Aida Arzola
********@***.*** Miami, FL 646-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/aidaarzola
OBJECTIVE
Experienced accounting professional and current MBA student. Looking for opportunity to grow with an established company. Over ten years of experience in finance and administration of large-scale, complex construction projects. Contributed to at least 3 national infrastructure projects including a thermoelectric power plant, electric sub-station and metro tunnel expansion projects in Venezuela. Looking for an opportunity to broaden my management experience in an established company.
EDUCATION
Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL September 2025 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Specialization: Finance
Universidad Alejandro De Humboldt, Caracas, Venezuela September 2011 Bachelors Degree Public Accounting
EXPERIENCE
PANUGO BAKERY, NEW YORK, NY January 2020 - December 2023 ASSISTANT MANAGER
• Tracked and reported weekly and monthly sales.
• Coordinated daily operations, inventory and pricing. SELF-EMPLOYED, LOGISTICS, SPORTS AND FITNESS, NEW YORK, NY July 2019 - December 2020 INSTRUCTOR
DRAGADOS (SUBSIDIARY: DYCVEN, S.A), CARACAS, VENEZUELA January 2006 - September 2016 ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
• Delivered one of the most complex civil construction tunnel projects in Venezuela as a core team member.
• Maintained end-to-end project financials for small category projects and oversaw regional, country and international reporting.
• Completed rotations in accounts payable, treasury, and human resources and accounting.
• Acted as a project administration lead on three field projects, responsible for 50% of decision-making in materials inventory, controls for fixed assets, subcontractor management, treasury forecasting, tax payments, and union negotiations.
• Specialized in accounts payable and looked after large supplier payments in headquarter roles. Streamlined procure to pay process across purchasing and accounts payable teams, supervising 85% of payments and increasing efficiency by 20%.
• Reconciled monthly bank account receivables and payables and global currency conversions.
• Compiled and maintained journal entries and maintained financials ensuring 100% accuracy using an enterprise resource planning suite (Microsoft Dynamics SL).
• Executed process improvement with the Finance Controller in 4 areas - vendor invoice reporting systems, check requests, billing systems and overall organization.
• Generated financial documents (E.g., invoices, checks) following accounts payable procedures.
• Represented the company in local government regulatory groups.
• Ensured timely payment of vendor invoices and expense vouchers and oversaw warehouse inventory. ACADEMIC PROJECTS
• Managed a process experimentation project by building models for a manufacturing company using six-sigma methodology involving data analysis techniques like correlation, regression and different statistical methods to drive a 75% improvement in profitability by optimizing price and productivity.
• Managed the business Marketplace simulation, where I played two roles- VP Accounting & Finance and VP Sales. I was responsible for analyzing data, making critical decisions, planning and tracking capital and budget and measuring profitability of brands and pitching to venture capital fair for investments. R&D and advertisements were also a critical business experience. This course was an interconnected subject that gave an overall understanding of business.