves Chevron’s accountability and performance.* Documented process updates to ensure that business activity is accounted for in a consistent manner and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Show less

    • International Trade and Development
    • SAP Functional Consultant
      • Jan 2008 - Nov 2009

      United Laboratories, Inc. (Unilab) On-site Support Project SAP SD Application Support Consultant May 2008 – November 2009 • Diagnoses, analyzes and solves reported issues and system errors; • Handles SAP enhancements and reports; • Gathers system requirements from key customers; • Writes functional specifications for several enhancements and reports requests from key users; • Interacts with ABAP/Programmers for the program development; • Creates test data and thoroughly tests the requested program; • Prepares materials for User Acceptance Testing (UAT); • Provides assistance to key users and colleagues whenever needed. • Projects includes:  Creation of New Stock Delivery Slip (SDS) form layout  Various Reports requested by key users necessary for planning and forecasting.  Various SAP system enhancements necessary to process day to day activities effectively and efficiently. Show less

Education

  • Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan)
    Bachelor’s Degree, Accountancy
    2003 - 2007

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