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DIANA ECHARISTI

DIANA ECHARISTI

SENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER
Jakarta

Summary

Dynamic Senior Finance & Accounting Manager with a proven track record at PT. Samsonite Indonesia, excelling in financial reporting and tax compliance. Expert in SAP and cash flow management, I successfully implemented internal controls, enhancing accuracy and reducing errors. A dedicated mentor, I fostered team growth while driving cost reduction initiatives and streamlining processes.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications

Work History

SENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

PT. SAMSONITE RITEL INDONESIA
11.2023 - 05.2025
  • Contributed towards improving operational workflows by collaborating with IT teams to implement new accounting software solutions.
  • Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
  • Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and revaluation.
  • Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
  • Prepared internal and regional financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
  • Spearheaded annual audit process, liaising with external auditors to ensure smooth completion of requirements within deadlines.
  • Oversaw the month-end closing process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statement preparation.
  • Prepared and maintain Lease Schedule
  • Prepared weekly cashflow report
  • Calculate Corporate Income Tax in quarterly basis.
  • Liaise with Actuary for Post Retirement Benefit Obligations report in yearly basis

SENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

PT. SAMSONITE INDONESIA
Jakarta, Indonesia
05.2011 - 05.2025
  • Mentored 11 staff members, fostering a supportive work environment that encouraged professional growth.
  • Streamlined financial processes by implementing automated systems and reducing manual tasks.
  • Managed cash flow effectively by optimizing working capital management practices and forecasting future needs accurately.
  • Improved financial reporting accuracy through meticulous data analysis and reconciliation efforts.
  • Strengthened internal communication channels between finance team members through regular meetings and collaborative tools.
  • Enhanced departmental efficiency by developing standardized policies, procedures, and templates for routine tasks such as invoice processing or expense tracking.
  • Contributed towards improving operational workflows by collaborating with IT teams to implement new accounting software solutions.
  • Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
  • Managed banking reconciliations and monthly balance sheet statements.
  • Managed journal entries, collection efforts, reconciliations, and revaluation.
  • Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
  • Prepared internal and regional financial reports, balance sheets and income statements.
  • Spearheaded annual audit process, liaising with external auditors to ensure smooth completion of requirements within deadlines.
  • Oversaw the month-end closing process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statement preparation.
  • Prepared and maintain Lease Schedule
  • Prepared weekly cashflow report
  • Propose Purchase Forward / Foreign Currency for Hedging
  • Prepared KPPK report for Bank Indonesia in quarterly basis.
  • Calculate Corporate Income Tax in quarterly basis.
  • Liaise with Actuary for Post Retirement Benefit Obligations report in yearly basis
  • Liaise with consultant for Transfer Pricing documentations in yearly basis.
  • Liaise with supply chain and logistic department during Custom Audit.

Finance & Accounting Manager

PT.JVC Electronics Indonesia
08.2001 - 05.2011
  • Mentored 9 staff members, fostering a supportive work environment that encouraged professional growth.
  • Spearheaded annual audit process, liaising with external auditors to ensure smooth completion of requirements within deadlines.
  • Oversaw the month-end closing process, ensuring timely and accurate financial statement preparation.
  • Contributed towards improving operational workflows by collaborating with IT teams to implement new accounting software solutions.
  • Enhanced departmental efficiency by developing standardized policies, procedures, and templates for routine tasks such as invoice processing or expense tracking.
  • Collaborated with other departments to achieve accurate and prompt financial reporting.
  • Conduct Inventory Count in monthly basis.
  • Calculate and analyze monthly production cost variance.
  • Calculate and analyze work in process costing.
  • Calculate Corporate Income Tax and fill in yearly Corporate Tax Return.
  • Calculate Employee Income tax.
  • SOX documentation for Finance & Accounting.
  • Liaise with consultant in Transfer Pricing documentation reporting.
  • Maintain Fixed Asset Management Module.
  • Reporting LLD to Bank Indonesia.
  • Liaise with Actuary for Post Employment Benefit Obligation Calculation.
  • ISO documentation for Finance & Accounting.

Accounting Staff

PT ERLIMPEX
11.1999 - 08.2001
  • Managed accounts receivable collections efforts, decreasing outstanding balances owed to the company.
  • Reduced errors in financial reporting through thorough reconciliation of accounts and attention to detail.
  • Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
  • Ensured accurate fixed asset tracking by performing regular physical inventory counts and reconciliations against system records.
  • Processed payments and documents such as invoices, journal vouchers, employee reimbursements, and statements.

Education

SE.AKT - Accounting

DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY
SEMARANG
06.1994 - 09.1999

Skills

SAP

Sun System

XStore

Lucernex

Onesource tax

SAP Concur

Excel

Cash flow management

Tax compliance

Internal controls

Cost accounting

General ledger accounting

Closing procedures

Fixed asset management

Financial reporting

Post employment benefit obligation

Transfer Pricing Documentation

LLD reporting

SIMODIS/Antasena reporting

Custom Audit

Tax Audit

CPA Audit

Accomplishments


  • Receive Yearly Samsonite Corporate Jesse Shwayder Award as Most Influential Achievements of the Year 2019.
  • Succesfully develop Finance and Accounting system, reports and SOP for establishing new sister company of PT Samsonite Indonesia : PT.Samsonite Ritel Indonesia [Year 2023].
  • Collaborated with team in the development and migration of new SAP along with all related application such as Petty Cash application, Docuware application , SAP Concur , Payroll Interface, Xstore [POS system] [Year 2024].


Certification

Participant Course Widya Pratama:Brevet A&B

Timeline

SENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

PT. SAMSONITE RITEL INDONESIA
11.2023 - 05.2025

SENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER

PT. SAMSONITE INDONESIA
05.2011 - 05.2025

Finance & Accounting Manager

PT.JVC Electronics Indonesia
08.2001 - 05.2011

Accounting Staff

PT ERLIMPEX
11.1999 - 08.2001

SE.AKT - Accounting

DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY
06.1994 - 09.1999
DIANA ECHARISTISENIOR FINANCE & ACCOUNTING MANAGER