Accounting Manager

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Name: CARLOS PEREIRA

Address: ** ********, **********, *** ***

Telephone: 077**-******

Email: ***************@*****.***

PROFILE

I am a highly skilled and well-trained professional, with extensive experience of working within accounting and administrative positions. I have strong problem solving abilities and a reputation for consistently exceeding company targets and service expectations. With over 15 years experience of providing an excellent standard of work, I have developed exemplary interpersonal skills and have a proven track record of thriving in highly pressurised and challenging environments. I am very committed to my work, maintaining good working relationships, often in multicultural environments and consistently meeting agreed deadlines as a result of my hardworking nature. I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, the latter being my mother tongue. I am Part Qualified CIMA.

As someone who is recognised for their professionalism and for their innovative and proactive approach, I am now seeking a challenging position, where my strong transferable skill set will add value from the outset, whilst I continue to learn and progress in this field.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERTISE

• A strategic planner with analytical and problem solving skills, resulting in excellent service delivery

• Exceptional communication capabilities, at all levels

• Good knowledge of accounting procedures

• Experienced in using programs for management of real estate investment funds such as FUNDMANAGER

• Reliable and trustworthy with a high attention to detail

• Comprehensive working knowledge of a range of IT suites including Microsoft Office and accounting programs including SAP, CENTRALGEST and NAVISION

• Quick to develop strong working relationships and to engage with multifunctional teams EXPERIENCE

Mar 2019 – Sept 2020 Finance Manager (Capex)- Digital & Tech Capital Projects GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), London Key Responsibilities:

• Strong understanding of fixed asset accounting principles

• Strong ability to work and partner with project managers/directors and finance stakeholders

• Proactive approach and committed to continuous improvement

• Logical structured approach allowing clear presentation of information to management

• Familiarity with SAP and BISON

• Liase with tech project managers (PMs) to correctly setup all software capex codes

• Manage the work associated with administration of capital codes (e.g. setup, close, triggering depreciation etc)

• On a monthly basis, ensure all tech capital codes correctly flow in to reporting tools

• Ensure proper preparation of monthly global tech capex management reports/listings including variances

• Chase if missing invoices / accrual are required and post (or ensure PM accrue and post) as necessary

• Share reports with Tech FP, Tech PMO, and PMs and finance monthly

• Take on any other capital project tasks (and associated Opex)

• Support in the periodic impairment and physical verification reviews on tech capital

• Prepare and be responsible for monthly reporting deliverables

• help define, improvement and document ways of working Apr 2018 – Jan 2019 Fixed Asset Accountant Chep, UK Key Responsibilities:

• Perform the end to end reporting processing including month end close

• Prepare the statutory year end reports globally

• Support the implementation of group policies globally

• Continuous improvement of accounting processes and procedures

• Monthly review of AUC ageing and closing of old items

• Monthly reporting and reconciliation of Asset ledger

• Reporting and reconciliation of Asset ledger

• Maintenance of management and statutory Fixed Asset Register

• Running of monthly depreciation, write off assets

• Creation of journals

• Valuation of disposals and impairments

• Follow up and tracking KPI’s on asset utilisation

• Compliance with local legal requirements

• Provide support to Accounting Manager

Oct 2016 – Mar 2018 R2R-CoE-FA/MdM/IPT-Finance Analyst (Various Market’s) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), London Key Responsibilities:

• Record to Report-Center of Expertise-Fixed Asset’s/Master Data Maintenance/Intercompany Profit Tracking

• Maintain the accuracy of the Fixed Asset Register of Various Market’s

• Post journals on a monthly basis

• Managing and Preparing SOX control’s for various EMEA market’s

• Working closely with the EMEA Director of Accounting & Transformation to assist in establishing standardization across the Organisation

• Migration of EMEA various market’s

• Drive improvements in group processes & controls

• Business partnering exposure across EMEA

• Capital and Expense Project Approval, Budgeting and Forecasting

• Monitor accruals and prepayments for management accounts

• Month-end closing, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets

• Fixed Assets Accounting (including all the CAPEX and P&L Write offs ) of Various Market’s

• Fixed Assets Transfers / Disposals/Depreciation (Capitalization) of Various Market’s

• Assist with preparation of quarterly and annual Fixed assets roll forward (Quarterlies ) of Various Market’s

• Assist with monthly balance sheet reconciliations of fixed assets accounts and with monthly BS Analytics of Various Market’s

• Conduct periodic impairment reviews for intangible assets

• Monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the recordation of fixed assets and Master Data

• Recommend to management any updates to accounting policies related to fixed assets and Master Data

• Record fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions in the accounting system

• Reconcile the balance in the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the summary-level account in the general ledger

• Calculate depreciation for all fixed assets

• Review and update the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation

• Conduct periodic physical inventory counts of fixed assets Sept 2015 – Sept 2016 R2R – Finance Analyst (Iberia Market) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), London Key Responsibilities:

• Posting of financial transactions including Journals entries

• Balance sheet analysis

• Journals and ad hoc reporting

• Preparing monthly BSR (balance sheet reconciliations)

• Monitor ageing and clear open items

• Support period end financial closing activities

• Maintain and reconcile fixed assets

• Creation, disposal and depreciation of fixed assets

• Prepare outside Auditor schedules to support annual audit

• Experience and working knowledge of SAP(particularly general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable modules)

• Good knowledge of Excel

• Prepare monthly/quarterly/yearly reconciliation between Local GAAP and Spanish/Portuguese GAAP

• Identify opportunities to standardise, automate and improve process and controls

• Key point of contact of internal Customers

• Monthly inter-company customer/vendor/GL statement reconciliations

• Local GAAP reconciliation to be in line with IFRS Dec 2014 – Jun 2015 R2R & O2C Finance Shared Services Administrator ASTELLAS Pharma Europe, LTD Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as finance shared services administrator for Astellas pharma Europe Ltd, working in Portugal, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland

• Producing internal invoices and billing documents

• Balance sheet analysis

• Journals and ad hoc reporting

• Deal with general finance duties/queries

• Timely, accurate completion of the monthly financial close

• Controlling and approving payment of invoices

• Creating and posting invoices and credit notes intercompany

• Importing journals and statements into SAP

• Preparation of all month end journals, including depreciation, prepayments, provisions and accruals

• Process accruals

• Preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliation including cash reconciliation

• Meet service level agreements (SLAs) and performance targets

• Produce routine reports, schedules, and summaries for Share Services

• Posting and reversing journals and clearing GL’s

• Downloading statements from the bank website

• Clearing customer, vendor and GL accounts

• Analysing and importing sales data to SAP

• Creating and processing direct debits

• Performing general administrative duties when required Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 Accounts Receivable Executive - O2C / Credit Control GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), London Key Responsibilities:

• Held responsibility for shared services, order release, application of payments, cash allocation and credit control reporting for administration, working in Portugal and Poland

• Reconciled customer accounts to ensure clean age debt reports

• Process payment information to clear open receivables

• Maintained contact with external auditors

• Credit Control reporting to the administration

• Meet service level agreements (SLAs) and performance targets

• Ensured adherence with all company policies and procedures

• Performed daily reconciliation of bank accounts

• Create bad debt provisions

• Undertook general administrative duties, such as communicating internally and externally via e-mail and telephone and creating and processing direct debits

Apr 2011 – Mar 2012 Accountant Calzedonia Portugal, Lda Key Responsibilities:

• Used a document accounting program in SAP

• Analysed and controlled costs using cost centre

Sep 2010 – Mar 2011 Accountant Progelcone, Comércio E Indústria, SA Key Responsibilities:

• Used document accounting program in NAVISION

• Performed bank reconciliation and payroll processing Mar 2010 – Sep 2010 Accountant Siva Serviços, Sa – Group Sgc Key Responsibilities:

• Used a document accounting program in SAP

• Held responsibility for preparing and the analysing of Hyperion Intercompany Mar 2000 – Jan 2010 Real State Fund Accountant Multiger, SA Key Responsibilities:

Feb 1997 – Feb 2000 Clerk Brisa-Via Verde, SA

QUALIFICATIONS

Sep 2009 – Jun 2013 Finalist Bachelor Degree in Management ISG - Instituto Superior de Gestão, Lisbon/Portugal

2015 Part Qualified – CIMA BPP Business School

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting completed

CIMA Professional Operational Level in study

Hold a full driving licence

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST

• Managed and monitored account balances of suppliers and customers

• Reports Required to Central Bank

• Processing, delivery and settlement of Vat; Social Security and others

• Bank reconciliations

• Preparation and elaboration of Reports Half Year and Annual

• Reporting monthly Treasury

• Monitoring of internal audits and external

• Managing implementation of program for Real State Funds

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