Maria Dela Cruz

• Collaborated with the Sales Team to evaluate deal profitability and facilitate Commercial approval.
• Drive opportunity to increase profitability and ensuring deal structure is in accordance to Deal Governance & Pricing Procedure
• Managed Government Panel and internal price books, optimizing pricing strategies for new product offerings to maximize profitability.
• Provide insights and analysis to early roll-over of contracts.
• Managed Deal Desk inbox and responded to Commercial requests in a timely and efficient manner..

• Managed all intercompany accounts, ensuring balances were approved and reconciled with counterpart OpCos for regional intercompany eliminations
• Accurate reporting of revenue and expense in the monthly P&L.
• Generated monthly working capital analysis to support cash flow planning for intercompany accounts.
• Prepared detailed Forex gain/loss and variance (flux) analyses for intercompany accounts, focusing on significant movements above threshold levels
• Effective annual review and validation of all Intercompany transactions required by External Auditors across the Region and as required by ATO
• Ensured accurate and timely reconciliation of intercompany suspense and prepayment accounts, with proper recharges and releases to the profit and loss statement.

Achievement:

• Employee of the Month November 2018 – Group Financial Control
• Facilitated significant time savings by redesigning the reports for intercompany cash flow analysis and suspense account reconciliations for faster preparation and clearer, more actionable insights.

• Performed monthly account reconciliations by verifying general ledger entries against bank statements.
• Accurate allocation of Unreconciled bank receipts and payments to correct GL code and Cost Centres
• Manage Paypal accounts including transfer of monthly closing balances of each Paypal accounts to ANZ Bank
• Reconciled unapplied receipts monthly and processed P&L releases for transactions unclaimed or unapplied beyond 365 days, adhering to FBAU guidelines.

Achievement:

Nominated twice for “The Super Achiever Award”

• Formation of Unapplied Receipts working template in accordance with FBAU guidelines
• Facilitated the release of FBAU funds under restrictions for withdrawal for nearly 2 years. Total amount of fund $1m.

• Ensure the integrity of the General Ledger and that GL reflects accurate and up to date balances
• Manage chart of accounts, Cost Centre master lists and mapping tables to ensure the accuracy and compliance within the Company guidelines
• Ensure other Subsidiary entity Trial Balances accurately consolidated into FBAU accounts
• Developed and maintained effective partnerships with key stakeholders, such as IT, to resolve interface errors promptly and appropriately.
• Assisted in annual audit preparations, ensuring a smooth process with no major discrepancies found.

• Precise validation of new FXGS contracts and amendments and update billing system for timely and accurate invoicing within the terms of MSA
• Proficient at reading and interpreting of contractual clauses
• Effective review and validation of equipment orders relating to FXGS contracts to ensure accuracy of data
• Accurate reporting of revenue in the monthly P&L either by generating an invoice by the due date or advising Corporate Accounting of required revenue accruals
• Reconciliation of customer’s credit account and clearing accounts

• Maintained detailed financial records of various business entities.
• Reviewed and checked the accuracy of various client’s Financial Statements and all statutory reports to ATO
• Prepared Income Tax return for various Individuals, Companies, Trusts, & Self-Managed Super Funds
• Prepare and Lodged Business Activity Statement (GST) and made variations on PAYG Instalment Activity Statement depending on the client’s current business operations.
• Liaised with the ATO in relation to registration for ABN & TFN and Income Tax matters.

• Prepared and analyzed P&L statements, monitoring financial performance against budgets, goals, and historical data. Identified opportunities to enhance results and meet requirements for various managed car parks.
• Reconciled month and year end accounts such as Cash, Prepayments & Platinum Cards revenue
• Carried out GL journal entries and adjustments including amortisation of prepayments and accrual of expenses
• Responsible for NSW Accounts Payable, petty cash handling and employee travel expense claims

Achievement:

Started as Data Analysts and promoted as Assistant Accountant after 6 months