Accounting Financial

JAIME HERNANDEZ CRUZ

***** ** **** ****** ******** WA, 98029 425-***-**** acb760@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

WESTERN G. UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TAX TRAINING

Latin America Tax Summit 2008-2013, Bakers & McKenzie,

Master of Business Administration,

September 2013 Miami, Florida

Management & Strategy

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

B.S. Business Administration (1998)

Accounting concentration

EXPERIENCE

NAES Corporation, Issaquah Washington.

Manager International Subsidiaries & Administration, (09/2003-Present)

Report to CFO

Responsible for managing the corporate business, including the direct supervision of the day to day accounting functions including, financial

statement generation, external audits, tax and corporate legal issues all the international offices’.

Research and identify regulatory and tax compliance requirements for foreign operations including income taxes and VAT and/or GST, local

statutory requirements (including audit and transfer pricing requirements). Establish international legal entities, accounting and financial

systems for new offices and business unit operations.

Identify, hire and collaborate with international external accounting and tax audit services providers such as (Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG &

BDO) and legal services.

Establish processes to comply with in-country accounting, tax and legal requirements, in conjunction with service providers and international

offices staff.

Point of contact for external audits for all international offices.

Develop and maintain accounting, procurements and inventory controls procedures for international offices and business units and provide

training to staff.

Ensure the implementation of internal controls procedures, J -Sox compliance and corporate policy for international offices and business units.

Serve as the corporate office liaison with foreign locations and business units. Coordinate, obtain, and review financial information on an

ongoing basis. Maintain ongoing contact with local accounting/bookkeeping/tax staff, vendors and clients.

Review and analyze monthly financial reports, transactions and apply currency exchange translations and measurements in accordance with

Codification 830-20, SFAS 52, and IAS 21, to ensure appropriate accounting and financial reporting processes and accuracy.

Ensure consistent financial reporting to facilitate consolidation. Identify and maintain appropriate accounting treatment of intercompany an d

inter-unit transactions. Prepare and/or review assigned monthly account reconciliations and reports, and research and resolve reconciling items.

Perform monthly financial analysis for the international business units. Provide direction on financial matters for the international business

units and ensure the financial processes effectiveness.

Supervise the monthly and annual general ledger closing processes and financial statements preparation.

Perform international treasurer and cash management functions; in addition to the development and implementation of an annual international

tax plan in accordance to FIN 48 (for uncertain tax positions), and observations of the in-country tax laws for tax liability reduction

opportunities and optimization purposes. Supervise the resolution of in-country statutory tax audit issues in conjunction with the local tax

support team.

Perform cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize the return on any excess cash balances.

Manage transfer pricing activities and review international offices transfer pricing studies for completion, filing and complian ce purposes.

Control the timely completion of monthly tax calculation s for prepayments, and annual tax returns calculations and local statutory related

filings.

Direct the day to day financial operations of the international offices, including clients’ billing, contracts man agement, payroll, labor contracts

and local corporate legal requirements.

Organize the billing of operations management, incentive fees and other fees monthly, quarterly, annually in accordance with the respe ctive

agreements.

Supervise the accumulation of permitted reimbursements from clients through the accounts payable process and bill these reimbursements to

the clients monthly.

Coordinate and record investments made in funds, securities, overnight funds, and pension plans funds’ investments.

Responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable local laws, rules, and regulations.

Successfully accomplished establishing and administration of all legal entities for my current employer, in addition to the implementation of

the international offices and projects financial systems. My contribution s include successful international tax planning with excellent results on

tax liabilities with a 100% success rate on all international tax audits performed by the local tax authorities.

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Harley Marine Services Inc. Seattle Washington

Corporate Controller (03/2000-09/2003)

Reported to company’s CFO

Responsible for the direct supervision of the accounting and financial operational functions with primary responsibilities including supervision of the

monthly close process, monthly, quarterly and annual billings to clients for services provided, billing reimbursements from c lients, collection of

accounts receivables.

Corporate liaison for a Chevron-Shell subsidiary in the Seattle area.

Managed the month and year end financial closing and provided corporate financial and tax data for domestic subsidiaries’ consolidation

purposes.

Performed account reconciliations and developed journal entries for month end closing and financial analysis for management’s status report.

Prepared documentation supporting the monthly close process and month end balances.

Reviewed monthly accounting close process including analytical review of the monthly operating results to ensure accurate accounting r ecords

are maintained.

Prepared monthly financial statements and related footnotes .

Performed cash projections to effectively manage cash balances and maximize the return on any excess cash balances.

Provided tax, legal and financial information for international ventures as well as legal entities research.

Interfaced with all international clients and vessel owners in relation to oil transportation contract management.

Researched all tax issues and resolved disputes with state and federal government auditors.

Prepared corporate financials and performed analysis for field offices financial goals benchmarking and new potential projects.

Prepared budget variance reports and explained differences and provided proper support documentation for revision purposes.

Interfaced with all departments on special project analysis, and assisted the CFO on the development of accounting, financial and internal

controls procedures.

Prepared monthly reforecast incorporating historical results and future assumptions.

Managed the domestic subsidiaries’ financial processing; trained accounting staff with special focus on improving efficiency, accuracy and

productivity.

Managed the domestic and international credit department and AR billing and collections efforts with high success rate.

Implemented a process to record transactions by department and compare costs incur red to budget and performance analysis of profit centers.

Managed the design and implementation of a paperless purchase order systems and payroll process system that reduced process time by 50%

which increased productivity.

COMPUTER & LANGUAGE SKILLS

Skills:

Credibility, ethical, full disclosure and clean financial history.

Able to handle multiple tasks and main tain control and order.

Good understanding of US GAAP and financial reporting technical skills .

Exceptional work ethics.

Able to work well on teams that include diverse people and skill sets.

Able to analyze, organize, summarize and articulate complex legal and financial information .

Task and goal oriented and capable of functioning in an entrepreneurial and corporate setting .

Exceptional interpersonal skills.

Proficiency: MS Office, QuickBooks, MAS 200, Microsoft Dynamics GP, OPM.

Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish and mid-level Portuguese

ADDITIONAL DATA

Hands on experience in the following countries: Canada, USA, Mexico, Panama, Jamaica, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium,

Netherlands, and Singapore.

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