Reina Rojero, CPA

• Strategic Business Partnership: Act as the Finance lead for 3 subsidiaries providing financial oversight and strategic guidance to Sales and Marketing
• Budgeting & Forecasts: Lead the annual budgeting process, monthly Finance Business reviews, analyze variances to ensure alignment between commercial spend and revenue targets.
• Cash Flow Management: Manage end-to-end cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning to support daily operations as well as corporate strategic investment opportunities.
• Commercial Analysis: Evaluate sales performance, implement strategies to optimize profit margins (P&L per product, product mix, supplier switch)
• Liaison & Governance: Serve as the primary bridge between the commercial subsidiary and the centralized Finance Support Service team, ensuring understanding and alignment between the two groups
• Decision Support: Provide insights to GM supported by scenario modeling, anticipating potential risk and suggesting mitigating actions

• Process Optimization: Led efforts to automate manual reports and design interactive dashboard templates in coordination with IT personnel, reducing reporting lead times and improving data accuracy across business segments.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Facilitated the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting cycles for the Manila Shared Services hub, providing variance analysis and actionable highlights to finance leaders.
• Global Collaboration: Partnered with Transformation and System Development teams to streamline global reporting mandates and eliminate redundant tasks through standardized databases. We consolidated several reports being prepared by different employees into one.
• Training & Capability: Developed and conducted training on "self-service" reporting tools (tableau), driving organizational efficiency and technical literacy across global teams.

• Systems Migration: Served as GSAP Operational Super User for global migration; provided critical technical support and troubleshooting to ensure 100% business continuity during system transition.
• Compliance & Risk: Acted as Compliance Control Incident Focal for a 5-team cluster; conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and implemented control improvements to prevent incident recurrence.
• Operational Leadership: Managed daily operations as Team In-Charge (OIC), supervising deliverables, resolving complex disputes within SLA, and escalating aged issues to senior management.
• Inventory Reconciliation: Executed high-complexity reconciliation for bulk inventory at marine and pipeline locations; recognized as a "Consistent Reconciliation Awardee" for maintaining zero-discrepancy records.
• Quality Assurance: Conducted SOX testing and audited reconciliation packages to ensure strict adherence to global financial controls and audit standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Utilized Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training to identify and eliminate process bottlenecks as the Continuous Improvement Team Focal (Reducing penalties for late payments of invoices)
• Curriculum Development: Designed and delivered classroom-style training modules for new hires, covering end-to-end Stock Recording, Reconciliation, and Business Intelligence.
• Compliance Leadership: Spearheaded SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Compliance training, ensuring all new analysts understood internal control frameworks and audit requirements from day one.
• Knowledge Management: Authored and updated Desktop Procedures (DTPs) and conducted formal Knowledge Assessment Exams to certify staff competency and maintain 100% operational readiness.

• Risk-Based Auditing: Conducted end-to-end audits; verified the fairness and accuracy of financial statements.
• Internal Control Evaluation: Performed process walkthroughs and tests of controls to identify weaknesses, ensuring 100% compliance with accounting standards and government requirements.
• Substantive Analytics: Executed detailed analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet fluctuations to detect anomalies and ensure reporting integrity.
• Financial Reporting: Drafted audited financial statements and computed corporate income tax returns (ITR) in accordance with IFRS/PFRS.

• Tax & Statutory Compliance: Managed monthly and quarterly tax remittances (VAT, Withholding Taxes) via the BIR Electronic Filing and Payment System (eFPS).
• Financial Reconciliation: Reconciled high-volume accounts, including Input VAT, SSS/HDMF contributions, and consultant advances, ensuring zero discrepancies in ledger balances.
• Disbursement Management: Oversaw payments to global project consultants, law firms, and service vendors; managed petty cash replenishment and utility billing for the firm.
• Schedule Maintenance: Prepared detailed aging reports for Accounts Payable and managed the timely settlement of retainer fees and social contributions.