Therese Vina Torregosa Caintic, Consultant

Therese Vina Torregosa Caintic

Consultant

Federation of Mutual Savings and Credit Cooperatives of the Philippines(an affiliate of Centre International du Credit Mutuel (CICM)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Commerce, Accounting
Experience
15 years, 4 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 4 months

Consultant at Federation of Mutual Savings and Credit Cooperatives of the Philippines(an affiliate of Centre International du Credit Mutuel (CICM)
  • Philippines
  • March 2012 to January 2013
Operations Manager at Federation of Mutual Savings and Credit Cooperatives of the Philippines
  • Philippines
  • November 2008 to April 2011

Accomplishments and Experiences Gained:
* Management of multi-branch business operations, supervision and administrative control, and human resources development.
* Excellent knowledge on identifying and developing business marketing plans and the operational systems for each business plan.
* Development of consolidated reporting tools which include information of the real-time standing (achievement vs goals) of each branch’s and of the entire federation’s business operations, the basis for the employees incentive program.
* Drafting of appropriate policy or operational changes, with the corresponding implementing rules and regulations.
* Drafting of legal contracts or agreements with business partners.
* Development of in-house credit life insurance.
* Able to increase the entire federation’s consolidated financial resources from P8million in November 2008 (in 7 years of its existence) to P23million in April 2011.
* Doubled total primary cooperatives’ membership.
* Tripled its loan portfolio from P6million to almost P20million.
* Decreased the total and consolidated loan delinquency from 8% to 3%.
* Responsible for the federation’s official registration with the Cooperative Development Authority.

General Manager at Tacloban Underwriters Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TUCC)
  • Philippines
  • July 1999 to April 2008

Accomplishments and Experiences Gained:
* Extensive experience in development of business from ground zero to more than P25million worth in assets; from initial 21 members to more than 3, 000 clients/members; from 2 volunteer workers to employing 40 people.
* Excellent knowledge in identifying and developing business ventures, policies, budget, development plans, programs and projects, marketing strategies.
* Designing and developing operational, human resources, financial, accounting, internal control and reporting systems for each business venture and for the entire cooperative.
* Created businesses, services and programs, with innovative components, to serve best the coop members’ needs:
- loans services; - micro-financing for small entrepreneurs;
- grocery/merchandise store; - money transfer facilities;
- health, life and non-life insurance; - photocopying/riso services;
- deposit/savings facilities; - student OJT & scholarship program;
- pensioners’ e-card facilities; - adopt-a-school program
* Designed automatic computerized cooperative management information system, from encoding of data to generation of financial and management reports.
* The cooperative was one of the fastest growing, biggest, most profitable but client/member service-oriented cooperatives in the region, been awarded as the Provincial 2nd Best Cooperative, Multi-Purpose Non-Agri category, in 2006.

Unit Sales Manager at Great Pacific Life Insurance Corporation
  • Philippines
  • June 1996 to December 2003

Insurance
Accomplishments and Experiences Gained:
* Recruitment and development of agents for the unit, engaging, equipping, and leading them with appropriate training, tools, and strategy development for selling life insurance
products/services.
* Experience in selling intangible products and services to prospective client organizations/individuals, learning and understanding life insurance business.
* Responsibility for the sales process from initial point of contact, presentations, proposals, to closing the deal.
* Exceeding most of the time the minimum quarterly and annual sales objectives, thus qualifying the agents and the unit for incentives.
* Honed oral and written communication skills.
* Own Sales Unit recognized consistently as one of the top sellers in the region.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Commerce, Accounting
  • at Divine Word University of Tacloban
  • March 1993

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Specialties & Skills

Retail Banking
HR Management
Customer Service
Finance Management
Accounting
ACCOUNTANCY
ADMINISTRATION
AUDITING
RETAIL BANKING
BUDGETING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
BUSINESS PLANS
CLOSING
SALES MANAGEMENT

Languages

Filipino
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