Jade Ferraris

JADE A. FERRARIS, C P A Address: Block 10 Lot 8 Yellow Bell St. Capitol Hills, Trece Martires City Phone: - Email add:- Professional Summary Driven and ambitious Accounting Lead dedicated to continuous business improvement. With excellent working knowledge in various accounting software namely Xero, Quickbooks, S2K and SAP, financial platforms such as bill.com, sage intact, expensify, shopify and stripe and payroll platforms such as Gusto and Paychex. Work History 2020-05 – Present Accounting Team Lead Tenet Global Business Service Center – 8th floor Citiplaza Building 34th St. BGC, Taguig  Successfully migrated the accounting process from US to Philippines through organized and methodical approach, achieving a 90% efficiency and accuracy during the go-live process.  Lead the team in setting strategic planning and goal setting.  Supervise, mentor, train accounting staff and lead them in their career development.  Lead annual performance review.  Monitor and ensure that daily, monthly and yearly accounting and financial deliverables meet the target of 90% in timeliness and accuracy.  Review and manage and monitor the team’s month end close activities in accordance with US GAAP.  Review and approve the team’s journal entries to ensure accuracy.  Perform expense explanations and variance analysis with respect to trends to determine anomalies in expense accounts.  Review monthly account reconciliations and ensure that proper substantiation and support is provided and attached.  Review and ensure application of appropriate internal controls, SOX compliance and financial procedures.  Facilitate revenue, expense and EBITDA forecasts and projections.  Supervise and oversee the analysis and recording of acquisition, disposal, depreciation and appraisal of fixed assets.  Oversee accurate submission and lodgement of Sales Tax.  Oversee timely and accurate coding of invoices and monitor payments to vendors. 2020-03 – Present Accounting Consultant ExclusiveCFO LLC – California, USA  Review and manage month end close activities including journal entries, expense explanations and variance analysis especially for US Start-ups.  Manage and monitor cash flow by conducting weekly cash tracker, forecast and analysis.  Oversee accurate submission and lodgement of Sales Tax.  Manage payment of Accounts Payables in bill.com.  Reconcile bank accounts, stripe, paypal, shopify and amazon clearing accounts.  Monitor grants and track grant expenses.  Perform budget vs. actuals analysis.  Perform inventory tracking, costing and gross profit margin analysis.  Record and monitor capital expenditures and depreciation. 2016-06 – Chief Accountant 2020-04 Ist Digital Ltd. - Valero One Center, 102 Valero St. , Salcedo VIllage, Makati  Reduced administrative costs by 10% by implementing cost analysis and reduction in processes, systems and applications.  Reviewed and supported monthly budget forecasting and variance analysis.  Led accounting process automation which resulted to cost savings due to overtime by 80%.  Prepared and analysed monthly and annual group management accounts and tax returns submitted to the CFO.  Checked accuracy of the returns lodged to HK and EU.  Planned, directed and coordinated all accounting operations across the entire Group, including the consolidation and preparation of financial reports  Managed all accounting operations, including: billing, AR, AP, GL, cost accounting, inventory accounting and revenue recognition.  Reviewed and approved supporting documents are sufficient and charges are valid.  Oversaw timely and accurate coding of invoices and monitored payments to vendors.  Oversaw accurate computation and payment of payroll.  Supervised and oversaw the analysis and recording of acquisition, disposal, depreciation and appraisal of fixed assets.  Reviewed and managed month end close activities including journal entries, expense explanations and variance analysis. -  Reviewed monthly account reconciliations and ensured that proper substantiation and  support is provided and attached. Developed and monitored financial targets vs. actual performance Senior Accountant EMAPTA (HLB Mann Judd)6780 Jaka Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati  Analysed and reported individual and consolidated indirect taxes (GST, Stamp Duty and Fringe Benefits Tax) to statutory authorities within the Australian statutory reporting deadlines.  Performed and documented variance analysis for abnormal movements in the financial statements.  Record and reconcile capital expenditures and record depreciation and disposal. - Senior Accountant Microsourcing, 2 Ecom, Mall of Asia, Pasay  Prepared and lodged Business Activity Statements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis in accordance with Australian standards.  Supported monthly closing activities, including preparing journal entries and reconciliations.  Record and reconcile capital expenditures and record depreciation and disposal. - Finance Services Analyst QBE Insurance Group, Net Cube, 30th St., cor. 3rd Ave., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig  Analysed and reported individual and consolidated indirect taxes (GST, Stamp Duty and Fringe Benefits Tax) to statutory authorities within the Australian statutory reporting deadlines.  Performed blackline account reconciliations.  Performed variance analysis and investigated anomalies in trends in the financial statements.  Performed consolidation tax returns of several business units - Tax Analyst Shell Shared Services, Solaris One, Dela Rosa St., Makati  Analysed and resolved tax disputes received by the team and reviewed indirect tax filings in accordance to respective US State indirect tax laws. -  Reconciled tax accounts from general ledger to tax system and investigated variances.  Review and analyse tax liability and exposure of the company. Audit Associate Constantino Guadalquiver & Co, Citibank Tower, Paseo de Roxas, Makati  Performed auditing work in accordance with GAAS (Generally Accepted Auditing Standards) to meet rigorous standards.  Worked in conjunction with Audit Manager, summarized audit results and participated in communicating audit results.  Performed detailed examination of audit documentation.  Conducted audit tests to evaluate design and operating effectiveness of internal controls. Education 2005-06 - Bachelor of Science: Accountancy 2009-03 San Sebastian College Recoletos de Cavite - Cavite City, Cavite, - CUMLAUDE