Santos Suescun Espinel
Montreal,QC
Summary
ABOUT ME. Financial Controller whit experience in financial planning and analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and internal control, also experience in financial reporting to management and the board of directors, as well as compliance with government.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Planning Analyst
BIO-RAD Laboratories
04.2022 - 07.2024
- Support business teams in the annual operating budget and forecast processes
- Prepare monthly variance analysis of actuals to forecast and budget, explain and investigate any major discrepancies, and understand key business drivers
- Participate in monthly close process (accruals, reviews, journal entries, act as liaison between unit business and accounting shared services group
- Research and respond timely and accurately to business partner inquiries
- Manage the regular update of Oracle EPM Planning system by performing monthly loads from the consolidation system
- Ensure accurate data is available for management reporting
- Development and support of Power BI dashboards and reports.
Financial Controller
BUSINESS TRUST CONSULTORES EMPRESARIALES
07.2015 - 03.2022
- Prepared and analyzed financial reports, local tax reports, cash flow analysis, revenue recognition analysis, AP and AR Intercompany reconciliation, reviewed and corrected accounting entries, monitoring and review assets and future capital plans and responsible of information provided to stakeholders and responsible to attend audits and government entities.
Financial Accountant
FMC LATIN AMERICA SA
07.2014 - 07.2015
- Leading accounting operations in Colombia and Ecuador, worked directly with team of 6 people managing the following activities
- Doing and sending financial reports to HQ
- (Sales, inventory, assets, A/R, A/P and expenses by center cost)
- Monthly reporting and analyses of all production costs, inventory control, and fixed assets reconciliation
- Responsible for Standard Cost calculations and analyses of al production costs in Colombia and Ecuador
- Tax provision and return reconciliation preparation
- Responsible for preparation and presentation of local financial statements and all tax obligations (monthly tax declaration, declaration of annual income, annual external information, information return transfer pricing, financial reports issued to government)
- Forecast control and monitoring yearly budget
- Ensure strict compliance with policies
- Supporting the different division leaders with financial information
- Intercompany Reconciliation of A/R and A/P.
Financial Accountant
INFUTURAS ARQUITECTURA SAS
09.2013 - 07.2014
- Responsible for all accounting information, lead a team of four people attending the following responsibilities: Strict supervision and compliance in payment of local taxes
- Report monthly, quarterly financial information
- Prepared statements for external Audit
- Control and compliance accounting policies (sales, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, costs, accruals and other closing transactions)
- Strict monitoring the legal responsibilities.
Financial Accountant
DISAN COLOMBIA S.A
08.2012 - 05.2013
Senior Accountant
AGFA Gevaert Colombia
08.2009 - 08.2012
- Report on financial statements including monthly and quarterly reports
- (P&L) by CC and PC
- Intercompany reconciliation
- Help company departments to plan, manage and report their budgets forecasts and variances
- Review of journal entries and account analyses
- Review of analysis and bank reconciliation, revenue accruals, payroll accruals, tax accruals and business card reconciliation
- Responsible for fixed assets control, accounts payable reconciliation and payment of invoices by due date.
Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.2006 - 08.2009
- Prepared and analyzed financial statements
- Intercompany reconciliation, reviewed and corrected accounting entries, monitoring and reviewing AP analysis, control and analysis of accounts receivable, responsible for the information provided to stakeholders
- Bank reconciliations, review and submission of tax returns, attention to requests received by the control entities.
team leader
- I was responsible for strict compliance policies, AP, inventory, fixed assets and all closing transactions
- Strict supervision and compliance obligations of legal entities such as: VAT, withholding Tax
- Monthly, quarterly reports
- Prepared internal and external financial reports and tax statements.
Education
General English (intensive). Sidney - Australia -
Universidad de La Salle
Colombia01.2012
Bachelor´s degree - Accounting
Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
ColombiaBerlitz General English (intensive -
Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Sidney, Colombia, AustraliaEmbassy CES English Language Training Worldwide -
Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos
Skills
- SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
- Attention to detail, goal oriented, ability to work under pressure
- Excellent communication skills and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong knowledge of general accounting principles
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and prepare financial reports
- Ability to provide work direction
- Excellent software skills (SAP, Power BI, Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables & VLOOKUP functions) and Office)
Timeline
Financial Planning Analyst
BIO-RAD Laboratories
04.2022 - 07.2024
Financial Controller
BUSINESS TRUST CONSULTORES EMPRESARIALES
07.2015 - 03.2022
Financial Accountant
FMC LATIN AMERICA SA
07.2014 - 07.2015
Financial Accountant
INFUTURAS ARQUITECTURA SAS
09.2013 - 07.2014
Financial Accountant
DISAN COLOMBIA S.A
08.2012 - 05.2013
Senior Accountant
AGFA Gevaert Colombia
08.2009 - 08.2012
Consultant
PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.2006 - 08.2009
team leader
General English (intensive). Sidney - Australia -
Universidad de La Salle
Bachelor´s degree - Accounting
Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Berlitz General English (intensive -
Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Embassy CES English Language Training Worldwide -
Instituto Nacional de Contadores Públicos
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