BDO – Bogotá, Colombia 4 years

Payroll Consultant | 3 years
▪ Budget Planning: Prepared proposals and drove new account pitches, assuring incremental income of US $100k for the payroll division.
▪ Planning, Forecasting: Performed customized payroll tax planning for clients by forecasting monthly payroll wage, tax, and vacation accruals.
▪ Communication and public relations: Provided guidance to international clients regarding new
payroll tax laws, legislation and compliance issues and provided tax and compliance training to
payroll staff.
▪ Team-player, leadership: Managed and trained a team of 5 payroll staff accountants and dotted line to 12 payroll processors for clients with 300+ staff.
▪ Accounting, Microsoft Office: supervised payroll general ledger journals, tax, and vacation accruals. Prepared and processed bi-weekly/monthly payroll for clients with 100+ permanent staff employees.
▪ Power Point Presentations, Excel: pivot tablets, V&H lookup, what-if analysis. English verbal and written proficiency.

Payroll Analyst | 1 year
▪ Data management (Excel – CSV), extra-mile team-player: Performed data validation and solved payroll configuration issues by assisting in the implementation of the new payroll processing system for clients with 500+ staff.
▪ Accounts and file management, detail-oriented: Reduced by 95% manual errors and increased payroll processing efficiency by incorporating business processes into automated process models.
▪ Problem-solver, resourceful, dependable: Involved in production support, design, and configuration of upgrades to the payroll processing system.

CONTRALORÍA GENERAL DE LA REPÚBLICA DE COLOMBIA – Bogotá, Colombia | 9 mos

Auditor
▪ Analytical thinking, data management: Performed due diligence and process mapping on the
allocation of government funds to loans for students pursuing higher education abroad.
▪ Financial analysis, Microsoft Office: Supported the analysis of the Colombian Government Accounting Office purchasing plan by performing in-depth financial due diligence.

BDO – Bogotá, Colombia | 1 year

Junior Auditor
▪ Financial analysis: Collaborated with the financial department to assess local governments’ financial management of income from oil & gas and mineral royalties.
▪ Data management, Microsoft Office: Analyzed and updated information on payments made by oil & gas operators to local governments using the Colombian National Planning Department’s information platform.