Finance Director and Senior Cost Accountant

Oversaw and supported the accounting departments of two companies, establishing financial controls, reporting structures, and strategic financial planning processes.

Led budgeting, forecasts, cash-flow management, cost optimization, inventory and margin analysis, monthly reporting, tax compliance, and implementation of scalable financial systems.

Direct accounting operations, including stakeholder payment tracking, budget forecasts, tax payments and returns, and accounts payable and receivable reconciliations.

Approve journal entries, prepare monthly closing reports, reconcile general ledger discrepancies, calculate fixed-asset depreciation, manage CAPEX activities, and support internal and external audits.

Supervised accounting activities involving payments, budget forecasts, tax processing, journal-entry approvals, and monthly closing reports.

Reconciled financial discrepancies, managed fixed-asset depreciation and CAPEX activities, and provided support for internal and external audit processes.

Managed financial cost activities for the Machine Implantables, Capital and Disposables business area. Supported senior leadership with cost accounting, monthly financial analysis, reconciliations, journal vouchers, and corporate reporting.

Managed standard costs, revenue recognition and inventory-transfer policy compliance, capital-asset and material cycle counts, inventory and production-order reconciliations, weekly inventory variance reports, forecasts, capital projects, P&L reviews, and key operating indicators.

Maintained compliance with financial policies and procedures, coordinated month-end closings, performed account reconciliations, and controlled financial statement records.

Managed fixed-asset records, cross-company reconciliations, bank balance controls, petty-cash and fixed-asset audits, and financial profitability analysis for capital projects.

Verified and processed invoices according to company principles, SOX controls, fiscal requirements, and compliance regulations. Managed invoice workflows and resolved pending reconciliation items.

Collaborated with affiliate approvers, finance, control, payment, and general accounting teams to improve finance and tax processes and maintain high-quality document processing.

Prepared VAT, withholding-tax, and fiscal reports for Spain, Portugal, and Greece, including tax models 303, 111, and 216. Managed monthly close activities and reporting packages for the US headquarters.

Performed bank, balance-sheet, and intercompany reconciliations; recorded journal entries in NetSuite; processed fixed-asset depreciation; and prepared audit support documentation.

Controlled and recorded third-party payments, analyzed expense accounts, and coordinated company equipment inventory.

Processed employee travel settlements and supplier invoices in NetSuite, maintained payment schedules, and supported finance department accounting-closing projects.

Maintained customer contracts and sales data in Access, FactuSOL, and Excel. Prepared daily sales reports, managed central phone calls, and supported marketing, accounting, and technical departments.

Tracked commercial sales budgets and managed incidents related to contracted security services, including cameras and alarms.

Provided administrative management for incidents arising from use of CLS computer software and performed testing across active programs.

Followed up on software modules, product improvements, customer surveys, communications, requests, and company budget matters.

Supported planning and execution of direct marketing and e-commerce campaigns.

Prepared client budgets and commercial proposals.

Created product codes and assigned direct labor and indirect costs. Managed inventory logistics for finished and semi-finished products and ensured adherence to policies and procedures.

Processed production-cycle inventory movements, reconciled inventory balance-sheet accounts, and presented monthly cost, expense, production-cost, and sales-cost analyses to management.

Prepared import settlements, reviewed local and international inventory purchases, and generated billing entries and returns in Exactus.

Coordinated monthly physical inventories of finished goods, semi-finished goods, raw materials, and packaging materials, while supporting monthly financial-statement closings.

Worked as an accounting clerk supporting accounting-related administrative activities.

Specific responsibilities were not provided in the resume.

Master's degree in Business Management and Marketing.

Master's degree in Financial Management.

Bachelor's degree in Accounting.

Training in computerized accounting.

Diploma in warehouse management and inventory control.

Computer technician training.

Training in integrated commercial management using FactuSOL.

Training in general accounting using ContaSOL.

Financial Excel training.