PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
**.**.** - Currently : Sucafina SA - Geneva
Accounting Manager
Book bank transactions - perform bank
reconciliations
(9 banks - approx 30 accounts)
Book brokers transactions - perform
reconciliation at month end
Prepare admin invoices pmt at month end - take
care of petty cash
Perform closing of two entities once every two
months following the market.
Control that team in Geneva and in Vietnam has
performed task correctly and in due time. Control
and insure accurate booking of all transactions.
Perform Balance Sheet and P&l Recs and comment
movements.
Write and implement control procedures.
Prepare and implement IFRS/USGAAP Compliant
accounting with new accounting system - Sunsystem
- write SOX procedures - implement SOX
controlling.
Operational Excellence Six Sigma Green Belt
Certification
28.06.06 - 07.03.08 : LEXMARK International SA - Geneva
EMEA Shared Service Center GL Controller
Management of all closing activities for a
group of entities (France - Italy - Norway),
preparation / review of all accounting entries
with appropriate supporting documentation, follow-
up of internal control governance and practices
(Corporate Accounting Instructions / Corporate
Financial Policies / SOX), preparation of Balance
Sheet Reconcilation, preparation of Quarterly
Package and other reports, Support for PwC
external Audits and Internal Audits, provide
inputs for the monthly VAT, key contact for AP /
AR, country order management team and finance
operations in the above countries.
Project Management Professional (Part 1 to 5)
Certification
Operational Excellence Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Certification
24.10.03 - 27.06.06 : POLO RALPH LAUREN SA (sox compliant) -
Geneve
Senior Accountant Sales Audit Department
Supervising a small team to achieve accurate and
timely reporting within agreed time scales for
the cash collection and reconciliation processes
relating to 34 stores across the entire European
landscape, utilising the electronic tools
provided to monitor bank and till activity across
the retail stores, analysing variances from till
to bank reconciliations, highlighting to
Management any variances of discrepancies noted,
assisting with the monthly reconciliation of Bank
Accounts, validating and verifying cash and
credit card transactions, reconciling credit card
transactions to processor statements, providing
feedback to Management on queries raised,
managing the monthly reconciliation of Wardrobe,
Personal and producing loan accounts though the
till transaction system.
Inventory and Cost accountant
Providing Daily stock reconciliations, tracking
inventory movements across the European Wholesale
operation, utilising all data sources to ensure
accurate records enable stock to be managed
effectively, obtaining explanations and
authorisation for any discrepancies, monitoring
stock movements to ensure stock is managed on a
first in first out (FIFO) basis in ling with
Company requirements, monitoring of stock ageing
and providing reports, providing regular reports
on variances in stock/margins against forecast,
supporting the organisation of cyclical stock
counts ensuring adherence to both audit and
fiscal requirements, assisting in the review
reconciliation of GIT, INR and RNI reports,
assisting the inventory and cost anaylist with
new season standard costing.
01.05.02 - 31.05.03 : Ultoco Services SA - short term contract
maternity leave replacement
Accountant AP/AR bookings
15.06.98 - 30.09.01 : United Aluminium Company SA - Trans-World
Metals SA- Geneva - closed
General Ledger Accountant
Making international and domestic payments,
administration of the branch's bank account,
administration of branch payroll and liaised
social declarations, preparation of the treasury
reports, maintenance of the branch's accounting
on a daily basis, preparation of monthly
management accounts, preparation of the annual
accounts up to the level of the trial balance,
liaison with the group auditors, many
administrative tasks including correspondence
with the authorities, suppliers and customers.
01.03.96 - 29.05.98 : Langenegger SA - Gen ve - Closed in 98
Accountant - GL accounting up to P&L and YE
Balance Sheet
AP / AR booking and Rec with GL Balances -
Bank recs
- salaries - inventory accounting etc.
1995 -1996 : Year off to raise my second daughter
1987 - 1995 : Various temporary missions as
administrative assistant
ACCOUNTING KNOWLEDGE : Swiss Gaap - IFRS - SOX - US GAAP
LANGAGES : Fran ais : Mother tongue
Anglais : 2 me Mother tongue
Allemand : spoken
Italien : spoken
IT KNOWLEDGE : Windows XP - Outlook - Excel - Word - Powerpoint
- Money - AS400
Sunsystem - Sage - Infinium - JD Edwards - SAP
FI-CO-A
CSM - Island Pacific (logistic softwares)
Reconnet (Bank Reconciliation software)
SCOLARSHIP AND DIPLOMAS
1979 - 1982 : Lyc e St Joseph - Thonon
Bac Litt raire - mention bien
1982 - 1983 : Ecole Kybourg - Gen ve
Dipl me de Secr taire de Direction
Certificat de la Chambre de Commerce Fran aise
(mention bien)
Certificate from the British Swiss Chamber of
Commerce (With Credits)
1984 - 1985 : Universit de Gen ve - Gen ve
1 re ann e de Sciences Politiques
1985 - 1986 : Ecole P gue - Gen ve
Dipl me de Programmeur - CFC Comptabilit
Dipl me de Gestionnaire d'entreprises
(comptabilit et informatique)
Cambridge Proficiency
2008 Project Management Professional - Six Sigma
Yellow Belt
2009 Six Sigma Green Belt