Edwin Espiritu

Experience

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  Timberland Sports & Nature Club (Pre-Opening)

  Aug 2008 - Oct 2010

  Billing & Collection Supervisor

  Part of the pre-opening team.Set-up policies and procedures for membership billing & collection section.Recovery of receivables that greatly reduce bad debts.Implementation of auto debit process.

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  City Garden Hotel - Makati

  Nov 2010 - Oct 2011

  Night/Income Auditor
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  Oakwood Premier Joy~Nostalg Center Manila

  Oct 2011 - May 2017

  Finance & Accounting Executive-A/R (Supervisor)
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  Accor

  May 2017 - Oct 2018

  Finance & Accounting Supervisor-A/P

  Rebranded from Oakwood Premier.Incharge with the overall disbursement operations.Cash outflow reporting- variance analysis (budget vs actual).Funding and treasury functions.Vat & EWT consolidation and submission to corporate office.Ensures that all expenses and acruals are posted.Assist and support Chief Accountant in the closing of Financial statement.

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  Sheraton Hotels & Resorts

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2019

  Accounts Payable Supervisor (Pre-Opening)

  Handles and lead the preparation of Pre-Opening Manual Financial Statement of S-Kitchen Restaurant prior to Opening of Sheraton Hotel from October 2018-January 2019. Lead the team in the set-up of Peoplesoft(Back Office System) (The 1st property of Marriott Int'l. In PH to use the Peoplesoft as the back office system upon opening of hotel.)Assist in the Opera-set up of revenue transaction codes.Successful implementation of Peoplesoft accounting system and Birthstreet system (Cloud based system).In charge with the overall disbursement, general accounting & treasury and funding functions.Profit and loss analysis, journal entries, bank reconciliation.Analysis & Reconciliation of Asset & Liabilities Accounts.Submission and recon of all Tax statutory reports to owners. Assist Chief Accountant & Asst. Director of Finance in the completion of month-end reports and FS. Show less

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  Novotel Hotels

  Sept 2019 - Oct 2020

  General Accountant (Managerial Level) - Pre-Opening
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  The Aristocrat Restaurant

  Jul 2020 - Nov 2021

  Finance Manager

  Successful Implementation of HRIS Payroll System across 13 Restaurant Branches and 2 Bakeshop Stores.Led the successful business partnering with 3rd party aggregators (Grab and Foodpanda) which added to the company's supplemental segmented sales of 50% during pandemic.

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  Qualimed/Ayala Healthcare Holdings (AC Health)

  Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Finance Associate Director (Finance Director)

  Handles preparation of AFS and successful closing of Audited FS 2020.Streamlining of Accounting Control.

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  Y Hotels & Resorts Group Inc. | Y Investment Phils. Inc

  Jun 2022 - Feb 2023

  Financial Controller

  Handles corporate and hotel financial operations. Handles company BIR Tax cases.Successful implementation of "SERVO" accounting software.

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  Admiral Hotel Manila - MGallery

  Feb 2023 - now

  Director of Finance

  DOF for a post opening 5 star botique luxury hotel. Successful revamped and regain reputation of the Finance Department.Improved Foodcost of the hotel with a heavy F&B operations from Dec.2022 at 70% down to 35% by May 2023. Cleaned up Balance Sheet Reconciliation Successfully accomplished and finished the year end SGV requirements FY 2022.Handles multiple positions on the first 3 months as ADOF, CA, Paymaster and Income AuditorSuccessfully finished the year 2024 Budget.Streamlining of all finance procedures and control.Restructured the Finance Organization Chart.Drives hotel strategic financial and profitabilityMonthly preparation of Hotel Profit & Loss.Implementation of long overdue pending project- HRIS.Successful stabilization of hotel finance operations. Show less