A manda G. Afeiche, CPA
Cell: 310-***-****
Torrance, CA 90505 *************@*****.***
ED UCAT IO N & CERT I F ICAT IO NS
CERT I F I E D PUBL IC ACCOUNTANT Los Angeles, CA
U N I VERSI TY L ET HBR I DGE Lethbridge, AB Canada
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Bachelor of Management, Major Accounting September 2005
W ORK E XPER I E NCE
U N ISPACE ($500 M I L ARCH I T ECTURAL & D ESIGN /CONSTRUCT ION ) April 2012 - Present
D I R ECTOR F I NANCE
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-Responsible for all financial reporting for 9 locations across North America
-Oversees accounting, payroll and accounts payable department
-Responsible for all HR (including employee benefits) and IT policies
-Project Manager for ERP Implementation
-Oversees all internal controls and processes
-Forecasting, Budgeting
-Negotiated Lines of Credit and banking relationships
-Risk Management and Business Insurance
-Implemented Constructions documentation processes
-Oversees all Construction WIP and Revenue Recognition
-Corporate Strategy and Operations
-Liaise between multiple departments in order to execute projects on budget
-Treasury Management
-Contract Negotiation
SI GNAL H I L L P ETROLEU M ( $125 M I L O I L & G AS)
C ONTROL LER Signal Hi l l, CA
-Responsible for all financial reporting (Consolidated and stand alone) May 2011-April 2012
-Oversee accounting, payroll and accounts payable department
-Cash forecasting and budgets
- Maintains books and records for subsidiary and assists with operations
-Assist in Tax return and quarterly filings for over 20 companies
-Project Manager for ERP implementation
-Oversees month end close
-FS review and analysis
-Oversees Sales tax (Multi State) returns-Business insurance renewal
-Filing of 1099s and form 5500
CR LAURENCE CO., INC. ($300 MI L MULT I NAT IONAL MANUFACTUR I NG) Los Angeles. CA
C ORPORATE C ONTROLLER June 2009 – May 2011
-Responsible for all financial reporting (Consolidated and stand alone)
-Oversee accounting, payroll and accounts payable department
-Responsible for providing executives financial and manufacturing reports
-Oversees cost accounting /Standard costing
--Implement and improve current processes using ERP System
-Managing annual financial and statutory cross border audits
-Oversees month end close
-FS review and analysis
-Oversees VAT, Sales tax (Multi State) and GST returns (USA, Canada, Australia, UK and
Germany)
-Business insurance renewal and r isk management
-Filing of 1099s and form 5500
-Bank reporting / debt covenants
-Multi-plant cost accounting
-Cash forecasting and budgeting
P ENNOCTANE /R IO V ISTA L TD . ($150 M I L O I L & G AS P UBL IC C OMPANY ) El Segundo, CA
ASSISTANT C ONTROLLER June 2008 – June 2009
-Project Manager of Oracle Implementation that was completed within budget
-Report directly to CEO /CFO
-Assist in preparing Consolidated Financial Statements
-Supervising and reviewing day to day operations of 3 staff accountants
-Ratio Analysis, forecasting, “what if” analysis, and strategic analysis
-Managing quarter end and year end external audits
-Month End Entries and accruals
-Reconciliation of multiple accounts including intercompany accounts, fixed assets, WIP /CIP
- Assist in ensuring SOX and SEC compliance
-Assist in 10K and 10Q preparation
FL I N T ENERGY SERV ICES LTD. ($25 BI L OI L & GAS PUBL IC MULT I NAT IONAL COMPANY) Sherwood
Park, AB Canada
T AX ANALYST January 2006-February 2008
- Recovered $5.5 Mi l l ion in overpaid sales tax and worked with IT department to automate
remedies
-Reported directly to VP Finance /CFO & Tax Manager
-Compiled income tax returns for over 30 related corporations
-Extensive tax research
-Computing future tax provisions and tax projections
-Preparing “tax package” for external auditors to comply with CSOX
-Compiling Sales tax and Excise tax returns
-Managing Government tax audits, internal audits, and external audits for the tax department
-Heavy account reconciliation, such as Net Income for Tax, fixed assets and sales taxes
Account reconciliation and verification of figures reported on tax returns
-Maintain clear and complete working papers for the review of auditors
-Ensuring Government and CSOX reporting requirements are met for the tax department
SOF TWARE/PLATFOR MS
M S Windows, MS Excel (macros, Pivot tables, Lookup), MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Mas 90,
I DEA, JD Edwards, TaxPrep Pro, Simply Accounting, QuickBooks, Epicor, Enertia
L ANGUAGES
F luent in English and French