Lovelyn Alonzo, Chief Accountant

Lovelyn Alonzo

Chief Accountant

Al Mariah United Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Chief Accountant at Al Mariah United Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since March 2020

Responsible for day to day finance and accounts operations. Perform full set of accounts and ensure timely closing of accounts. Responsible for timely monthly consolidated financial statements, payments, cash-flow management reporting. Coordinates preparation of audit related materials to internal and external auditors. Acts As project manager for new ERP system implementation (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central) Finance and Payroll.

Accountant at Bulahej Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2018 to March 2020

- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
- Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
- Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and related reports
- Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
- Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Secures financial information by completing data base
- Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
- Prepares payroll and related entries
- Prepares and submits Tax Returns
- Supervises 3 accounting staff and 2 warehouse staff.

Accountant at Wooden Bakery LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2015 to April 2017

- Participates in monthly stock taking and prepares monthly food cost analysis
- Maintaining POS (micros) system- new item creation, updates selling prices and minor system troubleshooting
- Checks daily sales report and store inventory to ensure that there is no out of stock
- Prepares LPO, checks supplier invoices, cheque preparation and coordinates with suppliers. - Prepares annual budget for the restaurant
-Prepare monthly payroll, Cashiering functions, oversees operations in the restaurant.

Cost Controller at Chowking Orient Restaurant
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to March 2016

-Responsible for the completion and integrity of all month-end inventories. And reconciles it with General Ledger in Wed Prolific.
- Menu engineering of new and existing store recipe and central kitchen recipe.
- Analyze menu item cost and recommends pricing & portion for new and existing menu items and
communicates it with R&D, training and marketing
- Prepares an actual and standard report comparison and discusses with the restaurant manager for any
issues as reflected in Product mix from POS and Prolific.
-Maintains and updates the menu for both central kitchen and store in Web Prolific to the POS.
- Performs inventory spot checks of inventory and food quality from time to time.
- Participates in the marketing survey in the new and existing items for improvement

Accountant at United International Group (Chapters Coffee Shop)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2011 to June 2013

- Finalization of Monthly Financial Statements
- Prepare Monthly Payroll and transfer through WPS
- Prepare Payment Vouchers and cheque
- Monthly Bank Reconciliation, and year-end account schedules
- Verify Daily Sales from Shop
- Prepare Daily sales Invoices; encode purchases in Sage 50 (Peachtree)
- Preparation of Menu costing, top-selling item, Cost Of sales analysis & inventory reports

Cost Accounting Supervisor at Teriyaki Group Inc
  • Philippines
  • January 2007 to February 2011

-Provides reliable and timely costing information to various financial controllers for business decisions -Provides reliable and accurate costing information through execution of costing processes in various such as Transfer pricing, product costing, manufacturing and distribution in coordination with the corporate chef, purchaser and commissary.
-Prepares Food & Beverage Menu costing and suggests Selling Price
-Prepare variance report between Theoretical vs. Actual Cost, Product mix analysis & top-selling items from POS reports.
-Conducts spot checking in the store & commissary relating to inventory, menu portion & stock receiving.
-Finalize and review Monthly Cost of sales report, with corresponding journal entries.
-Prepares Monthly Commissary Itemized Gross Profit Analysis and production report.
-Preparation of year-end closing inventory reconciliation and variance analysis
-Monitoring all Supplier cost and updating Transfer Prices
- Performs Benchmarking in various supermarkets and shops
-Verify inter-outlet transfer, spoilage reports and breakage report
-Conducts month-end inventory in both store and commissary
-Ensures that costing procedures and processes are executed according to company’s practices
-Monitors subordinate reports to ensure speed and quality of work
-Assisting the Group Comptroller in the implementation of a new Material
Management system (Batch Master Enterprise)
-Functional Head for the new Material Management system (Batch Master Enterprise)
-Provides knowledge transfer and training to users on existing and new processes
-Develops standards and coordinates with all the end users and management team to ensure quality and accuracy of result

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountancy
  • at Divine Word College of Laoag
  • March 2005

Specialties & Skills

ERP (Batchmaster Enterprise)
SAP-FICO
Sage Peachtree
Web Prolific (Manufacturing System)
Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central
Quickbooks
Tally Erp

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Supply Chain Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015