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Catalina Rodríguez Pastor

Summary

Specialist in inventory and cost accounting with almost 6 years of experience in different processes, as ERP system (SAP S4HANNA) and mark up tracking system, with a strong focus on internal and external customer service, inventory SOX controls, cost calculation, budgeting, reconciliations, and data analysis. Experience developing and achieving monthly and annual goals. Highly organized with strong planning, decision-making, continuous improvement and leadership skills.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Inventory Analyst Accountant

Pfizer
01.2022 - Current
  • Prepared and certified inventory accounts reconciliations in Cadency system, ensuring no open items exceeded 90 days.
  • Validated GRIR accounts during MEC to determinate necessary manual journal entries, preventing negative in-transit inventory or unnecessary balances in dropship accounts were reported, also maintained constant communication with the Intercompany team to identify open AR/AP balances that required adjustments through GRIR entries, securing process integrity.
  • Executed the end-to-end inventory reserves and reserves negative inventory processes for whole Europe region over three quarters, working collaboratively with demand planning, commercial and finance teams to ensure compliance with accounting standards and prevent unfavorable financial impacts for over reserved stock scenarios.
  • Performed the Net Realizable Value (NRV) process for European and Latin American markets, calculating the year-end actual inventory value for each entity and supporting accurate and timely decision-making regarding required adjustments.

Inventory Senior Accountant (Secondment)

Pfizer
06.2024 - 06.2025
  • Performed complex SOX controls for over 80 entities, related to inventory balance reconciliations between SAP and company's mark up system, detecting cost discrepancies or negative inventory scenarios, supporting internal audit team validating results, and delivering final reports to financial directors.
  • Led cross-functional efforts to resolve negative inventory balances, coordinating with external teams and driving root case analysis, resulting in +$40M of reduction reported to auditors and finance leadership.
  • Coordinated a 6-month migration of operational processes from 10 manufacturing plants to our centralized CoE, managing knowledge transfer calls, documenting procedures, and identifying areas for process improvement.
  • Designed and implemented a process improvement by consolidating SOX documentation for low-complexity entities into single regional files, reducing execution time by over 40 work hours per month.
  • Reviewed and approved SOX controls submitted by a team of +10 analysts related to several inventory processes across global entities, identifying improvement areas and implementing new internal controls that increased RFT accuracy by over 15%.
  • Conducted quarterly analysis and provided justifications for balance sheet fluctuations for multiple inventory accounts.

Inventory Associate Accountant

Pfizer
12.2019 - 12.2021
  • Managed a SOX control process with different levels of complexity, aimed at auditing and ensuring alignment of master data (attributes such as unit cost, unit of measure and profit center) for all materials with available stock on hand per legal entity, verifying consistency across three key inventory systems, and providing follow up with the corresponding teams in charge of the MD maintenance.
  • Led the annual costing (budget) process for two consecutive years, specializing in the Latin American region, which involves more detailed cost structures due to market specific local value added. Ensured smooth execution within my team and achieved zero negative impacts on other inventory processes due to incorrect revaluations.
  • Handled the creation and maintenance of intercompany and manufacturing cost records for over 30 legal entities, guaranteeing accurate inventory valuation across multiple systems and proper dispatch through designed supply routes. This helped prevent purchase price variances (PPV), suspenses and orphans inventory issues.

Education

Bachelor Degree - Public Accounting

Universidad Fidélitas
Heredia
12-2026

Middle Technician Degree - General Accounting

Colegio Técnico Profesional De Flores
Heredia
12-2019

Skills

  • SAP and similar ERPs
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Account Reconciliations
  • Month-End-Close Processes
  • Cadency
  • Microsoft Excel Intermediate
  • Compliance with US GAAP and Local GAAP
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • English B2
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • English B2

Timeline

Inventory Senior Accountant (Secondment)

Pfizer
06.2024 - 06.2025

Inventory Analyst Accountant

Pfizer
01.2022 - Current

Inventory Associate Accountant

Pfizer
12.2019 - 12.2021

Bachelor Degree - Public Accounting

Universidad Fidélitas

Middle Technician Degree - General Accounting

Colegio Técnico Profesional De Flores

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