Mary Izaguirre CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER •CONTROLLER •ACCOUNTING MANAGER•SENIOR LEVEL

LinkedIn • Miami, FL • 305-***-**** • acz9m9@r.postjobfree.com

Full charge of processing all managing level:

FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS • COMPANY PAYROLL • CORPORATE ACCOUNTING•RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Highly accomplished finance and accounting senior level professional with extensive years of progressive leadership growth within global business environment.

• • • KEY SKILLS

A/P & A/R

Budget & Forecast

Cost Control/Allocation

Audit

PNL’s Results Reports

Accruals Reports

Inventory Control

Bank Conciliation

Cash Flow

Payroll Administrator

Financial Statement

Monthly Closing Procedures

General Ledger & Journal Entries

Invoicing/Billing/Collecting

Staff Supervision & Training

Managerial & Human Resource Experience

Wire payment Transactions

Project Management

Freight & Laytime Coordination Mgt

Strategic Financial & Business Planning

Internal Controls/ Database Management

Administrative Management

Information System Implementation

Regulatory Compliance

Customer Service Relations

• • • • • PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Brightness LLC. – Miami, FL 2015-Present

Brightness LLC, leader in high-performance, cost-effective, highly functional and ecological efficiency solutions.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER • CONTROLLER

Recruited for this newly start-up to challenge the all administrative, financial and accounting process across the enterprise, recommend changes to the executive committee, and implement approved changes. Manage the Monthly and quarterly business review process, including company inventory system created from the beginning for the startup of the company.

Handling the tasks of preparing and analyzing budgets and financial reports. Maintaining accounting files, supporting documents, and other confidential papers. Supervising and monitoring day-to-day business transaction entries.

Establishing and monitoring internal controls and ensuring accounting activities are in accordance with legal, government and company policies.

Handling activities of account payable and account receivables, collections, tax reporting, and merchandise accounting.

Processing payroll in a timely manner and verifying over time filled by employees.

Collaborating with business managers and staff and ensuring accurate and timely reporting of financial information.

Coordinating logistics and freight Forwarding Coordination for Export operations, including warehousing and logistics coordination with main partners Revolution Lightning Technologies (RVLT)

Horizon Shipping Ltd [LOT Ocean Transport Inc.] – Miami, FL 1994-2015

Horizon Shipping is the leader in cargo deliveries with a particular focus on west coast South America, the Far East, the US Gulf, and Europe (including the Mediterranean and the Black Sea) – resulting in a clientele that is more prepared, more successful, and better connected.

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER • PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION 2009-2015

Oversaw operations and developed agenda for the Management office that directed the Finance and Accounting transactions. Created and executed Managerial agenda, acted as liaison with executives and business leaders, and attended and prepared end-of-the-months/year corporate results reports [PNL’s] for senior-level meetings. Managed and administered office operations, staff, and budget in addition to overseeing strategic projects that often involved cross-functional resources.

FINANCIAL SERVICES:

JP Morgan Chase • SunTrust Bank • Citibank

Coordinated, Control & lead the accounting department area: plan all daily activities, supervise and direct the proactively daily work of staff accountants, ensure all process are in timely and successfully matter. Training the associated on any new updates.

Defined daily budget provisions, guidelines which helped to optimize company’s cash flows by managing investments and working with capital requirements. Advised higher management for optimal utilization of financial funds.

Directed the financial accounting activities (invoicing, refunds, payroll management, collection of accounts receivable, management, payment to all time of providers, Owners, Charterers, Agents, Brokers, Bunker Suppliers, Insurances, etc.).

Control: Handled and obtained a daily update of all Banks Transactions Reports (debits & Credits); updated Books for all transactions perform in another currencies with the exchange rates applied-purchase by the Banks.

Managed and recorded all the wire transfers effected and advised Clients/Providers with same documentation as needed or required.

Run accounting-accruals reports for the end-of-the-month/year corporate results (PNL’s) and prepared adequate reports for President, CEO and Board of Director meetings.

FINANCE EXECUTIVE MANAGER -AP/AR SPECIALIST 1995-2009

Managed all accounting & Financial activities. Generating PNL reports, Financial Statements (Balance Sheets, Profit & Loss) maintain internal control structure in Excel spreadsheets and in systems, and other Reports including individual vessels Results.

Prepare Annual Budget & forecast- Prepare Payroll. Reconcile balance sheet and income statement.

Prepare accuracy and integrity accounting for currency translations.

Prepared Dividends Reports for Partners and Generated the Corresponding Payments.

Cash management and maintenance of banking relationship. Coordinate and prepare daily Wire transfer and approvals.

Manage the Accounts Payable and Receivable functions. Prepare and review all invoices and process collecting’s.

ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS • SYSTEM KEY USER 2004-2015

Key Accomplishment:

Implemented next-generation technologies and process automations (including Softmar, DA Desk, Banks Software and the new integration of SAP Administrative systems - 2011).

Trained users and served as the primary “Key-Administrative User” for troubleshooter on these new systems.

Demonstrated the ability to fill in at a moment’s notice, quickly mastering new systems, processes and workflows.

Softmar: Operative Shipping Software/ DA Desk: Port Disbursement System/SAP: Administrative Software

FREIGHT & SENIOR LAYTIME EXECUTIVE (Maritime/Navigation Accounting Operations) 1996-2015

Requested, coordinated and merged financial data of Port Agents with all the necessary documentations (SOF &NOR) needed to prepare the corresponding freight & Laytime calculation. Assigned agreement results into each individual vessel PNL’s.

Prepared and administrated all Vessels/Cargoes Laytime Calculations for variety Country destinations for Clients (Charterers) and Owners (Operators).

Analyzed all the Charter Parties-Recaps agreements between the Company & Client in order to apply correct terms and conditions for each individual cargo. Same CP to be recap analyzed for the Freight process and execution of the timely payments requirements as well as the proper Freight Invoicing.

Operated Shipping Laytime Calculators Systems, such as Bimco, Burmester & Vogel Software (BV)

Coordinated directly with Clients & Owners the approvals and agreement of same Laytime calculations & Freights.

EARLY EXPERIENCE:

Receptionist • Administrative Assistant 1994-1996

• • • • • EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND & CREDENTIALS

FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Miami, FL Present

Pursuing Bachelor’s in Accounting

FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY – Miami, FL 2003

Degree Associated of Science in Business Administration [Summa cum Laude] GPA 3.94

•Languages: • IT Literacy:

English

Spanish

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Desk/Softmar

SAP/QuickBooks

Paychex/ADP /MS Money / Bank Systems – Windows ALL

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