Darwin Ballesteros Email & Phone Number

Jersey City, NJ, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Responsible for maintaining monthly financial records for all 12 affiliated companies with the stores. Including:o Financial Reporting & Analysiso Budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelingo Internal Controlso.
• Led and trained the implementation of Expensify to tall organizations.
• Redesigned entire IT infrastructure and created automation through specific integrations like Shopify.
• Manage all bank, audit & tax accountant, and insurance relationships
• Responsible for compliance with vendor (brands) contracts
• Responsible for leasing the stores under ASC 842, handling deposits, and making monthly payments.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Responsible for all financial and administrative functions of $50M manufacturer serving various markets with the two lines of business, including: School and Manufacturing retail Skin Care products
• Responsible for annual audit of financial statements
• Led the implementation of CRM (Creatio) for School Enrolling and Customer relationship
• Led the implementation of Manufacturing Execution System, FAME and SAGE which reduced cost by increasing capacity, reducing waste, scrap, re-work, downtime, and excess inventory, and incorporating paperless workflow.
• Improved the accuracy of standard costing, manufacturing accounting, variance accounting, intercompany accounting, and transfer pricing transactions.
• Supported month-end close for both organizations.

Greater New York City Area

• Provided assistance to senior/executive management in managing difficult behavioral situations with students.
• Primary interface with the Department of Education & Beauty Business Association of NY State on behalf of Christine Valmy International School.
• Created a new Bursar Department to better manage school financial collections.
• Requested Federal funds, and private funds to third parties.
• Generated invoices, billing plans based on financial estimate title IV, award letters, ISIRS, posted and filed student payments (cash, CC, ACH)
• Account reconciliation, accounts payable, and accounts receivable.

Bogota

• Banking Office Administration.
• Customer Services: Placement of Financial and Banking Products.
• Customer Services: All aspects of branch operations, including paying and receiving transactions dailies up to $6.000.000 Million Pesos (2 Million Dollar transaction), regulatory compliance, and bank policy & procedure.
• Prospected new clientele through networking, cold calling, canvassing, and referrals.
• Drove new business development through qualifying leads, building relationships, and executing strategic sales.
• Strengthened customer relationships with a proactive and collaborative approach to managing needs.

Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia

• Banking Office Administration.
• Financial Products Advisor.
• Customer Services: Responsible for communicating branch priorities throughout the day and managing operational functions, including loss control, compliance, customer retention, and audit standards.
• Managed team performance by implementing measurable metrics to the track delivery of supporting requirement artifacts.
• Supported leadership team with reporting, analysis, and business presentations to inform divisional strategies.
• Analyzed sales, profitability, and market conditions and presented findings in a cohesive format.

Colocacion de Productos Financieros a Mercado Natural, Vinculacion de clientes nuevos,

Master Of Accountancy, Accounting

Master In Finance: Banking And Regulation

Student exchange program (Scholarship sponsored by Universidad Popular del Cesar) 2011 – 2012. Full Time Program

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Graduated with Honors