Alice Cadenas

Manages the entire accounting cycle including
gathering information, preparing documents,
finalizing reports and closing books.
Reconciliation of accounts and review of all materials,
including surplus, income, expense data, net
worth and assets.
Set up and improved accounting systems and
processes to meet business needs and maximize
effectiveness of operations.
Handles the VAT reporting procedures & payroll
administration
Prepares documents, reports and presentations
for executives and directors

Completed daily cash functions like account
tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting
and all types of cash and banking reconciliations.
Managed entire accounting cycle including
gathering information, preparing documents,
finalizing reports and closing books - postings of
payments, receipts, purchases & sales
Monitors all receivables, payables and credit
notes. Execution of appropriate accruals and
prepayments
Manages the petty cash disbursement
Dealing with the preparation and submission of
VAT returns on a quarterly basis
Constant coordination with Logistics company for
import and export transactions and all
requirements.
Maintains of the chart of accounts by ensuring
that proper controls are in place in opening,
deactivating and deleting any account
Reviewed accounting structures and procedures
on regular basis to identify areas in need of
improvement.
Partnered with auditors on annual audits and
realized compliance with governmental tax
guidelines.
Preparation of reports as per management
requirement.

Reconciliation of 255 bank accounts which involves exchange rate differences and adjustments.
Validation & recording of premiums, claims payment, loans and other payables
Monitored the ageing of reconciling items and coordinate with other departments in resolving unposted items or issues involving P/L or balance sheet accounts
Prepares payment requests through EFT or cheque to inter company or third party accounts
Handled the Funded Policy accounts - from monitoring the balances up to generation of statement to clients
Lead process improvement initiatives to streamline the Finance processes, enhance service capability to business units, and improve internal controls.
Act as the Finance Transformation Project liaison with the project team for any issues and testing regarding the FUSION system and automation processes
Participated on the mobilization plan of the Credit Controls team and represents as Finance Accounting POC.
Provide quarterly regulatory reports & audit data for attestation requirement
Appointed as Assistant Team Leader which tasks involves - reviewing and approving journals for my colleagues on behalf of my Service Manager.
Monitors capacity planning and attendance of the team, tracking of team's AHTs, productivity, QA and monitors achievement of team's Service Level Agreements and KPIs.

Reviewed and performed Payroll, Sales, Inventory,
Gate Pass, Petty Cash Fund disbursement audit
and suggests recommendations regarding the
findings.
Reviewed pricing & cost sheets of each product
on monthly/quarterly basis
Review and audit financial statements and
reports, ensure all calculations and data entries
are correct
Consolidated data from different departments for
various financial and legal spreadsheets with
creation of proper back up for audit and legal
documents.
Coordinate with external auditors during their
audit and review final draft of audited financial
statements of each entity to ensure all required
disclosures and adjustments has been captured,
matching with the system's trial balance, and
statutory deadlines are met.
Performed benchmarking exercise and team
productivity to ensure efficiency and effectiveness
in the process while ensuring proper internal
controls
Recommend improvement to existing internal
controls/processes to comply with government
requirements and good corporate governance
Monitored the Weekly Achievement of the
department.

Preparation and posting of journal entries
(accrued payables, receivables, depreciation,
cost allocation throughout all business areas,
Treasury
VAT returns
Digital banking products
and services
Banking services knowledge
set-up/true-up reserves, and revaluation of
inventories) for posting to SAP
Monitored the prepayments, which includes
rentals and PPE's and performs reconciliation of
each account on a monthly basis.
Monthly recognition of revenue using scan-based
trading ensuring no revenue leakage through
verified month-end reconciliations of different
systems.
Prepared working Trial Balance and draft Financial
Statements to discuss with management the
highlights.
Provided input to Operations Team in
understanding financial implications in the
business for all project initiatives.
Support management's decision making and offer
a wide range of Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
in all areas of the business, including key drivers for
resource management and accurate cost
allocation.
Assists SOX Compliance auditors with
improvement to existing internal
controls/processes to verify whether the
company's accounts are free from material error
or fraud and accounts are recorded based on
International Accounting Standards (IAS)
Coordinates with the auditors in providing all
schedules and documents required in the course
of the audit
Participate in the set up external customer Service
Level Agreements (e.g., timeliness, quality,
productivity)
Participate in Business Continuity Plan by
proposing up-to-date procedure guidelines.
Carry out Human Resource Administration tasks
(e.g. collate time sheets and leave requests and
prepare leave reports)