OMAR SANTILLANEZ
Accountant
Nogales
Summary
Experienced Senior Accountant successful at cultivating effective working relationships at all levels while driving improvements to budget administration, expense tracking and forecasting of future financial needs. Proven track record of performing work ethically while maintaining integrity of all financial data.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Senior Accountant
GC Realty & Development LLC
08.2021 - Current
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Updated general ledger with latest entries.
- Completed year-end closing processes with controller.
- Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
- Provided timely and accurate financial reporting to senior management, enabling informed decision-making based on reliable data.
- Handled month-end and year-end end finances by managing and reporting fixed assets and other data.
- Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.
- Analyzed financial statement discrepancies, identifying issues, and recommending corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Coordinated with various departments to gather financial data, ensuring accurate representation of each business unit''s performance.
- Maintained accurate depreciation schedules for fixed assets, for timely recording of acquisitions or disposals.
- Strengthened internal controls by reviewing processes, identifying gaps, and proposing improvements to safeguard against fraud or mismanagement of funds.
- Reduced month-end closing time, meticulously organizing and reviewing ledger entries for consistency.
- Enhanced budget forecasting accuracy, employing comprehensive variance analysis techniques.
- Decreased financial discrepancies, thoroughly investigating and resolving any variances in account balances.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
Freelancer finance consultant
05.2018 - 05.2021
- Analysis and interpretation of financial statements to set short, medium and long term goals, whether due to a crisis or expansion plans.
- Analysis of internal control procedures in the finance and treasury department.
- Inventory rotation analysis and recommendations.
- Recommendations on reducing costs in storage and inventories.
- Evaluation of internal administrative control of different departments such as sales, credit and collections, purchases, receipt of raw materials and inventory and treasury management.
- Cash flow planning to achieve goals.
- Preparation of projections and budgets.
- Administrative and accounting debugging.
- Support in the recruitment of human talent.
- Guidance and supervision in the elaboration of administrative manuals.
General Manager
Coincora, S.A. de C.V.
05.2013 - 03.2018
- Company Overview: Large escale food services and catering.
- Management of all the departments of the company: operations, Administration, purchases, human resources and finance.
- Financial planning and forecast of the company.
- Management of relationships with clients and suppliers.
- Financial and operative reports to the shareholders of the company.
- Finding new clients, negotiations and closing new service deals.
- Daily decision making regarding the activities of the different departments of the company.
- Review and analysis of the diverse legal and tax matters.
- Preparation of quotes for special services and high volume services.
- Analysis of income and expenses weekly, bimonthly and annually.
- Support and supervision in the preparation of operational manuals, internal control and sanitary regulations.
- Support in the development of perishable and non-perishable inventory management manuals.
Supervisor financial planning
Grupo Norson
03.2012 - 04.2013
- Company Overview: Large-scale pork producers and marketers.
- Financial forecast of weekly, monthly and annual cash flow of the company.
- Cash flow analysis report of weekly, monthly and annual operations.
- Management of cash flow and analysis in new projects investments.
- Calculation and management of interests between the parent company and subsidiaries.
- Calculation and management of the interests of bank loans.
- Analysis and preparation of reports of the real, exercised budget.
- Analysis of the differences between the financial forecast and the exercised budget.
- Preparation and presentation of financial forecasts for the whole company.
Corporate tax and legal manager
Grupo Empresarial Sonorense (Gemso)
01.2011 - 03.2012
- Company Overview: Automotive branch
- Review of federal tax opinions.
- Calculation and preparation of monthly tax payments.
- Calculation and preparation of annual tax payments.
- Management of legal requirments of the diverse government mexican agencies like SAT, IMSS e INFONAVIT, Labor comisíon, diverse legal courtrooms.
- Tax and financial planning.
- Request for tax balances in favor, Compensation of tax balances in favor.
- Coordination of external audits.
- Support and coordination of every legal and tax trial.
- Desing and implementation of tax work papers.
- Autos de Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.
- Autos Kino, S.A. de C.V.
- Automotores Especializados de Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.
- Automotores Bálticos de Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.
- Automotores de Nogales, S.A. de C.V.
- Automotriz de Cananea, S.A. de C.V.
- Autos de Santa Ana, S.A. de C.V.
- Promotora Especializada de Hermosillo, S.A. de C.V.
Senior Auditor
Sotomayor Elías, S.C.
09.2009 - 12.2010
- Company Overview: Audit, tax consulting and administration services.
- Review of the areas related to Income and Losses: income, purchases, expenses, comprehensive financing result.
- Preparation of tests related to profit and loss accounts: income, purchases, expenses.
- Preparation of tests related to General Ledger accounts
- Review of areas derived from subordinate relationships.
- Confirmations letters procedure of balances with clients and suppliers.
- Review procedures: client portfolio, internal administration control.
- Preparation and review of VAT Tax.
- Planning and audit supervisión.
- Review of Internal control of administration and operations.
- Supervision and training of new auditors.
- Auditing of monthly tax calculations and payments
- Auditing of annual tax calculations and payments
- Review of physical inventory taking.
- Preparations of financials opinions reports.
- Preparations of federal tax opinions.
Senior Auditor
Despacho Freyssinier Morin RO, S.C.
10.2008 - 07.2009
- Company Overview: Audit, tax consulting and administration services.
- Review of the areas related to Income and Losses: income, purchases, expenses, comprehensive financing result.
- Preparation of tests related to profit and loss accounts: income, purchases, expenses.
- Preparation of tests related to General Ledger accounts
- Review of areas derived from subordinate relationships.
- Confirmations letters procedure of balances with clients and suppliers.
- Review procedures: client portfolio, internal administration control.
- Preparation and review of VAT Tax.
- Planning and audit supervisión.
- Review of Internal control of administration and operations.
- Supervision and training of new auditors.
- Auditing of monthly tax calculations and payments
- Auditing of annual tax calculations and payments
- Auditing of tax calculations of rights for the use of federal zones.
- Auditing of tax calculations of rights for the use of national waters.
- Review of physical inventory taking.
- Preparations of financials opinions reports.
- Preparations of federal tax opinions.
Auditor
Despacho Freyssinier Morin RO, S.C.
11.2007 - 09.2008
- Company Overview: Audit, tax consulting and administration services.
- Review of the areas related to Income and Losses: income, purchases, expenses, comprehensive financing result.
- Preparation of tests related to profit and loss: income, purchases, expenses.
- Confirmations letters procedure of balances with clients and suppliers.
- Review procedures: client portfolio, internal administration control.
- Review of physical inventory taking.
- Participation in the preparation of Financial Reports.
- Participation in the preparation of Tax Reports.
General Administrator
Restaurante – Bar El Itacate
04.2004 - 03.2006
- Company Overview: Restaurant and catering services Number of employees: 18
- Payments to suppliers and every service.
- Accounting of all the daily operations.
- Preparation of Payroll
- Preparation and presentation of monthly tax calculations.
- Preparation and presentation of anual tax calculations.
- Design of inventory and valuation systems.
Education
Tax and legal seminar -
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, A.C.
01.2008
Public Accountant - undefined
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, A.C.
01.2004
Skills
Financial reporting
Financial statement review
General ledger accounting
Expense tracking
Recordkeeping
Internal controls implementation
Budget administration
Month-end closing
Journal entry review
Financial statement preparation
General accounting
Account reconciliation processes
Bookkeeping and reconciliation
Annual reports
Accounting software systems
Timeline
Senior Accountant
GC Realty & Development LLC
08.2021 - Current
Freelancer finance consultant
05.2018 - 05.2021
General Manager
Coincora, S.A. de C.V.
05.2013 - 03.2018
Supervisor financial planning
Grupo Norson
03.2012 - 04.2013
Corporate tax and legal manager
Grupo Empresarial Sonorense (Gemso)
01.2011 - 03.2012
Senior Auditor
Sotomayor Elías, S.C.
09.2009 - 12.2010
Senior Auditor
Despacho Freyssinier Morin RO, S.C.
10.2008 - 07.2009
Auditor
Despacho Freyssinier Morin RO, S.C.
11.2007 - 09.2008
General Administrator
Restaurante – Bar El Itacate
04.2004 - 03.2006
Public Accountant - undefined
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, A.C.
Tax and legal seminar -
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, A.C.
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