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Greater Atlanta Area

• Maintain and report on Distribution Revenue budget and forecast for top customers in region in USD and local currencies.
• Responsible for the month-end close Billing & Revenue process for multiple countries.
• Perform monthly and quarterly reporting and analysis.
• Explain monthly, quarter and year-end revenue variances.
• Responsible for managing banking transactions related to Venezuelan currency.
• Participated in several special projects that enhanced the Finance Division’s capacity to support the business.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Maintained and reported on operating budget, forecast, and strategic planning documents.
• Analyzed sales trends, forecasts and expenses to ensure accuracy.
• Supported the month-end close process by reviewing and validating information and interfacing information between SAP and Hyperion.
• Performed monthly and quarterly operations reporting and analysis.
• Reduced time required for month-end closing process by 66% by improving existing reports and developing new reports to streamline the process.
• Developed new custom P&L reports to improve analysis during pre-closing.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Ensured functionality in the definition of cost centers and Chart of Accounts with General Ledger and Master Data Specialists during SAP implementation.
• Developed business process procedures that defined how the ERP system was used within respective functional areas.
• Served as Subject Matter Expert on new process designs and support new system setup and configuration. Advised on configuration of financial statements, cost centers and cost element groups. Assisted in the development.
• Working with an external consultant, developed validation documentation, SOPs, and employee training materials; delivered training to finance department members.
• Identified business impact areas as they related to incorporating the new ERP processes into the business and developed strategies accordingly; ensured that the developed procedures complied with internal control and.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Reviewed monthly financial statements.
• Analyzed information presented in financial statements including trends and variances.
• Performed financial operating reviews for Latin America subsidiaries.
• Reviewed ledgers, schedules, journal entries and other documents supporting the figures recorded in the monthly statements to ascertain that the actual results of operations were properly depicted.
• Prepared internal reports, quarterly financial ratios analyses and ad-hoc reports.
• Reviewed capital budgets, forecasts, P&L reports, and sales reports.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Oversaw the accounting team members in all company offices and four global subsidiaries.
• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial reports.
• Reconcile all balance sheets accounts.
• Prepare ad hoc reports for the CFO, Controller, managers and sales people.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Standardized and migrated the revenue and inventory accounting process from several Latin American countries to the FSSC.
• Generated interface from subsidiaries to GL, performed journal entries, and uploaded information for reporting matters.
• Ensured the proper revenue and cost recognition were in compliance with GAAP and corporate policies; reviewed and analyzed gross margin.
• Managed finished equipment inventory, prepared aging reports, and made any corresponding entries.
• Prepared inventory, revenue, cost, and gross margin analysis to internal customers.
• Responsible for monthly inventory, deferred revenue, accrued cost and expenses, and other balance sheet accounts reconciliation.

Puerto Rico

• Participated in the planning and conducting of compliance audits according to GAGAS, governmental laws and regulations.
• As a process improvement team member, worked on project which reduced the number of audit days by 60 for the public corporations division.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Accounting

Activities and Societies: Swimming Team

High School