Lizbeth Góngora Rojas

 Lizbeth Gongora Rojas Financial Specialist •-• http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizbethgongorarojas/ • - Highly analytical professional with 7+ years’ experience in Finance & Administrative teams with multinationals companies. Experienced in finance, strategic planning and preparing financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements and budget variances reporting directly to USA headquarters. Instrumental in planning, establishing, and executing day-to-day financial planning, forecasting, reporting and KPI. Demonstrated success in identifying improvement opportunities and deploying technological solutions for automating processes and increasing efficiency. Leadership ability, articulate communicator creating collaborative partnerships with interdepartmental and overseas teams. Areas of Expertise Strategic Analysis & Planning Financial Planning & Forecasting Complex Problem Resolution End-to-End Project Management Cross-Functional Collaboration Process Improvement & Automation Overseas Team Working PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RAMSAY INNOVATIONS – Colombia Financial Controller (June 2022 – Up to date) Plan, organize, control, and evaluate the process of financial and strategic planning including building of cashflows, forecast, budgets, resource or capacity planning, organization of financial infrastructure providing insights to customers based on the analysis of financial statements, summaries, and other cost-benefit analyses and financial management reports. Key Achievements: Lead and deploy optimization process of variances' reports with G-Sheets Spreadsheets and dashboards for multiple customers TELEPERFORMANCE COLOMBIA – Bogotá, Colombia Financial Planning Controller - Financial Chief (Apr 2021- Apr 2022) Lead the process and approval of program budget development valued in 150M USD along with quarterly reporting for US Market (Canada and USA), provide ad hoc analysis as needed, evaluate business and financial processes and work to streamline simplifying those processes when possible, providing insight for strategic planning. Key Achievements: Planned and developed project of time optimization to prepare and present Provisions Report for End Month Close for several customers. ASSA ABLOY LATINOAMERICA – Bogotá, Colombia Senior Financial Analyst - Financial Analyst (Dec 2013 to Feb 2021) Plan, establish, and execute targeted finance and accounting processes, as financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, treasury control, cash flows, and profitability statements by liaising with business administration and finance management teams. In charge of Inventory control. Evaluate corporate policies to identify trends and variances, present comprehensive statistical reports to executive management team. Develop and deploy technological solutions and tools for financial processes aimed at increasing efficiency and automating processes. Lead, train, and mentor coworkers for executing strategic corporate and finance procedures, as well as crafting internal processes manual. Key Achievements: Reduced account receivables (DSO) by 10 days for group, as well as enhanced sales and purchase orders approval processes by creating, implementing, and managing process automation tools. Spearheaded execution of time optimization project to prepare closing reports, including Excel Spreadsheets for main office and internal clients. Developed, deployed, and managed dashboard with integrated HFM and Excel for delivering accurate and timely closing information to General Manager. Received promotion as “Senior Finance Analyst” in recognition of going above and beyond performance expectations of company and ability to excel in role of higher responsibility. Additional experience as Logistics Analyst Internship at ASSA ABLOY LATINOAMERICA – Bogota, Colombia Jul 2012 – Dec 2013 EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS Master of Business Administration (2022) EIDHI University – USA & Mexico Diploma in Agile Management with SCRUM (2020) Fundación de Egresados de la Universidad Distrital – Bogota, Colombia Financial Management Specialist Postgraduate Diploma (2017) Universidad Autónoma de Colombia Industrial Engineer (2015) Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Diploma in Corporate Finance (2014) Universidad Nuestra Señora del Rosario – Bogota, Colombia Credentials: SCRUM Master Certification – Fundación de Egresados de la Universidad Distrital (2020) Technical Skills: MS Word | MS Excel | MS PowerPoint | MS Outlook | MS Teams | Google Docs | Windows Operating System | Mac Operating System | Adobe PDF | | ERP manufacturing pro (QAD) | HFM | Smart view | Google Drive and box | Dropbox| QuickBooks Online