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JASON BALLON

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Summary

Results-oriented achiever with a proven ability to exceed targets and drive success in fast-paced environments. Strategic thinker with hands-on experience delivering impactful solutions and enhancing organizational performance. Demonstrates a track record of consistently achieving goals and improving operational efficiency. Excels at problem-solving and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve common objectives.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Custom Software Engineering Senior Analyst

Accenture
03.2025 - Current
  • Solution Design: Develop comprehensive solution designs aligned with client financial objectives, ensuring integration with existing systems.
  • Lead requirements workshops and creation of Functional Designs.
  • Main point of contact for business, product owner in helping define MVP and refining PBIs.
  • Assist developers in questions on design and functional features of Microsoft D365 Finance and Operations product.
  • Liaise / bridge between CAT D365 and CAT DBS in clarifying requirements and defining solution design approach.

Account to Report Team Leader

Kenvue
12.2023 - 07.2024
  • Provide leadership, coaching, training and guidance team so they can proactively carry out their role to the highest possible standard.
  • Manage and monitor team performance on a regular basis to ensure that service levels and targets as defined in Service Level Agreements are met; and take corrective action when required.
  • Approve journal entries and accounts analysis related to Fixed Assets on a regular basis.
  • Represent the Fixed Assets function and lead change efforts for R2R area.
  • Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities.
  • Represent Fixed Assets team during leadership meetings to provide update on the current status, issues and support needed by the team to get right amount of support in resolving issues if there is any.

Accountant Team Leader

Manpower Outsourcing Services Inc.
04.2023 - 10.2023
  • Policy and Strategy Development
  • Participate in strategic planning for the team as required Record to Report Process Management.
  • Oversee the total record to report process – including inter-company, general accounting and period end closing process.
  • Manage service levels and targets to ensure delivery as defined in Service Level Agreements
  • Develop and evaluate performance indices to measure operational efficiency against best practice.
  • Resolve complex or critical process issues which go beyond Cash & Bank team lead’s capabilities.
  • Review and analyze management reports as required and drive necessary actions for improvement.
  • Monitor resource utilization and manage resource allocation, including identifying changes to long term resource needs and implementing necessary actions.
  • Internal and External Representation
  • Represent the Cash & Bank function and lead change efforts for R2R area.
  • Work closely together with other Process Managers (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable) to insure best possible communication and interaction between the processes.
  • Develop, build and maintain relationships with all markets and business sector(s) serviced by the team.
  • Ensure that service levels and targets are met and service is delivered to customers in accordance to defined Service Level Agreements
  • Team Performance
  • Ensure team members have the appropriate skills, supporting tools and technologies to enable them to deliver excellent customer service.
  • Provide leadership, coaching, training and guidance team so they can proactively carry out their role to the highest possible standard.
  • Manage and monitor team performance on a regular basis to ensure that service levels and targets as defined in Service Level Agreements are met; and take corrective action when required.
  • Work planning and Resource Allocation
  • Develop and manage work schedules and activities, back up procedures and staffing requirements to ensure coverage at all times.
  • Pro-actively allocate resources as required, including job rotation and cross training to facilitate knowledge sharing.
  • Create an environment that allows team members to grow and be continuously challenged.
  • Professional Work Ethic
  • Maintains high degree of professional conduct at all times.
  • Adheres to established office hours, policies, and dress code - Promptly advise supervisor of absences no later than start of business hours.
  • Audit and Compliance
  • Support auditors and legal authorities with the execution of required activities
  • Ensure staff are available as required.
  • Ensure current processes, systems, databases and information security are up to date and comply with current legislation.

Senior Finance Analyst

Vestas
10.2022 - 01.2023
  • Responsible for complex accounting and financial analysis. Prepares reports efficiently and effectively utilizing advanced technical financial knowledge.
  • Prepares and reviews complex standard and respond to adhoc request for analytics and to provide support for business profitability, case preparation and investigation into financial performance and are key in enabling decision support.
  • Ensuring that management reporting for actuals, budgets/forecast, controls, inventory reconciliation process and accrual management is in place and is working in preparation for SOX compliance and internal and external reporting readiness.
  • Responsible for identifying, developing and maintaining efficient and cost-effective process controls.

Joint Venture BTC Specialist

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
10.2021 - 03.2022
  • Gathers data, analyses and reports findings. Resolves disputes and acts as an SME, first escalation level.
  • Conducts analyses to solve repetitive or patterned information and data queries/problems.
  • Works within a variety of well-defined procedures and practices. Supervised on progress and results; informs management about analysis outcomes. Works autonomously within this scope, with regular steer required e.g. on project scope and prioritization. May coach less experienced colleagues.
  • Supports stakeholders in understanding analyses / outcomes and using them on topic related to own areas of expertise. Interaction with others demands influencing and persuasion in a tactful manner to explain and advise on performed analyses of information.
  • Job holder identifies shortcomings in current processes, systems and procedures within the assigned unit and suggests improvements. Analyses, proposes and (where possible) implements alternatives.

JVA Cash Applications and Allocations Specialist

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
07.2016 - 10.2021
  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Responsible for the controls review performed by the analysts and ensuring that all cash receipts were moved to appropriate accounts.
  • Accountable with all controls testing both internal and external by making sure that walkthroughs are facilitated, and support are being provided on a timely manner.
  • Managing all escalations involving process operations and endorse whenever necessary to the next level.
  • Represent the team during Operational monthly meetings.
  • Officer in Charge when team manager is away which empowers and provides an opportunity to perform leadership styles and skills.
  • Lower down are unapplied cash payments from $360Mln to 2Mln from the time the process was handed over to Manila.
  • Implemented new ways of working such as: Creation of OIM GL Account for our Unapplied Items for dollar amount and items count true value; Residual Process Applications and Allocations.
  • Successful project implementation: Suspense Cleanup Project Phase I where we able to lower down Unapplied payments within target.

Credit Assessment Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
06.2015 - 07.2016
  • Responsible for the risk assessment of customers, negotiating and managing security arrangements, establishment of appropriate credit limits with necessary MOA and the analysis of the overall credit exposure. Responsible for the re-assessment of creditworthiness of customers based on re-evaluation triggers, and timelines. Provide authorized approval for the release of blocked orders in respect of credit. Perform detailed financial analysis of customer financial statements for development of a risk profile of each customer using analytical results to establish credit limits within designated authority level and prepare analysis write-up to obtain necessary MOA for decisions exceeding designated authority level.
  • Ensure compliance with Global Downstream Credit policy, OCM standards & SOX controls. Meet/communicate with customer’s senior financial and business leaders to establish understanding of customer’s financial condition and business model as needed to complete credit analysis and to negotiate security when financial condition does not support credit exposure. Manage security arrangements to ensure timely actions taken to renew or replace expiring security instruments.
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Assist Debt Collectors as they try to negotiate & approve refinancing of Overdue Debts.
  • Debt Recovery
  • Responsible for identifying when accounts may require legal intervention e.g. If customer files for bankruptcy
  • Support to Sales
  • Provide interpretation of policy and guide the businesses on the principles of sound credit management. Keep up to date on issues within the businesses by having close relationships with the sales managers and reading information from industry sources. Perform KYC activities with the business.

Credit Card Finance and Fraud Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
05.2013 - 05.2015
  • Subject Matter Expert
  • Daily Process
  • Card Reconciliations (Bankcards, Cobrand, Discover, Amex, Wex, Voyager)
  • 1. Manila CCF Analyst will download reports from TSO to record gross sales (POS and Paper)/ purchases of customers made at Shell merchant locations; amount billed to card companies. Other reports from card companies / bankcard acquirer thru email or being downloaded from card companies website which contains adjustment to sales (but not limited to the following - commissions, tax, chargebacks, rejected sales, fees) will be encoded on the same recon sheet to come up with Net Sales. The net sales amount should tie up against the payment/ deposit made by card companies to Shell's account maintained at CITI bank.
  • 2. Send the completed recon for the day to bankcard acquirer for them to update the Chargeback Supplemental Ledger that shows dispositions processed on the same day.
  • 3. Before the day ends, bankcard acquirer will send an email to Manila with the updated CB SL.
  • 4. Due to timing difference, checking of CB SL by Manila Analyst is done the next day after completing the recon for the day and sending it to bankcard acquirer.
  • 5. For level 1 issues, analyst should coordinate with card companies, bankcard acquirer or third parties and resolve it within the day. For level 2 issues, analyst should escalate the issue to Houston counterparts.
  • Motiva Settlement – download reports from TSO and encode it to MOTIVA Settlement spreadsheet. A schedule is used to know the correct dates to settle. This is to pay Motiva for credit card transactions processed by their merchant locations. The transactions are received at Shell and forwarded to the various credit card companies for reimbursement. The reimbursements are deposited into a Shell bank account therefore; Shell must wire monies to Motiva for these transactions. A SAP entry is necessary for the wire transfer.
  • SOPUS and LUBES Settlement - download reports from TSO and encode it to respective Settlement spreadsheets. A schedule is used to know the correct dates to settle. The transactions are received at Shell and forwarded to the various credit card companies for reimbursement. The reimbursements are deposited into a Shell bank account therefore; it is not necessary to process a wire transfer of the money.
  • Chargeback Summary Report (1715 vs. 1735) ��� download 1715 reports from TSO and encode in an excel file the chargeback processed by bankcard acquirer from the previous day. At month end, pull out the 1735 (CB monthly) report and compare against the 1715 excel file maintained by Manila. Any discrepancies should be investigated and inform the parties involved, in this case, the bankcard acquirer.
  • Merchant Chargeback recon – download several CB reports from TSO and print 076807 transactions from SAP system to reconcile daily the Shell merchant chargebacks entered into AJ15/1N10 by FDC to the actual chargebacks posted to the merchant accounts when processed through SAP.
  • Daily Fraud Reports – identify fraudulent credit card transactions from nine fraud reports downloaded from TSO using the parameters set up by Houston CC Fraud Group. Any identified account numbers with suspicious transactions will be listed as NNF (National Negative File) and reported to Houston on a daily basis by uploading NNF list to TSO system.
  • CitiDirect Activity Report – pull out report from CITI Direct website. Identify the money deposited to Shell account by card companies and ensure that shell is getting paid timely and accurately. Any discrepancies as to money received and what is due should be identified as overage and shortage; report it to Houston counterparts for them to make the necessary adjustments on the voucher at month end.
  • Monthly Process:
  • Voucher Preparations for the different Credit Card Issuer.
  • GSAP / SAP Posting – vouchers made by Manila and Houston analysts will be posted to SAP by Manila Analysts.
  • Sure Up for MOTIVA, SOPUS and LUBES settlement – a monthly review of what was settled to ensure correctness of figures but not limited to encoding and effect the necessary adjustments if needed.

Cash Applications and Allocations Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
10.2012 - 05.2013
  • Validates completed Direct Debt Instructions
  • Communicates directly with Bank and Business for missing data
  • Run daily reports from bank for any missing Direct Debit Data
  • Monitor returned Direct Debits and liaise with Business using internal communications website
  • Allocations of incoming receipts
  • To deal with and follow up on current and, in some cases, aged allocated cash items on customer accounts
  • Produce details to be input to weekly and monthly control reports and MI – such as unallocated and unapplied cash details
  • Prepare customer refunds, write offs and account clears

Cash Applications Analyst

Accenture
06.2011 - 09.2012
  • Posting daily bank received payment and maintain cash sheet for client, collectors and managers visibility
  • Performing daily reconciliation of bank statement against cash sheet.
  • Resolving internal/external customer queries in a professional manner.
  • Participating in cross-functional teams to resolve business/process issues.
  • Provide expertise/support to any queries collectors and the finance team may have in regard to reconciliation issues.
  • Processing and managing Reversals for various business units.
  • Accountable for:
  • O posting payments within a 24-hour period
  • O researching unapplied payments for posting
  • O posting all payments by month end w/allowable small identified amount in unapplied cash
  • Posting daily bank received payment and maintain cash sheet for client, collectors and managers visibility
  • Performing month-end reconciliation of bank statement against cash sheet.

Accounting Staff – Accounts Receivable Reconciliation

La Filipina Uy Gongco Corporation
04.2008 - 06.2011
  • Reconcile with Clients’ accounts.
  • Provide summary of underpaid and unpaid transactions for the purpose of collection.
  • Collect BIR Form 2307 or Withholding Tax Certificate from withholding agent clients.
  • Reconcile Form 2307 with the company’s record to tally w/ the clients’ record.
  • Input checks collected from clients into the computer system.
  • Application of payments collected.
  • Prepares aging of Accounts Receivable for the boss’ monitoring purposes

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

City of Malabon University
01.2008

Secondary Education - undefined

Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology
Calbayog City, W. Samar
01.2004

Primary Education - undefined

Obrero Elementary School
Brgy. Obrero Calbayog City, W. Samar
01.2000

Skills

  • Accounting expertise
  • Industry knowledge expert
  • Yellow Belt certified in process improvement
  • Extensive finance background in medium to large companies
  • Experienced in using MS Office applications
  • Skilled in managing multiple assignments
  • Stakeholder engagement expertise
  • Self-motivated and energetic
  • Proficient in teamwork and conflict resolution
  • Initiative-driven problem solving
  • Proficient in GSAP, SAP, and Debitex

Personal Profile

Language : English and Filipino

Timeline

Custom Software Engineering Senior Analyst

Accenture
03.2025 - Current

Account to Report Team Leader

Kenvue
12.2023 - 07.2024

Accountant Team Leader

Manpower Outsourcing Services Inc.
04.2023 - 10.2023

Senior Finance Analyst

Vestas
10.2022 - 01.2023

Joint Venture BTC Specialist

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
10.2021 - 03.2022

JVA Cash Applications and Allocations Specialist

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
07.2016 - 10.2021

Credit Assessment Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
06.2015 - 07.2016

Credit Card Finance and Fraud Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
05.2013 - 05.2015

Cash Applications and Allocations Analyst

Shell Business Operations (SBO)
10.2012 - 05.2013

Cash Applications Analyst

Accenture
06.2011 - 09.2012

Accounting Staff – Accounts Receivable Reconciliation

La Filipina Uy Gongco Corporation
04.2008 - 06.2011

Secondary Education - undefined

Tiburcio Tancinco Memorial Institute of Science and Technology

Primary Education - undefined

Obrero Elementary School

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

City of Malabon University

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