JAIME F NERI-ALVARADO CPA

***** ****** ***** ***** • El Paso, TX 79936 • 915-***-**** cell 915-***-****

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Qualifications for Management in Finance and Administration

Profit-oriented and cost-conscious Certified Public Accountant (foreign certification) and controller with experience in finance, administrative, human resources, taxes and customs functions for foreign entities of US based parent companies in Mexico under manufacturing, assembling, service and consulting. Excels in providing sound leadership to ensure that assets are utilized and managed in the most effective and profitable manner in order to maximize return on corporate investments, preparing annual budgets, inventory controls, external audits, and developing strategic plans in domestic and foreign issues.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Guided the Mexican entity and USA in benefitting from Mexican stimulus incentives. Maintained 100% compliance with all Mexican regulations.

• Kept the real estate company in compliance with both Mexican law and foreign real estate investments. Drove efforts to obtain tax benefits for the foreign operations.

• Ensured compliance with free trade regulations as well as special programs between U.S and Mexico.

• Directed the owners to comply with the Mexican statutory regulations in order to reflect the correct applications of all the special regulations in Mexico and obtained low manufacturing cost to the USA Company.

• Direct special contracts negotiation with the Mexican government under specific commodities.

• Ensure that the special commodities were done with all the special regulations, free trade and other international regulations in order to avoid penalties and extra importation duties.

• Kept the in-bond machinery, inventory of raw and finish goods and foreign investments under regulations.

• Directing and controlling manufacturing costs under budget.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Southwest Freightliners Inc.

Assistant Controller. - Overseeing all the accounting process in a fast paced environment related with the Financial

Statements and supporting schedules for three entities ( Transportation, Leasing and Real Estate )activities, and consolidation of one holding entity for financial and tax purposes, under these tree companies I was overseeing daily cash reconciliations, cash flow statement, fixed asset management deletions and acquisitions, deferred taxes under FAS 109 for the Holding company; filing all taxes and related returns (FICA, SUTA, FUTA, under EFTPS,) State Franchise taxes, International Fuel Tax Association ( IFTA ) Federal Highway used taxes, engage and assist quarterly and annual audit with external auditors, managerial reports related with the key transportation operations indicators, financial debt management and monthly cash disbursements payments, with a 44 millions annual operations for a Holding entity, general population 300 employees, directing one accounting supervisor, located in El Paso Texas.

Reporting to: Controller

Period: July 2010 to Jun 2012.

JN Enterprise (Family business).

Consultant. - Overseeing consulting services in Mexico of foreign investments under USA financing and observing all statutory regulations. Start up of small business in Tobacco and Distilled Spirits industry with the Federal Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to import permits to US markets and related statutory inventory control, and oversaw a logistics transportation of dry goods.

Period Jan 2009 to Jul 2010.

Blueberry Hills Foods Inc. / Arbor Confections Inc / Simply Goodies LLP

Controller, Administrator: Responsible for the financial, administrative, customs, taxes, and service departments for the Mexican manufacturing facility and acted as a legal agent in Mexico. Directed the presentation, completion of monthly financial information with supporting schedules in 5 days closing dateline, weekly and monthly cash flows, monthly financial statements translation of foreign currency under USA and Mexican General Accepted Accounting Principles(FAS 52), income tax reconciliation under FAS 109 in order to comply with statutory laws, key performs indexes for manufacturing areas observing absorption cost, with a 65 million dollars budget in Mexico, and 350 stock keeping units related with the candy manufacturing, with a logistics of 120 sugar tons and 120 tons of corn syrup on a daily consumption under NAFTA regulations. This entity had 1,800 general population with a 24/7 shifts, and I was directing 5 employees.

Arbor Confections Inc (affiliated with Blueberry Hills Foods)

Real Estate Operations: Handled all financial, fiscal and administrative areas related to company’s real estate dealings in Mexico under foreign investments with USA bank financing. This entity was broken up in order to obtain tax benefits in Mexico under Safe Harbor Rules and Transferring Pricing.

Reported to: CEO and President.

Period: Oct -1989 thru Dec-2008

Marsh Instrument de Juarez, S.A. DE C.V. (US parent company: Desco Corporation Inc.)

Controller / Plant Accountant: Oversaw financial, administrative and fiscal functions for a manufacturer of thermometers and industrial valves, with 350 employees under a Maquiladora program, direct employees supervised two, oversee timely and accurate Financial and Managerial information to corporate office, responsible for accounts payables, labor distribution, cash flow, under standard cost system, observing Mexican and USA General Accepted Accounting Principles, internal controls of corporate office procedures, this facility was located in Juarez Mexico.

Reported to: Plant Manager.

Period of: May-1987 thru Oct-1989

Candados Presto de México, S.A. DE C.V. (US parent company: Presto Lock Inc.)

Controller. - Directed all financial, fiscal and administrative and customs regulations in a timely and accurate way for an assembly, manufacturing, electroplating padlocks and fixtures for traveling luggage and attaché cases, with 350 employees, observing standard costing based on job order cost system, directed two co-workers, under a foreign Maquiladora program.

Reported to: Plant Manager.

Period Apr-1982 thru Mar-1987.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

College professor at Technological Institute Num. 11 in Juarez Mexico, with Financial and Administrative accounting courses. From: August 1988 thru January 1998. Top ten college professor at Juarez Mexico in 1990.

CREDENTIALS

Certified Public Accountant, on November 07, 1984 in Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico, License number 1552567 issued

by Mexican Secretary of Public Education.

Bachelor in Business Administration - Accounting, from Technological Institute of Juarez Num.11. Mexico.

Period: May 1976-May 1980.

Computer literacy, accounting software: Peachtree 2007, Mc Leod version V9.0.0, Syspro V-2007, Fixed Asset System FAS (Sage).

Common software as: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlooks.

Transportation software: Square rigger inventory control and pre-maintenance, PC miller Version 17 is a truck routing software, Phoenix Fuel System fleet in house fuel report.

Mexican software: TRESS (In house payroll software), DIOT (third party related transactions), SUA (Social Security and Housing tax), Cont Pack (Mexican accounting software)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Affiliations: Mexican Certified Public Accountants since 1987-2009; advisor to National Chamber of Transformation Industries at Juarez 2004-2010, Former Treasurer Juarez Red Cross 2005-2007 (Volunteer).

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