Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Projects & Researches Completed
Seminars And Trainings Attended
Extra And Co Curricular Engagements And Volunteer Works
Leadership Experience
Affiliations
Software
Certification
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Shem Japhet Rivera

Shem Japhet Rivera

Certified Public Accountant
Quezon City

Summary

A Certified Public Accountant & Finance professional with extensive experience in accounting and financial management. Known for precision in financial reporting and compliance. Highly collaborative with focus on team success and adaptability to meet evolving business needs. Skilled in financial analysis, reporting, and regulatory compliance.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Certified Public Accountant

Zuitt Technologies Incorporated
Quezon City
01.2025 - Current
  • Enhanced financial accuracy by streamlining accounting processes and implementing efficient internal controls.
  • Maintained up-to-date knowledge of accounting regulations, enabling a proactive approach to changes affecting the business''s financial operations.
  • Assisted management in making informed decisions by providing relevant financial insights and trends analysis.
  • Played a key role in the implementation of new billing & accounting software design, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruptions to operations.
  • Improved financial reporting by introducing standardized templates for consistent data presentation.
  • Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve company-wide finance objectives.
  • Input financial data and produced reports using Xero.

Bookkeeper

Metro North Day By Day Jesus Ministries (Church)
Quezon City
03.2025 - Current
  • Posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with corporate protocols.
  • Prepared monthly bank reconciliations to ensure accurate representation of company''s financial position.
  • Reviewed and filed financial documents, coded accounting entries for data processing, and posted daily receipts and payments in accordance with all corporate protocols.
  • Input financial data and produced reports using Quickbooks Online.
  • Reconciled and corrected issues with financial records.

Finance and Accounting Associate

Zuitt Technologies Incorporated
Quezon City
07.2023 - 12.2024
  • Increased cash flow by promptly managing accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
  • Established best practices for reconciling account discrepancies, improving overall account accuracy, and reducing outstanding issues.
  • Assisted on the month-end closing process and BIR compliances, ensuring timely completion and accurate reports.
  • Completed bi-weekly payroll for company employees.
    Recorded deposits, reconciled monthly bank accounts and tracked expenses.
  • Effectively communicated with clients about payment needs and kept updated, detailed and accurate ledgers.
  • Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.

Intern in Tax Services

PwC Philippines - Isla Lipana & Co.
Makati
09.2023 - 12.2023
  • Attended seminars in empowering leadership and communication skills, and received guidance in dealing with services being rendered in the field.
  • Spearheaded several intern groups in solving case studies and projects.
  • Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.

Accounting Immersion Student

National Printing Office
Quezon City
10.2018 - 11.2018
  • Work Experience on recording and summarizing daily receipts.
  • Completed rigorous readings as directed to support unit learning goals.
  • Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
  • Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

Technological Institute of The Philippines (TIP)
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
06.2019 - 05.2023

High School Diploma -

Lagro High School
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
06.2013 - 04.2019

Urduja Elementary School
Caloocan City, Metro Manila, Philippines
04-2013

Skills

Accounting and bookkeeping

Financial recordkeeping

Invoice processing

Knowledge in utilizing SAP FIORI, Quickbooks, & Xero

Payroll processing

Taxation

Willingness to learn

Presentation Designing and Preparation

Software proficiency (Microsoft Office)

Experienced in carrying out qualitative and quantitative research

Computer proficiency (Hardwares, Models, and Set-up)

Positive role model and mentor

Projects & Researches Completed

  • Business Feasibility Study: FRA LUCA PACHURROS, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in the College of Business Education for the Course Subject: Strategic Business Analysis (ACCTG 022)
  • Understanding the Relationship of GCash Attributes to the Impulse Buying Behavior of the Selected Working Class in Cubao, Quezon City, Accounting Research for thorough understanding on the effects of the well-known e-wallet: GCash towards the spending behavior of the consumers via online, and on-site shopping platforms in Cubao, Quezon City. Research is presented and defended.
  • Perception Of The Mwss Employees In The Implementation Of Computer Assisted System: Empirical Analysis, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in the Senior Highschool for the Course Subject: Inquiries, Investigations, and Immersion
  • Project Mannalon, Research plan/proposal for the benefit of Philippine agricultural system and rural farmers. Presented to Game Changers Camp 2022 Faculty of PwC Philippines - Isla Lipana & Co.
  • New design for Billing & Accounting software for Zuitt.
  • Implemented a new process to communicate and resolve concerns of students and clients for Zuitt.

Seminars And Trainings Attended

  • Annual Business Conference, AVR, Building 1 - TIP Quezon City, 02/26/20
  • Annual Career Fair - Surmounting Workforce Challenges in the New Normal, PE Center 1 - TIP Quezon City, 07/05/23
  • Six Paradoxes of Leadership, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 09/27/22
  • Business Development, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/11/22
  • Working English, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/24/22
  • Business Writing Workshop: Grammar and Syntax Editing Workshop, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/24/22
  • Professional Image for Business Travel, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/25/22
  • Presenting with Impact: Storyboarding & Storytelling, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/25/22
  • Communicate with Impact: Perceptive Pathfinder & How to, PwC Philippines Webinar - Google Meet, 10/25/22
  • RESA Review School of Accountancy CPALE Review - 11/2023, 05/2024
  • REO Review for CPALE - 06/2024, 12/2024
  • Masterclass on Australian Bookkeeping, Payroll & Taxation with Xero - 02/24/25, 03/08/25
  • Income Tax Reporting, and other Filing & Compliance Seminar: Bureau of Internal Revenue (Remote) - 04/11/25

Extra And Co Curricular Engagements And Volunteer Works

  • Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA), Member, 07/11/19, 05/2025
  • Society of Scholars, Member, 07/11/19, 05/2025
  • TIP Chorale Society, Member - Tenor 1, 07/08/19, 05/2025
  • Church Volunteer, Worship Leader & a Youth Pastor - 01/08/08, Present

Leadership Experience

  • Vice President of Supreme Student Council (SSC) for 1 School Year in Lagro High School
  • Multimedia Ministry head/representative in Metro North Day By Day Jesus Ministries (Church)
  • Youth Council Head in Metro North Day By Day Jesus Ministries (Church)
  • Assigned Leader in various Case Study Group
  • Assigned Leader for Quantitative Accounting Research Group
  • Assigned Assistant Leader for final Intern project in PWC
  • Spearheaded Various Projects for Billing team in Zuitt
  • Assigned Youth Pastor in Metro Noth Day By Day Jesus Ministries (Church)

Affiliations

  • Day By Day Jesus Ministries - Youth Pastor / Teacher

Software

Xero

Quickbooks

SAP

Certification

Certified Public Accountant

Timeline

Bookkeeper

Metro North Day By Day Jesus Ministries (Church)
03.2025 - Current

Certified Public Accountant

Zuitt Technologies Incorporated
01.2025 - Current

Certified Public Accountant

01-2025

Intern in Tax Services

PwC Philippines - Isla Lipana & Co.
09.2023 - 12.2023

Finance and Accounting Associate

Zuitt Technologies Incorporated
07.2023 - 12.2024

Bachelor of Science - Accountancy

Technological Institute of The Philippines (TIP)
06.2019 - 05.2023

Accounting Immersion Student

National Printing Office
10.2018 - 11.2018

High School Diploma -

Lagro High School
06.2013 - 04.2019

Urduja Elementary School
Shem Japhet RiveraCertified Public Accountant