Angel Garcia

Flat 66, Abercorn Way,

LondonMobile: 07526 859 282

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Personal Profile

I am a certified public accountant with excellent individuals and social skills, extensive knowledge within the manufacturing, pharmaceutical and energy industry.I am a hardworking person, good at organising and managing time effectively and find ways to adapt myself to new environments quickly. I can work collaboratively with colleagues and use my initiative to find ways of getting the job done to achieve the desired results. I am seeking challenging position in which I can get further develop and contribute; comfortable working in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.

Employment History

Internal Control Manager Johnson and Johnson Venezuela April 2012–November 2012

  • Develop the yearly audit and internal control plan and define the compliance strategies.
  • Create and implement a compliance governance model to sustain an efficient and effective control environment through dissemination of compliance culture.
  • Supervise & Monitor the compliance program and audit tests under Sarbanes Oxley act (SOX) -404.
  • Implement a robust and detailed recovery plan.
  • Present to the finance Management the results, recommendations & Conclusions of audit and controls reviews.
  • Supervise & monitor other auditors and provide internal controls training to the employees.

Finance Manager Johnson and Johnson Venezuela April 2011 –March 2012

  • Responsible for General Accounting and Reporting, Taxes, Payroll, Master Data, Account payables and Local treasury administration.
  • Responsible for monthly Financial Statements for the corporation and local management following USGAAP for Corporate Accounting and IFRS for Local Accounting.
  • Run a SOX compliant department.
  • Responsible for Internal & External Audits.
  • Responsible for Cross Sector Services which includes services to J&J Medical y Janssen Cilag related to tax and payroll activities.
  • Assist in the Business Planning department in the preparation of scenarios.
  • Continuous coaching to my direct reports (5 Coordinators) in order to help them to development their career plan.
  • Preparing reports of results and making presentations for financial, operational and compliance reviews for the Latin America Finance Vice president and Financial Director.
  • Handled treasury operations with most Venezuelan banks and coordinate participation in government’s bond issuances.
  • Managing of numerous fiscal audits administer by SUNDECOP , SENIAT and government offices.

Internal Control Coordinator Johnson and Johnson Venezuela October 2008 – March2011

(Venezuela and Central America)

  • Coordination and implementation of all activities under Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) - 404 which includes among others: documentation and testing of Corporate control matrices for all financial cycles, implementation of flow charts, financial risk assessment, company level control questionnaires, annual evaluation of the Policy on Business Conduct questionnaire and annual certification of SOX Compliance.
  • Coordination of activities to ensure a proper control environment within the Company, based on the Credo, Policy on Business Conduct (PBC), Worldwide procedures (WWP), Internal Control Handbook (ICH), Health Care Compliance (HCC), Worldwide Records & Information Management (WWRIM), Worldwide Internet Compliance Office (WICO).
  • Coordination and deployment oflocal policies and procedures.
  • Designed and implemented risk controls in compliance with SOX normative.
  • Review, monitoring and control of segregation of duties in the Company which includes: SOD conflicts in SAP, access to systems, and terminations.

Internal & External Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers Venezuela October 2005 – August 2008

  • Design and application of audit tests, audit methodologies, processes and audit report criteria.
  • Experience as external auditor in various types of companies including: oil and gas Companies, manufacturing companies and financial institutions under IFRS/ USGAAP / VENGAAP.
  • Planning and execution of internal audits of the oil and manufacturing sector under international auditing standards issued by the Federation of Public Accountants of Venezuela. And reported to management on the effectiveness of their internal controls environment.
  • Review of internal financial controls to report weaknesses and recommendations to improve the financial process.
  • Implementation of reviews of internal controls under Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) – 404 and Evaluated and improved clients’ risk management, control, and governance processes.
  • Planning and execution of special professional services (other than audit).
  • Analysis of financial statements.

External Auditor KPMG Venezuela December 2004 – February 2005

  • Experience in the implementation and support of financial audits in banks and other financial institutions.
  • Risk assessment.
  • Analysis of financial statements.

Education and Qualifications

2013 – PresentBPP University College London

Course Studied;

  • MSc Management with Project Management (level seven - certificate in leadership and strategic management)

1999 - 2004Catholic University of Tachira Venezuela

Course Studied;

  • Public Accountant

Interests and Hobbies

In my spare time I enjoy outdoor sports, as well as reading novels and watching movies. I also enjoy spending time with my family and friends and travelling around the world to explore new cultures.

References available upon request