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Mariela Pazos Carvajal

Miami

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

International Senior Accountant

Wolfspeed Inc
- Current
  • Perform general ledger accounting and reconciliations
  • Prepare and Record International Payroll, Cash, VAT, Commissions and Fees Entries to General Ledger
  • Reconcile Bank Activity from the different international company branches of the company
  • Work on any other Ad-hoc project needed for the continuous improvement of the process
  • Review monthly AP and AR transactions to analyze any impact on our GL Accounts

RTR Supervisor/Senior Accountant

Bridgestone Americas
08.2015 - 01.2024
  • Perform general ledger accounting and reconciliations
  • Responsible for reviewing all closing activities for Month End and Year End
  • Conducted Balance Sheet Review for business and area managers to anticipate quarterly adjustments.
  • Compile annual AR, AP, Sales, and Purchases reports for auditor requests.
  • Reconciled high-risk financial accounts to adhere to company deadlines.
  • Managed escalation cases by assigning them to the appropriate individuals.
  • Organized projects aimed at improving automation of processes and controls for better team efficiency.
  • Held consistent 1.1 sessions focused on evaluating member progress.
  • Coach the team to develop six sigma projects, stop doings and any other improvement that could make our daily process easier
  • Among my Bridgestone wins:
  • - Employee of the Month:
  • - Projects Category, April2016
  • - Teammate Category, November2017
  • - Excellence Category, August2018
  • 2019: Yellow Belt Six Sigma Certification
  • Root Cause Analysis Certification
  • 2020: Green Belt Six Sigma Course
  • Promotion to Financial Analyst Lead, December2017
  • Promotion to NA Retail and Inventory Junior Supervisor, October2019
  • Promotion to NA Industrial Product Area Supervisor, June2021

AR or O2C Team Lead

Link Solutions LLC
11.2013 - 08.2015
  • Led development of billing and expense management processes for LATAM offices, originating from Louisiana headquarters.
  • Handle complete cycle of month-end and year-end closing activities in local accounting.
  • Implement automated payroll system for company, along with recurrent payments system from the company’s Bank Account in Costa Rica’s branch office
  • Reconciled credit card statements for project managers.
  • Recorded job costing expenses, general liabilities, workers compensation and Intercompany billings through journal entries.
  • Managed coordination among 10 staff members for tasks ranging from legal contract billing to final cash allocation.

AR Accounting Team Lead

Align Technology
01.2009 - 10.2013
  • Create AR Trade Aging to customer account statements for customer payments
  • Verify that our cash area was running smoothly and tied to General Ledger daily
  • Work on Cash Reconciliations for Accounts Receivable Statements
  • Review and authorize customer's Credit Memos to apply them to the online payments
  • Troubleshoot missing payments on the Bank of America’s web page
  • Responsible to lead6 people for AR monthly end close process
  • Also, helped in the small projects program of the company

AR Specialist

Fyffes Fruit Exporter Company
03.2003 - 12.2008
  • Responsible for the Accounts Receivable entire cycle of the company
  • Enter sales Orders to JDE AR Main Menu accounting system, invoice them, create Credit Memos, collect the money, and finally book payments to invoices created
  • Close monthly financial AR books to create reports and conciliate final AR Trade of the company

P2P Specialist

Baxter Americas Service
06.2001 - 02.2003
  • Worked in the P2P department, making sure that the special handling payments for Baxter production plants in Los Angeles and Maryland were made accurately and in a timely manner
  • Among other duties, I helped my supervisor in some management duties, like putting together long and detailed reports on critical payments, for each of the plants

Education

Bachelor’s degree - Accounting

UNICA

Associate Of Business Administration - Risk Management

UCR
Costa Rica
06.2016

Skills

  • Problem solving, analytical and decision making
  • Excellent organizational skills and detail oriented
  • Fast learner implementing new procedures
  • Bilingual Fluent in Spanish
  • Advanced skills in Outlook, MS365 Environment, and Advanced Excel (IF, X-VLOOKUP, Macro Recording)
  • Ability to train and mentor others Team Lead duties
  • More than18 years’ experience in Accounting and Shared Services Business Processes
  • Citrix environment (JDE Edwards) SAGE300, QuickBooks, Lawson, SAP and Blackline ERP
  • Knowledge of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
  • Knowledge of IFRS Quarterly Scheduled Reporting

Certification

  • UCR Certification: RISK MANAGEMENT
  • BRIDGESTONE KAIZEN SCHOOL RCA (Root-Cause Analysis) Certification.
  • YELLOW BELT Certification. GREEN BELT Course.

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Limited Working

Timeline

RTR Supervisor/Senior Accountant

Bridgestone Americas
08.2015 - 01.2024

AR or O2C Team Lead

Link Solutions LLC
11.2013 - 08.2015

AR Accounting Team Lead

Align Technology
01.2009 - 10.2013

AR Specialist

Fyffes Fruit Exporter Company
03.2003 - 12.2008

P2P Specialist

Baxter Americas Service
06.2001 - 02.2003

International Senior Accountant

Wolfspeed Inc
- Current

Bachelor’s degree - Accounting

UNICA
  • UCR Certification: RISK MANAGEMENT
  • BRIDGESTONE KAIZEN SCHOOL RCA (Root-Cause Analysis) Certification.
  • YELLOW BELT Certification. GREEN BELT Course.

Associate Of Business Administration - Risk Management

UCR

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