Sales Accounting
Resume:
Richard Santiago, CPA
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Senior Accountant Professional
Talented accounting professional, innovator and hard worker with a solid track record for successfully applying professional accounting principles, concepts and methodology in the organization of accounting, records and software systems. Offering more than sixteen years of accounting and financial management experience. Recognized for innovations, and improving processes resulting in maximizing profits and cost reductions. Fully bilingual English/ Spanish with strong leadership and partners extremely well with all level managers. Academic preparation includes Certified Public Accountant, BBA in Accounting and MBA. Available for travel. Areas of Experience
Full Accounting Cycle
Management
Financial Analysis &
Management Reporting
Strategic Financial & Business
Planning
Information Systems
Implementation
Managerial & Human Resource
Experience
Audit & Internal Control
Staff Supervision & Training
Corporate Accounting
Project Management
Budgeting & Forecasting
Asset Acquisition
Business Process
Improvements/Reengineering
Cash Management
Debt Restructure
Software Experience
Sage ERP 300, (Formerly Accpac
International)
Sage 100 (Formerly Peachtree)
Microsoft Office, Excel, Word,
Power Point, Outlook,
TValue – Long Term Debt Amortization
MP2 – Heavy Equipment Preventive
Maintenance Software
Command Alkon-JWS Point of Sale
Software
Cristal Reports- Report Generator
Basic Reporting
Professional Experience
EMPRESAS ORTIZ BRUNET, Inc, Guaynabo, PR 1993 – Present 2015 Manufacture of Aggregates Products / Mining Products Progressed through increasingly responsible positions from Staff Accountant to Senior Accountant.
Senior Accountant 2000 – 2015
Lead accounting and related information system functions to ensure the proper recording of all journal entries including allocation entries, accruals, revenue recognition, prepaid amortizations and intercompany entries in a timely manner. Richard Santiago, CPA
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Supervise the accounting department, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Point of sales personnel and sales process.
Lead the technological, software and hardware implementations functions for the entire company.
Successfully implemented accounting and point of sale software that resulting in process and selling cost savings.
Review, authorize and post transactions transferred from subsidiaries and post them to general ledger.
Reconcile GL Accounts, prepared schedules, reports and journal entries.
Implemented sales and cost reports for management in timely manner.
Sales statistics and Sales Target reports
Production Down Time and efficiency reports.
Generate payroll and sales taxes EFTPS payments.
Generate annual payroll tax returns and 1099 forms.
Assist, train and supervise daily operation.
Participate in industry meetings to identify industry treads. Credit and Collection Accountant 1996 – 1999
Responsible for all decisions regarding sales and collections of credit transactions. Created a credit risk management environment establishing credit guidelines and policies that resulted in reduction of bad debts rates. Structure the collection process implementing biweekly collection meetings with sales department integrating them to the collection process and establishing standard collection letters.
Manage accounts receivable and all related functions, renegotiated accounts receivable balances that resulted in improving client retention rates.
Implement guidelines and approval process for special pricing and contracts requirements.
Improving the credit application process by outsourcing the credit reporting process to a third party.
Interface and assist sales department with customer’s statistics and analytical reports.
Run end of month reports reconciling accounts receivable to general ledger and establishing allowance for bad debts.
Analyzing customer’s claims or discrepancies with invoices and payments.
Evaluate and improved existing information technology within the credit functions.
Prepare collections statistics reports for management. Accounts Payable Clerk 1993 - 1996
In charge of the internal control of the purchasing process. Organize the transaction flow for the purchases and leading all functions related to the payment process.
Implement a receiving control process for all purchases.
Restructured the purchase order approval process. Gained greater control of the monthly accounts payable process; recommended plant managers be accountable for policies and deadlines.
Reconcile receiving reports, purchase orders with customer’s invoices and verify footing and cross footing and unit cost for each invoice.
Register invoice to the proper General Ledger expense and cost center. Richard Santiago, CPA
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Implement monthly cash disbursement requirement budgets that resulted in improving vendor pricing offers and business relations.
Reconcile monthly supplier’s statements.
Prepare vendors annual informative tax returns
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration 2010 Sacred Heart University, San Juan PR GPA: 3.68
Certified Public Accountant CPA 2000 San Juan, PR
BBA – Accounting 1994 Interamerican University of PR Major: Accounting; Minor: Statistics
Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.66
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
Rexville Youth Basketball League – PR – Treasurer 2009 -2011
Bayamón Basket City Female League –PR - Treasurer 2009-2010 MEMBERSHIPS
Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants – Admitted in 2000
Member of the Bayamón Certified Public Accountants Chapter
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