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Mitxi Berrocal Cascante

Financial/Accounting
San Jose

Summary

A highly motivated analyst with 29 years of valuable experience in Finance and Accounting. Expert in numerous financial and accounting fields, including preparation of annual and monthly budgets, monitoring and preparation of key financial reporting control accounts, variance analysis and review of results. Ability to handle complex tasks effectively and efficiently.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Analyst

Merck Sharp & Dohme
6 2023 - 1 2024

Related activities Fixed assets and General Ledger

Accrual of freight and other accrual

Validate simulation and final Depreciation.

Closing of periods

Review of control and financial reports.

Asset controls and Sox Controls (Master Data, retirements, Roll forward among others)

ICR of Central Billing

Execution of Journals Entries as required for both Assets and General Ledger

Close relationship with the Local Markets of Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica and as Back up in Mexico and some US countries, in relation to the control of assets and everything related to them.

Close relationship with Genpact Team and Organon, with all topics related to Assets and General Ledger.

Conciliations revision of different accounts and all functions about the cycle of the company.

Full Suite LATAM Implementations Team Projects

CITI SHARED SERVICES
12.2020 - 02.2023

Contributes to the design, roll-out and governance of financial solutions

Responsible to support Regional and Global testing processing activities and Production deployments for Reporting/Operating Ledgers systems in FRSS.

Responsible to maintain system configurations and enhancements based on business requirements.

Escalating and monitoring issues encountering during testing cycles and phases.

Opening, tracking, and monitoring incident / defect tickets, change request enhancements and any open item identified during testing cycles to ensure system stabilization and correct handover to Production.

Liaise with Stakeholders/Vendors, Tech Team, other FRSS groups to resolve showstopper or critical issues before and during migration to Production.

Review of Business and Functional Requirement Documents (BRD/FRD), construction of Support Operational Procedure documentation and checklists for end-to-end processes and lessons learned.

In charge of plan preparation for testing requirements and move to productions activities.

HRSS GL Accounting

CITI SHARED SERVICES
02.2017 - 11.2020

Validation and registration of returns, accounting accruals, social insurance, ICOM (bonus), Retirements, vacations/holidays, terminations, third-party payment, and all records related to payroll run rate in accordance with each country legislation.

Analysis related to payroll activities for LATAM countries

Preparation, revision, and analysis presentation for accounts out of threshold or with special situation

Responsible for Manager Control Assessment related to the account owner focus on payroll process for each country checking each internal process, accounts, and journal entries in the system.

Being in charge to migrate the accounting back-up support information from Costa Rica Team to Uruguay and perform the required documentation for the transition.

Responsible of the payroll accounting operations process with the Vendor in Panama.

Solving and implementing any request related to risk and control as well as internal and external audits.

Active participation in migration of Full Suite FAEM implementation processes to Costa Rica

In charge of follow up and cleaning of accounts throughout E-recon system (process reconciliation accounts) for Panama and Honduras

Explanation of the processes for a ROBOTICS project implementation.

Financial Analyst II and Quality Review

HEWLETT PACKARD
06.2010 - 11.2016

Responsible to provide complex financial analysis for a specific function or business unit, providing accurate data and relevant insights and comparative scenarios.

Being in charge to establish and maintain partnership with the onshore FP&A team to guide and add value to decision making process by providing analytical support specially on funding and cross functional teams.

Understanding of financial processes and accounting policies to support and improve such processes by identify problems and propose possible solutions.

Preparing monthly forecast based on actuals and review it with FP&A controllers.

Responsible as Account Auditor of the Worldwide balance (quality review), reporting and feedback session for all of the Americas, supporting conversations, and leading discussion about the status of the accounts and perform the respective follow-ups.

Checker for the correct execution of the LATAM balance reconciliations.

Quality Review of the accounts according to the quality department (audit according to the preparation and execution of the account balances according to the Sox guidelines and parameters). Reports, evaluations, training

Accounts Payable Associate and Accountant GTC FZ

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL
11.2004 - 03.2010

Review and typing of invoices and documents related to the payments

Weekly and month revision reports for each closing. (payment run rate )

Closing month revision of duplicates and pending payments

Responsible of the maintenance of the Accounting Cycle for the company.

Lead and execute initiatives related to Audit, government requests and regulatory procedures for the operation within a Free Trade Zone.

Conciliations and revision of different accounts and all functions about the cycle of the company.

Accounts Payable Supervisor

CONDUCEN S.A.
6 2001 - 10.2004

Responsible of the General Accounts Payable process

Treasury Supervisor

RECKITT BENCKISER
12.2000 - 06.2001

Responsible of the General Accounts Payable process

General Accountant

FHACASA
01.1995 - 01.2000

Responsible of the maintenance of the Accounting Cycle for the company

Education

Business Administration Degree -

Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica

Skills

Communication skills

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Leadership Experience

Leadership capacity in bringing projects such as the Bahamas, Honduras, other Central and Latin American Countries to production, in coordination and hand in hand with Local Resources.

Other Courses

  • Windows (Excel, word, power point, outlook) Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
  • Oracle web Tools
  • JD Edwards
  • SAP
  • P2P (Oracle system)
  • Cosmos (Local General Ledger Plat form)
  • Full Suite (Local Reporting and Operating Ledger)
  • UAT -PAR -PRODUCTION (Lower environments)
  • PBI
  • APPIAN
  • Black line

Communication Skills

Open communication with technology teams, processes and others for review and monitoring of cases of various projects Local and Externally with Costa Rica, India, and other countries.

Timeline

Full Suite LATAM Implementations Team Projects

CITI SHARED SERVICES
12.2020 - 02.2023

HRSS GL Accounting

CITI SHARED SERVICES
02.2017 - 11.2020

Financial Analyst II and Quality Review

HEWLETT PACKARD
06.2010 - 11.2016

Accounts Payable Associate and Accountant GTC FZ

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTL
11.2004 - 03.2010

Treasury Supervisor

RECKITT BENCKISER
12.2000 - 06.2001

General Accountant

FHACASA
01.1995 - 01.2000

Sr Analyst

Merck Sharp & Dohme
6 2023 - 1 2024

Accounts Payable Supervisor

CONDUCEN S.A.
6 2001 - 10.2004

Business Administration Degree -

Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
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