Almudena Leal

Experience

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  EY

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

  Senior External Auditor

  Conducted all phases of financial audits including: planning, risk assessment, fieldwork and reporting of findings. Delegated assignments and evaluated audit team performance

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  McDonald's

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  Financial Reporting Manager

  - Produced internal financial statements to Corporate and local management- Coordinated and prepared annual budget and monthly forecasts, analized deviations for management review- Reviewed monthly P&L and Balance Sheet under US GAAP- Forecasted quarterly Corporate Tax and Cash-flow projections- Liased with external auditors and Tax advisors- Supported the Treasury and Tax Departments of McDonald’s Corporation- Prepared individual and consolidated statutory annual accounts under Spanish GAAP- Managed Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance effort which entailed working with numerous departments: Finance, Payroll, Franchise and IT. Coordinated all documentation and testing efforts with external and internal auditors to ensure a smooth and timely sign off on the SOX program Show less

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  GE

  Jan 2006 - Dec 2019

  From 2017- Dec.'19: Supported GE Renewable Energy HQ with main responsibilities:- Account Reconciliations governance leader (30K recons): managed the quarterly account reconciliations process (Policy, Quality, Reporting, Metrics), increased automatic reconciliations (+38%), reduced number of unreconciled accounts, provided guidance and expertise- Conducted the quarterly Representation Letter process- Coordinated the annual Distributed Controllership risk assessment process (+230 sites)- Prepared the quarterly pre-close summary financial package for review with CorporateReporting to the Controls Center of Excellence Director:- Updated SOX documentation for Total Company Entity Level Controls- Drove continuous improvement for account recons: conversion to the new chart of accts, migration to the new Corporate tool, simplification initiatives per the revised Account Recon Policy- Facilitated completion of 50,000+ quarterly account recs through tool administration and data governance Show less GE Global Operations is the mandatory GE company-wide multifunctional Shared Services organization covering Finance, Supply Chain, IT, HR and Legal among other services. - Launched the Distributed Controllership risk assessment model to all Global Operations centers (89 sites)- Performed Balance Sheet variance analysis- Assessed the functional currency of the ledgers in emerging markets- Owned GBS Account reconciliations process: automated balance upload, performed completeness checks and balance tie-outs for different GE businesses- Conducted the impact analysis of new account reconciliations tool implementation- Managed and digitized Global Operations Representation letters Show less Global Internal Auditor for GE Shared Services organization: controls, audit, financial reporting responsibilities- Conducted Internal Audits across multiple Global Business Services sites- Prepared SOX documentation of the key 5 financial processes in GBS main European sites - Performed Risk Assessments for GBS sites- Redesigned and implemented the e-learning Account Reconciliations training, mandatory for all GBS reconcilers- Tested, overviewed and produced quarterly metrics for account reconciliations Show less

  • Senior Finance Manager - Global Operations

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

  • Assistant Global Controller - Global Operations

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2015

  • Internal Auditor - Global Business Services

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
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  McDonald's

  Nov 2020 - now

  Financial Analyst