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CECILIA ASTORGA OMBAO-WEST

CECILIA ASTORGA OMBAO-WEST

Mandaluyong City

Summary

Results-driven finance professional with extensive experience in accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), record-to-report (R2R), cost analysis, and business consultation. Adept at financial analysis, process optimization, and strategic advising, with a proven ability to provide valuable insights to stakeholders and financial directors. Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting, ensuring data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Supervising Associate

Mercury Business Advisor – EY GDS Philippines
10.2024 - Current
  • Doing the same job description as Senior Associate
  • Involving in resources planning, deployment, and capacity planning for projects.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Mercury Business Advisors, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and high performance.
  • Monitoring key performance metrics and identifying opportunities for process improvements.
  • Conducting annual performance evaluations, analyze key metrics, and facilitate discussions to my counselees, assess achievements, and identify areas for improvement.

Senior Associate

Mercury Business Advisor – EY GDS Philippines
06.2019 - 09.2024
  • Advise and support client-serving teams
  • Help EY clients find innovative solutions to their business problems
  • Drive long-term value using technology across various industries
  • Contribute to the growth of clients and your own development

Senior Analyst, Accounting Cost Close

Deutsche Bank
02.2017 - 06.2019
  • Analyzed month-on-month Cost for PnL Reporting
  • Certified Balance Sheet Substantiation
  • Validated requests for Cost Center creation, modification, closing, blocking or reblocking
  • Prepared and booked monthly manual accruals and adjustments
  • Responsible for investigating Cost Flash vs Actual Commentary Variance Report
  • Checked and monitored Month-End Cost Close sign-offs from global Financial Directors
  • Reported material cost PnL movements to DB Financial Directors

General Accounting Associate

Accenture Inc.
11.2013 - 02.2017
  • Performed General Accounting Services for four entities of German client
  • Responsible for activities assigned by the General Accounting Lead
  • Reconciled Intercompany transactions bi-monthly
  • Prepared Daily Cash Incoming and Outgoing Forecast
  • Made general journal transactions and prepared General Journal from Bank Statement
  • Prepared Bank Reconciliation and Cash Pool Reconciliation Reports
  • Prepared monthly reports such as AR Aging
  • Responsible for Period Close monitoring
  • Processed A/R billings, adjustments, and write offs
  • Performed Accounts Receivable supervisory role if and when needed
  • Provided required business unit reporting and other required information
  • Tracked and reconciled daily/monthly AR balance
  • Ensured the completeness and accuracy of invoices in the AR system (manually encoded or through interface)
  • Generated repayments for erroneous customer payments or overpayments
  • Articulated in Cross Tower Operational Excellence Deliberation across Accenture’s projects
  • Trained for Operational Excellence of Accenture

Corporate Services Officer

Smart Communications, Inc.
09.2012 - 11.2013
  • Assigned in receiving invoice copies and creating tickets to assigned processors via Smart internal software
  • Moved in processing invoice for utilities and rental billings, preparing APV or Accounts Payable Voucher and posting of payment through SAP
  • Given a task in dispute resolution and account reconciliation for rental and utilities
  • Transferred to lease contract validation-checking paper contract against information entered in SAP
  • Monitored rental payment based on payment terms, responsible in disbursing checks to lessors, handled calls from lessors inquiry, and monitored payment using own made spreadsheet and SAP payment information

Education

Master’s - Business Administration major in Financial Management

Polytechnic University of The Philippines
03.2025

Bachelor’s Degree - Banking and Finance

Polytechnic University of the Philippines
01.2012

Training

Global Investment Banking, 11/15/17, Think on Your Feet, 11/08/17, Communications & Relationship Management, 10/06/17, Game Changing Conversations, 08/24/17, Collaboration Skills for High Performance, 03/10/17, Effective Verbal and Written Communication, 05/18/15 - 05/19/15, Driving Excellence Through Calls – 5 Sessions, 03/02/15 - 03/04/15, 05/06/15, 06/03/15, Operational Excellence Basics, 08/22/15, Collections 101, 07/11/14, Art of Negotiation, 07/10/14, Speak Up BPO, 05/15/14, Assertive Communication Training, 05/16/14 - 05/23/14, Writing with Precision BPO, 04/29/14, Art and Science of Collection, 04/02/14 - 04/08/14

Trainings Certifications Achievements

  • Certified Financial Consultant, 04/2024
  • EY Process Innovation Bronze Learning Certificate, 01/2025
  • EY AI Engineering Bronze Learning Certificate, 03/2024
  • EY Finance Bronze Certificate, 04/2022
  • EY Strategy Learning Certificate, 04/2022
  • Spot Awardee, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Pursuing Innovation, 2023

Timeline

Supervising Associate

Mercury Business Advisor – EY GDS Philippines
10.2024 - Current

Senior Associate

Mercury Business Advisor – EY GDS Philippines
06.2019 - 09.2024

Senior Analyst, Accounting Cost Close

Deutsche Bank
02.2017 - 06.2019

General Accounting Associate

Accenture Inc.
11.2013 - 02.2017

Corporate Services Officer

Smart Communications, Inc.
09.2012 - 11.2013

Bachelor’s Degree - Banking and Finance

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Master’s - Business Administration major in Financial Management

Polytechnic University of The Philippines

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