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Leonardo Antonio Munoz Oviedo Calle Los Bosques 442 Alto el Manzano TIl TIl, Chile Email Leonardo.munoz@experian. com Mobile +56 9 5679 9454 Home: 946 6711 Work: 834 5231 Objective To continue working in my native language while improving my experience as a finance professional. Employment History Head of Finance LATAM The Refinery Leadership Partners SPA January 5, 2015-Present Job Responsibilities: In charge of Accounting, HR, and administration Job Functions: The Refinery just started working with mining sites down here in Chile, where previously it only had offices in Canada, US, and Mexico. I was brought on board to initiate accountability and Human Resources for the Chilean office. My major job functions include, but are not limited to: Accounts payables: Paying vendors and employees for expenses, and services rendered. I enter vendor invoices into our current registry system (NetSuite) and set them up for the payment batch which is run 4 times per month. I properly categorize payments to the correct payables distributions accounts. I create new vendors and employees within NetSuite. I process 4 payment batches per month to pay vendors, and to pay employee expenses as specified in our SLA and our contractual agreements with our providers. Set up monthly payroll and pay employee salaries. I also pay monthly SII (Chilean IRS) taxes categorizing entries within the PPM, Tax withholding, and Iva Chile accounts. Accounts Receivables: Keep constant relations with clients and client leads in order to appropriately determine amounts to invoice in accordance with LOA (Letter of Agreement). Categorize incoming funds and reconcile bank once per month. Set up billing and recognition rules within Open Air (System used for Invoicing) in order to properly create draft invoices to be approved so that legal invoices are sent to the client. Create projects within NetSuite in order to allocate billing rules and to bill clients per site as determined in LOA. Adhere to client billing necessities, (PO number, HES number, Invoice order, and internal approvals), constantly contacting clients, and keeping in touch to request adequate information as requested. General Ledger: I process Journal Entries to accommodate management and analytical reporting, keeping easy to follow records on complex accounts allowing them to be clear and concise for easy review by all parties involved. I manage account reclassifications, mass allocations,

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Leonardo Antonio Munoz Oviedo Calle Los Bosques 442 Alto el ManzanoTIl TIl, Chile

Email [email protected]

Mobile +56 9 5679 9454Home: 946 6711

Work: 834 5231

ObjectiveTo continue working in my native language while improving my experience as a finance professional.

Employment History Head of Finance LATAM

The Refinery Leadership Partners SPAJanuary 5, 2015-PresentJob Responsibilities: In charge of Accounting, HR, and administration

Job Functions:The Refinery just started working with mining sites down here in Chile, where previously it only had offices in Canada, US, and Mexico. I was brought on board to initiate accountability and Human Resources for the Chilean office. My major job functions include, but are not limited to:Accounts payables: Paying vendors and employees for expenses, and services rendered. I enter vendor invoices into our current registry system (NetSuite) and set them up for the payment batch which is run 4 times per month. I properly categorize payments to the correct payables distributions accounts. I create new vendors and employees within NetSuite. I process 4 payment batches per month to pay vendors, and to pay employee expenses as specified in our SLA and our contractual agreements with our providers. Set up monthly payroll and pay employee salaries. I also pay monthly SII (Chilean IRS) taxes categorizing entries within the PPM, Tax withholding, and Iva Chile accounts.Accounts Receivables: Keep constant relations with clients and client leads in order to appropriately determine amounts to invoice in accordance with LOA (Letter of Agreement). Categorize incoming funds and reconcile bank once per month. Set up billing and recognition rules within Open Air (System used for Invoicing) in order to properly create draft invoices to be approved so that legal invoices are sent to the client. Create projects within NetSuite in order to allocate billing rules and to bill clients per site as determined in LOA. Adhere to client billing necessities, (PO number, HES number, Invoice order, and internal approvals), constantly contacting clients, and keeping in touch to request adequate information as requested. General Ledger: I process Journal Entries to accommodate management and analytical reporting, keeping easy to follow records on complex accounts allowing them to be clear and concise for easy review by all parties involved. I manage account reclassifications, mass allocations, pre-payment accounts, revaluation entries, revenue related entries, accruals, statistical journal entries, amortizations, tax journal entries, account consolidations, tangible and intangible assets, settlement and claims deductions, cash receipts, revenue transfers, adjusting journal entries, among others.HR and Administration: I work as the companies legal representative here in Chile, working in close relations with our attorneys and an outsourced accountant to manage all office related necessities such as, but not limited to:Corporate card acquisition, mutual funds’ investments, setting up benefits plan for Refinery employees, keeping employee records, managing employee vacation times, Sick and maternity leave, sick days, setting up security chats with risk prevention experts, terminated employee and voluntary resignations final payments, among others.

Accounts Payables Team Lead

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SSC Experian Shared Services ChileSeptember 20, 2013- January 2, 2015Current Salary: 1.500.000 Chilean pesos per month NetJob Responsibilities: Managing a group of 6 AP Administrators in all matters AP and Expenses

Job Functions:I manage high complexity Amex credit card reconciliations in accordance with Experian expenses policies and regulationsIn charge of all payment processes, from paying the corporate cards, P Cards, Guarantee cards, Invoices check, EFT, and PPR payments, as well as Payroll and internal payments.I run the expense report export for the US and foreign Ledgers as a way of making sure all client expenses are uploaded into the Oracle system on a daily basis, so that all expenses can be paid during the respective EFT batch and Amex wire batch.In charge of team invoices entries making sure production requirements were met before month end close.In charge of closing the Chile, CR, US, and CA ledgersIn charge of working with IT department to follow up and assist in fixing all open incidents relating to the AP department.Worked directly with financial manager on meeting deadlines.In charge of running Invoices accounting, validation, open interface, integration, transfer to GL, and Wells Fargo payment jobs among others.In charge of adequately managing productivity for the AP team.I’ve received several financial flyer and quarterly awards for my performance in increasing productivity while maintaining adequate work schedules within my team.

General Ledger AccountantSSC Experian Shared Services ChileSeptember 12, 2012-Septiembre 20, 2013Current Salary: 1.000.000 Chilean pesos per month NetJob Responsibilities: Managing complex accounts for US, Chile, Costa Rica, and Canada

Job Functions:I run the cash management reconciliation process on a daily basis to ensure funds showing as un reconciled are updated and that there are no discrepancies in the payment process that is run by Accounts Payable. I process Journal Entries to accommodate management and analytical reporting, keeping easy to follow records on complex accounts allowing them to be clear and concise for easy review by all parties involved. I manage account reclassifications, mass allocations, pre payment accounts, revaluation entries, revenue related entries, accruals, statistical journal entries, amortizations, tax journal entries, account consolidations, tangible and intangible assets, settlement and claims deductions, cash receipts, revenue transfers, adjusting journal entries, among others. I am responsible for the Month End Xerox allocation process that allows us to distribute the leasing of Xerox equipment posted by the AP Department to different cost centers accordingly. A journal entry is created to allocate the amount to the appropriate companies expensing the account by cost center as a way to offset the invoice accrual to our corresponding GL accounting string. This process is done on day 0 or day 1 of our month-end-close at the latest.Creating imaging documents within our IPM system as a way to keep easy to access records on all accounting activitiesI use OBIEE reporting to generate the GL1, GL2, and AP 9 reports in Oracle as a way to acquire accounting information per period. I then use this accounting information to evaluate past information on accounts as a way to acquire the most complete and accurate estimate during month end provisionsProcess account reconciliations on a timely basis to ensure proper and accurate record

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keeping for the month-end-closing activitiesI answer inquiries relating to all general accounting requests for the US, Canada, Chile, and Costa Rica sectors. I also participate in analyzing critical issues, and integrating resolutions by working with our accounting technological analysts on a day by day basisA large part of my current role is also spent looking through past accounts, and through cash management reconciliations to find out anomalies that can cause potential problems for our other finance departments. I work in close relation to our General Ledger accounting team lead in bringing these anomalies to the surface and giving a detailed description of all system related issues to our financial tech specialists so that these issues can be brought to as timely a resolution as possible. Finally, I participate actively in all of our month-end-closing activities. This involves finishing all account reconciliations, Journal entries, imaging posts, Xerox allocations, and cash management reconciliations before the last day of the closing period. Won trimester accounting award issued by the SSC accounting Manager.

Senior Expenses Auditor SSC Experian Shared Services ChileMay 2010- September 2012Base Salary: 830.000 Chilean pesos per month NetJob Responsibilities: Processing Invoices and ExpensesJob Functions:I run the expense report export for the US and foreign Ledgers as a way of making sure all client expenses are uploaded into the Oracle system on a daily basis, so that all expenses can be paid during the respective EFT batch and Amex wire batch.I set up supplier information into Oracle to enable expenses and Invoices payment. Also set up client W-9 information to enable proper tax reclassification during the end of the year closing. Suppliers are set with their banking information for EFT payments or are set to receive payments via check. Clients send in W-9 forms, and I make sure all required fields are filled in properly.I answer requests to reclassify cost center information for expenses and for Invoices. I distribute payment for said Invoices and expenses to correct cost centers as a way to make sure each cost center is responsible for paying their own suppliers and employees. Account and segregate P card transaction payments in accordance with company policy to distribute payments to correct cost centers and to make sure expenses comply with business policies. Set up reports segregating charges per cost center distribution, employee, Amount, charge reason, policy violations, and segment line errors requiring a fix, and properly account and validate outgoing payments as a means of establishing payment only to those that have met all requirements.Supply legal department with Accounting reports, so that all payments that have been requested and paid without meeting all necessary payment requirements are pursued by the appropriate legal action.I am also responsible for submitting the monthly accounting reports for foreign ledger outgoing payments.To look through the distribution variances on different expenses and I fix the segment lines respectively to validate and account expenses and InvoicesI assist clients with answering questions about I expense and Amex. I support my team by answering all e mails within a period of 24 hours from the time the e mail was sent.Responsible for performing Audits on client expenses ensuring expenses that are out of policy are rejected.Responsible for making sure expenses in ready for payment status are ready to process during next payment run. Analyzing expenses to ensure that there are no hold errors preventing the expenses from going out for payment. Checking segment lines and client bank information to make sure there are no line item holds on client expenses.Working with general ledger in finding resolutions to all accounting discrepancies associated with expensesI won the transformations award in December for my ability to substantially increase the productivity in my area. This was an award given to one member of the shared service department by the UK shared services director, Mr. Paul Rodwell. Won the SSC Award for

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my innovation in improving accounting processes 3 times in a row.Trained as an I Expense team Lead. Next in line to become AP I Expense Lead.Financial Flyers recognition by US CFO Scott Wheeler.

General Billing AdministratorTeleperformance Chile- VonageFebruary 2008-April 2010Location: Santiago, Chile

Base Salary: 500,000 Chilean pesos per monthJob Responsibilities: To provide technical support and general billing assistance to customers in the US and Canada.Job Functions:-Manage customer Credit, Invoices, and Payments-Provide assistance with setting up equipment, with replacing faulty equipment, and setting up customers for home installation.-Manage Lnp processes, Account user information, and Identity Verification.-Responsible for figuring out payment discrepancies by analyzing past payment history. -Providing Technical assistance to our customers

Emergency Road Service AssociateAAA (American Automotive Association) Location: Hamilton, NJAugust 2006-December 2007Base Salary 14 USD per HourJob Responsibilities: I was in charge of providing reassurance and quality customer service to individuals in potentially dangerous vehicle situations.Job Functions: -To assess the location of the customer and to send the information to the appropriate dispatchers.Qualifications: Was an all start every month since I began working for the company. (All-star is considered an agent who is in the top 15 percentile in terms of stats, customer service, and quality assurance.)

Nursery Manager A&M Farm Market Location: Robbinsville, NJJune 2005-August 2006

Base Salary: 15 USD per HourJob Responsibilities: I was in charge of working the nursery, Sales, Loading, translating directions between nursery owner and nursery staff, training nurserystaff, and providing customers with information on all agriculturalproducts as well as building materials. Budget analysis, Inventory counts, Monthly Financial reports, among others. Job Functions: -Training Nursery Staff-Providing customers with information on all nursery inventories.-Loading inventory, and working the greenhouse.-Delegating instructions to nursery staff.-Managing budget-Managing asset to liability end of the month ratio and counting Inventory as a way of calculating the profit margin.

Qualifications: -I was promoted to nursery manager after only 3 months of working at the Nursery.-I worked 7 days a week, from 8am-7pm.-I am always a respectful leader, I understand that when it comes to having people working for you, one must be kind, well mannered and respectful to the employees; a happy worker will always want to do more for their company.

Other Information

Available to work outside of ChileAvailable to work outside of SantiagoWillingness to travel if required

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EducationMercer County Community College 2003-2005 English LiteratureWest Windsor, NJ

Seton Hall University 2005-2008Bachelors Degree in English with a minor in creative writing

- I changed majors around 4 times since i wasn't quite sure what i wanted topursue. I studied biology, Accounting, and photography before i finally decided to study English I graduated with my Bachelors degree in English and a minor in creative writing.- I held a 3.8 grade point average in every branch i studied throughout all four years of college

Accreditations:

Oracle power user, proficient in Microsoft word,PowerPoint and Excel, I type at a rate of 100 wpm, and I speak nativeEnglish and Spanish, although my English is a lot better than mySpanish. Intermediate level of Portuguese. 6 Years accounting Experience with 3 years leadership experience managing a team of finance professionals.

Personal Summary

I am the type of individual that can truly make a difference in your organization. I am extremely hard working, and amicable, making me extremely reliable at breaking up potentially tensile situations. I believe the three things that drive a person to success are having the willingness to learn, working hard, and always treating others with courtesy and respect. In all of my past roles I have always been promoted within the previous companies I worked for. All of my previous employers saw in me the desire to excel at anything that I do, and all of them found in me a strong set of leadership qualities as I am the kind of individual that likes to lead by example, not just through delegation. My strong level of English, and strong financial experience are sure to be the assets you are looking for to help drive your organization forward. I truly hope that you will consider me as a viable prospect for this role, as I truly feel that not only will it be a beneficial decision for me, allowing me the opportunity to acquire further experience and to continue the development of my career, but I also feel that it will be of great benefit to your department as well, allowing you to acquire a candidate who is willing to go above and beyond what is expected of him in order to propel your company forward.

Thank you very much for your time and attention,

Cordially,

Leonardo Antonio Munoz Oviedo

Community ServiceI taught English in La Montaña home for under privileged children from 2013 to 2014. This to me was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. I love teaching, and I loved to work with those kids. I hope that one day I will be able to find the time to go back and teach again.

References

Ricardo Malis

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Experian Accounting ManagerCell Phone: +56 9 6229 6900

Karina HenriquezExperian Accounts Payables SupervisorCell Phone: +56 9 9479 9933

Mike HaldemanAAA mid AtlanticEmergency Road Service ManagerPhone: 609-570-4204 (USA Number based in New Jersey)