Desiree Serrano

Background

About Desiree Serrano

13 years of experience in External Audit: 9 years at PwC Chile and 4 years at PwC Venezuela. I focus on doing quality work, detecting opportunities for improvement and managing projects to optimize quality and efficiency. I focus on building meaningful relationships with people at all levels, both with the client and with the work team. To build committed and motivated work teams, inspired me. I make time for continuous learning and relevant skills enhancement training. Quick learning in business processes, company operations and activities, identifying areas of greatest risk. Work experience: PwC Chile: 07-01-2013 - Present My experience has been focused on Audits of companies of the Retail Group and services. Planning, execution and completion of audit projects. Analysis of financial statements, review of financial statements under IFRS/US GAAP, Review of Consolidation of financial statements. Ability to lead work teams in simultaneous projects. I have been part of integrated audit teams: SOX audits; Featured specialties according to Section 404- Coordination and verification of walkthroughs of the main processes of the company- Design of flowchart/flowcharts and identification of key controls of the organization- Review of control designs- Carrying out independent tests on controls of administrative procedures- Identification of risks in the main areas of the financial statements and identification of significant control weaknesses- Presentation of improvements and recommendations to improve internal controls and control environment- Data analysis, through tools such as Power BI and development of schemes and automation in flowcharts under the Knime - Alteryx (big data) program. PwC Venezuela: 12-01-2007 to 02-28-2011 External audit assistant and review of the items of the financial statements, review and testing of controls. Assistant in the area of ​​Business Process Outsourcing, preparation of payroll and accounting assistants. Inversores Integrados del Este (SVG): 03-01-2012 to 04-30-2013 General Accountant- Responsible for the organization and monitoring of accounting and financial information- Lead the implementation project of a new accounting system- Automation of processes / access to sensitive transactions / segregation of duties - Implementation of new administrative processes.