Accounting Manager

MARIA PEREZ BOLL, CPA, MBA

**** ******* *****, ****** *******, GA 30127

*********@*********.***

cell 404-***-****

SUMMARY:

Results oriented financial professional with diverse background in domestic and international environments. Extensive experience in financial and operational analysis, business support and reporting processes. A proven team player who is able to focus strategically while balancing multiple priorities. Outstanding analytical, communication, negotiation, coordination, and troubleshooting skills. Fluent in Spanish.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Financial Analyst, BT Americas, Atlanta, GA

August 2005-January 2009

Wholly owned subsidiary of BT Plc (British Telecommunications)

* Team Lead, LatAm Atlanta team; improved financial modeling template which reduced month end reporting processing time by 75% automating through macros and formulas

* Overall Controller function, Latin American entities reporting to BT Group for global consolidation, revenues of £56m (March 2008) for the region.

* Coordination of outsourced, Latin American accountants for 5 countries in Spanish enforcing BT Policies and Procedures

* Supervised Global Finance Policy and Procedure Manual translation into Spanish

* Coordination of telecommunications equipment importation and translation with customs agency; intermediary with UK for any import license issues; and, installation logistics with local vendors

* Oversee Sarbanes compliance enforcing segregation of duties and supporting documentation

* Review all foreign exchange entries and translations for reasonableness; identified large differences with BT Treasury against actual FX rates

* Coordination of global intercompany cross charges to adhere to established business models; represented LatAm region in multiple global teleconferences to standardize reporting/control process

* Served as intermediary with local auditors providing supporting documentation and reviewing the Transfer Pricing agreements being submitted; served as LatAm representative with UK team to examine the possibility of a global UK transfer pricing study.

* Reviewed cost allocations, intercompany billing and accruals for accuracy, completeness and reasonableness against contracts and gross margins; identified intercompany error where revenue being recorded in one country and costs recorded in another

* Recorded and reconciled accounting for a capital lease sale for major customer in LatAm

* Provided support for in-country local books to comply with VAT and various statutory requirements; identified and provided 5 years of historical documentation to support missing entries in BT Chile local books to reconcile to UK ledgers

* Review bank reconciliations and funding requests; made recommendations to reduce applicable local withholding tax on transfers from Treasury

* Produced and presented seminars in Spanish in 6 different SA countries training local accountants in BT procedures and systems

* Participated in the complete transfer of Oracle ledgers from North America (US GAAP) to a separate platform in Spain (UK GAAP) and the integration of the Oracle system by the Outsourcing accounts with a new chart of accounts and account mapping.

Senior Accountant, Kurt Salmon Associates, Atlanta, GA

August 2004 – August 2005

International Consulting firm, revenues $100M

* Responsible for intercompany reconciliations with European branches

* Coordination of European intercompany cross charges and Transfer Pricing agreements

* Provide weekly cash management reporting/analysis of budget projections; identified material flaw in cash model being used

* Managed three international branch general ledgers, including analysis and review, bank reconciliations, lease and contract reviews

Staff Accountant, Cornerstone Medical, Inc. Atlanta, GA

January 1999 - August 2004

Home Medical Equipment Company with several branches serving the home health industry.

* Responsible for general ledger, accounting package upgrades, reconciliations, accruals, and month end entries; standardized payroll entries and improved accuracy while reducing closing time

* Fixed Asset Register for seven branches in Excel including intercompany transfers

* Responsible for producing monthly financial statements, and branch budgets with variance analysis reporting to owner

* Responsible for monthly Sales and Use Tax Returns and Property Renditions; improved asset tracking for proper reporting

* Financial statement analysis with recommendations for improvements in AR and AP controls; identified several errors in the software modification which produced immediate back-billings of $30-$40k unbilled revenue

Financial Controller, Ker & Downey and affiliates, Botswana

1988-1998

Air, land and sea safari in the Okavango Delta and Kalahari Desert; Air charter and Air Charter Maintenance, Hunting and Photographic Safaris in Botswana with sales and logistics offices in Johannesburg and corporate headquarters in Houston, TX.

* Served as liaison with Houston headquarters with all intercompany loans and transactions

* Produced all monthly and annual financial reports and made appropriate recommendations to Vice President of Finance in Houston headquarters

* Maintained ACCPAC entries and Lotus Fixed Asset registers

* Supervised A/R, A/P and payroll clerks and general ledger accountant

* Controlled Botswana A/R ledger

* Produced monthly financial statements, including month end closing accruals, budgets and budget variances, inventory controls and all annual external auditor schedules

* Reconciled multi-currency monthly bank accounts and planned cash flow

* Controlled lodge curio/craft shop sales and inventory; initiated ACCPAC inventory control for aviation maintenance company

* Arranged annual risk management coverage and all claim processing including aviation

* Negotiated annual personnel medical and pension benefits

* Prepared all annual schedules, subsidiary and general ledgers for financial year-end audit

Entrepreneur

Owned and operated small lodge/restaurant in Maun, Botswana

1980-1988

EDUCATION:

Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, M.B.A. August 2005

Kennesaw State University, BS in Business Administration with major in accounting, 3.94 GPA

SOFTWARE:

Proficient in Excel, Power Point, Word, Oracle, Hyperion, ACCPAC, and MestaMed Home Healthcare

MEMBERSHIPS:

Member Georgia Society CPA and AICPA

Member Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Honor Society

Member Golden Key Honor Society

CPA License—Florida (active)

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