ARGENTINO GIL
Orlando,FL
Summary
Enthusiastic Cyber Security student and resourceful Solutions Specialist with 15+ years of experience in the areas of tax, accounting, finance, and operations across financial, telecommunications, retail, and manufacturing industries. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solutions Specialist
Deloitte LLP
Orlando, FL
01.2021 - Current
- Develop Gap analysis of client’s overall budget execution process and evaluate and determine inefficiencies and documentation needs
- Implement best practices for process documentation using KPIs
- Part of Deloittes' Center of Excellence- Enterprise Performance Assets Team
- Assisting with preparing documents and presentation materials and reviewing project documents for accuracy and completeness
- Collaborate with process owners to align process improvement/documentation opportunities with key performance indicators (KPI), using standard operating procedures (SOP) format
- Created prioritization list for documentation/process gaps
- Assist with developing request for proposal on existing client in recompete year.
Financial Analyst
Siemens Energy
06.2020 - 11.2020
- Identified foreign exchange risk and exposure and ensure compliance with corporate foreign exchange policies
- Executed foreign exchange forward and option contracts and manage cash flows within foreign currency bank accounts
- Determined exchange rate to be applied to foreign currency transactions
- Execute journal entry postings and account reconciliations
- Worked directly with internal stakeholders to identify foreign exchange needs.
Value Added Tax Accountant
Siemens Corporation
Orlando, FL
08.2018 - 06.2020
- Executed day-to-day accounting and VAT compliance activities to ensure monthly, quarterly, and annual compliance cycles met Service-Level Agreement (SLA) commitments.
- Audit VAT transactions against European Union (EU) filings and Statutory Accounting Principles to confirm compliance with EU tax authorities.
- Increase productivity by improving the VAT compliance process using Lean quality methodology.
- Assisted in presenting a proposal to execute supply chain changes and reduce VAT exposure resulting in potential savings.
International Tax Consultant
IGMASA Management
Miami, FL
01.2017 - 07.2018
- Provided consultation on tax-efficient structuring of inbound and outbound international transactions.
- Ensured effectiveness of tax treaties and reduction of global indirect tax burdens on business transactions and operations.
- Assessed responses to federal, foreign, and state information requests and notices.
- Collaborated with Director to implement sales and business development strategies, increasing client base by 50%.
- Worked with indirect tax advisors in 5+ countries.
- Boosted company exposure and ROI 100% by leveraging social meda and attending networking events.
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry
New York, NY
07.2015 - 07.2016
- Created new process documents to improve client team efficiencies
- Initiated process to create user groups on SharePoint and collaborated with IT department to personalize both security group settings and sharing privileges for client teams
- Provided resolution to system bugs and conducted user acceptance testing
- Collaborated with digital platform migration project team members to transition Spectra O|X to Prisma
- Facilitated training presentations related to individual and team projects for 3 new talents over 3 months
- Achieved improved budget reporting of $1B in planned spending across 10+ digital clients
- Increased productivity by 46% and reduced labor resources by 24%
- Oversaw daily operations of 32 employees and mentored 4 Junior Associates.
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry (Blackberry Global)
New York, NY
09.2013 - 07.2015
- Led maintenance of digital reconciliation reporting, analysis, and quarterly submissions to finance, as well as process of proper utilization of agency buying and planning systems, Mediabank software, and tools
- Coordinated all aspects of team management to ensure smooth business operations
- Supported onboarding of 3 new accounts
- Directed budget report analysis (market mix modeling) for 5+ clients and media partners
- Created and simplified PO reporting process, resulting in 83% faster payment turnaround from client.
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry (Coca-Cola)
New York, NY
04.2010 - 09.2013
- Oversaw budget management process.
- Forged all communication between client and internal teams, including planning, investment, and traffic.
- Improved system inefficiencies by helping to redesign and re-target specific functions used for campaign spending, resulting in more detailed reporting.
- Executed successful rollout of new message management process, exceeding client expectations.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
Operations Associate
Spark Foundry (Coca-Cola)
New York, NY
06.2007 - 04.2010
- Supervised 3 budget associates, ensuring the accuracy of campaign financial allocations into the system.
- Managed 25+ brand budgets totaling $500M+.
- Accomplished increase in productivity and efficiency, resulting in "Above Target" award and promotion.
Education
Cyber Defense Professional Certification - Cyber Security
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL06.2022
MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Florida International University
Miami, FL07.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Queens College of The City University of New York
Flushing, NY08.2016
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY05.2001
Skills
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Interpersonal Skills
- Multitasking and Prioritization
- Troubleshooting Network Issues
- Knowledge of Operating Systems and Networks
- Virtualization (Virtualbox) IP addresses and subnetting Common ports and services IPv4 and IPv6 basic packet structure HTTP methods (GET and POST) DNS resolution SSL / TLS and certifications Common malware strategies (recon, exploit, callback)
- Incident Management
- Splunk/SIEM
Accomplishments
- Cyber Infrastructure & Technology | Cloud Security | Linux Security | Microsoft Security | Computer Networking | Network Security | Python
Affiliations
Member of Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT)
Certification
Value Added Tax Compliance Diploma
Languages
spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Solutions Specialist
Deloitte LLP
01.2021 - Current
Financial Analyst
Siemens Energy
06.2020 - 11.2020
Value Added Tax Accountant
Siemens Corporation
08.2018 - 06.2020
International Tax Consultant
IGMASA Management
01.2017 - 07.2018
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry
07.2015 - 07.2016
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry (Blackberry Global)
09.2013 - 07.2015
Operations Manager
Spark Foundry (Coca-Cola)
04.2010 - 09.2013
Operations Associate
Spark Foundry (Coca-Cola)
06.2007 - 04.2010
Cyber Defense Professional Certification - Cyber Security
University of Central Florida
MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Florida International University
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Queens College of The City University of New York
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
New York City College of Technology of The City University of New York