Dear Sir,

Good day! I hope this reaches you in perfect timing. I am currently looking for a senior finance or general management opportunity and I am available immediately for employment.

I am a seasoned CPA with 17 years of experience on various industries but mainly in the energy industry for 13 years. I have international (SEA and Australasia) experience as a Financial Controller/Commercial Manager for about 5 years working for CAPE PLC, an international leader in the provision of critical industrial services principally to the energy and natural resources sectors. I went back to the Philippines after and became the CFO/Controller of Ventech Engineers in the Philippines for 5 years. They provide engineering and design services to Oil and Gas and Energy firms globally. My vast experience and network led me to establish my own consultancy firm (Clap Tactical Consultants-formerly Technical Resource Solutions) and it is now running smoothly headed by a competent General Manager I have hired. My company provides services for accounting, taxation, hr and legal projects for international companies. Since it is a start up company, I want the profits of my firm solely dedicated for growing the business without any of my personal expenses as a burden. I am therefore committed to looking for a full time job and I guarantee that my consultancy firm will not hinder with my dedication as my firm is running on its own without or minimal supervision.

I am not your regular finance guy sitting on a desk just doing reports. I have excellent business acumen and entrepreneurial drive and I treat every company I work for as if it was my own, applying due diligence, prudence, and business savviness to help it grow. I am a true business partner to the CEO/General Manager helping him on critical decisions that affect the future of all stakeholders. I can handle all operations from the front line to the back office departments (Finance, HR, Admin, IT, Legal) while the General Manager/CEO concentrates on the most important thing, GROWING THE BUSINESS. I am able to write, close, and implement project contracts and I usually get tasked with talking to clients on contractual/commercial matters. This adds to my ability to handle the front line side of the business too.

I have strong contacts with Department of Energy and, therefore, this gives me an advantage in positioning with local energy projects.

I am strong in doing financing deals with banks, Government bodies and external clients (direct client, auditors, suppliers). I also carry on my arsenal the vast network I have gained through the years.

I am able to design an accounting system (with a partner programmer) from scratch. Therefore, since every system uses the same logic, I am able to use any accounting or reporting software with ease. I have good working knowledge with Sage, Sap, BPCS, Hyperion, Quickbooks and Peachtree.

Kindly see the details of my experience in the attached resume.

Hoping to get feedback from your esteemed company soon.

Yours truly,

John

JOHN RENATO CARTANO

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

License # 103652

Bureau of Accountancy Accredited

Mobile: Philippines: +63-917-***-**-**

E-mail: ac0y0k@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

BIRTHDATE: March 8, 1979

PLACE OF BIRTH: Tarlac, Tarlac

AGE: 38 years old

CIVIL STATUS: Single

CITIZENSHIP: Filipino

Key Competencies: An experienced leader and financial executive with appropriate industry experience, in the Oil and Gas Industry. An energetic, forward-thinking and creative individual with high ethical standards and an appropriate professional image. A strategic visionary with sound technical skills, analytical ability, good judgment and strong operational focus. A well organized and self-directed individual who possesses managerial acumen and is a team player. An intelligent and articulate individual who can relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication skills. A good educator who is trustworthy and willing to share information and serve as a mentor. An excellent negotiator who is experienced in contracts. A decisive individual who possesses a "big picture" perspective.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President/CEO

(Aug 2016 to Present)

CLAP Tactical Consultants (Formerly: Technical Resource Solutions Inc)

Unit 1100 88 Corporate Centre 141 Valero St. Salcedo Village, Makati City

A company that provides consultancy and outsourcing services for accounting, taxation, legal, human resource, and business registration. Founded by the CEO himself and currently has 8 employees.

Setting strategy and direction to the start up company

Modeling and setting the company’s culture, values, and behavior

Building and leading the senior executive team

Allocating capital to the company’s priorities

Controller (Chief Finance Officer)

(May 2011 to June 2016)

Ventech Engineers – Philippines

Website: www.ventech-eng.com

23rd flr, Insular Life Building, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

A company providing engineering services to leading international mining, oil and gas firms. The Controller held the 2nd highest position in the company and is directly reporting to the General Manager (British). He acts as a business partner to the General Manager and acts as a balancing board in critical decision making. He makes sure the financial records are in order and recommends solutions on any compliance issues.

A: HR and Administration Role:

Provides leadership to all Human Resource and Administration Department activities.

Provides, contributes and supports the comprehensive HR/Admin programs.

Develops human resource strategies for talent development, business admin support, process improvement and work goals.

Responsible for talent acquisition, staffing, employee/labor relations, human resource department operations and employee benefits. This includes employment, employee relations, training and development, salary/compensation, benefits, Human Resources procedures and practices.

Special Qualifications:

Demonstrates proficiency with applicable laws/regulations and management theories, including policy/procedure development; strong organizational skills in the areas of operations, budget and project administration; effective interface with diverse groups; effective supervisory skills.

B: Finance Role:

Provides leadership of ALL aspects of the company's financial and accounting functions. This includes budgeting, financial reporting and analysis, fund requests, cash management, expense management, accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.

Special Qualifications:

A strategic decision maker by taking an active role in financial analysis and management.

Has a high business awareness in understanding and dealing with risks and opportunities.

Has a continuous improvement mindset and is not afraid of challenging norms.

Practices conservatism and prudence and is concerned about the downside and risks of business decisions.

High attention to detail and mastery of facts about the company's financial position.

Hands-on facility with creating and analyzing financial reports.

Ability to explain complex financial issues clearly and concisely in plain language.

Posses the personal integrity to pass both formative and motivational feedback both up and down the organization.

Diligent, dutiful, willing to work hard and works for long hours when required.

Able to function in a high pressure and stressful environment.

Major Achievements in only 4 years and 8 months time:

Successful registration of the company to PEZA in 2012. Year to date starting 2012 already had estimated savings of USD 1M because of the registration.

Successful proposal of a new business setup that will start here in the Philippines and will give the company a additional excess bottomline profit of USD 2 Million / year due to tax savings and cost reduction. The business proposal has been implemented in Feb 2014.

Successful collection of aged debtors dating way back 2009. Total estimated collection is USD 380K.

Discovery of potential tax refunds from BIR that has been accumulating since 2007. A Vat refund application was sent and is currently in process. Potential success rate of BIR refunding the taxes to the company is 80% or USD 1.12Million.

Successful creation and implementation of a client billing rate estimator. This ensures the accuracy of the cost being charged to the clients and ensures a maintaining profit percentage depending on the client contract. When the system was used, the initial project earned a gross profit margin of 65% on cost or about USD 600K.

Successful cleaning of balance sheet accounts and income statement accounts. Correcting errors way back 2007.

Successful alignment of company goals, mission, vision and core values.

Successful research and creation, and implementation of an official employee manual. There was no employee manual since 2007.

Successful budgeting and implementation of employee training programs for 2011 and 2012. There was no training scheme since 2007.

Successful revision of employee regular and project contracts to minimize company exposure on potential lawsuits.

Successful implementation of GL reconciliations, summarized budgets and specialized client reports for use of Management in decision making.

Successful implementation and maximization of employee tax benefits (de minimis, allowances, etc) that promoted high employee morale through higher take home pays and without any cost impact for Ventech.

Successful implementation of industry standard Employee Level matrix and Salary Mapping to be used by HR mainly for KPI monitoring, performance appraisals, and salary negotiations with new hires.

Freelance Business Consultant

(2009 to Present- Continuous while working)

Renders accounting/management advisory services/systems design and process streamlining services to external clients.

Client industries: BPO firms, IT firms, Construction firms, Engineering firms, Doctors of Medicine, Data outsourcing company for the British Embassy, Freight Forwarding, Hospitals, Pre-schools & Mini-grocery stores.

Country Financial Controller for New Caledonia/Commercial Manager for New Caledonia/Senior Finance for South East Asia (Foreign Assignment)

(June 16, 2004 to May 13, 2009)

CAPE – Philippines and South East Asia

NOL Tower, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

A company that provides industrial services to leading mining, oil, gas, pharmaceutical and power generation companies and international contractors in Europe, the CIS, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the Far East. The position required traveling to different client on-site projects in Southeast Asia and Australasia to representing the company to both the clients and internal customers. He was exposed to coordinating with different races and has handled as much as 200 people under him.

Oversees finance and administration for different international projects mostly in South East Asia. Major projects are Inco/Goro Nickel-New Caledonia, Bayu Undan-East Timor, Balder-Heerema, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Assigned as the Country Financial Controller and Commercial Manager for the 36 Million dollar project at Inco/Goro Nickel New Caledonia handling the accounting, administration, and commercial departments for 2 years to date.

Brief description of responsibilities:

Responsible for solving commercial issues with the client.

Is responsible for weekly/monthly/semi-annual/annual performance, budgets and forecast reports passed to UK head office

Responsible for monthly financial statements.

Responsible for billing and collection with clients.

Responsible for weekly cash flow analysis.

Responsible for on time payments to suppliers.

Responsible for weekly stock/inventory analysis.

Responsible for checking and authorizing Filipino and Expatriate payroll.

Responsible for monthly General Ledger accounts reconciliation, accruals and journal adjustments.

Liaises with government agencies and external auditors in-country for compliance purposes.

Assigned to adhoc projects as given by the Regional Financial Controller (Far East).

Handles 7 office staffs and 165 direct staffs (labour).

Major Achievements:

Successful client approval of new billing rates starting Dec 2008 giving the New Caledonia project an increase in net revenues of 25% to 30% monthly.

Successful planning, design and implementation of accounting, admin and payroll system in Goro Nickel, New Caledonia.

Successful planning, design and implementation of payroll system for Cape Philippines. Processing time was cut-off from 5 days to 1 day only.

Streamlined the processing of our monthly “Cost Value Report”. It is now used all over Cape offices in the Far East.

Streamlined the mobilization/demobilization report process of Bayu Undan project at East Timor for more efficient monitoring and billing to the client.

Streamlined the contract billing process for faster billing to Cape Philippine clients. Processing time was cut-off from 1 day to 1hour and 30 minutes.

Designed a highly efficient excel program for Cape’s monthly general ledger reconciliations to ensure accuracy of accounts and ease of reporting and documentation for our yearly external auditors.

Chief Accountant/Controller

(June 2003 to June 2004)

Kylemed Pharmaceuticals Inc.

54 Annapolis st, Cubao

Quezon City

Lead Head office and Branch accounting departments and oversee all accounting operations for the company.

Provide top management with up to date financial reports, budgets, forecasts, and analyses.

Plans and coordinates accounting workflow throughout the company.

Recommendation and implementation of new policies and procedures in both accounting and operations.

Major Achievements

Designed and implemented a new Kylemed Accounting/Information System from scratch. Includes customized warehouse accounting controls and inter-warehouse online inventory communications.

Sales Statistics and Stock Control Analyst

(May 2001 to June 2003)

Sales Resource Office

Unilever Philippines, Inc.

1351 United Nations Avenue, Manila

Close monitoring of Manila Warehouse, Damaged Warehouse, and Mandaluyong Warehouse stock movements to ensure accuracy of inventory balances and to minimize variances.

Audit of the said warehouses inventory and sales transactions and recommend/ advice policies and procedures to promote proper documentation and flow of transactions.

Advises warehouse counterparts on the importance of on-line real time recording of transactions to achieve the targets set particularly on inventory.

Monthly stock reconciliation.

Inventory transaction entry, Credit and Debit Note processing for customers.

Daily sales versus inventory reconciliation.

Weekly monitoring of Mercury terms and order type 7.

Weekly sequence number monitoring of Invoice, Credit Note, and Debit Note.

Processing of Display Allowance credit notes to customers.

Weekly reconciliation of Display Allowance credited to customers.

Processing of Report of Packed Stocks Received (RPSR), Request for Credit Note (RFCN), Returned Merchandise Receipts (RMR) and transmittal of documents.

Daily cycle count variance analysis.

Weekly stocks in-transit analysis

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

SCHOOL ATTENDED YEAR ATTENDED

University of Santo Tomas - Graduate School - Masters in Business Administration – 12 units completed so far.

University of Santo Tomas - B.S. Accountancy (1996 – 2000)

Nazareth School High School (1992 – 1996)

Nazareth School Elementary (1986 – 1992)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/ ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATED

Part-time accountancy/business/inspirational speaker in universities

Consistent Race Kart Champion SODI World Series (2010-Present)

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (2001)

JUNIOR PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS (JPIA) - UST Chapter

”Ten Most Outstanding JPIAN’s” Awardee

Co-Chairman - Education and Research Committee

(June 1999 - 2000)

JPIA Band Leader Drummer (June 1998 - 2000)

Cheering Drummer (Intercollegiate Championship 2000; Interorganization

Championship 1999; 2000)

JPIA National Federation - NCR Chapter (1998 - 2000)

Precom Society (1996 - 1998)

Boxing and tennis (2011-Present)

Cape East Badminton Tournament-Overall Champion (2007)

Cape East Team Building-2nd Placer’s (2007)

Cape East Bowling Tournament-3rd Placer’s (2007)

Close-up Basketball, Volleyball and Billiards Team -Member (2002)

OTHER SKILLS

Commercial savvy and excellent in creation, review, implementation of client contracts.

Knows how to design an accounting, inventory, HR system from scratch. This is with an assistance of a programmer.

Designed and Implemented New Kylemed Accounting/Information System. Includes customized warehouse accounting controls.

SAGE, SAP, BPCS, MYOB and Peachtree accounting system background.

Advance knowledge in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Knowledgeable in PowerPoint, Internet, software and hardware installation.

Knows how to drive.

SEMINARS ATTENDED

Routine attendance in various seminars for continuous professional education credits and updates for legal and tax purposes.

Others:

JUNIOR PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS - National Federation

La Salle Taft Accountancy Week Seminar (July 1999)

PUP Sta. Mesa Accountancy Week Seminar (July 1998)

Current Trends and Techniques in Auditing (Aug. 2000)

Cross Roads - Career Orientation (February 2000)

CHARACTER REFERENCE – Available Upon Request

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