Cathyrene Pilaza
PARANAQUE CITY
Summary
Developed financial management and analytical skills in fast-paced corporate environment, looking to leverage these abilities in new field. Extensive experience with financial reporting and data analysis, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Seeking to apply transferable skills in collaborative and innovative setting.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
General Accountant
Medev Medical Devices Corporation
01.2019 - Current
- Managed accounts payable and receivable functions, maintaining accurate records and timely payments to vendors while collecting outstanding invoices.
- Supported month-end closing process by preparing financial statements, variance analyses, and account reconciliations.
- Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
- Assisted with budget preparation, monitoring expenses, and providing timely updates to management on variances.
- Reconciled accounts and reviewed expense data, net worth, and assets.
- Improved financial accuracy by conducting thorough account reconciliations and adjusting journal entries.
- Gathered financial information, prepared documents, and closed books.
- Streamlined accounting processes for increased efficiency in daily operations.
- Detected and corrected mistakes early on and implemented systems to avoid recurring issues.
- Implemented effective internal controls to safeguard company assets and prevent fraud or misstatements in financial reports.
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge on professional accounting standards to manage financial recordkeeping.
- Ensured tax compliance by preparing quarterly sales tax returns and assisting with annual income tax filings.
- Prepared and filed tax forms to meet needs of customers.
- Collaborated with external auditors during year-end audits, ensuring compliance with regulations and accurate financial reporting.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Prepared detailed cash flow analyses for management review, highlighting potential areas of concern related to liquidity issues or potential shortfalls in operating funds.
- Collected and reported monthly expense variances and explanations.
- Developed comprehensive financial reports for presentation at board meetings, investor conferences, or other events where detailed information on company performance was required by stakeholders.
- Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Reduced discrepancies in financial statements through meticulous attention to detail and regular reviews of account balances.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Examined, reviewed and gathered financial statements for government entities.
- Tracked funds, prepared deposits and reconciled accounts.
- Documented cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses, and line of credit transactions.
- Ensure renewal of Government permits on time, such as BOCs & Tax clearance.Also prepare requirement for business permit renewal
- Handling Accounts payment for importation and other work assignment related to bank documents/loan etc
Credit & Billing Officer
Comark International Corporation
01.2013 - 02.2018
- Prepares monthly Accounts Receivable profile which includes collection & YTD accounts receivables.From current to over due of sales representative and regional sales manager
- Prepares aging of receivable per customer/sales representative.Prepares monthly comparative accounts receivable,collection,sales, DSO or days sales outstanding
- Monthly YTD AR analysis,sales, collection,over due accounts and DSO analysis
- Prepares presentation for quarterly meeting & Annual sales conference
- Responsible in identifying, structuring, analyzing, negotiating, documenting, delivering and monitoring credit solutions; also approves credit transactions within Company guidelines
- The Credit & Billing Officer acts as the primary contact for clients and relationship managers in credit servicing and takes ownership of client issues or problem at first point of contact
- Credit Risk Analysis: completes all internal credit correspondence, including credit application profile, “know” client, transaction, collateral; conduct initial and thereafter regular risk analysis and assess transaction
- Documentation: ensure appropriate documenting of all legal, compliance and credit risks per guidelines and approvals
- Coordinate the preparation and execution of legal documentation; term sheets, offer letters etc
- Credit Approval: reviews and approves credit transactions as per guidelines
- Check prices and discounts if it is in our standard pricing procedure
- Prepares collection letter if needed
- Other task: assist billing and credit in encoding and application of payment
- Other task directly from our company comptroller
Financial & Cost Analyst
Comark International Corporation
08.2011 - 07.2013
- Responsible for the preparation of profitability analysis per outlet, per sales representative, per region
- Prepare and analyzes Monthly Target Sales vs Actual as a basis for sales and collection incentive
- Prepare and monitor importation cost
- Responsible for the preparation and analysis of monthly /year to date financial statement and its supporting account schedules, Gross profit analysis per sku, expenses vs revenue analysis
- Prepare Cost Sheet and Landed Cost Computation of monthly importation
- Analyze monthly target sales vs actual as basis for incentive computation
- Conduct profit analysis per outlet, per sales taking into consideration of all sales support and expenses extended to the outlet/sales rep
- Prepares Monthly Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement (P&L), Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
- Review and analyzes Marketing Proposal on price increase vs competitors and its resulting GPs
- Review and analyzes Visayas, Mindanao and Luzon areas Promo Work Plan and Sales Support by Sales Department
- Cash Flow and budgeting
Internal Auditor
Motormate Group of Com.
06.2009 - 03.2011
- Monthly Spot Audit at Finance Dept
- Monthly Spot Audit 3’S Yamaha
- Monthly and Quarterly Inventory
- Check petty cash and check voucher
- Quarterly Spot audit in all branches
- Verification of check payment and receivables
- Check every item sales
- Assist Payroll department
- Assist Sales Staff at the counter
- Prepare voucher for accounts payable
- Auditing cashier’s report & other documents
- Prepare Audit findings & recommendation
- Prepare journal entries and Financial Statement
Accounting Officer
Power Mac Center
06.2008 - 03.2009
- Assist the Accounting Manager in preparing payroll, sss, pag-ibig and other government deduction
- Accounts Payable (Prepare check voucher for check payment)
- Accounts Receivable
- Review AR and prepare billing statements
- Encoding journal entry using SAP program
- Prepare Financial Statement
Internal Auditor
Bacchus International, Inc.
06.2004 - 06.2008
- Regular update of collections and billings
- Ensuring both the timely collection of outstanding amount and maintenance of outstanding debts at acceptable level
- Continuous liaison with all Sales and Service to ensure customer issues are escalated and resolved on a timely manner and outstanding invoices settled
- Ensures timely preparation and submission of Sales and AR reports
- Performs account reconciliation, analysis and follow-up to ensure accuracy and reasonableness of AR, billing and backlog
- Observes general inventory in the warehouse and retail locations
- Evaluates stock discrepancy items
- Audits the flow of the accounting system
- Custodian of Unused documents, OF and ITF monitoring
Cashier/Accounting staff
Norkis-Rmwi Printshoppe
10.2000 - 11.2002
- Responsible for fund disbursement and regular replenishment
- Monitor sales and collection from customer
- Maintain orderly files of all issued accounting documents
- Issue official receipt for all collection received from customer either check or cash and then deposit collection
- Updating customer’s ledger and follow up receivables from outside and inside customer
- Monitor and update sales report and aging of receivables
Education
Master - Business Administration
Taguig City University
01.2018
Bachelor - Science in Accountancy
Capitol University
01.2000
Secondary -
Sacred Heart Academy
01.1996
Primary -
Bugo Central School
01.1992
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- POS
- MYOB
- SAP
- Computer operation
- Fax machine operation
- Xerox machine operation
- Payroll processing
- Cash flow management
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Tax preparation and filing
- Quickbooks
- Attention to detail
- Financial statements
- Tax return filing
- Payroll management
- Account reconciliation
- Audit support
Certification And Competence
National Certification III, NCIII: Bookkeeping, TESDA, 04/01/16
Spouse
Jovito Montero Pilaza
Personal Information
- Age: 46
- Height: 5'4
- Weight: 150 LBS
- Father's Name: Manuel Pantuan
- Mother's Name: Catalina Pantuan
- Cris Niño Pantuan Pilaza
- Cris John Pantuan Pilaza
- Date of Birth: 12/29/78
- Marital Status: Married
Training
- A Beginner’s Guide to Statistical Analysis Using SPSS Software, Taguig City University, 03/05/16
- Positive Discipline in the Workplace, Cymar Group of Companies, 09/11/14
- Product Knowledge & Basic Customer Satisfaction, Motormate Group of Companies, 06/22/09 - 06/29/09
Timeline
General Accountant
Medev Medical Devices Corporation
01.2019 - Current
Credit & Billing Officer
Comark International Corporation
01.2013 - 02.2018
Financial & Cost Analyst
Comark International Corporation
08.2011 - 07.2013
Internal Auditor
Motormate Group of Com.
06.2009 - 03.2011
Accounting Officer
Power Mac Center
06.2008 - 03.2009
Internal Auditor
Bacchus International, Inc.
06.2004 - 06.2008
Cashier/Accounting staff
Norkis-Rmwi Printshoppe
10.2000 - 11.2002
Bachelor - Science in Accountancy
Capitol University
Secondary -
Sacred Heart Academy
Primary -
Bugo Central School
Master - Business Administration
Taguig City University
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