Paola Andrea Sanchez Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Bogota, Colombia

Responsible for day- to-day general ledger accounting and reconciliation, financial reporting and analysis for assigned functional areas.Payment date accounting, monthly reporting and report production, daily modeling, analysis and reporting and financial Analysis.Perform monthly balance sheet, income statement and changes in financial position/budget variance analysisPrepare financial reports, charts, tables and other exhibits as requested.Provide timely, relevant and accurate reporting & analysis of the accounting information in order to prepare national and city taxes periodicallyPrepare and provide information to the external auditYear end closing, external reports to Supersociedades ( Financial Authority for Companies), DIAN ( Tax Authority), DANE ( Statistics Admon), Banco Republica ( Central Bank) and Chamber of Commerce

FULL CONSULTING S.A.SFinancial Advice and Consultancy ServicesFreelance AccountantMarch 2013 to date- Accountancy and Tax Advice for the businesses sector.- Assessment of Financial Procedures.- Preparation of personal and corporate tax declarations.- Advice on the preparation of electronic documents.- Advice on adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).SHEA (Heavy Machinery Rental)Freelance AccountantMay 2012 – March 2013-Verification of tax compliance in accounting period including checking necessary supporting documents and authorisations-Preparation of financial statements including Tax at Source, VAT and Tax Declarations in line with Colombian law.Transcolvolcos (Transport Company)Freelance External AuditorMarch - April 2012- Checking of invoicing and payment procedures.- Updating of internal financial operations manuals.- Auditing of financial statements for period up to 31 December 2012. - Issuing of recommendations and comments.

Lima Peru

Participating in annual internal auditing of multinational companies with offices in Lima, Peru, as follows:INTCOMEX (June 2012)•Checking of invoicing, Accounting and Payroll cycles•Issuing of recommendations in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance for company selling computer equipment.•Issuing of recommendations and comments on Finance Section and financial reportsAUSENCO (July 2012)•Assessing procedures for paying suppliers (quotes, authorisations, payments and taxes) and checking of procedures for consolidating financial statements for sending to Head Office•Issuing of recommendations and comments on Finance Section and financial reportsBLY (Boart Long Year) (August 2012)•Checking of support documents, authorisations, payments and accounts records for importing operational equipment by a petroleum Company •Issuing of check list of support documents for importing; checking of tax calculations and corresponding authorisations.

Bogota Colombia

Control Risks (Control de Riesgos SA)Internal Accountant- Colombian Office(May 2007 - May 2011).I was employed by Control Risks which is a British multinational company specializing in providing high-risk consultancy services. My main tasks were:• Preparation of financial statements and documents in accordance with Colombian general accounting principles.• Review of Tax Returns, Income Declarations (ICA, Rete-ICA, VAT, VAT withholding and Withholding Tax at source). Provision of exogenous information to DIAN (Colombian Department of Revenue and Customs).• Preparing reports for Head Office such as local financial statements in U.S. dollars, MMA (Monthly Management Accounts), Inter Company Accounts , Debtor Days, Monthly Management Report (MMR), CAPEX (Capital Expenditure ), Cash Flow, YEP ( Year End Pack), Annual Budget. These were sent to Head Office for their consolidated financial statements.• Supervision of local accounting cycle including invoicing module, suppliers, bank reconciliations, producing and paying payroll , depreciation, amortization, and monthly reconciliation of accounts with third parties and head office.• Participation in the process of the parameterization of new global accounting software (Microsoft Dynamics). I carried out tests on the functionality of proper accounting procedures to calculate taxes, depreciation, fixed assets module, amortization, payroll and issuing of official documents in accordance with Colombian legislation.

My duties included participating in planning, development and making recommendations on financial sector entity statutory audits. The clients in this particular case were the Banco Agrario de Colombia S.A. (Agricultural Bank of Colombia SA) and Fiduagraria S.A. (Statutory Auditor).•Planning and developing financial sector audit programs including training products.• Recognition of the control environment, through the evaluation of controls for each of the business cycles by identifying risks.•Verification as Statutory Auditors of tax returns filed by the Bank and by Fiduagraria S.A.•“SIPLA” (Acronym in Spanish for “System for the Prevention of Money Laundering) rating in Directorate General, by publishing findings and recommendations.•Preparation of Variance Analysis and audit tests for each of the items that financial statements contain.•Issuing recommendations for improving procedures in order to mitigate risk.•Loan Portfolio Assessment in compliance with the Basic Accounting and Financial Circular (External Circular 100 of 1995) Annex 1 - General Conditions Assessment, Grading and Provision of Credit Portfolio of the Superintending Financial Authority of Colombia.•Understanding “SARC” (acronym in Spanish of “Credit Risk Management System”) Financial Sector regulations and “SARLAFT” (acronym in Spanish for “Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risk Management System”).

Specialism In Tax Management And Administration, Tributaria

Thesis Title, "Comparative analysis in determining income tax in the Financial Sector vs Income Tax in the business sector in Colombia."

Public Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Student exchange programme with Universidad Iberoamericana de México, México DF in eighth semester (Autumn 2003)

Eighth Semester Accounting, University Exchange Eighth Semester