GABRIELA CABRERA, CPA

• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to prepare the $4M annual manufacturing expenditure budget, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
• Perform monthly financial closing activities and variance analysis across expense accounts, ensuring on-time and accurate reporting; prepare and present results to management, including updates on the site’s cost improvement program and opportunities for efficiency and savings.
• Collaborate with engineering to develop the annual capital expenditure plan and contribute to the site’s long-range financial plan; monitor projects monthly to track progress, validate accounting treatment, and drive timely capitalization and closure.
• Review purchase requisitions for compliance with budget, accounting policies, and financial controls.
• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and analysis, ensuring audit readiness.

Audit Senior (May 2024 – October 2024)

• Led audit fieldwork during planning and execution phases, supervising junior team members to ensure high-quality and timely testing.
• Assisted managers in audit planning, including risk assessment, scoping, and identification of key audit areas.
• Collaborated with managers and partners to discuss audit findings and prepare recommendations for client leadership.
• Monitored engagement timelines to help keep projects on track.

Audit Senior Assistant (May 2023 – May 2024)

• Supported audit planning through risk assessments, scoping, and identification of key audit areas.
• Communicated directly with client accounting teams to resolve issues and obtain documentation.

Audit Assistant (October 2022 – May 2023)

• Performed substantive testing of financial statement accounts, transactions, and disclosures in accordance with US GAAP..
• Assisted with audit fieldwork, preparing workpapers and supporting evidence for senior review.
• Collaborated with engagement teams across healthcare, manufacturing, and distribution clients to deliver high-quality audits.