Financial Accounting
Resume:
CHRISTIAN LOUIE ROMERO, CPA, MBA
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CAREER PROFILE
Finance and Accounting Professional with over 14 years of meaningful experience in handling different functions in Treasury, Credit Management, Contracting and Procurement and Financial Accounting.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Financial Statement Analysis Credit Risk Analysis Cash Forecasting and Management
Cash (Shareholder) Distribution Financial Risk Management Process Improvement Data Mining Compliance Reporting General Accounting Management Accounting Financial Reporting
WORK EXPERIENCE
Company Name: Qatargas Operating Company Limited
Department: Treasury
Position/Title: Senior Treasury Analyst - Credit
From/To: Apr 2019 – June 2020 Oct 2015 – Dec 2017
• Evaluated the financial performance, credit risk and credit -worthiness of rated and non- rated counterparties, such as potential and existing customers and contractors/vendors to safeguard the company from probable financial risk inherent with the executed contracts.
• Collaborated with contract owners in developing Risk Mitigation Plan to minimize the risk related to awarding of contracts to financially disqualified bidders.
• Assessed Local and International Banks which are critical in identifying the banks qualified for short term Investments and issuance of securities and bank guarantees.
• Coordinated and worked with Supply and Marketing Department to come up and execute a contract Vendor's Tender Contracts and Customer's Master/Sale Purchase Agreement/Confirmation Notices.
• Managed and administered securities such as Stand by Letter of Credit, Performance Bank Guarantee, Tax Guarantee and Advance Payment Guarantee which are vital in minimizing the financial risk associated with the contracts executed by the company. CHRISTIAN LOUIE ROMERO, CPA, MBA
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Achievements:
• Automated the Supplier Financial Evaluation process by implementing a paperless evaluation by utilizing the use of SharePoint and Outlook.
• Devised an In house Financial Model that evaluates the Financial performance and contract capacity of existing and potential vendors. Improved the In House Model that evaluates existing and potential LNG customers.
• Received Shukran Award in 2016 for outstanding performance exemplified. Company Name: Qatargas Operating Company Limited
Department: Treasury
Position/Title: Senior Treasury Analyst - Cash Management From/To: Jan 2018 - March 2019
• Conducted cash forecasting by accounting all the revenues and expenses incurred per venture handled.
• Managed the cash movement of each venture to ensure that each bank accounts has enough cash balance to settle all payments.
• Generated interest income for the company by identifying the idle cash per venture being managed which will be proposed for Short term Investment.
• Executed Foreign Exchange deal in a timely manner to address the payments in other currencies.
• Prepared Monthly Forecast and Actual Cash Distribution to Shareholders and provided detailed analysis of the variances between forecasted and actual cash distribution.
• Administered the issuance of Qatargas corporate credit card and ensured that credit card holders agrees to company’s policy regarding the use of corporate credit card. Company Name: Shell Shared Services Asia BV
Department: Credit Management
Position/Title: Credit Specialist
From/To: May 2015 – Sept 2015
• Performed Risk Assessment of existing customers achieved through assessment and analysis of Business Model (i.e. Competitive Positioning, financial performance and inherent macro and sovereign risks to determine appropriate Credit Rating and Credit Limit).
• Monitored and assessed counterparties on an ad hoc basis as requested by the relevant global underwriting team.
• Updated and maintained the relevant Credit & Trading systems through the Credit Assessment life cycle, in particular updated new Credit Ratings and Open Credit Lines and communicated the outcome of assessments to relevant stakeholders, notably the Commercial Credit Managers and the Trading & Supply commercial business. CHRISTIAN LOUIE ROMERO, CPA, MBA
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• Provided interpretation of credit policy and guided the businesses on the principles of sound credit management.
• Coached junior members of the team and supports colleagues across all STn Offices Company Name: Shell Shared Services Asia BV
Department: Credit Management
Position/Title: Senior Credit Analyst
From/To: Dec 2011 – Apr 2015
• Gathered financial and commercial data from potential and existing suppliers and from different third party credit rating agencies such as Dun and Bradstreet, Moody's, and Thompson Reuters.
• Analyzed and evaluated the financial and commercial capability of potential and existing suppliers of Shell Group of Companies to check if they are fit to do business with Shell.
• Conducted teleconference with Shell suppliers to discuss concerns such as ambiguity in their financial information, organizational structure and other recent significant development about their organization.
• Communicated and engaged Shell Businesses (Contract and Procurement) regarding the result of the supplier's assessment.
• Prepared recommendation and assisted Shell counterparts in preparing risk mitigation plan.
• Ensured that all decisions are in compliance with the Shell's Global Credit policy. Achievements:
• Led and Implemented Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Project) in Supplier Financial Risk Assessment Process which led the company to Absorbed additional accounts from different Shell Business Entities without hiring additional staff and resulted to a savings of $37K which is equivalent to 2.4 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employee. Company Name: Shell Shared Services Asia BV
Department: Contracting and Procurement – Data Mining Unit Position/Title: Compliance and Management Reporting Analyst From/To: June 2009 – Dec 2011
• Investigated information analysis requirements and developed models/reports to capture the performance of Shell’s Businesses globally.
• Prepared timely and accurate Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Report, with regard to Shell’s Downstream Requisition to Pay Process and coordinated with Shell businesses the result of their KPI and provided recommendation on how to improve it.
• Designed and developed compliance and management reports as requested by the top management.
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• Provided quality assurance on procurement process and spend data extracted from different ERP system used by Shell’s Businesses globally.
• Developed documentation containing policies and procedures with regard to the preparation of different compliance and management reports.
• Designed and performed data mining to support the preparation of compliance and management reports.
• Responded comprehensively to different stakeholder queries and collaborated with other teams to ensure accurate reporting.
Achievements:
• Played a lead role in successful migration of Shell’s KPI reporting process from South America to Manila, Philippines and Global KPI Reporting from Manila, Philippines to Chennai, India.
• Implemented process improvements that shortened the reporting process through automation of reports, elimination of unnecessary activities and simplifying
/standardizing the report generation process.
Company Name: Bahay Financial Services, Inc.
Department: Accounting and Finance
Position/Title: Accountant
From/To: Jan 2006 – May 2009
• Analyzed Accounts payable and ensured invoices are processed and paid on time.
• Prepared Journal Voucher to ensure accruals, expenses and adjustments are timely and accurately recorded
• Prepared schedules for generation of Trial Balance and Financial Statements.
• Performed Treasury functions such as receipt of payments from the customers related to their housing loans, clearing of book receipts versus bank deposits.
• Prepared monthly Management reports to the Senior Management to provide the statuses of Mortgage Loans, collections and the remaining cost to be recovered.
• Analyzed variances of budget versus the actual cost incurred, and provided management details and recommendation to minimize and possibly eliminate unfavorable variances.
• Coordinated with external auditors by providing requested information necessary for Financial Statements Audit.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
2008 – 2014: Master In Business Administration
University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines
2001 – 2005: Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Adamson University – Manila, Philippines
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