Maria Leilani Pampolina

• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement a strategic vision for the BF Competency Center PH for Operations, aligning it with the overall goals and objectives of the organization. Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost savings within the COCE functional groups.

• Financial Management: Oversee the financial operations of the PH COCE for front offices, including budgeting/ forecasting, financial analysis, and reporting. Ensure accurate and timely financial information is provided to internal stakeholders.

• Process Optimization: Streamline and standardize financial processes across the organization, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. Implement best practices and automation tools to improve productivity and reduce manual work.

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with various internal stakeholders, such as Zone Business Finance leaders, Management Performance heads, and executive management, to understand their needs and provide financial support and insights.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the finance shared services function. Identify opportunities to enhance processes, systems, and technologies to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

• Team Leadership: Build and lead a high-performing team of finance professionals within the shared services function. Provide guidance, coaching, and development opportunities to team members. Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

• Led finance project teams through successful implementations of Dynamics 365 systems and process improvements, achieving organizational objectives.
• Drive change management by promoting behavioral and performance competency culture focusing on international and multiple companies across the globe within the Group
• Reports to the VP Finance/ CFO and is based in the USA.

• Lead the overall financial information management of the Advantek Group ensuring proper and effective organization of and control over the planning, structure, processing, evaluation and reporting of financial information to meet the increasing stakeholder needs, both internal and external parties
• Acts as consultative business partner, working with Group Management and cross-functional teams; with focus on value creation by providing quality recommendations, transparency and insight to drive and support decision making
• Lead and develop subordinates and manages the performance of a service provider of accounting and reporting related work.

• Primarily responsible for the management and continuous improvement of Advantek's processes related to Costing, Sales and Contribution Margin reporting, Manufacturing and Inventory Accounting.

• Senior finance executive in-charge for the organization, controls and reporting of the Philippine Entity Cost of Goods Sold - SVC, and Fixed Manufacturing Expense accounts.

• Directed the general and cost accounting functions, as well as the financial analysis, planning, forecasting of PMI Philippines $600 million manufacturing cost.

• Implemented the first costing module ERP system in PMI Asia (Program One project) on schedule and with virtually no downtime, increasing overall productivity by 2% ~$1.9 million savings in business process/FTE in Asia Pacific.

• Assisted with costing and pricing strategies and various monitoring and reporting of variable and fixed manufacturing cost
• Played a pivotal role in creating cost awareness/understanding of the Philippines Senior and Operations Management team.

• Managed credit monitoring and reporting for 16 Key accounts and 18 distributors.