Financial controller

AL-AMIR M. ATANACIO, CPA

**** ****** ******, *** ****** Bukid, Sta. Ana, Manila

Mobile No: +639**-******* / +639**-*******

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

To handle challenging jobs that will enhance my analytical and decision making skills with emphasis on the financial aspects of an organization.

To be associated with a well-established organization that opens career opportunities to qualified individuals in order to enhance my knowledge and further develop my interpersonal skills.

SKILLS

Auditing

Financial Reporting

Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio

Knowledgeable in Accounting Softwares/ERP

SAP (System Application and Product on Data Processing)

Lawson Software (S3)

JD Edwards

ODM(On-line Document Management)

Oracle

Peoplesoft 9.2

Knowledgeable on SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley)

WORK EXPERIENCE

November 2018 Sun Life Financial Asia Services Limited – Asia Services Centre Philippines

to Present 12/F Sun Life Centre, 5th Avenue Corner, Rizal Drive, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines 1634

Position: Finance Controller

Job Description:

a.Accountable for the accounting operations of Asia Service Center Philippines, to include production of periodic financial reports, maintenance of adequate system and accounting records, and a comprehensive set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk, enhance accuracy of the company’s reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principle or international financial accounting standards with high degree of integrity.

b.Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements mainly BIR, SEC, LGU, and other government agencies.

c.Responsible for driving key metrics including finance metrics, revenue metrics, and others related to funds availability, maximum resource chargeability, cost efficiencies, etc.

d.Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investments requirements.

e.Develops and implements new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of accounting and asset management department while maintaining high level of accuracy and efficiency.

November 2016 ICAP Philippines Inc.

to December 2017 14F RCBC Savings Bank Corporate Center, 26th and 25th Streets, Bonifacio South, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

Position: Finance Manager cum Compliance Officer

Job Description:

a.Preparation of monthly management reports for senior management and APAC regional office.

b.Preparation of analysis and financial scenarios for senior management.

c.Preparation of statutory reports to meet local and regional requirements.

d.Review of regulatory capital submissions and other applicable regulatory submissions.

e.Preparation of annual budget.

f.Cash and dividend repatriations to holding company.

g.Review month end process and ensure accuracy and timeliness of completion.

h.Review and administer monthly balance sheet reconciliations including commentary on balances.

i.Regular liaison with regional and local counterparts for intercompany accounts.

j.Regular liaison with Regulators, internal and external auditors, legal, regional and local HR, IT, local Front and regional Back Office for daily operations and finance related matters.

k.Responsible for payroll preparation and related matters.

l.Member of core Management team.

m.Ensure our Philippine business’ are conducted in compliance with all relevant regulations.

n.Provide regulatory advice to the business and support areas.

o.Coordinate with regional jurisdictions to ensure consistency.

p.Monitor staff movement and process individual staff licensing.

q.Assess training needs, prepare materials and conduct training.

r.Interact extensively senior management and all support functions.

s.Draft and update compliance policies and procedures and oversee implementation.

t.Conduct investigation into potential breaches of policies by staff.

u.Respond to law enforcement or regulatory requests.

v.Prepare MI for committees and management.

w.Provide other administrative roles as directed by the head of compliance.

x.Ad hoc administrative duties to ensure smooth running of ICAP Philippines Inc.

May 2016 Ingram Micro Philippines BPO LLC

to September 2016 10F Three World Square, #22 Upper McKinley Hills, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City 1634

Position: Finance Controller (Manager, Operations-Accounting)

Job Description:

a.Reports directly to the Business Operations Head.

b.Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the accounting function, including timely and accurate reporting of all consolidated financial reports and statements with supporting schedules in accordance with Local and US GAAP accounting policies.

c.In-charge with directing and controlling all general accounting, account payables, accounts receivables, payroll, and treasury functions.

d.Oversee the company's internal controls framework.

e.Responsible in ensuring that accounting records comply with US and Philippine Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, International Financial Reporting Standards and Tax Requirements.

f.Manage and liaise registration, permit renewal and licenses in compliance with Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), BIR, and PEZA regulations and reporting requirements, including the annual financial statements.

g. Plans, organizes and monitors the financial affairs of the accounting organization, acts as the primary liaison with both internal and external auditors and fosters financial leadership, efficiency, systemization, and discipline throughout the finance, accounting and tax organization.

h.Directly manage multiple staff accountants across accounting.

Mar 2011 Convergys Philippines Inc. (Stream International Global Services Phils, Inc.) /

to May 2016 Convergys Services Philippines Inc. (Stream Global Services – Phils.,

Inc.) / Convergys Global Services Philippines-ROHQ (Stream Global Services Philippines – ROHQ)

8th Floor Security Land Corp. Building, 6797 Ayala Avenue corner Rufino St.,

Makati City, Philippines 1226

Position: Accounting Manager – General Ledger/Statutory and Compliance

Responsibilities:

a.General Ledger Maintenance (PH entities plus Hong Kong and Singapore)

b.Monthly Closing and variance analysis

c.Review of Schedules and Account Reconciliations

d.Management Reporting.

e.Statutory and compliance (PH entities plus Hong Kong and Singapore)

Mar 2010 Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) of the Philippines

to Mar 2011 7th floor, One E-com Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City

Position: Accounting Manager

Job Description:

a.Supervise General Accounting and Financial Reporting for US Government Financial Administration Solution specifically on Government Records Management, Information Technology Solutions and Finance Revenue Solutions.

b.Handles 4 Senior Accountants for General Accounting and 2 Senior Accountants for Financial Reporting.

c.Directs and/or manages the activities of assigned functional areas of accounting in accordance to accounting principles, practices and procedures.

d.Oversees or manages the development, modification, review and implementation of accounting systems, reporting methods and controls, policies and procedures.

e.Formulates and administers approved accounting practices throughout the organization to ensure that financial and operating reports accurately reflect the condition of the business.

f.Performs training for personnel in accounting procedures, theories and reporting requirements. Resolves and reviews issues affecting Company compliance, legal requirements and customer/company objectives.

g.Oversees the preparation, submission and of all division and/or business unit financial reports or fiscal records that are required by upper management.

h.Advises management on issues related to compliance and legal regulations. Directs, provides & assists in the accounting function of a division or business-operating unit and all other duties as assigned.

i.Works on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.

j.Follow the processes and operational policies to select a method and/or technique for obtaining a resolution.

k.Acts as advisor to subordinates to meet schedules and/or resolve technical problems.

l.Develops and administers schedules, performance requirements; may have budget responsibilities.

Jan 2009 Lawson PSSC, Inc.

to Jan 2010 - Wholly owned subsidiary of Lawson Holding, Inc.

Lawson Software, Inc.

- Philippine Regional Operating Headquarters

- Incorporated in Delaware, USA

9th and 10th Flrs., Net Square Center, 28th St. corner 3rd Ave.,

Crescent Park West, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

Position: Accounting Manager

Job Description:

a.Supervise general accounting and financial reporting for Lawson PSSC Inc. and Lawson Software, Inc.

b.Handles the General Ledger team servicing Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand doing general ledger reconciliations, fixed assets functions and bank reconciliations. Supervises 7 direct reports including the Team Lead.

c.Handles the Payroll team servicing Singapore, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Supervises 3 direct reports including the Team Lead.

d.Holds Administrative functions for the Variable Compensation Team servicing all Lawson companies worldwide. Handles 4 direct reports including the Team Lead.

e.Supervise accounts payable functions (2 direct reports) regarding Lawson PSSC and Lawson Software Inc-ROHQ only.

f.Forecast monthly cash requirements for the 2 entities.

g.Approved Philippines vendor payments, payroll uploading, travels funds and reimbursements.

h.Ensures that required reports to BIR (Bureau of Internal Revenue), SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and other government regulatory bodies are timely and accurately submitted.

Feb 2007 Process Synergy, Inc.

to Oct 2008 2nd Flr, San Miguel Properties Centre, 7 St. Francis St, Mandaluyong City

- Wholly subsidiary of SMITS (IT Company of SMC)

- BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) arm of San Miguel Corporation

Position: Finance Head

Job Summary:

Provides pro-active support to operations in areas of financial reporting planning and control and decision-making. Interprets and assess results of operations, formulates control procedures to ensure integrity of reports and safeguards company assets and expenses. Translates business performance into financial terms and prepares sensitiveness for effective decision-making affecting economic profit and growth.

Job Description:

a.Financial Services

GL Maintenance/Record keeping

Ensures that accounting transactions are accurately and timely recorded.

Ensures that all required books of accounts are appropriately maintained.

Profit and Loss Statement

Generates monthly profit and loss statement for the company

Ensures the accuracy and timely submission of the P&L statement

Submits financial reports to SMITS as parent company

Funds Usage/Balance Sheet

Generates monthly funds usage statement and balance sheet.

Monitors and controls funds applicable to operations.

Ensures that the company’s expenses are within the approved budget by

strictly monitoring the company’s expenditures.

Reports any deviation from company policies and funds

Evaluates days level of receivable, recommends measures to maximize

usage of funds.

Costing

Prepares cost analysis of processes being handled by operations-

Finance, HR, Payroll and Customer Care Services.

Assist the Operation in preparing the Service Level Agreement per

process.

Payment Processing

Checks validity of all claims against the company.

Schedules payments to suppliers/vendors according to payment terms.

Ensures that all checks released are properly funded.

Tax and Other Matters

Ensures that required reports to BIR(Bureau of Internal Revenue), SEC

(Securities and Exchange Commission) and other government

regulatory bodies are timely and accurately submitted.

b.Cost and Budget

Provides management with various reports on revenues, cost and expenses.

Analysis profitability on a per process/service basis, per client, per area.

Plans, organizes reviews of results of operations per process of Finance, HR,

Payroll and Customer Care services.

Develops records retention programs (data bank) to ensure availability of data

Assists in the preparation of the budget (operating/capital) of the company

consistent with common goals and objectives, both short and long term.

Provides guidance and assistance to other members of management team in

ensuring conformance of actual results to standards

Monitor and oversees fixed costs per service/function, per process

c.Funds Management

Ensures that all collections are deposited on time.

Supervises assigned treasury functions such as cashering & payment processing.

Manages accounts receivable by ensuring the ff:

Timely recording of sales and application of payments

Monthly printing of statement of account per customer.

Monthly reconciliation of each account

Close Monitoring of AR performance i.e. days level.

Safeguards assets (inventories, fixed assets) through monitoring of

movements like transfers, sales, disposals, etc and ensures that proper

internal control procedures are done.

Monitors Capital Projects in Progress.

d.Internal Control/Audit

Reviews current system in use, recommends development of other systems that

will improve profitability.

Performs financial audit as the need arises. Maintains appropriate relationships

with internal and external auditors, implements recommendations to improve

operations.

Continuous review of existing reports to ensures relevance.

Standardizes reports to facilitate analysis.

Keeps tract of all contracts and Service Level Agreement entered into by the

Company.

June 2005 Shell Shared Services Centre – Manila

to Feb 2007 RCBC Plaza, 6919 Ayala Avenue, Makati City

Position: Fixed Asset and General Ledger Analyst (Europe)

Shell Information Technology International LTD (SITI LTD)

- United Kingdom

Shell Information Technology International BV (SITI BV)

- Netherlands

Job Description:

a.Create Capital Projects as requested in accordance with Shell Group capital asset policy and the Investment Decision Guide, ensuring proper approval has been obtained (as per the Manual of Authorities) and with in the budget set.

b.Settle cost regularly from the P&L to the asset under construction (work in process) account on the Balance Sheet.

c.Create fixed assets as requested/confirmed by Finance Business Support and when projects are completed. Ensure monthly asset depreciation begins by executing the monthly depreciation job.

d.Execute Asset transaction with proper approvals as required due to asset transfer to

another Shell Company or retirement resulting from completion of the asset verification process or abnormal loss/theft.

e.Perform Quarterly Asset Verification per Business lines via reconciliation of the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the actual inventory. Extracts from the asset ledger are sent to the Finance Business Support to coordinate verification. Appropriate asset transactions are processed to align to ISIS (SAP) subsidiary ledger with actual.

f.Complete monthly Capital Expenditure Reporting, which is a comparison of actual expenditures to the budget and reflection of future commitments showing available funds. Report is included in the monthly KPI (Key Performance Indicator) package for Global Controller and Report for SITI (Shell Information Technology International) Management.

g.Consolidated the Capital Expenditure Reports for Europe, United States, Asia Pacific and Middle East for Global IT Reporting.

h.Complete monthly Account analysis or review of all asset transactions (settlements, depreciation, transfer, etc.) ensuring reconciliation of subsidiary ledger for asset accounts. Review with Deputy Controller.

i.Run Year-end Fixed assets and Capital Budget SAP Jobs.

j.Consult and Advise Finance Business Support on Fixed Assets Policy/Asset Maintenance issues.

k.Ensure all expense and revenue accruals are accrued by confirming with SITI Finance Business Support. Post any corporate accruals as required and accrue based on prior month with concurrence of Regional Deputy Controller.

l.Perform Month End Jobs/Run Book Jobs, which includes accrual reversals and recurring entries (such as prepaid amortization). The run book is a log of monthly/quarterly/annual closing requirements and due dates that is updated as each task is completed.

m.Release all parked journal entries processed by SITI Finance Business Support. Post any required correcting entries or other miscellaneous postings such as interest expense/income.

n.Account/Flux Analysis of other Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts during close to review fluctuations, and identify any non-current or unanalyzed items.

o.Other General Ledger and Miscellaneous services includes consulting and advise Finance Business Support on policy and how to handle various transactions, Prepaid set up policy and work with billing department to resolve internal billing out of balances.

p.SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Focal Point for the General Accounting and Reporting Team. Ensures Process Manager SOX requirements are met and ensures the SOX Core Team the required SOX documentations.

April 2002 Ayala Property Management Corporation

to June 2005 5th Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City

Position: Operations Accountant

Job Description:

a.Maintenance of at least 7 full set of account books & records of property managed by Ayala Property Management Corp.

b.Preparation of financial reports with variance analysis.

c.Ensure proper billing and collection of rental fees, common area and utilities charges and management of accounts receivable.

d.Assist and review of operating and capital budgets of managed properties.

e.Ensure expenses incurred are within the approved operating and capital expenditures budgets.

f.Verifies Purchase Requisitions, Job Order and Request for Check Preparation as to propriety of expense, budgetary provision, and documentary and approval requirements.

g.Conduct operations audit.

h.Review maintenance contracts and bidding requirements for approval.

i.Evaluates performance of the billing accountant and administrative assistants under my supervision.

March 2000 SYCIP GORRES VELAYO & Co. (member practice of Ernst & Young)

to March 2002 6760 Ayala Avenue, Makati City

Tel No. 891-0307 local 8694, 8697

Position: Associate Auditor (In-Charge)

Job Description:

Financial/Special Audit and Business Advisory to Client Corporations.

a.Assists the Manager/Supervisor in planning the audit procedures to be performed.

b.Perform on the job evaluation of compliance with established client company policies and procedures.

c.Perform audit fieldwork.

d.Prepare and wrap-up working papers.

e.Documents and evaluates significant manual and computerized systems and procedures, over-all business operation and industry.

f.Performed inventory and fixed assets counts.

g.Drafts financial statements, income tax returns and management letter.

h.Identifies areas of business risk, potential technical problems, and opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability of the client’s overall business operations for constructive suggestions and improvements.

i.Guide staff auditor in performing the audit with efficiency and effectiveness and ensure if it is in accordance with the work plan made.

j.Evaluate the performance of the staff auditors at the end of the engagement.

GOVERNMENT EXAMINATION TAKEN

October 1999 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT’S LICENSURE EXAMINATION

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

1999 to present Member, PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (PICPA)

2017 to 2020 Board of Accountancy (BOA) Accredited CPA in Commerce and Industry

2016 to 2017 Certified Financial Consultant

SEMINARS/TRAININGS ATTENDED

May 2006 “How to be Audited” in SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Training

April 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Documentation of Controls Training

April 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Maintaining Evidence (Project Hand-Off) Training

April 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Self Testing for Non-Testers Training

March 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Documentation Training

February 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Methodology Training

January 2006 SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) Self Testing Training

October 2005 English Proficiency Seminar

July 2005 Job Training at Netherlands, Europe for SITI BV and SITI LTD

May 2003 Service Attitude Seminar

October 2002 JO/Contract Policy & Procedure Orientation

September 2002 Supervisory Development Program

July 2002 Property Management Seminar

November 2001 Accounting Updates

October 2001 Income Taxes

June 2000 Sampling

Materiality

Business Performance Review

August 2000 Business Audit Immersion Phase II and III

March 2000 Business Audit Immersion Training I

EDUCATION

1995-1999DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science and Accountancy, March 1999

Dean’s List: 1st Semester, SY 1995-1996

1991-1995NOTRE DAME OF GREATER MANILA

High School Diploma, March 1995

Second Honor Student, 1992-1995

1987-1991NOTRE DAME OF GREATER MANILA

Elementary Diploma

Second Honor Student, 1988-1991

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