- Develop budgets and invoice documentation for approximately 150+ customers pursuing Spanish language education leading to the retention and growth of customers.- Serve as primary customer liaison providing problem solving and troubleshooting to customer issues with scheduling and course alignment.- Manage payroll for all employees.- Conduct federal and state tax filing processes for the business.

Perform a wide range of financial transactions within the Financial Services Unit (FRM/FS), which includes Treasury, Financial Analysis and Grants Management; process, review, amend and monitor financial and budgetary transactions in assigned business processes in accordance with established policy, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), job aids and agreements; record and validate the information and financial data.Process and audit receipts, collections, and payments to vendors or employees: process salaries, awards, entitlements, claims, taxes, pensions, or expense reports, etc. according to established procedures. Review, process and amend budget operations, pre-obligations, and obligations. Scrutinize source documents for completeness, accuracy, and validity; analyze and monitor costs, revenue, journal sources, and expense items; prepare bulk data for upload using Enterprise Interface Builders (EIBs).Analyze and reconcile ledger accounts, funds, bank accounts, awards assigned and ensure necessary corrections or adjustments are made; record journal entries, as needed and ensure proper clearance procedures.Assist and guide staff, vendors, and customers in areas of work assigned; draft routine or advanced reports and correspondence; monitor the team mailbox and ensure timely response to incoming messages; prepare responses to the queries received through Service Request System (SRS).Generate, review, and assist in the creation, validation and maintenance of custom financial reports, consolidating data from different sources; prepare and send reports and worksheets.Research, analyze and resolve accounting problems in consultation with supervisors, finance specialists, technical units, and country offices, as needed; investigate erroneous charges and take corrective actions.

- Coordinate with customers to receive and process financial products, such as money transfers, check cashing, money orders, and the sale and purchase of foreign currency, verifying customer information in the system.- Implement financial controls to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing in accordance with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and all regulations of the European Union and the United Nations.

- Served as General Manager and one of four co-founders implementing financial/accounting processes and procedures for the company for over four years.- Led customer credit and loan evaluation process for customer intake in order to evaluate customer loan applications to facilitate loan decision-making.- Implemented risk controls of anti-corruption, due diligence, monitoring, for credit approvals process to prevent money laundering and financial fraud in accordance with the ISO-9000, SARLAF, and SARO standard procedures.- Facilitated the growth of customer base during the first year of credit approvals from 850 approvals in year one, to 1500 approvals in year two, to 2400 approvals in year three encompassing over $130,000 in profit growth and portfolio sales of $2,842,105.- Served as office controller for approximately 60 employees and 7 branch offices in different cities managing all aspects of company accounting, budgeting, payroll, and tax payments in order to ensure accuracy of accounting records and tax compliance.

- Re-engineered customer credit intake and loan evaluation processes by instituting a standardized methodology designed to establish consistency and accuracy in credit decisions in accordance with the ISO-9000, SARLAF, and SARO standard procedures.- Served as an office controller for senior management, adding value in the administrative processes of the accounting, budgeting, payroll, legal, and tax payment aspects of the business to ensure accuracy and compliance with the guidelines for financial institutions.- Negotiated the rates of bank financing loans including the sale and purchase of foreign currency and monitoring and reporting the metrics of sales targets.

- Managed and oversaw all aspects of the accounting process including A/P, A/R, cash receipts, reconciliations, month, and year-end closing for 26 stores and the main office. Prepared monthly report packages for management review.- Maintained general ledgers and subsidiary ledgers, oversee general ledger account analysis, and prepared and posted recurring and general journal entries.- Cash Management- Responsible for overseeing disbursements, including vendor payments, employee expenses, and other check requests. Prepared and maintain cash flow analyses.- Payroll- Responsible for in-house processing of semimonthly payroll for approximately 50 salaried and free-lance employees. Assisted with employee on-boarding and setup; prepared and filed monthly and year end payroll reports including tax reports. Recruited and hired employees.- Assisted with financial and insurance audits and reviews performed by third parties to ensure accuracy and proper justification of financial records.- Monitored foreign currency prices and invested company funds to raise profits through speculation including negotiated bank funding loan rates and the sale and purchase of foreign currency.

- Managed invoice entries in the accounting system, ensuring correct general ledger coding of all accounts payable vendor bills.- Processed payments in accordance with treasury policies and interact with banking software for multiple legal entities and currencies.- Assisted with month-end close procedures including the review and analyses of general ledger accounts, preparing monthly accruals, and requesting outstanding invoices and monthly statements from external vendors.- Maintained and improved processes and system efficiencies, including strengthening reporting, internal controls, and collaborating with Finance, Contracts, and Logistics to ensure procedures are consistent, compliant and allow efficient and timely reporting.- Analyzed, recommended, and supported in house system implementations and changes, including assisting with periodic system upgrade testing.- Responsible for in-house processing of semimonthly payroll for approximately 25 salaried and 40 free-lance employees; prepared and filed monthly and year end payroll reports including tax reports.

- Assisted my superior with monthly closing and review procedures, including review and analysis of general ledger accounts, preparation of monthly and annual accumulations.- System processes and efficiency were maintained and improved, including strengthening reporting, internal controls, and collaboration with finance, contracts, and logistics to ensure procedures were consistent, compliant, and enabling presentation efficient and timely.- I analyzed, recommended, and supported implementations and internal system changes, including system updates, improving all the company's processes.- Responsible for the internal processing of the payroll of approximately 500 salaried employees; I prepared and filed monthly and year-end payroll and tax reports.- I supported and trained new positions for auditors in the 7 subsidiaries we had throughout the country.