AMPARO BEDDOE

*** ******* ***** ******, ******** SC 29621

Cell phone 404-***-****, abilc9@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To get a job that will let me apply all my experience and skills,

professional and educational, in my own benefit and in the Company's as

well.

EDUCATION

POSTGRADUATE

Specialist in Economics 1998

Specialist in Information Systems 1992

UNDERGRADUATE

Accountant 1986

OTHER SKILLS

Bilingual Spanish-English

Microsoft Office

SAP-Controlling Module

WORK EXPERIENCE

Walgreens, Anderson Distribution Center 2007-

to date

Responsible for AP, budgets, month-end closing and reports. Achievements:

-reduce this position's manual work/take advantage of information

systems

-help management to understand and deal with budget control.

AnMed and American Red Cross 2006-2007

AnMed: Spanish-English medical services interpreter and Volunteer, as a

cashier, at one of their gift shops. Achievement:

-help not only patients/customers but also Doctors and medical staff.

American Red Cross: Volunteer in a clerical position at the office.

Achievement:

-help not only with office duties but with my Spanish-English

interpreter services.

For the period 2004-2006 I didn't work as I moved to the USA and had to get

settled down in the Country.

Monsanto 2001-2004

Andean Region Accounting Supervisor. Controller for all Monsanto's

Companies in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. I supervised 6 people

in Colombia and 1 in Venezuela. Deloitte & Touch supported me in Peru and

Ecuador for all accounting and taxes purposes. Also, responsible for

reporting to Headquarters in the USA. Achievements:

-successful coordination and involvement, as the Andean Region, in the

Spin-off of Monsanto from Pharmacia.

-successful customization of SAP for a new legal Entity in Peru,

complying with all Accounting and legal requirements (local and

Headquarters'),

SAP-Controlling Consultant 1998-2001

Freelance consultant in 2001; Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers from

1998 to 2001. Worked for projects in Venezuela, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil,

and Colombia, I trained SAP users; was part of a team to make SAP

proposals; was the Controlling Consultant for several projects.

Achievements:

-satisfy the customers and their particular needs with customized

information systems

-train users so they would be able to deal with the Controlling

Module as soon as they were on their own

-keep the pace with the rest of the team to comply with schedule as

planned

Ocensa 1996-1998

SAP project implementation leader. Responsible for defining and creating

controlling structures and managerial reports. Also I was a member of the

steering committee, which had to make decisions for the project as a whole.

Tariffs and budgets analyst. I controlled expenses and budgets on a monthly

basis and coordinated the budgets preparation.Achievements:

-support my area and other operational areas in order to get useful

and accurate managerial reports.

Bancafe 1994-1996

Compliance Officer. I had to create all the necessary mechanisms,

procedures and policies to avoid the Bank to be used for assets laundry

purposes. Achievement:

-work with 3 American consultants and with other Bank's employees to

make of Bancafe the leader Bank on this issue in Colombia.

Andercol 1989-1991

Information Systems Department Supervisor (1991-1993). I had to create

templates, procedures and methodologies to compiling and developing

information systems and reports.

Costs and Budgets Assistant (1989-1991). I coordinated the preparation and

the monthly analysis of the expenses, revenues and investment

budgets.Achievement:

- develop an application that would let the management team to budget,

expenses and incomes, at the most minimum detail and to run different "what

if" scenarios as a decision making tool.

Other positions 1985-1989

I started working on accounting related positions before graduating from

College. I was an Assistant to the General Accountant for a small Chemical

Company. Also, I worked for Uniban (a banana exporter Company) and for

Intercor (a Coal exporter Company) as an AP analyst. In Uniban I developed

a macro in Lotus123 to be able to record repetitive kind of journals every

month (i.e. insurance)

Before these professional experiences, while still a student, I worked as

an intern for BASF at the Costs and Budgets department and for Intercol at

the AP Department.

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