Araceli Rodriguez
Summary
Skilled Regional Controller bringing 15 years of experience working with retail and s organizations. Proven leadership and successful in leading teams in achieving financial goals. Accomplished in working with executive leaders to develop business, financial and growth strategies.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Service Controller
FRAMECAD AMERICA INC
09.2021 - Current
- Assisting in the achievement of company objectives and KPIs
- Onboard New Customers
- Scheduling commissioning and service visits for machines
- Build relationships between customers and Support team
- Ordering stock from suppliers to fulfill customer demand and maintaining service levels.
- Processing order confirmations from suppliers quickly and effectively
- Chasing suppliers for overdue items
- Resolving issues where stock does not arrive exactly as it should
- Maintaining all documents relating to supply chain process in accordance with the company's quality requirements
- Preparing presentations, reports and analysis
- Monthly job reviews to determine costs and margins
- Processing warranty replacements with customer and vendors
- Supporting sales team with quotes
- Arrange and manage local supplier terms and conditions of trade
- Performing perpetual stock counts, exemption reporting and variance analysis
- Raise accurate pro forma invoices/invoices with customers promptly and accurately against the correct job
- Provide any required documentation to regional hubs and customers
- Invoices updated in line with month end timetable
- Sorting and resolving open orders
- Paying and processing building utility bills
- Developing the process onboard and set up new vendors, also warehouse process and Procedures
- Inventory management
- Monthly closing entries
- Financial Analysis
- Daily accounting entries
Residential Order Processor
Interior Logic Group, ILG
12.2020 - 09.2021
- Complete House File and kick lot at SAP or RFMS
- Update builder dates (Supply pro)
- Maintain good rapport with Builder Designers
- Coordinates projects and materials according to production and shipping schedules
- Establishes priorities in accordance with departments requirements
- Obtain selections, diagrams and base proposal for flooring, backsplash and surroundings
- Input materials and Labor Quantities
- Create & Input Work order detail for installer (detailed notes) and Area Managers
- Reconcile base proposal & upgrades with Builder Purchase Order
- Achievement: Fast acclimation to the company and procedures, showing dependability/accountability- Quality of work, foster positive relationships, perform job in an effective and ethical manner, SAP lead for Order Processor team
Scheduling, Production & Customer Services Supervisor
CARPETS N MORE
02.2017 - 12.2020
- Managing a staff of 10
- Supervise day to day scheduling, Production & Customer Services operation, support staff, ensuring all jobs are scheduled and organize daily
- Provide daily leadership and supervision to Customer Services team consistent with management values and mission
- Assign, distribute and monitor quality and quantity of work produced, ensuring employees are held accountable for consistently meeting quality and production requirements
- Develop staff through performance management, goal setting, training and effective employee relations
- Review and approve timecards, time off requests, and the accuracy of labor allocations and payroll processing information
- Optimize workflows/processes, tools, staff and technology to ensure efficient and cost-effective day to day operations
- Implement and monitor internal systems, policies and procedures to ensure operations meets client need, new developments, regulations and reporting requirements
- Provide input into departmental budget and oversee expenses to ensure efficient operation within budget guidelines
- Interact with clients to remediate escalated claims issues, review plan changes and other client needs
- Set the standards of excellence with staff response time, follow through an excellent workflow.
Revenue and A/P Lead
MEXICAN CONSULATE
01.2017 - 09.2017
- Audit daily revenues vs inventory
- Deposit and balance daily revenues
- Generate daily, weekly and month-end reports
- Perform Control audit procedures
- Audit, balance and keep records for revenue, Inventories for the audit day
- Provide daily inventories to the documentation Officers
- Posting payments
- Preparing invoices to external clients
- Payments vs billing reconciliations
- Journal entries and GL monthly reconciliation.
Client Accountant
RESORTCOM INTERNATIONAL
06.2016 - 12.2016
- Monitoring daily bank activity through electronic banking systems
- Check / analyze daily bank transactions of the different clients
- Complete accurate and timely daily, weekly and monthly cash reconciliation against clients reports and registers
- Identify and set up wire transfers between bank accounts for deposit corrections
- Complete Bank Accounts reconciliations.
Staff Accountant, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
MEXICAN CONSULATE
08.2013 - 06.2016
- In charge of accounting, payroll, Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, Treasury, monthly bank reconciliations, human resources, contracts, accounting and fixed assets:
- Process all Accounts payable transactions in compliance with Company policy
- Preparing yearly budget
- Monthly and yearly closing
- Journal entry posting in the Company's financial system
- Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation
- Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
- Maintain a highly organized system of transaction processing and filing
- Audit incoming expenses to ensure reasonableness and compliance with Company policy
- Responsible for petty cash accounting.
Inventory Control and Auditing Manager
OFFICEMAX
07.2000 - 09.2010
- Reporting to Executive Vice presidents and Auditing Committee)
- Managing a Staff of 8 Auditors and 2 Inventory Supervisors
- Manage the identification and evaluation of the organization's risk areas and provide input to the development of the annual risk assessment and audit plan
- Manage financial, operational, fraud, and compliance/regulatory audits in accordance with professional standards: Sarbanes-Oxley
- (SOX), established property standards, and best practices
- Identify and initiate special projects and audit activities to assist in managing strategic risk, improving business efficiency and effectiveness, and adopting best practices to improve profitability
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with senior and operations management, regulators, internal audit staff, and external service providers
- Contribute to the professional development, training, and evaluation of the internal audit staff
- Developed action plans and follow up auditing
- Prepared and presented audit reports of findings and recommendations for process managers and executive management, as well as quarterly, semiannual, and annual audit reports to the Audit Committee
- Auditing stores and areas like: A/P, A/R, Pay Roll, Operations, Sales, Supply chain, Distribution Center, Finance, Accounting
- Actively involved in Risk Assessment procedures
- In charge of store's yearly physical inventory, stores cycle counts scheduling, shrink analysis
- Assisted in fraud detection and prevention.
Senior Auditor
WALMART - Servicios Administrativos Wal*Mart, S. de R.L. de C.V
08.1995 - 06.2000
- Reporting to Managers and Directors)
- Performed country audit engagements and reviews of internal controls for Wal Mart operations at locations in Mexico
- Identified control weaknesses and process improvement observations and developed recommendations to mitigate associated risks or identified inefficiencies in various areas of operation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Touristic Administration
Anahuac del Norte University
Skills
- Software Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, QuickBooks, SAP, CRM
- Deal Structuring
- Operation and Control
- Data Tracking
- Critical Thinking
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Regional Service Controller
FRAMECAD AMERICA INC
09.2021 - Current
Residential Order Processor
Interior Logic Group, ILG
12.2020 - 09.2021
Scheduling, Production & Customer Services Supervisor
CARPETS N MORE
02.2017 - 12.2020
Revenue and A/P Lead
MEXICAN CONSULATE
01.2017 - 09.2017
Client Accountant
RESORTCOM INTERNATIONAL
06.2016 - 12.2016
Staff Accountant, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
MEXICAN CONSULATE
08.2013 - 06.2016
Inventory Control and Auditing Manager
OFFICEMAX
07.2000 - 09.2010
Senior Auditor
WALMART - Servicios Administrativos Wal*Mart, S. de R.L. de C.V
08.1995 - 06.2000
Bachelor of Science - Touristic Administration
Anahuac del Norte University
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