Christine Espinal
Resume:
Christine Espinal, MBA
Oakley, CA 94561
Achievement-oriented financial professional with diversified experience in various aspects of accounting and
financial management, business support, performance reporting, and financial analysis.
Qualifications:
Meticulous professional with expertise and extensive experience in accounting and finance support.
Enjoy leading and supporting the efforts of multiple departments; strong team builder, facilitator and partner.
Solid knowledge of financial and accounting principals, strong quantitative and analytical aptitude.
Strong PC and spreadsheet skills, excellent multi-tasking and organizational capabilities.
Excellent communication and problem solving skills; fluent in Spanish and proficient in Russian.
Committed to a high level of professionalism, customer support and diligence.
Education: San Francisco State University, December 2001
Master of Business Administration
University of California at Berkeley, May 1994
Bachelor of Arts, Slavic Languages and Literature, emphasis in Russian
Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1994-1995
Philological Institute of Language and Literature
Experience:
CVS Caremark, formerly Longs Drugs Corporation – Antioch, CA
Treasury Services/Sales Support Manager 2006 - Present
Lead and inspire a team of nine analysts and clerks in all aspects of Sales Accounting, Pharmacy Receivables, Store Bookkeeper Support, Cash Management, Accounts Receivable, and Returned Item Check Collections Management for 500+ stores. Ensure that all deadlines, quality standards, and management expectations are met.
Key member of management team assisting with the integration of Longs’ 500+ stores to CVS Point-of-Sale and General Ledger systems. Swiftly embraced changing responsibilities in response to CVS Caremark acquisition.
Assist the Treasurer in various corporate financial initiatives.
Assist with annual budget and audit.
Played a key role representing Treasury and Sales Accounting in the company-wide implementation of Standard Operating Procedures for bookkeeping and cash and media handling.
Collaborate with Retail Operations and Loss Prevention in the improvement of store procedures and loss prevention.
Oversee month-end close processes for roughly $300 million in monthly sales. Compile and analyze financial information against the general ledger.
Set and coordinate proper controls at various interfaces of the general ledger. Ensure data integrity and strict adherence to US GAAP.
CVS Caremark, formerly Longs Drugs Corporation – Antioch, CA
Advertising/Revenue Accounting Supervisor 2004 – 2006
Coordinated all functions and processes of the Advertising Accounting Department to ensure that all accounting was done in accordance with GAAP.
Ensured that vendor claims were properly processed and collected upon, and revenue and expenses were captured accordingly.
Monitored the monthly department close and account reconciliations review. Developed monthly reports to ensure that management within the Marketing and Finance Departments were kept abreast of revenue recognition for various high-profile Marketing programs.
Analyzed 1000+ advertising contracts yearly and maintained the corresponding billing and revenue recognition.
Worked aggressively to improve collections in all areas of Advertising Accounting, resulting in an increase in cash flow and reduced receivable aging.
Monitored corporate advertising expenses to ensure they were in line with Corporate Advertising budget
Managed day-to-day activities of employees in a billing department processing over five million in monthly sales.
Smith, Lange & Phillips, LLP, CPA Firm – San Francisco, CA
Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper 2002 – 2004
Prepared financial statements as well as other write-up work for various clients.
Reconciled bank accounts, maintained the general ledger and traced and resolved discrepancies.
Prepared compilations and payroll tax returns including W-2s and 1099s.
Prepared local business and sales tax returns.
Provided other client services such as installation and support of accounting software as well as trained client staff on accounting software usage.
Instrumental in the preparation of income tax returns.
A.S. Early Childhood Education Center, San Francisco, CA
Office Manager 2000 – 2002
Managed day-to-day administrative activities of a nine classroom center.
Kept track of annual capital and operating budgets. Prepared various adhoc financial and statistical reports. Tracked monthly expenses, providing a monthly update to upper management.
Coordinated and provided information to external childcare accreditation auditors.
Assisted in staffing nine classrooms with approximately 35 – 40 teacher assistants per semester.
Maintained personnel files for all employees and processed employment forms and payroll.
Handled all purchasing and maintained adequate inventory levels.
Held parent orientations and conducted tours to inform new clients of center services, accredited curriculum and application process.
Maintained a database to track parent enrollment, contracts, payments, deposits, refunds, and scholarship awards.
Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, CA 1995 – 1999
Securities Lending Reporting Analyst – Capital Markets Group
Reconciled $6MM+ in Securities Lending broker rebate and receivable settlements monthly.
Identified and reconciled Securities Lending billing discrepancies. Worked closely with the Capital Markets Lending Desk and Operations to reduce billing and broker account variances.
Compiled various client monthly and quarterly reports for upper management as well as monthly broker and product profitability statistics.
Prepared journal entries, maintained Securities Lending general ledger accounts and assisted with various month-end close processes.
Collaborated with Securities Lending programmers to automate the reporting and billing process.
Coordinated and provided documentation to internal auditors.
Actively cross-trained other S/L Analysts in all aspects of the broker billing cycle, enabling them to act as backup when called upon.
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