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Glenda Finances and Procurement

Monterrey, Mexico

PROFESSIONAL EXTRACT
Public Accounting and Finances degree professional. Business area and process executive with team and project coordination experience. Problem solving and process optimization. Identification and achievement of operational, financial, costs, risks, and diverse business objectives and metrics in liaison with IT.

 

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

·       Accounting

·       Finances

·       AR & AP

·       Risk management

·       Business Strategy, Customer Service

·       Commercial & International Trade

·       Process Management

·       Logistics and Procurement

 

SKILLS

·       Collaborative approach and Team work

·       Financial Analysis and critical thinking

·       Personnel management

·       Self-reliance

·       Process and metrics improvement

·       Planning and Decision making

·       Negotiation

·       Encouragement to make changes

·       Technological easiness

·       Multicultural environment easiness

·       English

·       Microsoft Office, SAP, ORACLE, Zoho.

·       ISO 9001 and 14001

·       CTPAT and NEEC (OEA) Program

·       ALFA Advanced Leadership Program at Thunderbird School of Global Management (2013)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Thermogen Power Services, Inc    –Temp: Maternity Leave Substitute–            (AUG 2018 – DEC 2018)
·       Finances and Administration
§   Administrative direction and execution.
§  Accounts Payable.
o   Purchase Order release per purchase request.
o   Follow-up with suppliers and performance engineers the receipt of invoice and product / service, respectively.
o   Invoice receipt and revision.
o   Three-way match for purchase and payment control.
o   Upload invoices promptly into the system for accounts payable statement and aging.
o   Invoice payment.
o   Payment application on system, accordingly – payment method, adjustments, ledger allocation.
o   Supplier setup in the system.
§  Billing & AR. O2C Process.
o   Set up clients in the system.

o   Bill per commercial terms and send invoices to clients.
o   Customize invoices for international clients.

o   Collection of receivables.

o   Promptly record payment received, accordingly– project allocation.

o   Cash receipt maximized and aging reduced on invoices being due.

o   Manage Accounts Receivables portfolio.

o   Income forecast per month.

o   Follow milestone fulfillment for billing purposes.

§   Finances reengineering and O2C process improved. With a limited information system for the company´s specific operation:
o   AR statement was recreated with the real-time status of each project and global Receivables.

o   Bonus calculations for Engineers were recreated – providing past payments per period per engineer, plus upcoming payments.

o   Allocation of expenses per project to provide fixed and variables costs per project.

§   Treasury | Commercial Negotiation | Financial Planning | Cash Mgmt. | Logistics and Proc.
·       MURATA, A.C., Group talk of diverse social topics.  –Personal affair–                     (JAN 2018 – JUN 2018)

 

Conduent Business Services       –Company Project–                                    (AUG 2016 – DEC 2017)

·       Software Buyer and SCT

§   Leadership on Spend Control Project.

o   Explained purchase requestors the project procedure along with McKinsey.

o   Coached SCT approvers on the project and their cost saving key role.

o   Recorded the Business Unit expenditure reductions / savings.

o   Calculated and reported in dashboard the targets for reviewed purchase requests, purchase approvals and purchase savings.

§  Turned purchase requisitions into POs under GP compliance | Negotiation with suppliers and requestors | Problem solving related to procurement procedure and IT tool-system.

§  ORACLE Training due to change of ORACLE Version.

§  Payments

o   Solved payment quests from requesters and suppliers by:

o   Researching PO and invoice status in the procurement process flow.

o   Looking for invoice approvals.

o   Tracking purchase orders and invoices to clarify payment confusion in AP system.

o   Clearing-up data on master client and on invoices in order to help release payment.

o   Having effective communication with AP and big-account suppliers regarding any administrative delay on payments.

o   Global Procurement compliance on tracking a reverse procurement process flow – payment request back to purchase order or SCT.

 

Akra Polyester, S.A. de C.V., from Alpek, an Alfa Company                          (FEB 2011 – AUG 2014)

·       Logistic Superintendent

§  Management of administrative and operational processes of logistic department.

§  Management of ten executives: Fixed Asset identification, Traffic Chief, Shipment Chief, Accounts Payable, International Trade Coordinator, Warehouse and Inventory Chief, ROW Traffic Chief, Pack Returnable.

o   Review productivity and that volume were distributed properly across the team members. Evaluate overall team performance.

o   Assurance of personnel´s adherence to procedure manuals and formats – internal control.

§  Reduction of risk in processes (corporate and internal processes and projects).

§  Accounts payable, purchase orders and blanket POs.

o   Three-way payment revision under SAP automatic purchase number, POD and invoice received, plus rate loaded on system providing a 5% tolerance for variation on invoice.

o   Register invoices into the system for payment.

o   Coordinate with external auditors on internal control compliance and  payment audit

o   Hierarchy-authorization system development for costs of services – risk management.

o   Speed up POD collection in liaison with IT and supplier – supported credit area for collections and logistic department for reports.

o   Authorization and release of Blanket POs for variable costs – erroneously charged before. Payments were allocated under proper Cost Centers.

§  Review, follow-up and improvement of metrics and objectives.

§  Identification of optimization points, project and investment execution for operational and strategy improvement. Implementation of IT in procedures.

§  Completion of Quality, Process and Operational, Cost, Security, International Trade, and Risk objectives directed to improvement.

§  Management of foreign trade documents and reports delivered to tax authorities

 

Akra Polyester, S.A. de C.V., from Alpek, an Alfa Company                            (JAN 2008 – JAN 2011)

·       Exports Credit: International trade and commercial negotiation. | Control of credit mechanism according to purchase order & client. | Negotiation with clients related to credit, collection and dispute concerns. | AR Factoring, assignments and advances breakdowns and Credit insurance. | SAP income entry for receivables and financial factoring advances. | Track of adjustments and deductions in payments received versus invoices. | Receivables statement and Forecast of cash flow of exports receivables | Excellent performance during 2008 financial crisis.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
·         Bachelor Degree in Public Accounting and Finances                                 (AUG 2002 – DEC 2006)

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – Campus Sonora Norte