Crystalline Mejia

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Cleared all discrepancies for 21 partners which remained unresolved since the acquisition of an asset 2 years back

Investigated and resolved unreconciled accruals due to system glitch

Completed the decommissioning of an asset with all accounts cleared, reconciled and billed to Partners

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintains the book of accounts of Joint Venture (JV) operating and non-operating assets per provision on the Joint Operating Agreements (JOA) and Standard Oil Accounting Procedures (SOAP)

Accountable for budgeting and forecasting for JV assets in collaboration with Business Partners.

Manages the end-to-end accounting to reporting of JV asset portfolio and communicates closely with Business Partners, Cost Engineers, Budget Holders and Asset Managers

Reviews and approves Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) and other invoices for CAPEX and OPEX

Reviews gross and net book transactions, issues JV billings and cash calls to JV Partners

Prepares Petroleum Revenue Tax returns in compliance with the oil industry

Completes monthly balance sheet reconciliation, periodic close of books, consolidation for group and statutory reporting

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Accomplished the FY20 Budget for operational expenses which led to 5% favorable cost management year-on-year

Completed group reporting and took full accountability of United Kingdom, South Africa and India entities

Resolved long outstanding intercompany variances and standardized an effective way of timely reconciliation and revaluation

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Accountable for the financial management, business planning and budgetary processes of 9 legal entities across UAE, KSA, Qatar, Egypt, South Africa, India and United Kingdom (UK) and engaged with business unit heads as necessary.

Provided commentary and variance analysis between budgets, forecasts and actuals to management and adjusted estimates based on technical analysis and sound judgment.

Validated taxation (VAT) compliance on sales and purchases and prepared and filed monthly/quarterly VAT return for Egypt, KSA and UK.

Managed the monthly closing of overheads including setting of accruals, prepayment and cost allocation across 9 legal entities.

Evaluated accounting of intercompany including transactions, interests and billing statements.

Monitored fixed and intangible assets and documented depreciation, amortization and goodwill according to policy.

Prepared balance sheet reconciliations of all accounts and ensured outstanding items are investigated and resolved.

Collaborated with UK headquarters for half-year and year-end Group reporting, consolidation and audit compliance.

Reviewed internal control environment and ensures financial controls are operational and documented.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Acted as a Project Manager on strengthening the technical competencies of team members through collaboration with training experts

Participated in Optimization that resulted to re-organization which further resulted to cost reduction by one full time equiv. (FTE)

Recipient of Zero is Attainable Award as a recognition for advancing the Company's vision through operational excellence and committing zero work-related incident

Effectively acted as a project coordinator for IFCS information system major upgrades

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provided business value to management by interpreting the results of operation in terms of Sales, Trade and Accounts Receivables, Bad Debts and Collection Efficiency on Credit Board meetings.

Subject Matter Expert in managing and approving credit limit of up to US$ 100K to clients from various industries based on results of financial statement and non-financial credit review.

Provided advisory function on documentary credit, bank guarantees and standby letter of credit and credit issues and structures such as collateral and mitigation strategy and trade finance tools.

Performed account reconciliation including AR ageing report, month-end and year-end close of balance sheet accounts and ensured that reconciliations are completed and reconciling items are resolved within service level agreements.

Ensured compliance with accounting policies and procedures, internal controls, global standards including GAAP and IFRS, financial governance and other regulatory bodies.

Effectively served as the key officer-in-charged during internal and external audits for interim and year-end audit including compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) controls.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Completed external audit engagements with organizations from different industries including manufacturing, law firm, hotel, school and hospital.

Assisted in conducting the planned audit engagement, from planning up to wrap-up phase including scheduling and time control of audit work.

Performed technical audit procedures, commencing from understanding, walkthrough, and test of controls.

Performed data analytics to understand significant accounts’ balances though data disaggregation.

Performed audit procedures over significant accounts, including but not limited to cash, receivable, inventory, prepayments, fixed assets, liabilities, lease commitments, notes, and equity, as well as income statement (P&L) accounts.

Performed detailed review of financial statements, understanding its components such as Balance Sheets, Income Statements, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Statements of Cash Flows, to ascertain compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards and (IFRS) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Performed detailed of review of tax disclosures and calculations such as business taxes, withholding taxes, VAT (input and output), to check accuracy and compliance with the Bureau on Internal Revenue.