Monica Soriano – Accountant

monica-soriano-vaI’m Monica Soriano, a Certified Public Accountant from the Philippines. My family and friends call me Monette. I graduated with a degree in Bachelor in Accountancy in one of the most prestigious Universities in the Philippines and earned half of the required units in the Masters of Business Administration course.

I passed the CPA board exam with an average rating of 81.29%. My work experience has basically two facets, working in the corporate environment and teaching in the Academe. I believe I can consider myself a well-rounded Accounting professional, having both these major facets as my work experience and also factoring in the diversity of the organizations I became a vital part of in my career.

I’m proficient with the use of several business applications, to name:

  • Xero (Certified)
  • Quickbooks Online (Certified)
  • MYOB, Peachtree & Tally ERP
  • MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)
  • Google Drive (Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets)
  • MS Outlook
  • Zoom

The following basic and advanced skills help me propel my work practice:

  • Bookkeeping applying best practices (Virtual)
  • Financial Statements
  • Budgeting
  • Product and Customer Profitability Analysis
  • Variance Analysis
  • Tax Returns preparation
  • Preparing books and reports for external audit

monica-soriano-vaAdvanced Skills:

  • Updated with Financial Reporting framework applying the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)
  • Able to reconstruct books for past periods from available business documents
  • Able to do clean-up of messy accounting books by performing in-depth reconciliation of accounts
  • Able to prepare Financial aspect of business proposal
  • Cost benefit analysis for decision making process

I have both Local and International work experience as Accountant, having worked in Dubai for thirteen years till 2020 being employed by companies in various industries.

To name some of the business sectors where I have relevant exposure to:

  • Banking/Financial Institution
  • Education
  • Service (Training Institutions, Renewable Energy, Communication)
  • Retail
  • Custom Fabricators

Currently, as I have just settled here in my country from Dubai since April 2020 due to the pandemic, I’m doing part-time Virtual Accounting/bookkeeping work on a per contract basis. I have one daughter who is already married and settled in the UK with her husband and their newly born son. I live independently with my relatives nearby. I believe in maintaining a balanced state of being and I apply that principle in my daily life. I’m passionate about my work but I have equal passion with things that bring me joy like Arts. I draw and paint, play the guitar, sing, and love the company of family and friends once in a while. I always emphasize the value of time in my daily existence since I know that it’s a precious resource that cannot be retrieved once it passed.

I’m hardworking, organized, with keen attention to details, with excellent English communication skills, proactive, can work independently but can be a good team player/leader as well, result-oriented and focused. Those are some of my personal attributes which I believe I consider beneficial in achieving my personal and career goals. I’m fully confident that your decision to bring me onboard for a Finance/Accounting position will certainly be value-adding to your organization.

For a copy of Monica’s resume please click here.