Brenda Medina

Promoted twice (2021 and 2024) for outstanding performance and expertise in financial operations.

• Improved financial oversight by ensuring proactive monitoring, maintaining one of the lowest unresolved transaction rates globally and consistently achieving a 99% budget imp. rate.
• Led the Cloud ERP transition (Sept 2023), ensuring a smooth migration, training staff, and serving as lead focal point for regional support.
• Strengthened internal controls, implementing process improvements that reduced risks, increased efficiency, and reinforced compliance. Key strategies were later shared across the Americas and played a key role in the 2024 audit.
• Optimized procurement processes for key contracts, resolving billing discrepancies, ensuring policy compliance and collaborating to align tender specifications with operational needs, improving service quality and cost efficiency.
• Recognized for adaptability and leadership, quickly mastering new systems and procedures. Serves as a trainer and mentor, guiding colleagues on financial best practices and new processes across the operation.

• Completed a 6-month internship in the Audit Unit (09/2016 – 02/2017), supporting file management, administrative tasks, and basic audit reviews. Recognized for outstanding performance, leading to a full-time hire as Administrative Assistant (2017) and later promotion to Internal Auditor.
• Conducted internal audits across government departments, embassies, and consulates, focusing on data analysis, key findings and follow-up on preventive and corrective recommendations.
• Oversaw and streamlined the review and disposal of physical audit files (2002-2016) and implemented a digital filing system, improving retrieval efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Led the development and standardization of the national procedural and organizational manual for Internal Control Bodies, ensuring consistency in audit processes across the Federal Public Administration.

• Processed financial transactions, performed bank reconciliations, and verified tax return accuracy, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Assisted in audits of high-value assets (tires) and petty cash, contributing to improved internal controls.
• Organized and maintained employee and financial records, ensuring quick access to information and compliance with documentation standards.