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Florida, United States

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area

Miami, Florida, United States

-Processing day-to-day journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded.-Monitor accounts payable and accounts receivable, including invoice processing, payment preparation, and collections.-Analyze customer data to determine level of risk involved for extending lines of credit.-Prepare and maintain financial reports.-Reconciliations of cash, credit card, and bank transactions.-Assist the Chief Financial Officer with duties related to the month-end close process.-Performed administrative tasks as requested, such as data entry and others.Achievements: Analyzed and restructured accounts payable methods in less than 3 months of being hired by rescheduling payments helping cash flow run smoothly within a month.

Miami, Florida, United States

-Responsible for financial analysis of invoices created by the billing department, ensuring that the profit margin was managed smoothly in accordance with the business parameters taking into consideration product costs, delivery expenses and sales commission.-Reviewed client and vendor contracts and implemented invoicing and payment procedures that fully represent the terms of the contracts.-Performed regular reconciliations of cash, credit card, and bank transactions.-Managed account receivable, quickly responded to customer's concerns regarding payment, billing, complaints, refunds, and others.-Assisted Chief Financial Officer with follow-up and monitoring procedures when needed.

Doral, Florida, United States

-Involved as part of the team that started the business from zero, hand-by-hand working with the accountant in coordinating daily financial tasks such as recording cost reports, inventory expenses, purchases, and maintaining the database.-Resolved customer products and service questions and offered related information about current sales.-Supervised account payables and receivables.-Prepared weekly and monthly financial reporting.-Trained employees at different positions as cashiers, stock clerks, and warehouse associates, ensuring their customer service in the floor is also valuable.-Control of physical inventory and cost accounting.-Operated cash register when needed it.Achievements:-Analyzed daily trend products in the market and supply levels to anticipate inventory problems, helping the new business to not suffer of product shortages.-Reduced minimal product waste by implementing new purchasing strategy using the first 6 months sales report and applying a new storage method as well.

Managua, Nicaragua

-Trained and evaluated staff of three branches with a total of more than 20 employees, offering more incentives and counseling to help them become more efficient in the workspace.-Supervised 200+ daily customer service transactions.-Expanded customers portfolio and built relationship with buyers located in different parts of the country, generating more income to the company.Achievements:-Developed a marketing-sales strategy that increased sales revenue by 20% in a highly competitive market in Nicaragua, allowing the business to have new customers through a digital platform.-Optimized space and storage costs by applying new inventory transfer plan between the retail store and warehouses.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Engineering, Gpa 3.82

Certificate, Logistics Operations Planning