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Ashbourne, Ie

Ireland

• Reporting directly to the Finance Head, owning the development and coordination of dashboards to track KPIs across the business.• Ownership of the preparation of annual budget and forecasts, collaborating with all departments in the organization, providing them with relevant data and analysis to enable the development of budgets in each department, and ensuring the alignment of assumptions across the business. • Provide timely and relevant variance analysis, helping the business identify areas of improvement.• Preparation and development of different financial models to serve different ad hoc business requirements.• Acting as a Finance Business Partner to all commercial and operational departments of the organization• Perform Month-end closing duties, mainly the analysis of Cost of Goods Sold and Margin Analysis, rebates, and Inventories.• Develop a detailed understanding of the manufacturing process identifying the make-up of Finished Goods values and allowing identification of the key components of the gross margin calculations.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather data, analyse trends, and provide insights into business performance.• Monitor industry trends and provide recommendations to improve business performance.• Developed KPI dashboards, using excel and power query, for all areas of business, allowing different business heads to gain insights and develop strategies, and helping the organization achieve a one version of truth. • Leveraged Power BI, Power Automate, ODBC and basic SQL to migrate the excel KPI dashboards to create more efficiency and timeliness of the reports. This allowed access to the source data from NetSuite and automatically refreshes daily, eliminating the need to extract data from the organization’s ERP (NetSuite) and prepare the report, saving the company at least 10 to 15 hours of work per week.

Singapore, Singapore

• Reporting directly to the Finance Director and Group CFO, responsible for managing the financial and accounting operations across 7 countries, encompassing a total of 13 business entities.• Assure timely consolidation and submission of financial reports in accordance with IFRS (especially IFRS 15 and IFRS 16).• Perform comprehensive variance and fluctuation analysis.• Manage annual statutory and special audits for the group and holding company.• Monitor and reconcile related-party transactions and foreign currency transactions.• Prepare consolidated financial statements.• Monitor and reconcile all foreign currency transactions across each operating country.• Perform financial review and balance sheet review for each country as a part of month-end closing procedures.

Makati City

As the Head of Finance and and Strategic Planning, I handled the following responsibilities:• Led variance analysis of budgets versus actuals, identifying areas for financial optimisation.• Spearheaded strategic planning by creating comprehensive financial projections, guiding budgeting processes, consolidating financial information, and providing actionable insights to various departments.• Monitored profit and losses to ensure the company remained aligned with the Board of Directors' expectations.• Collaborated with HR to evaluate and determine Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Key Result Areas (KRAs), and other applicable metrics to elevate team performance.• Performed rigorous analysis of current financial business plan, pinpointed process inefficiencies, and tracked performance enhancements post-implementation.• Upheld strict adherence to regulatory requirements set by BIR, BSP, and SEC.• Managed cash flow effectively, forecasting financial requirements and obligations to maintain organisational liquidity.• Supported organisational goals by providing insightful financial analysis and recommendations, considering factors such as risk, cost, impact, feasibility, and speed.• Regularly reviewed and presented consolidated financial statements (IFRS) to the Japan Head Office.• Acted as a finance business partner to different business departments such as IT and Operations in various project management involving process improvement initiatives.

Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines

As the Senior Accounting Manager, I manage the following duties:• Managed diverse finance and accounting processes including revenue, AR, AP, inventory, and related party transactions, while supervising a 16-person team.• Compiled periodic Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with IFRS (especially IFRS 15 and IFRS 16) and additional financial reports, maintaining strict adherence to deadlines.• Created and maintained a comprehensive accounting policies and procedures handbook.• Verified postings to ledgers, ensuring accurate entries and balanced accounts.• Prepared weekly cash position reports, aiding liquidity management.• Utilised SAP to manage and analyse company financial data effectively.• Enhanced financial management processes, drastically reducing reporting errors, payroll administration errors, and bookkeeping discrepancies.• Compiled budget data by assessing past budgets, projected income, and expenses, facilitating precise financial planning.• Led quarterly and annual audits, liaising with KPMG for audit requirements.• Ensured company compliance with SEC, BSP, and other reporting requirements, upholding regulatory standards.

Philippines

As a Corporate Accountant, I handled the following duties:• Consistently posted 50-60 vendor invoices daily. • Reduced outstanding debts by meticulously analysing and communicating with relevant vendors.• Contributed to the preparation of ageing reports and weekly payment runs.• Conducted accurate and timely month-end reconciliation of expense accounts.• Reconciled all line of credit transactions each month.

Executive Masters In Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science In Accountancy, Accounting And Business/Management

Graduated Cum Laude