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Filipa Pimenta

Filipa Pimenta

Senior Accountant
São Domingos de Rana

Summary

Accountant with several years of experience in financial management. Detail-oriented, able to manage multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Diligent and passionate, with strong organizational skills.
Willingness to take on additional responsibilities to achieve team and company objectives.
I'm looking for a full-time position that presents professional challenges and builds on interpersonal skills, effective time management and problem-solving expertise.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

European Accounting Expert

AXA Group Operations (Outsourcing)
10.2024 - 12.2024
  • Creation of various financial reports in the new software SAP 4/HANA, for cross-country harmonization;
  • Creation of Swiss accounting procedures;
  • Cost control and analysis of variances between budget, actual and provision justification of deviations;
  • Perform balance sheet reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.

Corporate Accountant

iBASIS
11.2023 - 07.2024

Scope Austria, Liechtenstein and Germany

  • Financial Management & Reporting;
  • General Ledger & Reconciliations
  • Compliance & Taxation
  • Process Improvement & Internal Controls
  • Migration Navision to SAP;
  • Dissolution of the job due to Group restructuring

French tourist guide

BUBBLE Sea Events
07.2023 - 10.2023
  • Tour guide on boat trips along the Tejo river coast.
  • Outsourcing

Accountant

OMNI Helicopters International
04.2023 - 06.2023
  • General Ledger & Reconciliations
  • Invoice Processing: processing, verifying, and coding invoices.
  • Financial Reporting: weekly creation and analyzing financial reports.
  • Internal Controls
  • Outsourcing

Financial Accounting Manager

GEFCO Logistics
05.2022 - 10.2022
  • Several trips to the head office in Paris to gather information and acquire knowledge of treasury and human resources procedures; Carrying out local integration;
  • Expense Management
  • General Ledger & Reconciliations
  • Banks: automatic integration of flows (Kyriba & SAP), checks to manage daily entries recording pending transactions and bank reconciliation.
  • Work closely with cross-functional departments.
  • Dissolution of the job due to acquisition.

Accounts Receivable - Project Management

Altitude Software S.A
04.2021 - 04.2022
  • Customers Invoicing.
  • Customer payments, handling adjustments, and reconciling accounts.
  • Collections: Pursuing overdue payments, resolving disputes and maintaining positive customer relationships.
  • Financial Reporting: Monthly financial analysis (waterfall).
  • Planning and development of a management process enhance efficiency and accuracy control of sales and profits. (Sales Force)
  • (fixed-term contract 1 year).

Senior Accountant

Air Liquide Europe Business Services
06.2019 - 02.2021
  • Participation in the implementation process of the new Shared Services Center in Portugal;
  • Several trips to Belgium to survey local processes, gather information and acquire knowledge of R2R procedures of the Benelux subsidiaries;
  • Carrying out local integration and establishing procedures;
  • Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual closing;
  • Completed year-end closing processes with controllers and external auditors.
  • Financial Management & Reporting:
  • Preparing reports and financial statements including Balance Sheet and Profits & Loss reports; monitoring variations, investigate discrepancies and justify deviations, work carried out with controllers;
  • Group consolidation reports - IRIS software;
  • Assisting external auditors.

Senior Accountant

BNP Paribas Securities Services
12.2018 - 05.2019
  • Investment Fund Accounting. Creation and verification of the accounting events;
  • Reconciliations: Reconciling portfolio holdings, cash balances, and trades with custodians and brokers.
  • Calculating and verifying fund management fees, performance fees, and other expenses.
  • Audit Assistance: Providing necessary documentation and support to auditors during annual audits.
  • Compliance Reporting: Preparing and submitting regulatory filings, such as Form AMF and Form Banque de France.

Customer Project Management

CGI Portugal, SA
08.2013 - 04.2018
  • IT Project Managers Support for 26 Countries;
  • Manage daily project support requests;
  • Analyze and integrate IT projects, according to customer agreements and ensuring accuracy and compliance with company rules;
  • Customer invoicing for French business units;
  • Responsible for support and training of French internal shared services.

Financial Controller

Grupo Valentim de Carvalho SGPS
03.2007 - 11.2012
  • Company Overview: bankrupt
  • Cost Control and analysis of variances between budget, actual and provision, justification of deviations;
  • Prepare management control reports for the decision-making of the Financial and General management;
  • Assist accounting and month end closing process;
  • Responsible for the Group's Royalties and Publishing department.
  • Bankrupt

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Air Luxor Tours, SA
06.2004 - 12.2006
  • Company Overview: bankrupt
  • Responsible customer service department;
  • Billing management;
  • Analysis and reconciliations of customer accounts;
  • Planning and management of collections;
  • Credit control statements and financial reports.
  • Bankrupt

Senior Accountant

Eurofin Services SA
06.2000 - 08.2003
  • Administration and accounting of financial companies of both investments and trade activities;
  • Checking, reconciliation and booking of multi-currency vouchers;
  • Preparation of monthly and yearly book-closing;
  • Contact with clients and our baking correspondents;
  • Process on Bloomberg financial data software and gives internal training;
  • Set-up and follow up of a security database covering various types of securities for several markets, including Portuguese market;
  • Preparation of payment orders and issuing invoices.

Administrative and Accounting

Caves des Cimes SA
07.1994 - 05.2000
  • General administrative procedures;
  • Invoicing; Management of customers and suppliers;
  • Accounting operations;
  • Compliance with tax obligations.
  • Participation in regional markets, sales to the public.

Education

VET Diploma - Office & Accounting Certificate

EPM Montreux Professional School
Montreux, Switzerland
04.2001 -

Skills

Friendly, positive attitude

Software

SAP

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Navision)

Oracle

SAP S/4HANA

Timeline

European Accounting Expert

AXA Group Operations (Outsourcing)
10.2024 - 12.2024

Corporate Accountant

iBASIS
11.2023 - 07.2024

French tourist guide

BUBBLE Sea Events
07.2023 - 10.2023

Accountant

OMNI Helicopters International
04.2023 - 06.2023

Financial Accounting Manager

GEFCO Logistics
05.2022 - 10.2022

Accounts Receivable - Project Management

Altitude Software S.A
04.2021 - 04.2022

Senior Accountant

Air Liquide Europe Business Services
06.2019 - 02.2021

Senior Accountant

BNP Paribas Securities Services
12.2018 - 05.2019

Customer Project Management

CGI Portugal, SA
08.2013 - 04.2018

Financial Controller

Grupo Valentim de Carvalho SGPS
03.2007 - 11.2012

Accounts Receivable Accountant

Air Luxor Tours, SA
06.2004 - 12.2006

VET Diploma - Office & Accounting Certificate

EPM Montreux Professional School
04.2001 -

Senior Accountant

Eurofin Services SA
06.2000 - 08.2003

Administrative and Accounting

Caves des Cimes SA
07.1994 - 05.2000
Filipa PimentaSenior Accountant