Finance manager, controller

Finance Controller Spanish Branch for Awaze / Novasol Group, largest European firm in managed vacations and holiday rentals.
Main tasks included:
•	Preparation of companies’ management accounts and monthly performance reporting.
•	File of all types of Tax returns for Individuals and Business. Public Bodies representation service.
•	Advice on Investments, Non- resident and International Taxation and Efficient Tax Planning.
•	  Preparation and management of Budgets, Cashflow Forecasts, Cost analysis. Investment Assessments and       Business Plans for a group of companies.
•	  Main clients: real estate, golf course and small business.

Independent Consultant for foreign SME focusing in Business Analyses; International Financial Reporting and Taxation Providing accounting and tax support for companies within the Malaga area. Main tasks included:
•	Preparation of companies’ management accounts and monthly performance reporting.
•	File of all types of Tax returns for Individuals and Business. Public Bodies representation service.
•	Advice on Investments, Non- resident and International Taxation and Efficient Tax Planning.
•	  Preparation and management of Budgets, Cashflow Forecasts, Cost analysis. Investment Assessments and       Business Plans for a group of companies.
•	  Main clients: real estate, golf course and small business.

Part of a Canadian international property group that provides Land investment and Development Projects in Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Responsible for the accounts department in Spain. Management & monitoring the month-end for five international subsidiaries. Managing and developing a team of five staff. Build and maintain close relationships across other areas of the company.
•	Production of financial statements, ensuring that they adhere to GAAP. (This task encompasses the entire accounting process: General Ledger, Income Statement, Fixed Asset Register, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Forecast, Budget Variance, reconciliations, Budgeting, Intercompany Transactions and special marketing and cost reports etc.)
•	Control, Cash Management and Payment Run for subsidiaries located in various international locations (Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, and Argentina) and currency environments. In addition Intercompany accounts, commissions and weekly Cashflow Forecast for these subsidiaries are managed from Spain.
•	Tax Compliance (monthly IVA returns, quarterly & Annual IRPF, Corp Tax and annual report statistics
•	Responsible for Human Resources (Payroll, Contracts, leaves, tax filling and any other enquiries)
•	Monitoring Office Facilities. Main Point of contact in dealings with Bank, Tax Authorities, Government institutions, auditors and Legal parties.

Firm of international, UK and Spanish Chartered Certified Accountants providing financial solutions to small and medium-sized businesses and private individuals. Responsible for the accounting department team. Providing accounting and tax support for more than a hundred companies within Marbella and Malaga area. Main tasks included:
•	Preparation of group management accounts and monthly performance reporting
•	Develop and assist subsidiaries on Budgets, Business Plan, Growth and Tax planning.
•	Payroll, Payment runs, Budget Variance and Cost analysis for the group of companies.
•	Management of the monthly meetings with clients reporting in terms of financial statements, tax returns and problems solving 
•	Responsible for time-sharing & travel companies clients based in Tenerife with monthly visits.

Subsidiary branch of an American  pharmaceutical and health-economics consulting company based in Maryland (US) with an annual turnover of  £12m.Reporting to European board and Parent Company financial centre. Managing and motivating of three staff. Responsibilities and achievement include:
•	Production of monthly management reporting for London and Amsterdam branches and consolidating these results. Reporting includes: financial statements, Cashflow forecasting, capital expenditure analysis, reconciling Intercompany and general ledger accounts, maintaining fixed asset register, staff and project cost appraisal and debtors-revenue reports.
•	Administration of salaries and Human Resources matters. Negotiation of company insurances, pension and health schemes.
•	Maintenance of proposals and projects reports (Cost Accounting). Validation and management of agreements with subcontractor and health-economics consultant sites.
•	Management of cash and bank accounts within agreed parameters in a dynamic foreign currency environment.
•	Design and implementation of an Expenditure Control Plan, which reduced company monthly overhead by 20% and achieved a better cash flow position for the London office. Task involving: creating foreign currency accounts, centralising payments receipts, re-negotiation of payment terms with suppliers, outsourcing services reviews and a more efficient debt collection system.

International Incoming Tour Operator, part of the Italian leading group “Alpitour”. Reporting to the International Division. I was also responsible for the general office duties and IT support. Supervision of two account assistant staff. Responsibilities and achievements include: 
•	Efficient management of debtors and creditors payments. Significant reduction of overdue accounts (from 4 months to 35 days) Review of payment conditions and credit policies.
•	Preparation of month end financial reports, including: monthly management pack, analytical review of margin earned, overheads and variance analysis against budgets and forecast.
•	Project work involving some international travelling to other group overseas subsidiaries (Paris, Marrakech and Palma) in order to carry out several internal auditing and recommendations for improvement in the accounts department. Including: implementation of the group chart of accounts and monthly reports, organising training sessions for the financial team, Tax reviews, payroll and GAAP implications.
•	Monitoring of marketing spend, monthly payroll and personal expenses reports, VAT return and controlling Accounts Department of day to day operations. Preparation of yearly budget reports and consequently forecast reviews.
As Jumbo Tours UK branch centralised shared services on April 02. I undertook the following fixed term contracts: From April to July 02 working as a Management Accountant at DIAGEO (leading beverages quoted group). Temporary position in order to assist, reconcile records and completed the year-end accounting for the Spanish market. From August to October 02 at LASTMINUTE.COM (online travel agency) as an Internal Auditing Analyst for year-end purposes for the French subsidiary. Monitoring a five-month reconciliation project to migrate data to a new accounting system and consequently appraisal over financial statements impact

Metallic Construction Company with an annual turnover of approximately £8m. Starting as an Account Assistant and promoted to Finance Manager in January 97. Reporting to the MD and the board of directors on a quarterly basis. Responsibilities and achievements included:

•	Preparation of the cost accounting. Calculation of the standard cost and analysis variances for the projects. Maintaining fixed asset register. Depreciation analysis and monthly Inventory Control.  
•	Monthly financial reporting including: profit and loss, Cashflow forecasting, profitability ratios per projects, capital expenditure analysis and validate information from general ledger and payroll.  
•	Responsible for third parties’ liaisons (i.e. Banks, auditors, government agencies, suppliers and shareholders) Negotiation of payments conditions with suppliers and financial entities. Preparation of all Tax Liabilities. Production of special financial reports for shareholders meeting.
•	Project work including the assistance to an external IT consultancy for the implementation of a tailor-made accounting system. 

1988-93      University of Seville.
                     M.Sc. in Economic and Business Administration. Five years degree. Class 2:1.
1993            University of Charles de Gaulle – Lille (France)
                     Completed fourth year of the degree as a part of the Erasmus exchange program.
1994            Chamber of Commerce – Seville. Certificate of Marketing Technician.
1987            Trinity College University – Dublin. Certificate of Advanced English. 
2004            CIMA Part Qualified. Completed Intermediate level.
2013            Teaching English as a Foreign Language; International TEFL Certificate, passed with grade A.
2014	      Spanish Teacher Qualified for Foreign Learners – INESEM (Madrid)
2020             Tax management for SME and personal taxes Analysis – Malaga Chartered Accountant College