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ANDREA BENAVIDES BELLO

RECORD TO REPORT SENIOR ANALYST
Heredia

Summary

Professional partner, responsible, empathetic, honest, responsible, proactive, teamwork oriented and focused in provide excellent service. I have over 9 years working for multinational companies in different areas like at: Account Payables, Account receivables, Record to Report, Cost Accounting, Projects, and customer services, therefore I consider that I have enough experience in many areas.

Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, with proven ability to quickly adapt to new environments. Eager to contribute to team success and further develop professional skills. Brings positive attitude and commitment to continuous learning and growth.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language

Work History

Senior Analyst

Brenntag Business Services
04.2023 - Current


  • Nurtured strong working relationships with clients, ensuring their needs were met while exceeding expectations on deliverables.
  • Facilitated smooth month-end close processes by efficiently reconciling accounts and addressing discrepancies promptly.
  • Mentored junior analysts, sharing best practices and fostering a collaborative work environment within the finance team.
  • Conducted thorough account reconciliations, identifying discrepancies and resolving issues to ensure data integrity.
  • Improved financial reporting accuracy through meticulous data analysis and reconciliation efforts.
  • Maintained accurate records of fixed assets, including acquisition costs, depreciation schedules, and current values for insurance purposes.
  • Streamlined month-end closing processes, resulting in reduced time spent on financial reporting tasks.
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
  • Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
  • Compiled general ledger entries on short schedule with 100% accuracy.
  • Reviewed accounts, resolved coding areas, and tracked recurring expenses for accrual entry.
  • Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
  • Led the migration of operations for the RTR (Record to Report) process for Canada and the United States.

Accountant

Stryker
08.2022 - 04.2023
  • Handled day-to-day accounting processes to drive financial accuracy.
  • Completed daily cash functions like account tracking, payroll and wage allocations, budgeting, donating, and cash, and banking reconciliations.
  • Enhanced financial decision-making capabilities by providing timely, accurate information to management through regular performance reports.
  • Maintained integrity of general ledger and chart of accounts.
  • Improved financial reporting accuracy through meticulous data analysis and reconciliation efforts.
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.

RTR GL Analyst

Cargill Business Services
01.2019 - 07.2022
  • In charge of the creation and updating of SOP's for process.
  • Posting of Journal entries for monthly end close.
  • Posting of entries such as monthly amortizations.
  • Inter BU allocations.
  • Working with USGAAP and IFRS acumen.
  • Creation and delivery of reports for the BU.
  • Monthly BSR reconciliations.
  • Responsible of the valuations and posting for the monthly revenue or loss from the derivatives such as forwards contracts.
  • Posting of the entries for the derivatives such as options in contracts with different clients.
  • In charge of the monthly follow up of the AR and AP 'as of' reports for items with more than 90 days open in each portfolio.
  • In charge of the analysis of the monthly entry for the Bad Debt and responsible to give the explanation and analysis of variances of the monthly report shared from AR team.
  • Factoring operations from different clients.
  • Working with the Cost team in the reclassification of miscellaneous invoices to the correct cost center.
  • Delivery of accounting MEC reports to the Tax team.
  • Sharing specific accounts numbers to AP team to proceed with a payment after doing the analyses of what was the description of the invoice.
  • Delivery of annually auditory from KPMG in Mexico and in Costa Rica also auditory from Mexico's government SAT.
  • Analysis of variances from the shared annual balances.
  • Responsible for the annual requirement of the analysis of the derivatives realized and unrealized gain or loss hedge accounts.

RTR Cost Analyst

Cargill Business Services
01.2019 - 07.2022
  • Responsible of the EOM valuations for the open contracts prices bringing the impact to the accounts of P&L of the net contract value in the system against the market value.
  • Derivatives analysis of the contracts that have been agreed with a basis plus futures.
  • Analysis of the variance between commercial estimate against valuation month end close.
  • Balance sheet account reconciliations for the accounts of inventory and open contracts.
  • Run transactions between ERP Lynx system and JDE.
  • Creation of the journal entries and accruals ensuring that transactions follow company policy, as IFRS or US GAAP and local.
  • Intercompany transactions valuations of the open contracts position.
  • EOM valuation of the inventory that is in the facilities at the end of the month.
  • Responsible of the maintenance of the inventory data.
  • Analysis of the EOM shrinkage from the facilities open at EOM.
  • In charge of the delivery of P&L reports and metrics, accounting scheduling reports, internal and external audit (KPMG) requirements support, government audit (SAT) requirements.

Specialist IV. Accounts Payable

Walmart GSS Latin America
01.2015 - 12.2019
  • Wire Payments for the imports in Mexico.
  • Internal and external Customer Service.
  • Resolving daily exception items that do not match certain money transfer transaction criteria.
  • Daily and monthly different Bank Reconciliations.
  • Monthly Reconciliation of account payable for imports.
  • In charge of the creation and updating of SOP's for process.

Analyst I. Payroll

Walmart GSS Latin America
01.2015 - 12.2019
  • Daily and monthly different Bank Reconciliations for the payroll account.
  • Manual Payments of the payroll exceptions.
  • Journal entries and accruals.
  • System migration from the internal Payroll System to SAP.

Education

Bachelor's degree - Accounting

Universidad Americana
01.2014 - 01.2019

Mid Technician - Accounting and Finances

Colegio Técnico Profesional de Heredia
01.2009 - 01.2011

Skills

    Report preparation

    Competitive analysis

    Time management

    Financial reporting

    Accounting and bookkeeping

    Bank reconciliation

    Data analysis

    Audit support

    Account reconciliation

    Financial statements

    General ledger accounting

    Cost accounting

    Microsoft Excel

    ERP accounting

Timeline

Senior Analyst

Brenntag Business Services
04.2023 - Current

Accountant

Stryker
08.2022 - 04.2023

RTR GL Analyst

Cargill Business Services
01.2019 - 07.2022

RTR Cost Analyst

Cargill Business Services
01.2019 - 07.2022

Specialist IV. Accounts Payable

Walmart GSS Latin America
01.2015 - 12.2019

Analyst I. Payroll

Walmart GSS Latin America
01.2015 - 12.2019

Bachelor's degree - Accounting

Universidad Americana
01.2014 - 01.2019

Mid Technician - Accounting and Finances

Colegio Técnico Profesional de Heredia
01.2009 - 01.2011

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