MARIE GISELLE DE LEON
ACCOUNTANT
Makati City, Metro Manila
Summary
Experienced finance professional with over 15 years of expertise. Aiming to leverage extensive knowledge in finance operations. Skilled in leading digitalization and continuous improvement initiatives, as well as effective team management. Known for strong collaboration skills and fostering productive relationships to drive successful outcomes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior FC Design Advisor
FO Controllers
06.2022 - Current
- Lead and deliver complex, transformational projects related to financial control framework design changes, driven by digital strategy, process, business, or system changes.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to transform the control framework, ensuring it is fit-for-purpose and risk-value driven.
- Apply high-quality standards of Control Design Change Management Process, maintaining an effective financial control framework in line with the Future of Controls vision.
- Drive and deliver Finance Operations assurance activities related to the annual SOX lifecycle, including risk and controls identification, SOX sign-offs, and audit queries.
- Advocate for and implement the Future of Controls vision, continuously learning and adopting new digital technologies, and providing digital risk assurance and advisory.
- Led Deficiency Evaluation Refresher: Strategically planned and collaborated to enhance team skills in Root Cause Analysis and deficiency documentation.
- Managed Change Requests: Successfully processed and reviewed CRs, ensuring quality and efficiency in control changes.
- Optimized Resource Allocation: Developed real-time tracking dashboards, improving workload management and boosting SPS scores.
- Delivered Key Projects: Enhanced financial controls and streamlined vendor master data processes, showcasing leadership and collaboration.
- Drove Continuous Improvement: Simplified CR processes and co-developed digital tools, fostering innovation and efficiency.
Sr. Specialist
MHI Stock Valuation & Margin Segmentation
10.2019 - 06.2022
- Serves as the front-line for any accounting and reporting concerns related to Hydrocarbon Inventories.
- Liaise with the other processes in Hydrocarbon organization, Reporting and Analysis team, Business-connect, Manage Direct Tax, Manage Indirect Tax, Local Statutory reporting team, Onshore Finance, and Data to ensure that Hydrocarbon Inventories and its movements are correctly reported in the financial statements.
- Review and sign off SOX controls operated by the team.
- Pioneered the use of Power BI in data reporting, Power Query and Power Pivot in standardized inventory analysis templates.
- Benefits: Achieved time savings of 8hrs per month, reduced duplicate & redundant files, upskilled team members to use Power tools in their work/activities.
- Expanded Power BI project to other processes, with goal of E2E implementation for MHI.
Team Manager
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
06.2017 - 10.2019
- Responsible for reporting and analyzing team performance and address operational issues to ensure that all metrics and processes are achieved.
- Provide direct supervision to the team, organizing and coordinating workload and acting as a point of contact for any escalated issues.
- Execute monthly RDS controls requirements, ensure adherence to Work Instructions, and identification and/or mitigation of controls risk areas.
- Led an ESS (A3) project that aims to put a standardized and sustainable structure for interoperability within SOPUS SRR teams. This project has also enabled other ESSA projects aiming at standardization of critical EUC tools used in the process.
- Led the overall coordination of SIA’s 2019 audit review of SRR control spanning across 8 teams. This entailed collaboration and integration of control evidence submissions, walkthroughs, discussion with auditors and senior leaders. Overall SIA opinion on the audit exercise is fair.
Team Specialist
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
10.2013 - 06.2017
- Steer and monitor team performance through KPI, managerial, operational metrics to deliver operational excellence in the Stock Recording & Reconciliation process.
- Performs role as Team SME for Stock Recording Reconciliation process; coordinates/resolves issues (business process and/or system) as appropriate by interacting with Process Experts, business stakeholders, leadership team.
- Created and tailor-fitted standardized Global KPI reporting, and operational metrics used across 8 teams in the process. This led to an efficient data preparation and analysis after a new process migration was completed.
Senior Analyst
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
10.2011 - 10.2013
- Record and reconcile daily stock movements in GSAP for Shell’s inventory and ensure tasks are performed according to Key Non-SOX and SOX controls.
- Perform month-end inventory reconciliations, provide reports to stakeholders such as Tax, business partners and Auditors.
- Tapped as the team’s subject matter expert and operational super user during GSAP migration. Collaborated with project team on the capturing the process complexity and peculiarities within the operations to ensure robust checks and reviews are made with the design & implementation team.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Accountancy
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL SANTOS CITY 04.2001 -
Skills
- Project Management
- Microsoft Power Platform Proficient
- Leadership
Stakeholder management
Project management
Risk assessment
Effective communication
Continuous improvement
Certification
Continuous Improvement Practitioner 1 Certified, 07/01/19
Timeline
Senior FC Design Advisor
FO Controllers
06.2022 - Current
Sr. Specialist
MHI Stock Valuation & Margin Segmentation
10.2019 - 06.2022
Team Manager
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
06.2017 - 10.2019
Team Specialist
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
10.2013 - 06.2017
Senior Analyst
MHI Stock Recording & Reconciliation
10.2011 - 10.2013
Bachelor of Science - Business Accountancy
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
04.2001 -
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