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Lydia Zander

Lydia Zander

Economist
San Salvador,San Salvador

Summary

Financial Analyst with over 4 years of robust experience in budgeting, financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting, primarily honed at Huawei El Salvador and Unicomer Group. Demonstrated expertise in executing budget authorizations, monthly operational analysis, and financial assessments, alongside a proven track record in the implementation of IFRS 9 and IFRS 16 standards. Equipped with a strong foundation in inventory audit and financial reporting, this professional is poised to deliver meticulous and comprehensive financial insights.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Finance Controller

Huawei El Salvador
San Salvador
04.2022 - 03.2024
  • Elaboration of budgets for new projects for different client
  • Budget updates due to new contracts or contract modifications
  • Budget authorization by project and cost category
  • Monthly forecast of profit and loss statement by project, based on revenue and cost tracking
  • Monthly operational analysis report elaboration by project, comparing actual accounted data vs budget
  • Monitoring revenue triggering of equipment and service contracts, project sales costs, service costs, and financial costs to detail to avoid budgeted profit rates deterioration or explain profit rates improvement
  • Collection, billing, and un invoiced revenue follow up reporting
  • Prepared detailed variance analyses on monthly basis, enabling more effective tracking of actuals versus forecasted figures.
  • Quarterly calculation for costs accrual and respective accounting item
  • Execution of rotation inventory audit every half year
  • Yearly financial assessment of both clients and partners through their income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement to review key information about their profitability, liquidity, solvency, and growth

IFRS Analyst

Unicomer Group
San Salvador
03.2020 - 04.2022
  • Support in implementation of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 16 Leases within Vice-Presidency of Finance
  • Preparation of consolidated financial reports according to IFRS 9 and IFRS 16
  • Creation and maintenance of Group's leasing databases for IFRS 16 compliance
  • Translation of instructive financial documents referring to different standards
  • Training Caribbean personnel in implementation of IFRS 16 Leases
  • Queried databases for information needed for report processing
  • Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado
07.2016 - 08.2021

Skills

  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Inventory Audit
  • Financial Analysis
  • Reporting
  • Financial Assessment

Certification

  • Project Finance Controller training | Huawei Guatemala | Sep 2022
  • Huawei Data Analyst Entry - Level certification | Huawei ilearning | Oct 2022
  • Customer financial analysis | Huawei ilearning | Jan 2023
  • Huawei Data Analyst Intermediate - Level certification | Huawei ilearning | Feb 2023
  • Project Finance Controller training | Huawei Panama | Mar 2023
  • EF SET English Certification | https://cert.efset.org/9HW6zW | May 2024

Timeline

Project Finance Controller

Huawei El Salvador
04.2022 - 03.2024

IFRS Analyst

Unicomer Group
03.2020 - 04.2022

Bachelor of Science - Business Economics

Universidad Dr. Jose Matias Delgado
07.2016 - 08.2021
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