Susana Urresti
José Tomás Rider 1650, Providencia-Santiago Chile (569)7429 0714  susi_urresti@hotmail.com
SUMMARY
Finance professional with almost nine years of experience in three important multinational companies, with solid
background in Corporate Finance and Internal Control areas. As Chief Accountant, I was responsible of leading the
accounting closing process within the different areas (AP / AR / Business Units , Warehouse ) prepare statement according
to US GAAP and local GAAP and send them to headquarters ; coordinate external audits and review statutory books. As
Business Process Controller Head, I was in charge of Internal Control area under SOX 404; interact with internal/external
auditors, train the employees in Compliance matters , develop procedures and improve processes to identify risk. Strong
analytical skills, result driven and great interpersonal and communication skills.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Compliance
Develop and improve process and procedures
Training and monitoring to users
Identify risk US GAAP /Local GAAP
Reporting and Accounting Advance English
Internal Control SOX 404 ERP(SAP) implementation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NOVARTIS CHILE S.A,
Business Process Controller Head (BPC Head) Apr 2012 – July 2014
Main achievements:
o 100% of the employees trained in compliance matters during 2012 and 2013
o Review and update all the procedures regarding to the Internal Control matrix and take them into a digital version.
o Testing and developing Compliance Matrix ( Anti-Bribery)
o Identify risk related to expenses accounts and improved policies to control them.
Job description:
 Lead the internal control area and ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial statements under SOX 404
 Train de employees in Compliance matterns
 Validate the accomplishment of support documentation regarding to SOX in the whole Company
 Work closely with the Legal area to ensure of being in compliance with the company guidelines
 Give guidance and support to users in developing procedures to ensure that they accomplish with the relevant
documentation
 Organize and conduct random spot checks of assets, liabilities and expenses accounts. Review and validate
documentation of accounting closing process.
 Attend corporate audits
 Involved the whole organization into an internal control environment.
DUPONT CHILE S.A,
Chief Accountant and Internal Control Coordinator Nov 2010 – Apr 2012
Main achievements:
o Lead the process of implementing procedures for inventory, sales and billing Purchasing under SOX
o Being part of the multinational team (Mexico-Brazil-Chile) during the ERP implementation (SAP-BW)
o Meet with SAP implementation deadline according to the regional schedule
o Implement internal control matrix, according to SOX 404
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Job description:
 Prepare financial statements (monthly and quarterly) to be sent to the Parent Company US GAAP. Leading the closing
process
 Responsible for leading the tax team and cost accounting activities
 Monitor and control compliance with SOX
 Leading and coordinating the external audits
DUPONT CHILE S.A,
Senior Analyst Sept 2008 – Nov 2010
Main achievements:
o Lead and validate the Fixed Assets tax book implementation in SAP , with the external team.(Asturias)
o Coordinate the fixed asset inventory; determinate and calculate assets values for Renner-DuPont merger
o Validate and participate in the multidisciplinary team for BW (SAP)Implementation (Mexico-India-Chile)
o Lead the process of procedures implementation and give guidance to each user in order to include proper
documentation and accomplish with SOX
Job description:
 Prepare financial statements (monthly and quarterly) and send them to the Headquarters. Accounts Analysis
 Responsible of preparing the tax statements
 Monitoring and validate charges cost centers of the different business units
 Attend and coordinate the external audits.
DUPONT CHILE S.A,
Accounting Analyst Oct 2006 – Sept 2008
Main achievements:
o Analyzed and Clean up off remaining balance of VAT account from the legacy system ( Oracle to SAP)
o Automate the intercompany billing process avoiding manual postings.
Job description:
 Responsible for billing
 Responsible of preparing the tax statements
 Analysis and accounts reconciliation
 Monitoring Fixed Assets
 Attend external audits
UNILEVER SHARED SERVICES
Accounting Analyst Unilever Caribbean- Trinidad & Tobago Aug 2005 –Oct 2006
Main achievements:
o Participate in the process of implementing ERP (SAP) by testing, validating and analyzing the different scenarios and
procedures to identify control. Suggest parametric improvements to the system. (Trinidad & Tobago)
o Managed in good terms the relationship with T&T team, despite the conflict generated because of SAP centralization
with union employees in Trinidad & Tobago in order to obtain the knowledge of the AP process
o Accomplish with the KPI´s and became the best team six month after the implementation
Job description:
 Accounting Analyst to Trinidad & Tobago (English-spoken country), Dominican Republic and Chile.
 Analysis and reconciliation of accounts.
 Responsible for closing and cost center reports.
 Be part of the implementation team in Trinidad & Tobago
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE ( Centro de Micro datos)
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Team Leader Mar 2003 – Apr 2005
Main achievements:
o Leading and coordinated multicultural teams
o Achieve the data collection in short periods of time in order to validate the information before sending it to the
Government. (Casen)
Job description:
 Coordinate and supervise the team
 Allocate resource and time for data collection
 Analysis and validation of data
 Ensure de accuracy of the data.
EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL TRAININGS
Information Engineering and Management Control, Universidad de Chile 2001
Trewhela´s School (Junior and High School) 1994
Additional trainings
NFCM Internal Control ( Novartis Campus- Basel) 2012
Crisis Management 2010
Effective Communication and Leadership 2010
Expect Respect 2009
English Certification, Oxford University 1993
Spanish native and advance English
SAP controlling of FI, COPA, PA scenarios
BW y SAP business intelligence
Office advance

Susana Urresti W ( English)

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    Susana Urresti José TomásRider 1650, Providencia-Santiago Chile (569)7429 0714  susi_urresti@hotmail.com SUMMARY Finance professional with almost nine years of experience in three important multinational companies, with solid background in Corporate Finance and Internal Control areas. As Chief Accountant, I was responsible of leading the accounting closing process within the different areas (AP / AR / Business Units , Warehouse ) prepare statement according to US GAAP and local GAAP and send them to headquarters ; coordinate external audits and review statutory books. As Business Process Controller Head, I was in charge of Internal Control area under SOX 404; interact with internal/external auditors, train the employees in Compliance matters , develop procedures and improve processes to identify risk. Strong analytical skills, result driven and great interpersonal and communication skills. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Compliance Develop and improve process and procedures Training and monitoring to users Identify risk US GAAP /Local GAAP Reporting and Accounting Advance English Internal Control SOX 404 ERP(SAP) implementation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NOVARTIS CHILE S.A, Business Process Controller Head (BPC Head) Apr 2012 – July 2014 Main achievements: o 100% of the employees trained in compliance matters during 2012 and 2013 o Review and update all the procedures regarding to the Internal Control matrix and take them into a digital version. o Testing and developing Compliance Matrix ( Anti-Bribery) o Identify risk related to expenses accounts and improved policies to control them. Job description:  Lead the internal control area and ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial statements under SOX 404  Train de employees in Compliance matterns  Validate the accomplishment of support documentation regarding to SOX in the whole Company  Work closely with the Legal area to ensure of being in compliance with the company guidelines  Give guidance and support to users in developing procedures to ensure that they accomplish with the relevant documentation  Organize and conduct random spot checks of assets, liabilities and expenses accounts. Review and validate documentation of accounting closing process.  Attend corporate audits  Involved the whole organization into an internal control environment. DUPONT CHILE S.A, Chief Accountant and Internal Control Coordinator Nov 2010 – Apr 2012 Main achievements: o Lead the process of implementing procedures for inventory, sales and billing Purchasing under SOX o Being part of the multinational team (Mexico-Brazil-Chile) during the ERP implementation (SAP-BW) o Meet with SAP implementation deadline according to the regional schedule o Implement internal control matrix, according to SOX 404
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    Susana Urresti •(569) 7429 0714• susi_urresti@hotmail.com Página 2 Job description:  Prepare financial statements (monthly and quarterly) to be sent to the Parent Company US GAAP. Leading the closing process  Responsible for leading the tax team and cost accounting activities  Monitor and control compliance with SOX  Leading and coordinating the external audits DUPONT CHILE S.A, Senior Analyst Sept 2008 – Nov 2010 Main achievements: o Lead and validate the Fixed Assets tax book implementation in SAP , with the external team.(Asturias) o Coordinate the fixed asset inventory; determinate and calculate assets values for Renner-DuPont merger o Validate and participate in the multidisciplinary team for BW (SAP)Implementation (Mexico-India-Chile) o Lead the process of procedures implementation and give guidance to each user in order to include proper documentation and accomplish with SOX Job description:  Prepare financial statements (monthly and quarterly) and send them to the Headquarters. Accounts Analysis  Responsible of preparing the tax statements  Monitoring and validate charges cost centers of the different business units  Attend and coordinate the external audits. DUPONT CHILE S.A, Accounting Analyst Oct 2006 – Sept 2008 Main achievements: o Analyzed and Clean up off remaining balance of VAT account from the legacy system ( Oracle to SAP) o Automate the intercompany billing process avoiding manual postings. Job description:  Responsible for billing  Responsible of preparing the tax statements  Analysis and accounts reconciliation  Monitoring Fixed Assets  Attend external audits UNILEVER SHARED SERVICES Accounting Analyst Unilever Caribbean- Trinidad & Tobago Aug 2005 –Oct 2006 Main achievements: o Participate in the process of implementing ERP (SAP) by testing, validating and analyzing the different scenarios and procedures to identify control. Suggest parametric improvements to the system. (Trinidad & Tobago) o Managed in good terms the relationship with T&T team, despite the conflict generated because of SAP centralization with union employees in Trinidad & Tobago in order to obtain the knowledge of the AP process o Accomplish with the KPI´s and became the best team six month after the implementation Job description:  Accounting Analyst to Trinidad & Tobago (English-spoken country), Dominican Republic and Chile.  Analysis and reconciliation of accounts.  Responsible for closing and cost center reports.  Be part of the implementation team in Trinidad & Tobago UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE ( Centro de Micro datos)
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    Susana Urresti •(569) 7429 0714• susi_urresti@hotmail.com Página 3 Team Leader Mar 2003 – Apr 2005 Main achievements: o Leading and coordinated multicultural teams o Achieve the data collection in short periods of time in order to validate the information before sending it to the Government. (Casen) Job description:  Coordinate and supervise the team  Allocate resource and time for data collection  Analysis and validation of data  Ensure de accuracy of the data. EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL TRAININGS Information Engineering and Management Control, Universidad de Chile 2001 Trewhela´s School (Junior and High School) 1994 Additional trainings NFCM Internal Control ( Novartis Campus- Basel) 2012 Crisis Management 2010 Effective Communication and Leadership 2010 Expect Respect 2009 English Certification, Oxford University 1993 Spanish native and advance English SAP controlling of FI, COPA, PA scenarios BW y SAP business intelligence Office advance