Professional Summary

Financial professional with high analytic capacity and skill in the supervision and coordination of working teams. Focus on achieving operational efficiency and increasing financial results. Employs root causes analysis to identify issues and develop process improvements that lead to cost saving. Adept at business planning and preparation and analysis of financial statements, indicators of management and analysis of costs.

Skills

SOX

GAAP - IFRS

Audit

Financial Analyst

Bilingual Accountant

Cash Management

Financial Reporting

Financial Statements

Budgeting – Forecasting

Cost Process

General Ledger

General Accounting

Corporate Tax

Software

ERP – SAP

MS Excel – pivot table, V-look ups

Hyperion

Power point

Education

Lakeland College, Madison - Wisconsin

Master of Business Administration Program – Project Management (In progress)

Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela

Degree in Economics and Bachelor’s Degree, Certified Public Accountant (In Venezuela)

Professional Experience

07/’14 – present

Pursuit of Master’s Degree

STATOIL INTERNATIONAL VENEZUELA AS

Oil and gas exploration and production activities, affiliate of Statoil Norway

Accounting and Tax Manager, 06/’10 – 07/’14

Senior Accountant, 02/’06 – 05/’10

Managed accounting and administrative activities for four affiliates in Venezuela.

Coordinated and supervised the month end closing process.

Coordinated the quarterly and annual external audit process.

Prepared, reviewed and approval journal entries and maintain the accounting document supports.

Identified financial status by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.

Prepared financial reports including depreciation forecasts, annual budgets, costing analysis, AP, cost accounting.

Utilized advanced Microsoft Excel functions including V-lookups, macros, and pivot tables to prepare financial data exported from Hyperion and SAP and used information to prepare dashboards/presentations.

Prepared monthly and quarterly financial reports in International Accounting Standards Principles (IAS), and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Controlled the cash flow and operational expenses for a Joint Venture (Petrocedeño), and successfully negotiating to distribute dividends in the Joint Venture Mixed Company, amount of USD 90 million.

Improved financial status by analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommending actions.

Developed a strong relationship with functional units, operations, procurements, human resources to assist the decision making process.

Controlled operational expenditures for a Joint Venture with Total Oil Venezuela (Plataforma Deltana), amount of USD 300 million

Coordinated and implemented the corporate internal control design (SOX) for Venezuelan entities and International Business in four countries; in the areas of Accounting, Control, Procurement, Information Technology and Human Resources.

Coordinated the cost allocation process for different projects.

Led a joint audit project to review accounting and finance processes of a Joint Venture in Venezuela.

FREELANCE CONSULTANT

Accountant and Financial Advisor, 05/’03 – 01/’06

Reorganized the administrative, accounting and inventory procedures.

Designed financial and cost reports according to manager’s requirements.

Provided professional advice on design and establish administrative and financial controls for 18 franchise stores.

Designed and implemented a new organizational structure.

PDVSA PETRÓLEO, S.A.

Venezuela National Oil Company

Management and Budget Control Supervisor, 11/’01 – 04/’03

Financial / Budget Management Analyst, 09/’93 – 10/’01

Coordinated and planned expense budget and investments of El Palito Refinery following the operational and financial principles, amount of USD 160 million.

Performed process analysis and worked with different department managers to develop financial and operational key performance indicators.

Coordinated year-end accounting closing of costs and shipment of the financial and operational data to the parent company.

Implemented automation and process improvements.

Prepared and analyzed corporate income tax returns, included deductible and nondeductible costs and expenses in accordance with tax law and the related impacts.

Consolidated and reconciled company financial monthly and annual statements package.

Analyzed operational and financial Key Performance Indicators.

Coordinated with external auditors’ SEC reports.

Implemented management control system reported by business units.

Analyzed monthly company budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.

Examined budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures.

Reviewed operating budgets to analyze trends affecting and deviation analysis.

Implemented and prepared the “Balanced Score Card” for the finance department.

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