Christian James Alegre - Senior Manager, Deloitte Philippines

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DeloitteAudit Senior Manager

Sep. 2024Taguig, National Capital Region, Philippines

PwC PhilippinesSenior Manager

Jul. 2022 - Aug. 2024Philippines

PwC PhilippinesAssurance Manager

Jul. 2019 - Jul. 2022

PwC PhilippinesSenior Associate

Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2019

Adamson UniversityCollege Professor

Aug. 2015 - Mar. 2016Manila1. Conducts college-level courses in the field of accounting. Areas of instruction include accounting, bookkeeping, and auditing; 2. Responsible for preparing and delivering lectures and leading classroom discussions. May administer and grade examinations or delegate the task to others; 3. Share my familiarity with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals; 4. Represented the Accountancy department in different seminars; 5. Handled Auditing Problem, Fundamentals of Accounting 1, Fundamentals of Accounting 2 and Financial Accounting 2 classes; 6. Point person of the Accountancy department for any clarifications in the updated standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board; 7. Coordinated with the Accountancy Chairperson for the improvement of the Accountancy Curriculum; 8. Authored an Approved Output Based Education Syllabus for Fundamentals of Accounting 1, Fundamentals of Accounting 2 and Financial Accounting 2; and 9. Discussed with the Dean of the College of Business Administration for the proposed curriculum for the Accountancy Department.

Expert Global SolutionsCompliance Advisor

Oct. 2014 - Apr. 2015Taguig1. Assist with the preparation of the quarterly and annual income tax provision and VAT provisions and related footnote disclosures for BIR filings; 2. Serves as the primary indirect contact person with the BIR RDO 39 (Quezon City) and RDO 21A (Clark Pampanga); 3. Monitors the preparation and filing of all related BIR filing due dates in accordance to the Revenue Regulation 22-2006; 4. Assist the Senior Financial Reporting and Compliance Manager to coordinate the planning, preparation and review process for income provision; 5. Assists with the tax research as needed. 6. Forecasts related income tax provision for the next year and inform the US Counterpart of such report quarterly; 7. Respond to notices from tax authorities, and audits which includes: a. LOA on the VAT for the years 2011 and 2012; and b. Future VAT LOA to be received by the Company. 8. Assist with special BIR, SEC and PEZA projects which includes: a. Income Tax Holiday Validation; b. Base Figure Validation; c. Start of Commercial Operations Validation; d. Earmarking of Money for Treasury Bonds in favor of the Philippine SEC; e. Transfer Pricing Review documentation of the Company; 9. Assist the PWC in the course of their audit of the Company; 10. Assist the Internal Audit for the Controls Testing and SOX Audit of the financial processes of the Company which includes a. Payroll and other Human Resources related processes; and b. Procure to pay documentation. 11. Ensure that the Company Financial Policy is in accordance with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards which includes: a. Correct amortization of Treasury Bond Deposit, Deferred Rent and the Security Deposit; b. Impairment testing of all the relevant Fixed Asset owned by the Company; c. Reasonableness testing of the Present Value of the Defined Benefits Obligation; and d. Accuracy testing of the Revenue recognized by the Company. If it is in accordance to the latest Transfer Pricing study of the Company.

R.G. Manabat & Co.Audit Supervisor

Feb. 2014 - Jul. 2014Makati City1. Handled 8 audit associates and ensure that their documentation complies with the KPMG Audit Methodology (KAM); 2. Assisted the Engagement Manager and Partner on the development of the expected scope and conduct of the audit; 3. Performed planning procedures before the actual start of the fieldwork. Those procedure includes: a. Computation of the materiality; b. Selection of the accounts to be audited; c. Performance of Planning Analytical Documentation; d. Review of the prior year audit documentation and management letter points; and e. Directive of how we will conduct the audit for the Significant Accounts and Material but not significant accounts. 4. Schedule professional staff for the audit fieldwork and maintain liaison with the client on the timing of the engagement. Monitor the process of the engagement against expectations and keep the engagement manager and engagement partner informed of the significant variances; 5. Reviewed the Audit documentation of the staff, the income tax calculation of the client, financial statements draft and income tax return draft of the client; 6. Submitted the timely reports to International KPMG offices in Denmark, Finland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Japan and Switzerland. 7. Resolves the audit issues noted by the engagement staff during the fieldwork and discusses it with my engagement manager before we present it to the engagement partner for his approval. Once approved, I am the one who is responsible for the discussion of the resolution with the client;

KPMG Manabat Sanagustin & Co., CPAsAudit Supervisor

Aug. 2012 - Feb. 2014Makati City, Philippines1. Gains comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes and business objective to utilize on client engagements. This is done thru: a. Reading news article about the client industry; b. Performing an industry overview documentation using the KPMG Intranet; c. Performed inquiry with the client on the significant business development by knowing the highlights of their financial performance and the significant transaction they entered during the year; d. Obtained an understanding on the significant law that the Company needs to comply; e. Communicates with the Client’s corporate secretary on the completeness and the validity of the minutes of the meeting duly approved by the board of director; and f. Performed inquiry with the Company’s legal counsel regarding the litigations filed by or against the client and discuss with my engagement manager and engagement partner on the possible impact in the conduct of the audit of such litigation. 2. Obtained an up-to-date knowledge on the Financial Reporting Bulletin issuances of the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission and the Revenue Regulation, Revenue Memorandum Order and Revenue Memorandum Circular issuances of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

The KPMG CenterAudit Supervisor

Aug. 2012 - Feb. 20141. Handled 8 audit associates and ensure that their documentation complies with the KPMG Audit Methodology (KAM); 2. Assisted the Engagement Manager and Partner on the development of the expected scope and conduct of the audit; 3. Performed planning procedures before the actual start of the fieldwork. Those procedure includes: a. Computation of the materiality; b. Selection of the accounts to be audited; c. Performance of Planning Analytical Documentation; d. Review of the prior year audit documentation and management letter points; and e. Directive of how we will conduct the audit for the Significant Accounts and Material but not significant accounts. 4. Schedule professional staff for the audit fieldwork and maintain liaison with the client on the timing of the engagement. Monitor the process of the engagement against expectations and keep the engagement manager and engagement partner informed of the significant variances; 5. Reviewed the Audit documentation of the staff, the income tax calculation of the client, financial statements draft and income tax return draft of the client; 6. Submitted the timely reports to International KPMG offices in Denmark, Finland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Japan and Switzerland. 7. Resolves the audit issues noted by the engagement staff during the fieldwork and discusses it with my engagement manager before we present it to the engagement partner for his approval. Once approved, I am the one who is responsible for the discussion of the resolution with the client; 8. Gains comprehensive understanding of client operations, processes and business objective to utilize on client engagements. 9. Obtained an up-to-date knowledge on the Financial Reporting Bulletin issuances of the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission and the Revenue Regulation, Revenue Memorandum Order and Revenue Memorandum Circular issuances of the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Manabat Sanagustin & CoAssociate Auditor

Nov. 2010 - Jul. 20121. Performed audit documentation that is KAM compliant and ensure that the documentation is attached to the audit program for review of my supervisor; 2. Communicates with my supervisor in a timely manner regarding the audit issues noted during the fieldwork and the status of the audit engagement; 3. Addressed all of the review comments of my supervisor, manager, and partner with a reasonable amount of time and ensured that they will have the required output as soon as possible; and 4. Assisted the client in drafting the financial statements.