Mario Antonio Santamaria Borges

Experience

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  PRC 333 C.A

  Sept 2003 - Jan 2007

  Recursos humanos

  Payroll Analyst:• Process the payroll of 1200 employees.• Responsible for the cancellation of benefits to employees such as alimentation bonus, childcare service, advance social benefits.• Calculation of liquidations, vacations, overtime.Administrative assistant:• Responsible for 300 customer service representatives in the call center area.• Staff attention to all special requests, permits, vacations, among others.Customer Services Representative:• Customer Support• Management of Movistar's main platform (Prepaid and Postpaid).• Advice, guidance, customer information (Confidential).• Analysis of account status with convenient plans. Show less

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  Venezolana de Pinturas

  Dec 2007 - Jul 2010

  Senior Payroll Specialist

  Responsible for the preparation and process of the payroll of the personnel of the 5 companies that make up the group of paints division, payments of vacation salaries, utilities, liquidations. An industry that had an average of about 730 workers (Executive, administrative, worker)

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  Industrias Venoco C.A.

  Jul 2010 - Jan 2015

  Payroll Lead

  • Own the payroll processing cycle for the entity, as a responsible leading of the team (4 members), to process the company's payroll, vacation, salary payments, utilities, others.• Payroll Balances and controls at input and output (Source to Gross, Gross to Net)• Review the ISR reports on a monthly basis• Review Social Security reports (IVSS) on a monthly basis• Payroll Accounting support• Complex payroll queries & escalations• Internal customers operations management• Point of contact for stakeholders (Benefits, Compensation, Stock Options, HR Services, Local HR, Recruitment, Accounting, Treasury, and others). Show less

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  Pantera Negra Global Latinoamerica (PNGLA)

  Jun 2016 - Jan 2018

  Accounting Operations

  Responsibilities:• Handle different responsibilities related to the PO process (GR/IR). • Generate monthly and weekly reports using SAP, Excel, and tools (Knime). Follow up related with Month End Close.• Posting daily AP / AR entries.

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  Grupo Preseleccion

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  Contractor Supervisor R2R (Project P&G)

  • Lead and work with R2R team, supervising task-related activities of 15 members, to assure an efficient and trustable operation according to the corporate expectations• Manage month-end closing, accounting balances & reconciliations• Assure accomplishment of the KPI´s, SLA, RFT (quality), and voice of the customer (P&G) • Review and approve General Ledger, Intercompany reconciliations the team prepares on a monthly basis• Control and report errors with a proper action plan. Follow up on audit findings and Promote Continuous Improvement initiatives within the team and organization• Developing performance goals collaboratively with my direct reports (setting goals with the team and coordinate monthly 1:1 meeting with them)• Provide as well, assistance, coaching, and guidance• Maintain a high level of communication, partnership, and collaboration with the management team to ensure good profitability and accomplishments• Implement and monitor appropriate internal controls to ensure adherence to the company's financial accounting policies. Show less

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  Procter & Gamble

  Aug 2019 - Oct 2021

  Senior Tax Accountant (Procter & Gamble)

  • Permanent Asset ICMS Credit (CIAP process) Brazilian Tax Authorities grant to taxpayer companies the right to ICMS credit related to the good acquisition of the permanent asset• Prepare and approve balance sheet reconciliations and the journal entries, to Keeping all tax accounts properly reconciled on a monthly basis to ensure that items are identified, and backup support are bulletproof against internal and external audit requirements• Develop open items reporting, follow up and control about the month-end close• Determine tax savings and recommend strategies to improve profits • Prepare and review the relevant data used to complete the monthly, quarterly, or annual tax compliance. (Direct or indirect taxes)• Prepare and train new hires for tax team regarding tax operational processes• Collaborate in performing and stabilizing the tax process migrated from Brazil to Costa Rica SSC• Acting as interface towards IT in case of technical problems and Supporting tax audits. Show less

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  Bridgestone Americas Business Services Costa Rica

  Nov 2021 - now

  Supervisor RTR (Intercompany)

  • Manage month-end closing, accounting balances & reconciliations, and reporting.• Ensure compliance with accounting standards & reporting. • Keep a close relationship with stakeholders in each market.• Manage and coordinate the team to ensure a greater customer experience.• Ensure the performance of the ATR activities.• Ensure keep UpToDate the SOPs• Manage ATR Delivery team’s knowledge and skills, creating a competitive environment.• Practical experience in intercompany accounting processes on ERP basis• Accounting relevant solutions by leveraging SAP, including e.g. setting up financial reporting, setting up branch/accounting, multi-currency accounting, legal entity consolidation• Experience designing and implementing intercompany accounting processes and related internal control systems, especially leveraging SAP.• Perform pre-closing activities associated with the intercompany workstream per the corporate calendar.• Lead the team to complete Intercompany reconciliation, including analytics and variances explanations. Show less