Ash Escala

Experience

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  SGV & Co.

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2011

   Participates and supervises the planning phase of the audit. Performs on-the-job review and evaluation of the client’s internal control structure, accountingsystems and operations Reviews and finalizes financial statements and income tax returns; and Provides recommendations to clients for the improvement of the internal control structure,accounting systems and efficiency of operations.

  • Senior Associate

    Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  • Associate and audit in charge

    Nov 2008 - Jun 2010
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  Chevron

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2014

   Spearheaded the paperless accounts reconciliation with 24.75% reduction in FTE Clean up of prepayment accounts with 33k outstanding open items with implementation of strong internal controls over the process Streamlining of analytical approaches and reconciliation procedure for several general ledger accounts Lead the implementation of income statement and balance sheet variance analysis process standardization  Finance Lead for user acceptance testing of various Asset Management, Project System and Finance module projects Standardized and implemented the depreciation variance analysis template across all OperatingCompanies in North America

  • General Ledger Financial Analyst

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  • Fixed Assets Financial Analyst

    Jul 2011 - May 2013
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  SunPower Corporation

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2024

   Financial planning and analysis on SPWR Consolidation level, from P&L to Balance Sheet and Cashflow, through extensive business collaboration, for Board of Directors quarterly presentation Analyze financial and operational results for the executive and senior management and for Total Energies / GIP Holdings (Parent) reporting to better understand business units and company monthly performances  Coordination with key business stakeholders to account for the forecast amounts on GAAP only adjustments and Cashflow requirements Planning the annual and long-term forecasts through evaluation of previous outlooks, actual expenditures, and future targets Administrator and model builder of Anaplan tool used for SPWR quarterly, annual and long-term forecasting and for actual reporting to top management weekly business review  Collaborate with the business teams in designing, producing, testing, and implementing Anaplan functionalities based on their business needs Manage the actual financial reporting data in Anaplan (SPWR forecasting tool) for each of the business segments of SunPower Show less  Prepare and analyze monthly actual financial reporting compared to budget under IFRS for Total Energies (Parent) consolidation in Europe Work closely with SPWR Executive and Senior Leadership Team to build annual forecasts through evaluation of previous outlooks, actual expenditures and future targets Analyze financial and operational results to better understand business units and company performances Manage Anaplan actual numbers (monthly system loading per P&L segment, balance sheet and calculation of cashflow per business unit) Show less

  • Manager II, Corporate FP&A

    Apr 2023 - Nov 2024

  • Manager, Corporate FP&A

    Aug 2021 - Apr 2023

  • Manager, Corporate FP&A

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Team Leader, Corporate FP&A

    Sept 2017 - Mar 2021

  • Senior Financial Planning Analyst

    Dec 2014 - Sept 2017
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  AESC

  Nov 2024 - now

  Regional Finance Manager