Edilene Bernal

Edi has over 7 years of professional experience, mostly in the BPO industry; she is a Certified Public Accountant by profession, and currently manages her private practice handling various clients. Services offered are financial statement audit, tax return preparation, management consultancy, and tax examination assistance. 2018 EDILENE R. BERNAL, CPA (January 2018 – Present) Self- Employed Managing a private practice catering to sole proprietors, partnerships, and corporations offering various accounting services. 2016 – 2018 CONCENTRIX PHILIPPINES (April 18, 2016 – January 19, 2018) Assistant Manager – Business Process, Management Reporting, and Quality Assurance Primary Responsibilities: Managed a team of 8, composed of 3 supervisors and 5 employees, handling the following –  business process documentation and standardization, aimed at identifying gaps and deficiencies  monthly and quarterly reporting of financial figures to executives of the company, analyzing month to month and quarter to quarter movements in data  transactional testing to check for process adherence, supporting the Company in compliance and SOX controls audits and walkthroughs CLASSIC SLEEPCARE, LLC (January – April 2016) Staff Accountant Primary Responsibilities: Creation of monthly financial statements and other ad hoc reports Details: Reporting directly to the President of the Company, tasked to create the monthly financial statements, reconciliation of various balance sheet accounts, and other ad hoc reports requested by Management. Also created manual journal entries via Quickbooks. 2014 – 2015 PROPLE BPO, INC. (March 2014 – June 2015) Assistant Manager for Finance and Accounting Primary Responsibilities: Documented the Finance and Accounting processes for various clients Details: Assigned to clients in the retail and manufacturing industries, responsible for documenting the current Finance & Accounting business processes and implementing process improvements aimed at establishing and improving controls. Performed internal audit functions such as monthly conduction of surprise cash counts (for petty cash and revolving funds) and monitoring of process deviations, ensuring resolutions are in place to avoid repetition. Developed Key Performance Indicators for the following processes: Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Financial Statement Closing Reports created: Budget template, Findings Report (for tracking of issues), DM/CM Summary (for tracking of debit and credit memos from suppliers/to customers) 2012 E.C. RENDON & ASSOCIATES (July – September 2012) Associate Partner Primary Responsibilities: Performed monthly visits to various clients; created VAT and company income tax returns Details: Assisted in providing consulting and audit services to clients, including certification of financial statements and tax returns for tax filing and other BIR purposes. 2007 – 2012 IBM GLOBAL PROCESS SERVICES Accounting Analyst for International Assignment Taxation | IBM AP Account (June 2007 – January 2009) Primary Responsibilities: Reconciled several accounts for the Australian IA Tax and Accounts Payable books; maintained the IA Tax and Accounts Payable aging schedules Process Owner for International Assignment Taxation | IBM US Account (February 2009 – 2011) Primary Responsibilities: Performed administrative work – processing refunds, chasing assignees; performed quality audit tasks; served as first point of contact for issues encountered by the team prior to escalation to team leader Domain Trainer for International Assignment Taxation (March 2011 – May 2012) Primary Responsibilities: Trained and certified new hires prior to deployment to respective teams; created training materials used during training Details: Responsible for training new hires, as well as providing refresher sessions for tenured employees, regarding different process performed by the team. Created training manuals used based on process documentation provided by the team. Also ensured proper certification was given to new hires before deployment to respective teams. Others: Project Head for standardization of IA Tax Processes, responsible for collating data from the team, including members from the US, and leading the team for timely completion of the project. 2007 E.C. RENDON & ASSOCIATES (January – May 2007) Associate Partner Primary Responsibilities: Created VAT and income tax returns; creation and footing of financial statements 2006 C.L. MANABAT & CO. (July – November 2006) Junior Auditor 2004 ISLA LIPANA & CO. [Formerly Joaquin Cunanan & Co.] (March – May 2004) Trainee CPA REVIEW SCHOOL (CPAR) – May 2005 to May 2006 MIRIAM COLLEGE – June 2000 to May 2005    Date of Birth: October 13, 1983 Civil Status: Married Number of Dependents: 1 MICROSOFT OUTLOOK QUICKBOOKS LOTUS NOTES MICROSOFT VISIO MS POWERPOINT MS EXCEL MS WORD 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Level 2006 • Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) Update 2007 • Customer Service Training • Effective Business Writing • Problem Solving and Decision Making 2008 • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 2009 • Project Management 2010 • Effective Presentation Skills 2011 • Leadership Training 2016 • BOA Updates • Code of Ethics and Good Governance • Fundamentals of Leadership • How to Handle BIR Audit & Investigation and Tax Updates • Leadership, SEC & Governance • PFRS Updates: 2015 and Beyond • Financial Statement Analysis • Full PFRS vs PFRS for SMEs 2018 • TRAIN Law and Latest BIR Implementing Regulations