Maria Eugenia Duque
Pembroke Pines,United States
Summary
Industrial Engineer with over 13 years of experience in project cost control and financial analysis within the construction and energy sectors. Skilled in project scheduling, risk management, and contract interpretation, leveraging SAP and Excel for optimal project oversight. Demonstrated success in insurance administration and performance bond management. Bilingual in English and Spanish, facilitating effective communication in multicultural settings.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Cost Controller
Soltec Trackers, Inc
07.2022 - Current
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project cost control systems, including budget tracking, variance analysis, and forecast updates.
- Interpret complex engineering and construction contracts to ensure contractual compliance and accurate cost tracking.
- Collaborate with schedulers to interpret project timelines and integrate cost forecasts with scheduling milestones.
- Evaluate change orders, claims, and risk impacts on project cost performance.
- Provide regular cost reporting and communicate financial status updates to project stakeholders and upper management.
- Monitor contract performance and identify opportunities for cost optimization.
- Support audit activities and ensure compliance with financial controls and governance policies.
- Manage risk assessments and insurance requirements including performance bonds and construction guarantees.
Accounting Specialist
CR Insurance Group LLC
01.2020 - 07.2022
- Compile and analyze financial information to prepare financial statements including monthly and annual reports.
- Perform data analytics on claims data to prepare and review agent commission statements.
- Research and resolve commission payment discrepancies.
- Enter payments into the accounting database.
- Track processing inefficiencies to analyze trending for specific claim types, providers, processors, plans, and processing error types to provide more meaningful insight into recurrent problem areas and provide recommendations for corrective action.
- Ensure responses to customer inquiries are completed to achieve service and quality standards.
- Communicate with internal and external customers to determine claim processing and correspondence accuracy.
- Submit claims to the insurance company.
- Run and interpret financial reports.
Art Production Scheduler
Park West Gallery
Miami Lakes, Fl
06.2017 - 09.2019
- Prepare and update the annual project plan.
- Coordinate art projects as defined: new arts produced into the company, artworks not produced into the company, production, and printing/distribution.
- Collect, organize, document, prepare reports, and communicate key project details at the request of Account and Production teams to ensure client requests and projects are delivered flawlessly.
- Control, update, and follow-up of raw materials inventory of the Printing Department.
- Organizes and maintains the inventory floor area to ensure efficient material storage and handling.
- Update and follow-up the backorders and sold pieces to communicate and make sure artworks are replenished and maintain proper levels.
- Supervise, count, organize, and deliver the pieces produced by the Printing Department to the Inventory Department.
- Department: Printing.
Project Scheduler
T-Mobile
Sunrise, Fl
01.2019 - 01.2019
- Updates necessary tracking system(s) to ensure that project and/or program status is maintained with complete accuracy, including third party management systems.
- Assists with administrative preparation for various meetings.
- Communicates all issues to management prior to reaching critical status.
- Develops and maintains accurate and complete files for projects and programs; continues to monitor for integrity and completeness.
- Provides ad hoc reports as requested.
- Provides additional administrative support as required.
- Issue vendor Purchase Orders, as needed.
Professional II - Project Scheduler
Corporación Electrica Nacional (CORPOELEC S.A.)
, Venezuela
07.2006 - 09.2014
- Consolidation, control, and monitoring of the annual plan of the department: portfolio, budget, procurement of equipment, goods, supplies, staff training, holidays, and vacations.
- Ensure the validity of insurance policies, guarantees, project implementation time and legal documents, administrative and technical documentation related to the procurement of goods and contracting of services, works.
- Coordinate implementation of the Department’s Quality Management System (QMS).
- Administrative management: Consolidation, control, and monitoring of the annual plan: portfolio, budget, procurement of equipment, goods, and supplies for the Department.
- Consolidation, auditing, control, and monitoring of annual vacation plans.
- Inventory control, data entry, and analysis.
- Project Planner / Project Scheduler: Develop and consolidate with the Directive Team the Portfolio Annual Project Biennial and five-year project to improve the national electricity system in the west country.
- Develop specific plans for each project, perform control and monitoring, reporting progress, establish actions to correct deviations.
- Coordinate in conjunction with the Project Manager all aspects of the project: scopes, work orders, timelines, internal & external communication, documentation archiving, and administrative tasks.
Education
B.S. - Industrial Engineering
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira
San Cristobal, Venezuela10.2005
Skills
- Cost control
- Contract administration
- SAP
- Jira
- MS Office
- Forecasting software
- Earned value management
- Risk assessment
- Primavera P6 (theory)
- Data analysis
- Project scheduling
- Stakeholder communication
- Audit support
- Forecasting
- Process improvement
- Invoice verification
- Month-end and year-end closings
- Change order management
- Cash flow forecasting
- Budget preparation
- Team oversight
- Project management
- Budget tracking
- Financial reporting
- Variance analysis
Languages
- Spanish, Native
- English, Fluent
Accomplishments
I received a recognition award from my current company, where I was selected as one of 100 employees out of 2,500 globally, in acknowledgment of my performance, commitment, and contributions to the organization
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Project Cost Controller
Soltec Trackers, Inc
07.2022 - Current
Accounting Specialist
CR Insurance Group LLC
01.2020 - 07.2022
Project Scheduler
T-Mobile
01.2019 - 01.2019
Art Production Scheduler
Park West Gallery
06.2017 - 09.2019
Professional II - Project Scheduler
Corporación Electrica Nacional (CORPOELEC S.A.)
07.2006 - 09.2014
B.S. - Industrial Engineering
Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira
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