Jovelyn Popa
Summary
Detail-oriented Accounting Professional experienced in end-to-end record-to-report processes, financial analysis, and reporting. Managed complex financial statements while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, delivering actionable insights that contributed to business growth.
Overview
2
2
Certifications
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Accountant
Zoomo - Australia
03.2023 - 04.2026
- Oversaw financial month-end closing.
- Managed month-end closing tasks, including account reconciliations and processing of journals and adjustments.
- Maintain accurate financial records.
- Financial Reporting:
- Prepare monthly management reports and annual reports.
- Conducted financial reporting processes.
- Conduct variance analysis and financial performance reviews, identifying trends, risks and insights.
- Conducted variance analysis and financial performance reviews, identifying key trends and risks.
- Support the coordination and preparation of external audit requirements.
- Assist with tax compliance preparation as required.
- Support improvements in accounting processes, documentation, and internal controls.
- Fixed Asset management (register, Dispose, and depreciation run)
- Assist with tax compliance preparation.
- Supported improvements in accounting processes and documentation, enhancing internal controls.
- Executed AP and AR responsibilities.
- Customer reconciliation / prepare monthly AR provision.
- Assisting in process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives.
General Ledger Accountant
Circles Asia - Australia/PH
06.2022 - 03.2023
- Manage general ledger operations.
- Managed month-end closing activities.
- Prepare journal entries (revenue, fixed assets, intercompany, payroll, prepayment, provisions, accruals, etc).
- Prepare monthly balance sheet schedules, reconciliations, and analysis and investigate any unusual item.
- Complete monthly bank reconciliation and investigate any unusual reconciling item.
- Completed monthly bank reconciliations, investigating and resolving unusual reconciling items to ensure accuracy.
- Prepare audit schedules and liaise with auditors on requests and queries for the annual audit.
- Prepared annual statutory financial statements for assigned entities, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Arrange monthly intercompany recharges, confirmations, and settlements.
- Prepared audit schedules and coordinated with auditors to address requests and queries for the annual audit.
- Accounts Receivable Task and Responsibilities:
- Handled accounts receivable tasks and responsibilities.
- Create Customer information in Oracles system.
- Prepare monthly Reconciliation Reports using Kirk, Sinese, snowflakes to match with P&L.
- Assist in confirmation of Customer payments to Billing team.
- Participate in meeting about new Sales discussion / Others.
- Assist Group Finance on any ad-hoc assignments.
- Assist Group Finance on any ad-hoc assignments.
Lead Associate - Finance
WNS - Handling Sony Australia & NZ
01.2019 - 04.2022
- December 2020 - April 2022
- Record to report Team
- General Ledger, Month-end closing activities such as Depreciation run, Revaluation of AP / AR and GL, Period Close.
- Month End Reporting, Balance Sheet Account reconciliation
- Conducted bank reconciliation to maintain accurate financial records and identify discrepancies.
- Fixed Asset Management
- Supervised team members, providing guidance and support to enhance team performance and achieve departmental goals.
- January 2019 - December 2020
- Global Treasury Services
- Managed daily treasury operations to ensure liquidity and cash flow.
- Conducted bank reconciliation to verify transactions and balance accounts.
- Executed manual payments to meet vendor obligations on time.
- Maintained master data to support efficient business operations and reporting.
Senior Analyst - Finance
Maersk Global Service Centre
05.2013 - 06.2018
- Performed bank reconciliation to ensure accuracy of financial records
- Managed master data to maintain accurate information across systems
- Conducted manual payment runs to facilitate timely vendor payments.
- IHC - Day end process.
- Completed additional tasks as designated by supervisor
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Rizal Technological University
04.2001 -
Skills
Financial reports
Account reconciliation
Ledger management
Bookkeeping
Payroll support
Variance analysis
Balance sheet
Excel proficiency
Data entry
Problem-solving
Certification
Quckbooks Online Pro-advisor
SOFTWARE
- Xero
- SAP
- Stripe
- Joiin
- Quickbooks
Timeline
Financial Accountant
Zoomo - Australia
03.2023 - 04.2026
General Ledger Accountant
Circles Asia - Australia/PH
06.2022 - 03.2023
Lead Associate - Finance
WNS - Handling Sony Australia & NZ
01.2019 - 04.2022
Senior Analyst - Finance
Maersk Global Service Centre
05.2013 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accountancy
Rizal Technological University
04.2001 -