Alena Ocampo, accountant

Alena Ocampo

accountant

Al Futtaim Carillion

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
26 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 0 Months

accountant at Al Futtaim Carillion
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2014
senior accountant at Merchant Star International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2013 to January 2014

• Prepare profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and yearly closing of books
• Prepare cost accounting reports
• Perform financial analysis (CVP-cost volume profit analysis, ratio analysis, break even analysis, vertical and horizontal analysis, variance analysis, etc)
• Establish, maintain and coordinate the implementation of accounting and control procedures
• Prepare implement monitor and analyze budgets (budgeted P&Ls, capital budgets, cash flow budgets, etc)
• Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and ensure expenditure control
• Supervise the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company’s automated financial systems
• General Ledger reconciliation - ensure that all G/L accounts are reconciled to subsidiary records on a monthly basis
• Monitor accounts receivable and accounts payable functions
• Accruals, deferrals, depreciation, and other month-end adjustments
• Daily cash management (prepare the daily cash position report), cash flow management (prepare the weekly and monthly cash flow statements)
• Inventory and fixed asset management

senior accountant at CMN Business Center
  • Philippines
  • September 2011 to November 2012

• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly and year end close. Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information. Ensure the accurate and timely processing of pay transactions.
• Provide bank, tax and audit requirements
• Design, define and maintain internal control systems, accounting policies and procedures to ensure the safeguarding of business assets
• Interpret various accounting data, analyzes reports and recommends and/or initiates actions to be taken.
• Meet accounting financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing annual and monthly budgets; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions
• Monitor revenue and expenses; coordinate the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data; prepare special reports.
• Supervise activities of subordinates and provides internal/external training both orally and in writing on accounting systems, procedures and practices.

general accountant at Al Futtaim Carillion LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2008 to July 2011

• Prepare annual budgets and quarterly forecasts and latest estimates/projections; monitor spending and calculate variances
• Prepare cash forecasts and cash funding summary and daily cash monitoring sheets
• Conduct detailed analysis of financial reports, identify various costs, expenses and revenues and calculate various financial ratios to check the financial health of the profit centres and of the business as a whole; perform variance analysis (previous vs current, actual against budget, etc)
• Prepare journal entries and reconcile general ledger and subsidiary as well as intercompany accounts
• Prepare monthly financial statements
• Submit consolidated reports to Al Futtaim (thru SAP-BPC) and to Carillion PLC (thru Hyperion) in the UK
• Perform month end and year end closing process
• Prepare audit schedules for internal and external auditors
• Assist in accounts receivable / accounts payable functions and prepare related ageing schedules
• Fixed asset accounting
• Address accounting queries and issues (from project sites, cost or profit centres)

State Auditor I at Commission on Audit
  • Philippines
  • January 2005 to March 2008

As a state auditor, I:

• Formulate and develop plans, programs, operating standards and administrative techniques to implement auditing rules and regulations in local government units
• Conduct comprehensive audit of accounts and transactions pertaining to revenue and receipts, expenditures and uses of funds and property in local government units
• Conduct cash examinations of accountable officers of auditees assigned to the team
• Recommend, through the Government Accounting and FMIS, accounting and auditing rules and regulations for local government units
• Conduct Value-For-Money audits and related operations review activities
• Implement the Risk-based Audit Approach in the performance of audit procedures
• Advise the auditee in various matters including the implementation of the Electronic NGAS (New Government Accounting System)
• Prepare monthly reports for submission to the regional office/central office and the Annual Audit Reports for the city/municipality/barangays
• Perform such other functions as may be assigned

full time accounting professor at University of Batangas
  • Philippines
  • November 1998 to December 2004

teach major accounting/tax subjects to accountancy students; handle review/refresher subjects; act as adviser of student's organization

staff auditor at Sycip, Gorres, Velayo & Co.
  • Philippines
  • March 1999 to May 1999

conduct financial audit of various clients

accounting staff at First Philippine Balfour Beatty
  • Philippines
  • February 1998 to October 1998

bookkeeping, payroll, processing of payments to suppliers, bank reconciliation

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at University of Batangas
  • March 1997

• CPA Board Exam Passer, Oct. 1997 • Cum Laude, March 1997 • Philippine Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (PACSB) Awardee,March 1997 • Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Awardee, March 1997 • Recto Academic Awardee, March 1997 • P. D. 451 Scholarship Recipient, AY 1993-1997 • Consistent Dean’s Lister, AY 1993-1997 (1st Year to 4th Year) • Debater and Quiz Bee Participant • 9th Honorable Mention, March 1993 (High School) • Salutatorian, March 1989 (Elementary)

Specialties & Skills

Financial Reporting
Consolidation
Financial Analysis
Budgeting
Compliance Audits
• Working knowledge of various accounting software (Peachtree, Tally, Quickbooks), Systems Applicati

Languages

English
Expert
Filipino
Expert

Memberships

Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Association of Certified Public Accou
  • active member
  • October 1997
Association of Certified Public Accountants in Education (ACPAE)
  • member
  • November 1998
Government Association of Certified Public Accountants (GACPAE)
  • member
  • January 2005