Marisol Lo

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Financial Planning Manager @ GroupM | CPA, Lean Six Sigma

  • Education

    • Saint jude parish school

      2003 - 2006
      High school
    • University of the east

      2006 - 2011
      Bachelor's degree accounting
  • Experience

    • Saic

      Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
      Cost analyst

      • Responsible for Forecasting, Budgeting, and Costing of a specific department at SAIC.• Prepared and consolidated weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for performance review.• Coordinated physical inventory counts and reviewed standard and actual costs for inaccuracies.• Analyzed data collected, recorded results, and compared operation actual vs. budgeted.

    • Schneider electric

      Mar 2014 - Feb 2018

      • Responsible on monitoring the performance of Energy and Industry Business for Pacific Zone.• Primarily responsible for the timely and accurate production of financial reports from Statutory to Country View.• Periodic reports, Month over month and Year over year analysis on Financial Reports.• Produces monthly/annual financial packs and/or management reports and analysis.• Monitoring the Daily and Weekly Orders/Sales vs. Target• Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.• Responsible for Yearly and Quarterly Forecasting.• Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.• Responsible for Support Function Cost report with analysis (by cost center, cost element nature, etc).• Calculating the monthly STIP(Incentive) of Sales personnel based on their performance vs. target.• Perform Daily Transfer Pricing and Costing.• Acts as a point of contact for the following processes: Energy and Industry Business for Pacific Zone, Basix knowledge on Transfer Pricing and Costing. Work closely with off/onshore partners on projects, assignments and initiatives.• Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with upstream and downstream colleagues, through the trade lifecycle process.• Performs ad-hocs requested by clients and immediate superior. Show less

      • Senior Financial Analyst

        Sept 2016 - Feb 2018
      • Financial Planning Analyst

        Mar 2014 - Aug 2016
    • Diageo

      Mar 2018 - Mar 2024

      • Acts as the owner of trade spend accounting for Australia's Biggest Chains of Customers (National Chains)• Provides decision support to the Commercial Finance Managers for all finance-related analysis of the NSV, GP and Underbond, as well as movements of Trade Spend and to provide the business reasons behind it• Review and Analyze accrual trends as well as provide insights to market for issue resolution.• Performs monthly analysis and reporting to Control Finance Manager (CFM) and Finance Director.• Manages the verification files to ensure completeness and accuracy of monthly claims received vs remittances from customers• Analyze and prepare Balance Sheet Account reconciliations• Provides monthly commentaries on the Trial balance• Application of strong accounting background to continuously monitor the respective P&L and BS accounts for any inconsistencies and further actions are followed through• Prepares and posts accruals, adjustments, and ad-hoc journals.• Continuous and active monitoring of P/L movement of assigned Business Unit for accurate computation of Landing numbers during month-end• Business partnering with Australia commercial team for issue resolution and collaboration for process improvements. • Acts as an approver for all non-routine customer claims• Leads a robust process in collecting the increasing receivables from customers due to incorrect claims• Control Audit Risk Management Champion/Representative for FC – Australia. • Performing monthly audit check to make sure controls are effectively applied.• Performing quarterly audit/peer to peer check within FC teams.• Provides trade investment training/refresher to employees that are new to the role and/or new to the company• Continuous Improvement on the month end working files, to ensure accurate and more time efficient generation of journals and easy analysis.• Handles audit queries and communications. Show less • Decision support for business partners through value-adding analysis, a thorough understanding of the movements on A&P and Payroll related accounts.• Responsible for the monthly calculation of A&P landing number for profit positioning.• Control Month-end landing number. Ensuring all journals that impacts A&P and Payroll accounts are properly checked. Prepare and post accruals/adjustments/other required journals to ensure the month-end results will show the clear and accurate picture of the business.• Prepare A&P Flash Analysis, check and validate the results vs AOP.• Provide insights and technical support and continuously maintaining an excellent personal and business relationship with the marketing partners.• Continuously monitoring A&P and Payroll accounts for any inconsistencies and drives efficiencies to further enhance the growth of the business and to achieve the annual operating budget.• Drives improvement over the Cash flow of the business. This is achieved by close monitoring of A&P and Payroll accounts related to Working Capital.• Responsible for weekly monitoring of our A&P cost: AOP vs. Actual/Commitment Result.• Presenting the Monthly A&P Flash Analysis report (Monthly landing result vs AOP) with charge analysis.• Monthly validating the Forecast Accrual vs. PO GR’d.• Ensure Balance Sheet GL reconciliations are completed and reflected the changes in the business.• Continuous monitoring of A&P PO’s (GR’d vs. IR’d).• Provides quality analysis on OH: Staff cost of the business.• To ensure that financial processes are undertaken accurately, efficiently, on time and that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered to in lines with CARM processes. Day to day tasks is executed according to Diageo policies and controls, being able to highlight the possible risks to the line manager.• Support audit work by providing timely and accurate data/report.• Contributing ideas, energy, enthusiasm and support on how to Show less

      • FP&A Operations Lead

        Mar 2023 - Mar 2024
      • Senior Financial Planning Analyst

        Dec 2021 - Mar 2023
      • Financial Controlling Analyst

        Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
      • Financial Accountant

        Mar 2018 - Feb 2020
    • Groupm

      Mar 2024 - now
      Senior financial planning manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean six sigma yellow belt certification

      Catalyst consulting
      Jun 2019
    • Online upskilling program on problem solving for it-business process management global in-house centers subsector

      Enderun colleges
      Mar 2022
    • Introduction to prompt engineering

      Qa ltd
      Jan 2025
    • Lean six sigma green belt

      Mercer
      Jan 2023
    • Certified public accountant (cpa)

      Professional regulation commission
      Oct 2013
    • Certified public accountant (cpa)

      Philippine professional regulation commission
      Nov 2013