Vanessa Garcia has over 10 years of experience in finance management, accounting, and human resources for multi-national companies. She currently serves as the Finance Manager for Vestergaard Frandsen, managing accounting, finance, compliance, and HR functions for offices in New York, Virginia, and Sao Paulo. Her responsibilities include ensuring accurate financial data and reporting, implementing accounting best practices, managing budgets and forecasts, and overseeing all payroll and benefits. She has demonstrated skills in financial analysis, compliance, staff management, and systems like Navision, QuickBooks, and ADP Payroll.

1. VANESSA M GARCIA vanessamgarcia@live.com
2934 Irvington Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 (C) 571-234-7354
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
Driven professional with proven ability to handle critical responsibilities as finance manager in a multi-national company with
experience supervising personnel overseas. Recognized ability to multi-task and manage several roles successfully to include: accounting,
finance, HR and compliance functions for several offices. Demonstrated professionalism and collaborative skills through successful
completion of projects with inter departments in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Areas of Strength
Finance Management Financial Analysis Budgeting & Forecasts Accounts Reconciliation
Accounts Payable Compliance & Reporting Monthly Closing GAAP
Cash Management Staff Management ADP Payroll System P&L
Bilingual- Spanish Navision System Benefits & Compensation QuickBooks
WORK EXPERIENCE:
VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN, Arlington, VA Sep 2008- present
Finance Manager
Solely manage the Accounting, Finance, Compliance, and HR functions for the New York, Virginia and Sao Paulo offices in a dynamic
and fast-paced multi-national company. Finance Manager’s main role is to ensure accuracy and integrity in the financial data as well as
deliver HR support to the US and Brazilian staff. This role ensures financial controls are in place, human resource policies are followed
and accounting best practices are implemented and systematized. This role is also responsible for managing payroll processes and
overseeing market level accounting functions, preparing financial reports and analysis. The manager works closely with both Public
Relations and Sales Departments to develop, implement, and monitor annual operating and capital budgets as well as performance to
plan forecasts.
Accounting:
 Managed monthly and year end closing activities and schedules to comply with corporate reporting standards including accounts
payable, banks, cash, account reconciliations and trial balance
 Prepared full cycle of accounting operations including accounts payable, bank reconciliation, prepared monthly financial statements
and analyzed balance sheets while ensuring compliance with accounting standards, GAAP principles and internal policies
Finance:
 Prepared operational budgets for Virginia, New York and Brazil offices and monitored to ensure spending occurred as planned and
that variances were anticipated, recognized and corrected
 Coordinated cash flow management and ensured continued adequacy of cash for US and Brazilian accounts
 Managed tax accountants for tax preparation as well as internal audits of financial statements for US entities
Compliance:
 Ensured adherence to financial compliance with corporate policies, procedures and local regulations and laws
 Liaised with external auditing agencies, legal bodies and statutory organizations to maintain financial compliance
Human Resources and Management:
 Served as HR liaison managing new hires, terminations, benefits and payroll for all US and South America employees
 Negotiated insurance and retirement programs, including liability, worker’s’ compensation and health
 Coordinated and executed successful lease and contract negotiations for office moves in DC and Sao Paulo
 Successfully trained and managed staff in India responsible for day-to-day accounting activities
Sales Support:
 Managed Navision systems training as well as support for sales staff in US and Brazil offices
 Prepared sales orders and coordinated interdepartmental collaboration for fulfillment
 Coordinated collection of pending invoice payments with sales staff in different offices
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Washington, DC Sept. 2007- Dec 2007
Accounting Intern
 Assisted experienced Accountants in releasing grant payments in the Division of Payment Management
 Maintained accounting records and bank verification logs for US Grant Accounts
 Liaised with banks to verify grantees’ bank account information
NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Vienna, Virginia August 2007
Mortgage support assistant
 Assisted executive loan specialists in processing over 150 mortgage and equity loans
 Completed custom mortgage reports for supervisor
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, George Washington University, May 2008