Ritchie Torres Durmiendo

Ritchie T. Durmiendo Mobile#-  P#3 Silanga Catbalogan City, Western Samar 6700 - PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY A reliable and result-oriented General Accounting specialist with 14 plus years’ experience in multiple aspects of financial reporting, preparing a wide range of financial documents, and government regulatory compliance who adapts seamlessly to constantly evolving accounting processes and technology. Credentials include BS Accountancy, proven knowledge/experience of bookkeeping practices and accounting principles, standards and regulations. With a proven track record of supporting Senior Accountants/Managers and CPA’s in consistently delivering service experience across industries in construction, property leasing (stall/mall space), retail & wholesale industry, heavy equipment rental, BPO and Hotel &Resorts. Specializing in General Accounting functions providing basic Bookkeeping and end-to-end Financial Information to management or serviced clients by researching and analyzing data, Accounting Operations, CAPEX budget utilization monitoring, Payroll accounting and Tax compliance. With a very good attention to detail and the ability to unravel complex accounting queries, possesses a natural knack for numerical accuracy and a basic understanding of the business. Possess high proficiency in computer skills on accounting databases and a wellversed experienced user of Intuit QuickBooks Desktop & QB Online (Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor), MYOB application, ORACLE for AP, QUASAR Accounting & Point-of-Sale (PoS) system. Skillful in using MS-Excel (i.e. basic to complex formulas & functions, creating power pivot tables, dashboard graphs and charts with slicer, Macros VBA) with ability to manipulate large amounts of data, extraction processing, cleaning and transforming into Data table. I am a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (Bookkeeper- a pro in Quickbooks), looking to contribute my skills and experience to the growth of the company in Finance/Admin and Operations division, while continuing to learn about the industry so that I can be of more value to the organization. SKILL HIGHLIGHTS       GL Accounting and Financial Analysis Account Reconciliation expert (Bank & GL) Invoicing and payments Tax Accounting (Corporate & Employment) Experience in Accounting DATA migration project Develop data analysis, inter-active info graphics & maintain Dashboards visualization using advanced Excel & MS-Power BI apps      Good knowledge in RDBMS – SQL/Access (query creation & tuning) Willingness to adapt to changing business needs Analytical and organized (prioritize work) A Bookkeeper Who Specializes in QuickBooks Fast learner, open to changes, has the desire and ability to quickly pick up new tools and techniques WORK EXPERIENCE Gen. Bookkeeping, Tax & Accounting services (Freelance provider) VARIOUS enterprises June, 2017 to January 2018 temporarily stopped servicing due to attendance of review course for CPA Licensure Exam Job Summary: Engaged in bookkeeping service creation records of client’s financial transactions and oversee the company’s financial data and compliance by maintaining accurate books on AP/AR, payroll, and reconciliations. Services includes data posting to accounting journals or accounting software from source documents such as invoices to customers, cash receipts, and supplier invoices. o o o o o o Provided assistance with the client’s need on reporting or supporting information in Tax and accounting concerns Provided data clean-up service on messy Books of Accounts, reconciled Banks account and Ledger account records Coordinated with the client’s Staff in the maintenance of client’s book of accounts and facilitates in re-orientation on accounting transactions regards proper recording and orderly filing system of forms/documents Balances Gen. Ledger by preparing a trial balance, maintains GL by transferring subsidiary accounts summaries Assisted the clients in timely submission of all Tax working paper schedules, investigates tax variances, conducts VAT/GST audit indirect account reconciliation and escalate issues with the client Facilitated and coordinated in the handling of financial data as requested by clients’ external Auditors. June 2015 –April 2017 – ACCOUNTANT Global Heavy Equipment and Const. Corporation - Quezon City, Philippines Summary of Actual Duties Tax and Compliance activities (acted as the Controls & Compliance Officer)      Prepared tax calculation worksheets needed for monitoring and computing the monthly, quarterly and annual BIR tax declarations and remittances such as expanded withholding tax, GST Value Added Tax, and Income Tax returns (ITR) Reviewed monthly, quarterly, annual Tax returns including the review of supporting documentation and validated tax return attachments to ensure tax compliance, recording in the proper accounting period tax expense and liabilities charge Monitored the Subsidiaries’ compliance with government regulatory requirements such as but not limited to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, SEC, and LGU to limit potential regulatory risk. Oversees registration and collection of documents Verified Notice of Assessment or Payment Order for property taxes, business taxes, mayor permits, inspection fees, and other local taxes; and ascertain proper calculation and reconciled with company’s records Assisted during audits of national and local taxing authority by preparing the requested documentation, reviewing supporting working papers and drafting responses Finance and Accounting activities        Reviewed, scrutinized, and corrected error and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports Processed and attested to the completeness of documents such as supplier invoice, materials receiving report, purchase order, and request for payment form. Generally responded to all vendor enquiries regarding finance. Kept track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, advances, etc. Reviewed and verified the accuracy of journal entries and accounting classification assigned to various records. Checked transactions from system to ensure data accurately passed through the sub ledgers & maintains historical records Assisted the Finance Manager/Comptroller in data preparation to analyze business operations, costs/expenditures, and revenues in order to advise management about resources utilization, tax strategies and underlying budget forecast Assisted the Bookkeeper en-charge in consolidation and collecting data for performing a Cash flow analysis to measure how much cash was generated and required spending every quarter Maintained and performed in the Filing of Annual Audited Financials (AFS) and stays on top of deadlines for timely & accurate Government regulatory requirements Payroll Accounting and compensation benefits  Reviewed and verified timekeeper data and worked directly with HR officer to keep records updated & accurate; prepared payroll calculation, and issuance of pay slips of the organic personnel of multi-projects (300plus employees)  Generated payroll reports from manual template- payroll register, summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions & non-taxable wages of weekly paid and bi-weekly paid employees  Prepared monthly collection lists for remittance and posting of statutory deductions, contributions and/or loans  Attended to employees’ inquiries regarding SSS, Philhealth, and HDMF benefits, contributions and loans. Processed government-mandated benefits and company benefits claims of all employees  Prepared and processed computation of final pay/separation and related documents for resigned employees May 2013 –June 2015 - FINANCIAL REPORTING ACCOUNTANT LKY Development Corporation – San Juan City, Manila, Philippines Summary of Actual Duties     Prepared General Ledger journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations and analyses for areas assigned, such as PO & AP accrual, revenues to AR process, Fixed assets, Leases, rental, recurring & non-recurring accruals, prepaid assets Documented financial transactions by entering account information and summarized current financial status by collecting & analyzing information; prepared Balance sheet, Profit & Loss statement, and Cash flows operation reports Reviewed and/or processed billings/invoicing and enters data into the accounting databases, either apply or submit cash applications to the invoices. Researched and resolved accounts receivable issues Assisted in the analytical reviews of operating expenses data by comparing monthly actuals to forecast or trends to ensure that expenses are accurately recorded on a monthly basis Gen. Accounting® Ritchie T. Durmiendo @-      Posted to GL month-end accounting entries, analyzed accounting variances and prepared variance explanation reports. Secured financial information by completing database backups regularly Assisted in the accurate computation of taxes, preparation of tax returns, and supporting documents in a timely manner. Performed ad hoc analysis for Finance and Tax, and other inter-departmental teams as needed Ensured Fixed Asset Register was up to date and run the monthly depreciation, Lapsing and all month-end schedules; prepared necessary standard and recurring month-end journal entries, amortization schedule of prepayments Assisted in responding to various regular and one-off corporate requests in a timely manner Participated in special projects such as process improvement and documentation, suggested procedural changes to improve workflow and efficiency of all clerks/assistants in finance department June 2012 to April 2013 – PROPERTY ACCOUNTANT Antel Corporate Centre Condominium Assoc. Inc. – Makati City, Philippines Accomplishment and contributions  Created monthly billing statements on association dues, statement of accounts, notices of units with arrearages. Received check payments collections and issued official Receipts. Facilitated and monitored collections and apply payment to reflect the transactions in the books  Processed payments for the contractors, suppliers, and utility companies and monitored them against the approved budget. Prepared recurring journal entries and allocations such as month-end accruals, prepaid adjustments, and unrecorded liabilities  Recorded transactions in the book of accounts: Journals & Ledgers, Cash Receipts Book & Check disbursement Book. Performed all financial activities to include P&L statements and management reports  Generated weekly cash position and monthly Cash Flow Statements. Prepared Bank Reconciliation statements and generated Financial Reports detailing accounts receivable status (i.e. Aging Receivables, etc.)  Prepared, issued and released of the payroll and pay slips of the organic personnel, and performed basic admin functions including filing of forms or remittance returns with SSS, Philhealth, Pag-IBIG contri. & loans  Attended the regular monthly Board Meeting and presented financial report to the Board of Directors January 2011 to June 2012 - GENERAL ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST F&A Outsourcing Hub Philippines, Inc. – Ortigas Center, Pasig City Philippines Accomplishment and contributions  Performed full Financial Accounting procedures/activities from Recording to FS Reporting (R-to-R process)  Performed Expense recording using QUICKBOOKS Desktop, processed vendor invoices and prepared payments by verifying appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment (Payables Processing)  Performed Revenue and Account receivable reconciliation, processed Billing & Collection with AR aging, prepared daily Cash Position report and monitors monthly Bank reconciliation      Provided the analysis of timesheets attendance (days worked, OT, ND, etc.), worked directly with Admin/HR to keep records updated, and maintained employee banking information with accuracy and confidentiality Processed payroll for over 120 employees on bi-weekly basis, calculated compensation and issued PAY Slips Processed statutory (govt.-mandated) contributions per due-date; remittances on SSS, HDMF, PhilHealth, withheld taxes and medical/insurance contributions Created excel columnar Database records to consolidate employees’ periodic compensation data & annualized pay register for annual Tax reconciliation, and as an innovative solution for fast response on influx of inquiries and assistance on requests of Employees’ Contribution Certificates as pre-requisite for benefits availment, loans and medical claims, as needed Accurately prepared and compiled the Corporate Tax requirements and Reports submission to Bureau of Internal Revenue on/or before deadline; (1601E & 1604E), (1601C & 1604CF), (1702 Q & Annual ITR 1702), and VAT (2550-M & 2550-Q) and TAX RELIEF schedules Work Commendation: “Awardee of Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service during the 2010 Financial Statement preparation and Corporate Tax filing” Gen. Accounting® Ritchie T. Durmiendo @- March 2008 to June 2010 - ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT II AMA Education System/AMA Group of Companies – Quezon City, Philippines Accomplishment and contributions  Led user of the AP’s module under Oracle ERP. Ascertained payments to vendors and employees, PO and non-PO based invoices are legitimate company liabilities; that are properly authorized, approved and adequately supported by proper documents and compliant with tax regulations  Performed validation and matching of invoices - researched, verified and resolved accounting disputes or payment discrepancies with suppliers or customers and produced accounting reports on results  Significantly reduced Major Audit Findings from 11% error rate down to 2% (no major Audit findings for the last three quarters in my tenure)  Collated and processed necessary data for the release of payments in line with the set policies & procedures - entered data, reviewed reports, assembled and organized documents, and maintained electronic and physical files to support periodic Interim Internal Audit  Attested the validity and accuracy of Daily Expense Statements (DES). Addressed all DES related inquiries of employees and post-attest Petty Cash Fund replenishment vouchers (PCRVs)  Handled processing and monitored high-value project portfolio on Special Projects for Construction & school renovation contracts and Marketing TRI-Media AD’s payment Sept. 2006 to Dec. 2007 - ACCOUNTING CLERK Jay and Tes Trading – Catbalogan City, Samar Philippines Authorized Dealer of Coca-Cola, Purefoods Hormel & Magnolia products      Performed MYOB-Accounting particularly invoicing/recording of all sales invoices, updated backlogs and maintained data files & records Encodes record of Sales Report liquidations per invoice per route of all Deputized Sales Persons and updates record of Sales Monitoring board Assisted the team in processing various transactions, records the Purchase & Delivery reports. Checked the inventory list and balancing per SKU's using MYOB application Performed other administrative functions (checked daily attendance of personnel of all roving Sales team and Warehouse/ Storage team) and ensured completeness of personnel in every team (Fill & substitute backups) Encoded and prepared the BIR Relief for monthly & quarterly filing of VAT returns (SLSP). Key result/achievement “Reduced the 6 months invoicing system backlogged to 3 weeks arrears of unrecorded Sales by meticulous updating in 5 months’ time.” June 2004 - May 2006 – ACCOUNTING CLERK – Contractual employee DENR-Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Office – Borongan Eastern, Samar Accomplishment and contributions Assisted the Accountant II in Bookkeeping requirement, General accounting functions and financial reporting       Conducted pre-audit review of all kinds of disbursement vouchers (screen documents; journalize accounting entries, record transactions in voucher register, updates index of payments, etc.) Reviewed petty cash vouchers, requisition issue vouchers, purchase orders, canvass of quotation, abstract of canvass, and the like Prepared accounting/financial reports such as Summary of Outstanding Checks, Bank reconciliation statements and inputs data of the received DVs in database for Journal Entry Voucher (JEV) preparation Generated and reconciled monthly expenses general ledger balances as follows: Personal Services (PS) and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) Handled documents of employees’ traveling expenses and updated liquidation report on cash advances Checked liquidation reports & documents and updated Subsidiary Ledger of Collection & Disbursing officer Gen. Accounting® Ritchie T. Durmiendo @-  Coordinated and prepared reports, schedules and other requirements for the Commission on Audit (COA) and other regulatory audit EDUCATION Course: School: Bachelor of Science in Accountancy Graduated - April 2000 St. Paul’s Business School of Tacloban (now: Saint Paul School of Professional Studies) Certificate: Career Service Professional Examination Rating: 84.05% Government Eligibility Conferred by CSC on June 06, 2001 Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor – Online (Bookkeeper – a Pro in QuickBooks Cloud Software) PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACCOUNTING EXPERTISE Financial Experience - - - - Assisted Manager/Senior Accountants, & CPA’s with quarterly and year-end closings of Fin. Statement Strong skills in Spreadsheets, data analysis and reconciliation procedures Expertly handles accounts, trade payments, compensation & benefits, last-pay claims refunds, taxes on VAT, EWT, annual ITR’s Ability to manage complex and large amount of data, NOT afraid with numbers crunching skill Have intermediate skills in PowerPivot, Power Query, using DAX formulas and Dashboard in MS-Excel Experienced in using VAT SLSP, RELIEF and Alphalist Data entry, Tax software, online EFPS Document Management - - Creates Invoice Billings, voucher vendor payments, collections report and schedules of A/R’s Aging Data Entry skills (journal recording and posting of transactions to book of accounts) Knowledgeable in preparing Manual Book of Accounts Bookkeeping (CDB, CRB, GJ, SL on PJ/SJ) Manage paper documents and electronic scan files skillfully, provides clerical support to senior Officer Manage financial statements and organize filing data for managers and executives Process government-mandated benefits (claims, loans, member-enrollment etc.) to SSS, Philhealth, HDMF and company benefits Very good background in processing GST/VAT returns, FBT and data annualization Personal Skills - Fair-minded curiosities in knowing or studies process issues and develop innovative solutions to improve workflow, maximize efficiency and increase productivity Keen in analyzing and entering data into the accounting databases providing timely or relevance in maintaining prudence over resources and manages through accurate measurement and reporting on operations Technologically savvy and able to learn new software programs quickly, adapts to variety of applications and bookkeeping processes Good organizational skills to work independently and ability to function effectively in a team environment Good interpersonal skills such as patience, tactfulness and the ability to keep compose under pressure Skillful in using MS-Excel such as using VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX&MATCH functions, Data filter & validation and conditional formatting, etc. Manipulating data extract into layout, clean and transform into data table, creating Power PivotTables and Power Pivot charts to provide a way to analyze the data insights. Understands basic macros and VBA. Gen. Accounting® Ritchie T. Durmiendo @-