Leonard Santiago, Analyst - Financial & Budget

Leonard Santiago

Analyst - Financial & Budget

Unified Real Estate Development Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
15 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months

Analyst - Financial & Budget at Unified Real Estate Development Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since August 2015

• Participate in the development of the Financial Planning & Budgeting function’s policies, processes, systems and standard operating procedures in line with Company's strategic direction and objectives.
• Analyze current trends and costs, commitments, and obligations incurred as well as assessing future expenses.
• Develop the annual budget guidelines, standards, time schedule and assumption, and monitor the adherence of those guidelines during the budgeting process.
• Prepare the budget forms/ models to be used in the budgeting process and develop new methodologies, techniques and procedures for the use in financial planning and analysis.
• Leads the preparation of the consolidated budget for the entire organization, in addition to monitoring, revising, and reporting of the budget.
• Prepare the monthly performance reports showing key performance indicators, trends, comment on actual vs. budget variations and risks as well as areas that require management attention.
• Seek clarifications from departments on budgets and underlying assumptions, present the consolidated budget to the Management and seek approvals.
• Provide financial analysis and input for proposed projects, capital expenditure, and acquisitions in coordination with the Management such as IRR, NPV, Profitability Index and Payback Period.
• Prepare financial analysis to be presented to the Management and develop interim and long-term financial forecasts.
• Provide financial analysis explanations on liquidity, and financial stability, through the use of financial ratios and comparative figures.
• Prepare monthly financial statement and quarterly reports and report on variance
• Work closely with accounting department during monthly closing to ensure all accounting entries are accurate and reliable.
• Prepare monthly analysis regarding the movement of accounts and report any inconsistencies if there's any for proper action and correction.
• Prepare projected annual cash flows as basis of our CFO on day to day cash management.
• Prepare the annual budget of the company, revisions until the final approval of our President. Includes the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flows and other schedules required.
• Work closely with accounting team during Audit season as to the preparation of audit schedules.

Financial Analyst at Saudi Oger Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2013 to July 2015

Financial Analyst (Saudi Oger Limited)
• Responsible for project budget preparation and ensuring that all actual cost is in line with budget.
• Financial analysis where variances between actual and budget thoroughly explained and reported.
• Preparation of quarterly forecast and its schedule to be compared with final budget data.
• Monitoring of all accounts and schedules preparation needed in reporting.
• Suggesting any corrective adjustment entries if there’s any during month end.
• Checking and validating of billing to each project.
• Monthly flash report to determine the status of the project.
• Monthly cost estimation and computation of cost to date.
• Generation of initiative report about the project standing such as dash boarding, templates through MS excel.
• Review and communicate with suppliers about the accuracy of work order by comparing alongside the quotation received.
• Ensuring and monitoring of payments to suppliers and consultants as stated in the contract.
• Reports that will be needed from time to time.

Financial Planning Analyst at TELUS International Philippines
  • Philippines
  • June 2012 to July 2013

Financial Planning Analyst (TELUS International Philippines)
• Assigned in TIP annual budget consolidation and validation of fixed overhead departmental budgets.
• Ebitda report as measurement of operations monthly performance.
• Accountable in preparation and updating the monthly headcount tracker report.
• Consolidation of all revenue transactions (includes all submissions from the operations).
• Revenue scrutiny per program with triangular analysis given from billing and finance summary.
• Responsible for updating the business review deck which serve as template for monthly performance review.
• Updates the Financial summary deck and explaining the variances on revenue side.
• Assigned to prepare the monthly revenue summary and review before period close.
• Accounts Receivable reconciliation on a monthly basis.
• Reports preparation to submit in Canada such as TIP Headcount and Revenue report, Internal Revenue and Margin Analysis.
• Point of contact to shared services as to their financial performance and some other related issues.
• Assigned for globe allowance, peza report basis for allocation, hr mall cost, team building and incentives
summary to be submitted to accounting for their accruals.
• Cost center creation and maintenance in SAP as needs to update.
• Material code creation and maintenance in SAP for invoice process.
• Validation, review and release of invoice on SAP every time invoices are created.
• Expense distribution/allocation on SAP.
• Adhoc assignments from time to time.

Cost Accountant at General Milling Corporation
  • Philippines
  • April 2010 to June 2012

Accounting Assistant-Cost Accounting (General Milling Corp.)
• Responsible for daily analysis of stocks movement as to receipts and issuances.
• Encoding of inventory transactions in M3 such as stock in, stock out, reclassification and stock transfers.
• In charge with the computation of cost for flour exchange program based on actual usages from
weekly production report given by our tollers.
• Preparation of sales reports and analysis for Sales Managers.
• Assigned for monthly flour exchange reconciliation.
• Accountable for monthly inventory insurance declaration report.
• Updating and maintenance of Flour Luzon Cost books.
• Preparation of gross profit analysis for Flour and Bakery business unit.
• Conduct of periodic inventory taking at the Flour main warehouse.
• Preparation of annual budgets for Sales, Cost of Sales and Gross Profits.
Accounting Assistant-Accounts Payable (General Milling Corp.)
• Responsible for preparation of manual books of accounts such as Cash Disbursements book, Purchases book, and Import/Treasury transactions.
• Preparation of disbursement vouchers and check payments.
• Monthly updating of ledgers for Accounts Payable and Advances to suppliers.
• Summarizing of monthly receipted allowances of Officers.
• Journalizing of liquidations from the Petty cash fund.

Accountant at ChilLine Attitude Corporation
  • Philippines
  • January 2009 to April 2010

• Daily preparation of journal vouchers and check payments.
• Performed the liquidation of petty cash when exhausted.
• Preparation of weekly cash disposition forecast.
• Monthly preparation and maintenance of sales book and cash disbursement book.
• Verification with the bank of all cash receipts deposited by our clients.
• Performed monthly bank reconciliation.
• Analysis of monthly balances for accounts receivables and accounts payable.
• Preparation of monthly financial reports such as: Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Statement of Cash Flows and other schedules as required.

Part Time Accountant at Informatics Caloocan
  • Philippines
  • May 2009 to February 2010

• Preparation of daily cash position report.
• Weekly preparation of checks and corresponding vouchers for supplier payments.
• Performed cash count monthly for remaining petty cash and deposits in transit.
• Liquidation of petty cash fund.
• Monthly update of basis of royalty template to be reported with the head office.
• Monthly SSS, Phil health and withholding tax remittances preparation.
• Responsible for preparation of monthly financial reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Coleges
  • March 2008

- Awardee for Excellence in accountancy studies - Leadership Awardee - Deans lister

Specialties & Skills

Accounting
Management
Data Presentation
Microsoft Software
Financial Analysis
SAP User ( Enterprise ERP)
M3 User ( Enterprise ERP)
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Word, Advanced Excel & Powerpoint Presentation
Accounting (AR, AP, General Accounting)
Financial Analysis

Languages

English
Intermediate
Filipino
Expert

Memberships

PICPA - Bulacan Region
  • Member
  • October 2008
RMMC Alumni
  • Member
  • April 2008

Training and Certifications

Accounting Fundamentals Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2017
CPE Credits (7.5 units) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
March 2012
CPE Credits (7.5 units) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2011
Valid Until:
June 2011