SHIELA MAY LAFRANCHI, CPA
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Kurzprofil
Flexible Certified Public Accountant who adapts quickly to constantly evolving accounting practices and technology. Experienced with a range of accounting and business systems, with solid exposure to finance transformation and shared services environments.
Übersicht
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Berufserfahrung
Payables & Treasury Associate
Expro Overseas Inc.
Dubai
2021.08 - 2024.03
- Vendor & Employee Claims Payments
- Cash Management
- Cash Flow Forecast
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- Goods Receipts/Invoice Receipt Reconciliation
- Ageing Report Analysis
- Vendor Statement Reconciliation
- Vendor Query Mailbox Management
- User Acceptance Testing
- Internal and external financial audits support
- (Shared Services), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accomplishment: Successfully led the process migration activities with minimal supervision and without any major escalations.
Record to Report Officer
IHS Towers Shared Service Centre, FZE
Dubai
2021.01 - 2021.08
- Journal Processing (Tax, Accrual, Admin Expense, Amortisation)
- Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- VAT Payable Calculation & Analysis
- Intercompany Accounts management
- Internal and external audit support
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accomplishment: Successfully cleared legacy balances outstanding in the Accrual Account. Made significant contributions to the Intercompany Automatic Revaluation process.
Procure to Pay Officer
IHS Towers Shared Service Centre, FZE
Dubai
2019.07 - 2021.01
- Vendor Invoices Processing & Payments
- Treasury & Supply Chain liaison
- Vendor Query Mailbox Management
- Vendor Statement Reconciliation.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation (Trade Payable account)
- Tax team point of contact
- User Acceptance Testing
- Quality & control checks over the P2P process.
- Internal and external financial audits support
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accomplishment: Led a successful pilot implementation of invoice and payment processing alongside balance sheet reconciliation for a start-up Shared Service Centre.
Senior Officer - Accounting
Allied Transport LLC
Dubai
2018.07 - 2019.07
- Journal Processing (Tax, Accrual, Admin Expense, Amortisation, Intercompany)
- Bank Account Reconciliation
- Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation
- Profit or Loss Analysis
- Internal and external financial audits support
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accomplishment: Made significant contributions to the timely closing of the books and the enhancement of existing controls over fund disbursement.
Senior Officer - Credit Control
Allied Transport LLC
Dubai
2018.01 - 2018.07
- Customer Billing & Collection
- Cash Receipt Allocation
- Accounts Receivable Ageing Analysis
- Internal and external financial audits support
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Accomplishment: Streamlined and improved the billing and collection cycle, resulting in stronger performance outcomes. Advanced to a higher role after six months.
Finance Systems Analyst
QBE Group Shared Services Limited
Cebu
2015.09 - 2017.09
- Finance Systems Administration - Oracle Financials/Fusion (Cash Management, General Ledger, Procurement, Accounts Payable, Payment Hub)
- Electronic Banking Platform Earnings engine (IBM Cognos TM1) administration
- Finance & Underwriting Systems Foreign exchange rates maintenance
- User Acceptance Testing & Implementation
- Consolidation (Oracle Hyperion) and Reconciliation (Blackline) tools Management
- UK Regulatory Reporting tool administration
- Cebu, Philippines
Accomplishment: Deployed to the UK headquarters to support process migration activities.
Financial Operations Specialist - SAP
Lexmark Shared Services Centre
Cebu
2012.08 - 2014.06
- Customer Billing
- Journal Processing (Deferral, Impairment, Revenue Allocation)
- Fixed Asset Report Analysis
- Credit Card billing main point of contact
- Customer Query Management
- Internal and external audit support
- Cebu, Philippines
Accomplishment: Took the lead in sharing Finance and Accounting expertise with non-accounting colleagues within the Finance team.
Ausbildung
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
University of San Jose-Recoletos
Cebu 2006 - 2010.01
Kompetenzen
- Bookkeeping
- Financial statement analysis
- Procure to Pay
- Order to Cash
- Record to Report
- Cash Management
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- SAP Hana
- Concur
- Oracle Financials
- Fusion
- Blackline
- D365
- Reporting tools
- OBIEE
- OTBI
- BI Publisher
- Oracle Discoverer
- English communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
- Teamwork
Zertifizierung
Certified Public Accountant
Languages
English
German
Leistungen
- Successfully cleared a significant volume of legacy debit balances in the Accounts Payable account through extensive vendor account reconciliations and continuous coordination with stakeholders and vendors.
- Identified and recovered an approximate USD 50K duplicate payment in a legacy account through detailed reconciliation and in-depth analysis of the vendor account.
- Led process migration activities with minimal supervision and without any major escalations.
- Served as the primary point of contact for all team-related User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
Zeitleiste
Payables & Treasury Associate
Expro Overseas Inc.
2021.08 - 2024.03
Record to Report Officer
IHS Towers Shared Service Centre, FZE
2021.01 - 2021.08
Procure to Pay Officer
IHS Towers Shared Service Centre, FZE
2019.07 - 2021.01
Senior Officer - Accounting
Allied Transport LLC
2018.07 - 2019.07
Senior Officer - Credit Control
Allied Transport LLC
2018.01 - 2018.07
Finance Systems Analyst
QBE Group Shared Services Limited
2015.09 - 2017.09
Financial Operations Specialist - SAP
Lexmark Shared Services Centre
2012.08 - 2014.06
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
University of San Jose-Recoletos
2006 - 2010.01