Carolina Martinez, CFE, CCI, CCE, CRC, MBA

Experience

• Be Pro Accounting, LLC

  Founder/CEO

  Jan 2019 - Present

  Be Pro Accounting offers the comprehensive capabilities and deep industry knowledge necessary to help you grow your organization. Partner with individuals as well as organizations, to drive the development of business goals and objectives through diverse accounting and financial advisory services, with a particular focus on cryptocurrency accounting and tax and blockchain fraud investigation. Introduce strategy and structure to help clients establish economic growth plans and conduct business assessments to forecast opportunistic market gaps. Guide cryptocurrency clients in the development of a fraud risk management strategy and investigate cryptocurrency fraud by tracking transactions in different blockchains via various blockchain search tools. Provide CFO consultation and outsourcing assistance to small and medium enterprises.

  • Help business owners and individuals investigate cryptocurrency fraud by tracking transactions in different blockchains by utilizing different blockchain searching tools.
  • Help cryptocurrency clients with their fraud risk management.
  • Help cryptocurrency business owners and individuals with their cryptocurrency accounting and tax.
  • Function as Interim CFO and Subject matter expert (SME) providing financial consultative expertise to start-up cryptocurrency businesses (e.g. BPN Capital Group, Blassbooks LLC, and more) including accounting, cash flow tracking, financial planning, fin
  • Has led clients like Polygon Advisory Group as a director/partner for cryptocurrency accounting and tax strategic initiatives and operational projects for start-up cryptocurrency accounting firm.
  • Promote and advance the strategy, framework, and execution of a compliance program in a demanding and ever-changing Cryptocurrency landscape.
  • Establish and grow cryptocurrency business function and advise on related accounting processes.
  • Execute creative strategies to help companies uncover valuable partnership opportunities, successfully expanding professional networks within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
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  Chapman Freeborn Airchartering

  VP Finance and Administration - Americas

  Apr 2015 - Jul 2019

  Chapman Freeborn - the global aircraft charter specialists and aviation support company, with a proven reputation for innovation, expertise and professionalism. Established in 1973, Chapman Freeborn has over four decades of experience providing specialised air charter solutions for both passenger and cargo movements. With offices worldwide, we’re always right where you need us. UK: +44 (0) 1293 832 366 US: +1 888 678 5387 (Toll Free) Chapman Freeborn is an air charter broker and it is not a direct air carrier or direct foreign air carrier in operational control of aircraft; the air charter broker service advertised will be provided by a properly licensed direct air carrier or foreign air carrier.

  • Ensured the finance department operated efficiently, accurately, and to the required timeframes.
  • Trained and developed staff in a continual basis.
  • Managed accounts by performing reconciliation of overheads and balance sheet and income statement accounts to make sure that amounts were recorded correctly in their corresponding period.
  • Prepared monthly management reports by writing a commentary and preparing analysis to accompany the monthly financial statement reports.
  • Prepared the annual audit pack and supporting schedules and documentation. Supported the external auditors as needed.
  • Performed internal procedure analysis and to review and make the necessary improvements to financial processes and systems to eliminate any inefficiency, but ensuring risks were mitigated.
  • Liaised and developed relationships with colleagues and external stakeholder such as bankers, auditors, tax agencies, vendors, airlines, and so on.
  • Periodically reviewed the company’s cost base and made recommendations for any cost savings; by doing this, we were able to cut cost by an average of 25-35%.
  • Consistently ensured compliance with GAAP, IFRS, federal, state, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, other and company policies, procedures, and regulations when preparing financial statements and performing internal audits.
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  Tellza Communications Inc

  Financial Accountant

  Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

  Tellza is a global communications company operating under several brands including Route Dynamix, Phonetime, MatchcoM, and Tellza Technologies. Tellza is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TEL). For more information please visit www.tellza.com.

  • Consistently ensured compliance with IFRS, federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations when preparing financial statements and performing internal audits.
  • Stayed abreast of clients’ financial standings by regularly preparing monthly financial statements, including month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing statements, as well as monthly balance sheets and profit and loss fluctuations.
  • Liaised and developed relationships with key client personnel to understand their business processes and develop a tailored annual plan of reviews based on key strategic initiatives.
  • Undertook a complex analytical review of practices to ensure aged claims were being cleared efficiently.
  • Streamlined quarterly reporting and annual planning processes by developing a new reporting format and incorporating automated data gathering techniques that cut time required by 50%.
  • Identified and promptly remediated weaknesses within key business processes across corporate.
  • Reviewed financial and management reports to plan, scope, and execute reviews as well as analyzing the reports to stay abreast of developments within the various businesses and query anomalies as required to maintain competitiveness.
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  J & J Educational Boot Camp

  Accounting Clerk

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2014

  At Educational Bootcamp, we offer educational games and teacher resources that are fun to play and develop core mathematics & science skills. Our products are an effective intervention for classrooms, small groups, Saturday school, summer school, and everything in between. Our classroom resources are specifically aligned to the State Standards and are proven to increase students’ testing aptitude. We are convinced that when students enjoy their learning experience, they have greater achievement. Our Mission is MAKING LEARNING FUN!

  • Collaborated with management by researching and analyzing accounts and provide financial information.
  • Handled data entry and general accounting tasks as well as additional administrative duties as they arise. Post transactions to journals and ledgers.
  • Prepared, classified, recorded, summarized, and processed invoices, payments, checks, reconciled bank statements payroll, collection letters, and financial reports and reviewed them for accuracy and completion time.
  • Conducted thorough analysis to report discrepancies found in records and reduced account receivable aging.
  • Accurately compiled statistical, financial, and accounting reports pertaining to cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profit and losses.