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Susan Daniela González Solano

Costa Rica,Alajuela

Summary

Results-driven Accounting Supervisor with significance expertise in Intercompany, regulatory compliance, and financial data analysis. Proven ability to mentor teams and streamline accounting processes for greater efficiency.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

STRYKER
07.2023 - Current
  • Intercompany department. Experience supervising and mentoring 11 employees, providing them support in every process and technical knowledge (intercompany relations, trade and non-trade billings, intercompany inventory, payments, and settlements).
  • Spotting errors or inconsistencies quickly.
  • Delegating tasks effectively and fairly to have the highest productivity and efficiency.
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP, understanding of regulatory and compliance requirements, supporting internal and external audits, and ensuring accuracy in reports and reconciliations.
  • Month-end/year-end close processes knowledge.
  • Ability to interpret financial data, root cause analysis for accounting discrepancies, and coordinating/supporting finance-related projects or system implementations, such as ERP migrations.
  • Significant experience working with different workstreams and stakeholders from different business units, meeting strict deadlines (e.g., month-end close), and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Supervised daily accounting operations.
  • Led team meetings to discuss workflow improvements and process efficiency.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to address financial discrepancies.
  • Assisted in budgeting processes by providing relevant financial data analysis.
  • Investigated discrepancies in financial data and prepared corrective journal entries.
  • Selected, trained, assigned, scheduled and coached employees and communicated job expectations.
  • Collaborated with external auditors during year end audits to provide necessary information for filing taxes accurately.

LEAD ACCOUNTANT

STRYKER
12.2021 - 07.2023
  • Intercompany department, key member of the Intercompany team due to the technical accounting and policies knowledge. In addition, I am the go-to person for intercompany matters when a member of the organization worldwide needs support.
  • As an expert, I led important projects with visibility to the Director of Operations and the Vice President of FSS. I also developed a strong relationship with partners worldwide to meet the goal.
  • Experience leading a team of 8 members (different ERPs and divisions) and developing their potential in hard skills and soft skills using my influence strengths, also orienting the team to meet the goals, monthly SLAs, and execute the processes following the company policies.
  • Also, part of my role allows me to work closely with the audit team, helping them review the process and providing explanations and quick support for their needs during external audits. Finally, I have great knowledge of SOX controls and US GAAP policies.
  • Approver of JE and reconciliations, following the policies.
  • Excellent customer service is essential to building strong relationships with the stakeholders.
  • ERP migration experience.
  • A member of the Incident Resolution Team looking forward to continuous improvement.

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

STRYKER
07.2020 - 12.2021
  • Intercompany, successful migration during Q4 2020.
  • Regular assignments include performing account reconciliation for assigned entities, investigating and resolving imbalances with other entities worldwide, providing support to the business on request related to journal/recon backups, preparing cash flow analysis and FEER reports, preparing inventory calculations (UPI), month-end closing processes, billing processes, and payment processes (netting and wires).
  • Improvements in all the processes performed.
  • PM of IC projects and responsible for reports for audits and controls.
  • All the assignments were performed in compliance with corporate accounting policies, U.S., and local GAAP.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ADVISOR ANALYST

ACCENTURE
04.2019 - 06.2020
  • Record to report, preparing several reports and different accounting tasks for the closing month, trial balance reviews at month-end close to find inconsistencies in the accounts to fix and deliver accurate balances to the client.
  • Provide support and guidance to the team in all they need for different processes (journals, reports, cost accounting, taxes, and intercompany or ERP doubts), always looking to deliver quality in the shortest time. Besides the Costa Rica team, I have also provided support to the India team with the development of month-end tasks to reach the customer’s SLA.
  • Constantly looking for improvement areas, standardization, and quality assurance.

SERVICE DELIVERY OPERATIONS LEAD

ACCENTURE
05.2018 - 03.2019
  • Oversee all work delivered through a global, regional, or center service delivery operation, including managing the teams, implementing, and improving standard processes and tools to drive operational efficiencies, and meet operational and financial commitments.
  • Support the sales process, as needed, by participating in the solution design.
  • Administrator of key clients.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ADVISOR ASSOCIATE

ACCENTURE
06.2016 - 04.2018
  • Record to Report, preparing and processing month-end close JE, including complex accruals, amortizations, adjustments, and reports.
  • Understanding of financial statements.
  • Account reconciliations (high risk/volume), preparing and improving support documentation every month, and a successful project to standardize and improve the support for two Latin American markets.
  • Performing intercompany and tax accounting.
  • Experience in cash management processes, including payments through uploads to banks, workflow management, and finance position preparation.

CLIENT FINANCIAL MGMT. ASSOCIATE

ACCENTURE
05.2015 - 05.2016
  • Invoice Processing, Data Management and Record to Report for Latin America markets.
  • Processes improvement and standardization.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline project delivery processes.

Education

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
02.2020

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA
04.2015

Skills

  • Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point
  • SAP (S4, Smart & 60)
  • NetSuite
  • Oracle
  • Blackline
  • AuditBoard
  • Positive attitude
  • Goal-oriented
  • Strong analytical
  • Focus
  • Dedicated achiever
  • Experience working with multiple geographies/markets
  • Ability to coordinate teams
  • ERP systems implementation

Certification

  • Exploring management (Stryker training for people leaders)
  • Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers
  • Finance for Non-financial Managers
  • Employee engagement
  • Move from Individual Contributor to Manager

Languages

English, C1, 2018 - 2019

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 207160927
  • Date of Birth: 09/07/93

Accomplishments

Extramile winner award every year for the outstanding performance at Stryker.

Timeline

ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR

STRYKER
07.2023 - Current

LEAD ACCOUNTANT

STRYKER
12.2021 - 07.2023

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

STRYKER
07.2020 - 12.2021

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ADVISOR ANALYST

ACCENTURE
04.2019 - 06.2020

SERVICE DELIVERY OPERATIONS LEAD

ACCENTURE
05.2018 - 03.2019

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ADVISOR ASSOCIATE

ACCENTURE
06.2016 - 04.2018

CLIENT FINANCIAL MGMT. ASSOCIATE

ACCENTURE
05.2015 - 05.2016

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA

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