Geraldo Baligad Nava

GERALDO BALIGAD NAVA, CPA ✎ Blk. 5 Lot 50 Kingstown II Subdivision Bagumbong, Caloocan City Philippines ☎- ✉- geraldangelonava Personal Profile I am a Certified Public Accountant with the following work experiences in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia: four (4) years as Internal Auditor and twelve (14) years as General Accountant. My academic training and more than 18 years’ work experiences have provided me exceptional knowledge in general accounting, internal audit, financial management/analysis, budgeting and administrative works. Career Objective To obtain an accounting position where I will be able to contribute my skills, knowledge and experience to a company that will give me an opportunity to develop my career. Experience Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava Senior Financial Analyst April 2019 - Present TOA Global, Inc.., Ortigas Pasig City, Philippines ▪ Assist with oversight of the day-to-day execution of general accounting activities, record-to-report processes and operating activities with our Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider for assigned client group (ScaleFactor Client). ▪ Play an important role in general ledger stewardship, month-end closing and reporting, consolidation of actual results and preparation and review of all financial statements of client group customers. ▪ Provide values and recommendations on process improvements and standardization of financial close procedures, including for Scale Factor customers in order to gain greater efficiency and effectiveness within the Team financial closing activities. ▪ Use discretion in managing a tight close calendar to ensure all work is correct and on time; prioritize daily close checklist tasks to be performed by the Financial Close Analysts, ensure they are done timely and immediately identify and resolve issues or delays. ▪ Provide leadership and assist in the development of other Financial Close team members. ▪ Working with various cross-functional departments such as Onboarding and Recurring Teams to continue maintaining efficient and compliant accounting. Page 1 ▪ ▪ Analyze and communicate significant variances and trends to expected results (budget, forecasts and historical trends) including ongoing business events, initiatives, and strategies Assist the Financial Close Manager in the execution of its managerial functions by providing creative inputs in managing and supervising the Financial Close Team as a whole. Cost Accountant February 2018 - November 2018 METSCCO Heavy Steel Industries Ltd., Riyadh KSA ▪ Reviews all cost matrices for proposed projects of the Company which is engaged in the construction of storage tanks and other heavy steel structures. ▪ Analyzes and classify cost indicators and parameters of existing storage tanks projects indicated in summaries and presents recommendations designed to improve break-even targets without compromising output, quality of the projects. ▪ Prepared periodic reports that compared standard costs to actual production costs and be able to identify and explained cost variances then submitted appropriate report to top management. ▪ Constructs cost systems and institutes control measures for the purpose of reviewing accumulated data for various cost centers of the projects. ▪ Conducts periodic and perpetual count and reconciliation of all raw materials, WIP and Finished Goods Inventory of each particular project. Senior Project Accountant February 2015 – December 2016 GS Engineering and Construction Corp., Riyadh KSA ▪ Maintain project-related records, including contracts and change orders. ▪ Review and process vendor’s invoices such as (Rental Charges, Raw Materials, Consumables, Sub Contracts, etc.) related to the project. ▪ Process request for advance payment of raw materials and consumables, petty cash advances, and other related advances and ensuring strict liquidation and clearing of such advances. ▪ Monitor bank accounts balances and process online banking payments thru online banking facility (HSBC Online). ▪ Prepare journal entries of all accounting transactions in general and expenditure slips of Global Accounting System (GAS). ▪ Create schedules of accruals (such as Salary, GOSI, End of Service Benefits, Air Ticket, and Vacation or Leave Pay). ▪ Review and process time sheets of rental workers for works related to the project. ▪ Review and process general payroll for Saudi and Non-Saudi employees thru WPS (Wage Protection System) and uploading the file to Ministry of Labor Portal. ▪ Perform month end closing process of accounts. ▪ Prepare comparative financial statements and other management report for submission to top management. ▪ Compile information and corroborate with Internal and External Auditors (Deloitte) for periodic audit of the project. ▪ Performed some administrative works for the project. Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava Page 2 General Accountant May 2012 – April 2014 Saudi Lighting Co., Riyadh KSA ▪ Review and process vendors invoices, RTR’s and P.O. before preparing payable entries to Oracle Financial System and ensuring payable transactions comply with company’s financial policies and procedure. ▪ Process request for local advances payment for material/nonmaterial items including monitoring and preparing periodic advances payment report. ▪ Prepares periodic vendors account reconciliation and resolving discrepancies, replying to vendors inquiry and preparing adjusting entries related to approve discrepancies. ▪ Initiate cheque preparation for local, foreign, and petty cash payments including journal entries. ▪ Create accrual journals for Sales Project, Distributor, Casual Labor, Interest on Loans and others. ▪ Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and cashflows report including necessary booking entries related to bank and cash adjustments. ▪ Handles cash clearing of all receipts and payments in Cash Management module of Oracle Financials System. ▪ Prepares bank related correspondences and documents. ▪ Responsible in maintaining, updating and follow up of Import and LC/LG documents. ▪ Helps in preparation of yearly budget and company’s forecast reports. ▪ Participate in month end closing process of accounts. ▪ Prepares month end reports of intercompany, related parties account reconciliation and proper coordination with GLC. Senior Accountant April 2011 – February 2012 Mitsubishi Electric Saudi Ltd Co., Riyadh KSA ▪ Consolidate regional financial report and prepares monthly management reports. ▪ Process periodic payroll for regional and head office units including preparation of payroll entries. ▪ Played a key role in monthly closing of books and preparation financial reports such as balance sheet, statement of profit and loss and statement of cash flows for the whole company. ▪ Performs different account analysis and reconciliation such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, broker’s account, sales and billings. ▪ Review vouchers payable and fixed asset request for approval by accounting manager. Accounts Auditor January 2007 – December 2010 Rashed A. Alrashed & Sons Co., Alkhobar KSA ▪ Conducts quarterly and yearend financial and operational audit of group of companies with 21 business units all over the kingdom. ▪ Handles point of sales and inventory audit of more than 50 branches in eastern, central and western region area. ▪ Ensures that accepted accounting and audit principles and policies are followed, and evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava Page 3 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ internal accounting procedures and operating systems and controls. Implement corporate management policies and establish procedures covering the scope of audits. Confers, advises, initiates, and coordinates with other departments about corporate management policies and procedures. Performs special audit-related projects as assigned. Develop and obtain proper approval for goals, audit work schedules, staffing plans, and financial budgets for the Business Units. Perform field audit and confirmation of customer’s account balances. Provides more detailed audit techniques and procedures for specific areas assigned if necessary. Prepare neat, legible, and accurate working papers indicating the source of information and purpose of the work done. Present and discuss findings and recommendations concerning activities audited to the Business Units Top Management Committee. Keep auditee personnel aware of audit findings and recommendations so required improvements may be started as soon as possible. Prepare and review of draft audit reports in connection with work papers to assure full and complete reporting in a professional manner prior to approval by the Group Audit Manager. Senior Accountant November 2002 – December 2006 Noor Albawader Commercial Services Ltd., Riyadh KSA ▪ Compiling and analyzing account information and records transactions related to company’s asset, liability, revenue and expenses. ▪ Keeps and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions and resolving account discrepancies. ▪ Responsible in transferring subsidiary accounts balances to general ledger and preparing trial balance including reconciling entries. ▪ Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements. ▪ Process, validates, verify, and maintain correctness of payroll elements and computations. ▪ Assists the external auditor in conducting audit activity by providing adequate accounting information thru well maintained accounting records. ▪ Assures legal requirement compliance is updated to avoid legal issues. ▪ Secures financial information by completing database backups. ▪ Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential. Corporate Accountant October 2000 – September 2002 Ackers Philippines Incorporated, Quezon City Philippines ▪ Supervise the company’s daily financial activities, including the supervision of all funds and securities, daily bank deposits and accounting for bank receipts and disbursement. ▪ Deals with banks on loans and negotiate for competitive rates. Provides the mechanism on loan repayments and manage collaterals and securities on company loans and borrowings. Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava Page 4 ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Manages accounts receivable such as establishing credit and collection procedures, enforce collections and attends to problematic accounts. Develops and implements strategies to accelerate cash collections and, when necessary in decelerate cash disbursements. Manages and direct the overall Accounting functions of Ackers Group of companies. Ensure that all financial transactions are recorded correctly and at a proper period in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and compliance with tax and statutory requirements. Supervise the overall function of payroll processing. Ensure timely distribution to employees of accurate payroll. Ensure that all employees’ compensation and benefits are recorded and paid in accordance with Company policy and compliance with tax requirements. Performs expense budget performance review. Communicate and discuss with other Business Units to address issues on various expense accounts. Participate in the financial planning and forecasting activities. Manage year-end closing and year-end processes. Lead research, reconciliation and analytical activities to facilitate examination of financial statements. Accounting Staff October 1998 – October 2000 Everfirst Loans Inc., Quezon City Philippines ▪ Help the Chief Accountant in organizing and controlling the company’s accounting system to ensure effective, efficient and uniform operations of the Accounting Department. ▪ Oversees the work of all junior accountants, which includes performance review, staff training and development, delegation of staff assignments, and trouble shooting of unexpected work related problems. ▪ Prepares periodic payroll and other government reporting requirements such as Income Tax, SSS, HDMF, Phil Health and other remittances returns. ▪ Prepares daily cash position report and monthly bank reconciliation. ▪ Reviews of journal entries, vouchers and checking of loan application process for approval by the Chief Accountant and Owner. Education Achievement and Skills Competencies Bachelor of Science in Accountancy June 1994 – October 1998 University of the East-Recto, Manila Achievement: ▪ Skills: ▪ ▪ Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava October 2000 CPA Board Examination Passer CPA License No- High level user of Microsoft Office particularly Excel and Microsoft Word. Proficient in using various accounting software’s especially JDE One World, Idea Software, Oracle Financials R11 (ERP Based), Global Accounting System (GS EIP), QuickBooks Online, Xero Software and Page 5 ▪ Personal Attributes References Curriculum Vitae-Geraldo Nava Peachtree Accounting. Bill.com, Gusto, Stripe, Expensify,Square Income, ADP Payroll Strong knowledge and experience in field audit and preparation of financial statements including analysis and financial reporting. ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Friendly and inclusive approach Practical and realistic Offers a meticulous attention to detail Consistently delivers quality results Strong listener and cooperative Hard working and diligent Team-focused – supportive of colleagues Will work beyond the call of duty ▪ Engr. Fernan Bazarte ARCADIS Company Ayala Avenue, Makati City Phils. -- ▪ Mr. Francis Joshua Grabillo Employee Engagement Officer/TOA Global, Inc. Ortigas, Pasig City Phils. -- ▪ Mr. Pausto E. Marcelino Accounting Manager/Mitsubishi Electric Saudi Ltd. P.O. Box 2710, Dammam 31461, KSA -- Page 6