Cecilia Marcelo

Experience

• 

  ICPNA

  Apr 2008 - Oct 2010

  English Teacher

  English teacher as foreign language:- Intermediate- Basic- Junior- Children- Kinder

• 

  EY

  Nov 2010 - Jul 2018

  Main functions:• Audit of separate and consolidated financial statements• Preparation and analysis of financial reports• Diagnosis and implementation of IFRS• Understanding and walkthroughs of processes and identification of risks and controls / Documentation of processes.• Design and execution of tests of controls and substantive tests• Consolidation and combination of financial statements• Due Diligence• Dictation of courses (in-house and clients)• Preparation of project budgets and subsequent monitoringMain customers:• Grupo Belcorp• Grupo Romero• Grupo Intercorp• Grupo EFE• Grupo Distriluz• Grupo Lis Argentis• Grupo Dunas• Trans American Airlines S.A. – Avianca• AMCHAM - Cámara de Comercio Americana• Ingleby Perú S.A.• Barchip Perú S.A.C. (antes Elasto Plastic)• Grupo Montana Show less

  • Assurance Manager

    Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Senior de Auditoría Financiera

    Aug 2012 - Jun 2016

  • Asistente de Auditoría Financiera

    Nov 2010 - Jul 2012
• 

  Alstom

  Aug 2018 - Sept 2024

  Main responsibilities:• Responsible for providing accurate transparent information, support and performance enablers to the site management team• Assist the Site Managing Director in all financial matters (Guidance, Interpretation of Data /Figures, Interface between site functions)• Set targets and control environment for the cost management within the sites in order to maximize performance.• Monitor financial flows and validate the final reports• Control and validate the financial data provided by the site functions • Set the environment to collect, consolidate, analyse and validate financial data in order to produce actual budget and forecasts, draw conclusions on variances of resource allocation and recommend corrective action• Validate the financial structure of the locations (processes and systems) in order to satisfy all internal and external requirements.• Interface with regional controller and HQ Finance.• Manage the site controlling team Show less Main responsibilities as Finance Project Manager/Finance Tender Manager for Santiago Line 7 Projects:• Participate in overall Project Management process jointly with Project Manager/Tender Leader.• Main partner for the Financial Strategy success of the project. Optimize financial aspects on the project Org. Tax, Hedging, Financing• Supervision, analysis and support for overall finance topics of the project.• Control the financial performance of the project and propose action plans to improve contract margin and cash profile as well as corrective action plans to mitigate identified risks.• Raise "Early Warnings" when necessary to increase management attention.• Provide confirmation of Internal Transfer Pricing policies to procurement for the issuance of internal purchase orders. Control the interflows of Internal purchased orders.• Ensure compliance with local regulations, especially for tax and statutory accounts purposes.• Liaise with other finance expert functions (e.g. Tax and Customs, Treasury and Financing, Internal Audit & Risk Management, Accounting and Finance efficiency, etc.).• Cooperate with other expert functions (e.g. legal, platforms, Operational Excellence, etc.).• Establish strategic network with external financial players involved in the project.• Contribute in negotiation processes to secure project success (customer and / or partner).• Partner with Project Management and Contract Management in Contract & Claim Management (focus on finance topics & risks profile).• For partnership (consortium or JV), ensure follow up of the financial aspects in compliance with the partner agreements and alert in case of any deviation or risk profile for Alstom. Show less Additionally to Peru's activities, Finance responsible for Dominican Republic:• Support Site MD, head departments and Tender / Project Management for financial matters and performance monitoring of the ATEINSA (Branch of ATEINSA Spain in Dominican Republic) Business Line.• Responsible to comply with statutory and tax obligations. Coordination with local auditors and tax consultants.• Supports implements and monitors the Departments objectives as well as the Country objectives in the site.• Deploys all financial means and all sector tools & methodologies to ensure that industrial/business efficiency and performance targets are properly followed at business line level.• Applies sector finance tools & process and check the application of internal controls tools and drive cash and treasury process. • Comply with Alstom reporting definitions, including coordination with other Alstom units with activities for Dominican Republic’s contracts.• Collect, consolidate, analyse and validate the Forecasts and Budget and monitor cash flows. Show less Main functions:• Accounting: in charge of organizing all accounting processes ; guaranteeing the accuracy and completeness of accounting entries; preparing complete financial statements• Payroll: in charge of managing payroll processes, in coordination with the ADP outsourcing and the HR• Internal Control : in charge of applying Group procedures, designing adequate processes, regularly checking that controls are properly performed• Reporting : in charge of the reporting of Actuals, Forecasts, Budget ; the analysis of variances; and the definition of action plans together with Operations• Controlling : in charge of controlling mainly one project in Lima (technical assistance to the Client maintenance teams), but also to discuss, understand, challenge Barcelona and Madrid on their projects at destination Peru. Long-term contracts : review of margin at completion, cost control,• Tax : in charge of dealing with external consultants/support for the preparation of tax filings, handling tax audits• Treasury : cash management : forecasts in multi currencies, cash pooling, payment processes, management of bonds & guarantees• IS : become a Key User of SAP Accounting and Controlling modules (FI, CO) ; be able to coordinate developments/changes in the system with the support of Central teams in Paris and local consultants• Administration : involved in miscellaneous administrative tasks/projects, actions in connection with Legal Representation, etc. Show less

  • Site Controller Chile

    Apr 2023 - Sept 2024

  • Financer Project Manager SL7

    Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Site Controller Peru and Dominican Republic

    May 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Site Controller Peru

    Aug 2018 - Apr 2020