Marianell De Gracia Reyes

Marianell “Marian” Reyes (- |-| Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines SUMMARY Ø Objectives o To continually refresh and update my knowledge and technical skills in Accounting and Finance o To continually obtain new technical skills or experience in different industries or countries while still working from home Ø Years of Work Experience o 22+ years of work experience in Accounting & Finance o 9+ years working in a virtual environment Ø Educational Attainment o Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy in 1998, with honors o Management Accounting Training in 2011, CMA Philippines held in Ortigas o Pursuing completion of MBA, 9+ units completed so far o Will take up refresher course to prep for the CPA Board Exam, once it is available Ø Platforms Exposure o o o o o Xero Accounting, Online Quickbooks, Peachtree, Microsoft Dynamics for financial transaction recording and reporting; Xero for Payroll processing Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel & Zoho Analytics for Analyses Payrix, Stripe, PayPal, Airwallex for collections and payments Asana, Trello, Monday.com for team collaboration and project management Capsule CRM, Zoho Workerly, Zoho Recruit, Zoho Flow for data management Ø Characteristics o Strengths: Collaborative, Objective, Organized, Creative, Resourceful Problem Solver, Detail-Oriented, Autonomous, Inquisitive, Sincere, Trustworthy o Weaknesses: Over thinker, Masochist, Overly Frank, Not a Party-Goer WORK EXPERIENCE Sep 2014 to Mar 2022 (WFH) Audnat Workforce Pty Ltd, Australian Cleaning Company Ø Improved clarity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness of the financials through daily bookkeeping & every other day bank/transaction reconciliations, weekly attendance reviews, invoicing, payroll, and monthly closing reviews, and quarterly & annual reporting Ø Improved receivable balance and retained or lowered bad debts by 0.3% against the total annual turnover; maintained over 90% of total clients setup via auto-debit for a hassle free payment processing Ø Assisted management on business improvement and growth through weekly reporting with variance analyses and insights Ø Assisted in improving the turnover by 20% in 2018 vs 2017 and steadily maintained the Y/Y increase of 5% through constant posting of job ads and on time application assessments before forwarding to Hiring Managers for interviews; AND for assisting the Placement Manager in matching housekeepers to clients- this is so the Manager can easily and quickly arrange schedules and make final placements between the clients and housekeepers Ø Constantly improving costs and cash outs by negotiating with suppliers to extend terms, give discounts or just credit/compensation especially if the system failures affect the business; reduce insurance premiums by updating pay and headcount information; source out and compare any possible system or provider replacements as the market. Ø Timely communication with clients and employees by daily cleanup of emails and tasks assigned to me. Reason left: looking for better opportunity or new experience Between 2012 to 2018 (WFH- short term jobs) Various Online Companies, US companies – Marketing Transcription, eCommerce Ø Created model to show recommendation on Amazon Storage Fees reductions- by identifying non-moving inventories or stocks (low sales) & providing cost comparison between possible amazon storage fees against disposal fees to incur; this is also to avoid incurring long term storage fees as well- using Google spreadsheet; Constantly saved the company between $10+ per year. Ø From the above model, helped Sales and Marketing for possible improvements on Product Contents in order to increase traffic or engagement on different social platforms and on the Sellers Central or own company website. Helped increase sales by 5% Y/Y. Ø Created model to monitor and recommend stock replacements or re-orders specifics on SKUs with high sales by monitoring the inventory levels and creating forecasts on when to order based on historical data & current trends using both internal and external factors (weather, import rules, etc.) using Google spreadsheet. Saved shipping costs between 2-5% by avoiding the usage of air shipment. Ø Created model to identify products’ lives whether to continue or end based on analyses using Google spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel and or Zoho Analytics; not just by sales contribution but also by margin contribution. Ø Reviewed models against few platforms that help auto-generate margin per SKU, Inventory Management, and recommended to use them moving forward. Ø Created model to assist a transcription company on scrubbing clients data and distribute to both Partners to meet up and discuss opportunities. Ø Also provided fees and cost per audio minute to transcribe in order to be fairer to transcribers (who are mostly Filipinos) and translators (from different places); this is based on the no. of audio minutes, type of audio to transcribe (FV FG to Individual interviews, etc.) Oct 2011-Dec 2012 Babbleglass Philippines Inc., CEBU- Transcription Company Ø Reduced costs spent on IT developers around $5K a month by absorbing the processes of adding job loads and distribution of these loads to the in-house transcribers based on monitoring who gets and finished the job each day, via Google Sheet Ø Reduced office and other related costs by assisting converting doing business on-site to doing business virtually, saved the company of $5-6K a month on maintaining the onsite office. Ø Created models that assisted in recruitment and management reporting processes Reason left: Closed the satellite office here in the Philippines Sep 2009-Oct 2011 Finance Head, ASI Philippines Inc. in IT Park, Cebu- BPO for Publishing Companies Ø Ensured governance compliance, transactions were recorded in accordance with GAAP through monthly review of financial statements with the Accounting Manager. Ø Ensured the business is still operating towards growth as budgeted or forecasted by reviewing the budget vs actual and brainstorm strategies, and addressing issues related to Collection, Accounting, Payroll and others with the Management Team. Ø Deployed analysts to assist each business portfolio understand how operational results tied to financial results; Addressed concerns from different business portfolio during Management Team Meeting; Assisted with registering businesses to expand from US to AU and UK specifically on book distribution. Ø Ensured we got the best deal from the market by constant discussion and review with the Purchasing Officer, requiring at least 3 comparisons from different providers of the same service/product, reviewing the price and terms. Ø Ensured policies and procedures and standard operating procedures and reflective of the current business positions by constant reviews and updates with the Finance Team Leaders Reason left: Work-life balance was compromised, looking for a stable home-based job. Oct 2004- Sep2009 Finance Manager, Xlibris Philippines Inc., CEBU- Publishing Co. Ø Recommended to register the company as PEZA equivalent or BOI in order to enjoy tax incentives, meaning no tax payment for 6 years, and enjoy a special company tax rate of 5% on gross revenue after the 6th year. This had saved the company of paying $15-18K in taxes for 6-8 years, since 2yrs extension was granted. Ø Developed or created a collection team and collection process with IT, Sales and Operation in order to control the cash in-flows since the increase in sales did not match up with the increase in cash ins. This saved the company from a monthly $5-10K loss in sales and eventually improved cash position by more than 20% Y/Y and be able to pay long term debts in 3 years from the start of the team. Ø Recommended to control spending by setting up budget models with the different management portfolio, and monitor & report the current spending against the final approved budget to the team. Also, CAPEX or major spending orders were sent through us for review and approval recommendation to the Officers. Ø Identified processes or spending to optimize as a result of financial analyses. Helped identified labor vs jobs to control headcount increase. This was the result from the close collaboration with different business portfolios. Helped saved 3-5% wastage from various spending. Reason left: Company bought by ASI Philippines Inc. July 1998 – Sep 2004 Accounting and Financial Analyst Positions, Lear Philippines Inc. in MEPZ 1- Car Wire Harness Manufacturing Company Ø Handled Petty Cash; Travel Cash Issuance; Accounts Payable; General Accounting; Payroll Recording; Intercompany Transactions Recording & Reconciliations; Ø Created Budget and forecast model through excel which was shared to different departments in order to control headcount and returns or quality wastage; AND easy to do variance analyses and reporting to Management and HQ in Singapore and US. Reason left: Proximity & family problem