Accountant
Desiree S. Balbon, CPA
Total years of experience :14 years, 0 Months
Accountant in Public Practice
• Provides accounting and auditing services that involve maintaining financial records and preparing and
auditing financial statements for use by Tax Authorities and Banks
• Recommended and implemented the set-up of an accounting system and assisted in improving the
internal control systems including the use of proper documents
• Extensive Tax Services that involve preparation of tax returns including VAT Returns, Withholding Tax,
Percentage tax, Income Tax and others as well as advising clients on tax deductions, tax planning and
other tax-related issues especially on the implementation of the TRAIN Law
• Provides Consulting Services, which can involve financial planning services for individuals as well as
business consultation services including ways on how to save taxes but at the same time compliant
with the law.
Accountant
• Managing and overseeing daily operations of bookkeeping
• Monitoring and analyzing accounting data and produce financial reports or statements
• Responsible in filing tax returns of the clients, e.g., VAT, withholding tax
• Coordinates with government agencies for tax compliance and other government requirements
• Provided recommendations for the improvement of clients’ accounting system and introducing accounting software especially Quickbooks
• Assign projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy
Responsible in 3 functions of the company
➢ Finance/ Accounting
• Manages the accounting, and finance of Florius Global FZCO and its related sister companies;
Full range accounting in Quickbooks online
• Performs weekly, monthly, and annually managerial reports in regards to sales, costs and
overall performance of theCompanies
• Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and
trends
• Prepares bank reconciliation; Monitors prepayments, accruals and lapsing schedule
• Responsible for monthly billing to clients
• Monitors aging report monthly; Communicates with clients and suppliers in regards to
outstanding accounts receivable and payable balances, respectively;
• Attends to financial inquiries received from customers, suppliers or other parties;
• Processes invoices to customers and from suppliers including credit memo if there are any;
• Prepares payment to suppliers by verifying documentation
• Analyzes and makes decisions when problems occur
• Assists in Financial Controlling to Auditors, Tax Advisors and Shareholders;
➢ Legal/ Administrative
• Prepares contracts of the Company subject for management’s review;
• Communicates with Government Authority for Visa Processing, Company’s Trade License and
other legal matters
• Prepares monitoring of Employees’ Leave, Salary and other Benefits
• Responsible for procuring supplies necessary for the company
➢ Operations/ Logistics/ Sales
• Prepares planning weekly of the allocation of the products in order to assist incoming sales and
cost activities of the business
• Communicates with clients globally regarding sales/ promotions of the products and other
inquiries
• Updates the products, availability and other information in company’s website for the client’s
direct access in ordering
• Deals with logistics company and clearing agents in the Netherlands and USA regarding the
distribution of the products
• Attends to ad-hoc tasks
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Accountant
• Updates and monitors projects’ cost, payment and outstanding balances
• Maintain project-related records (financial and non-financial information) and secures financial information by completing data base backups
• Handles petty cash expenses including verification of all liquidation submitted
• Ensures accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses
• Accountable for creating invoices and issuing them to clients by all necessary means, and updating clients’ files
• Receive and verify invoices and requisitions for goods and services before issuance of payment
• Prepares payment vouchers by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements for client’s approval
• Responsible in reconciling financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing accounts information
• Prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports for analyis and decision- making
Accountant
• Responsible for handling tax preparation, and other government remittances
• Coordinates with government agencies for tax compliance and other government requirements
• Responsible for financial statements preparation, and assists auditors for schedules
• Prepares check payment vouchers by reviewing documents appropriately
• Reviews time attendance sheet and prepares payroll semi- monthly
• Ensures all financial reports are accomplished on deadline
• Conducts physical count of Inventory and reconciles balances every month
• Monitors cost, estimated useful life, depreciation of the fixed assets
• Prepares quarterly report for construction-in-progress and completed projects and determines the appropriate accounting entries for projects
• Analyzes Internal controls of company and recommends efficient management of fixed assets
• Ensures proper recording, classifying of fixed assets and preparation of lapsing schedule
• Verifies payable entry transactions as to compliance to accurate accounting entries, vendor details and document numbers
• Updates billing, collection, and other adjustments in the tenants’ security deposit
Junior Auditor
• Analyzes and verifies financial documents
• Verifies the accuracy of client's Internal Records
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents
• Reviews Client’s compliance to tax regulations
• Provides recommendations on Client’s Internal control to improve the efficiency of the company
• Finalizes Client’s financial statements in accordance to proper accounting policies
Spare Parts Inventory and Billing Clerk
• Checks and posts Spare Parts Daily Sales Summary Report
• Prepares Spare Parts Monthly Sales Summary Report
• Verifies Bin Card Balance to the Inventory Balance in database
• Performs physical count
• Prepares Summary of Invoices for payment
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting