Scott Jiménez Quirós

Strategic finance professional with 15+ years of experience leading accounting operations, ERP integration, and intelligent automation initiatives across multinational organizations such as Moody's, Emerson Electric, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Expert in financial reporting, SAP close processes, process automation, and Power Platform solutions, driving efficiency, accuracy, and global collaboration. Recognized for delivering measurable results and winning multiple Top Achievement Awards for finance transformation and automation excellence.

Supervisor – Accounting & Automation - Moody's Corporation

(2024-07)

• Lead subledger closings (AP, AR, FA) and ensure synchronization with General Ledger (GL) during month-end and quarter-end cycles.
• Review SAP variants for revaluation and translation, ensuring data accuracy and compliance with IFRS/US GAAP.
• Coordinate global royalties reporting, reviewing agreements and payment allocations across worldwide entities.
• Manage amortization of service contracts and right-of-use assets, partnering with Sales, Intercompany, and FP&A teams.
• Conduct quarterly revenue and material impact analysis for senior stakeholders, supporting data-driven decision-making.
• Supervise and approve journal entries prepared by the accounting team, ensuring accuracy and compliance with internal controls.
• Act as BlackLine Approver and Reviewer, providing quality feedback, identifying control gaps, and improving documentation standards.
• Designed AI-driven analytical agents using Copilot Agent Builder and Copilot Studio to automate QTD/YTD variance analysis.
• Built Power BI dashboards tracking service contracts, renewals, and expirations, allowing proactive management actions.
• Developed Power Query models optimizing manual data handling workflows, saving time across recurring close activities.
• Implemented Power Automate flows to extract SAP reports, validate results in Excel, and store outputs for review — reducing manual workload and human error.
• Reduced manual variance analysis time by 40% through AI-powered automation.
• Improved visibility of 100+ active contracts via BI dashboards.
• Enhanced audit traceability and financial accuracy across reconciliations and journal entries.

Finance Business Analyst – Oracle EBS - Emerson Electric

(2024-05 - 2024-06)

• Provided global ERP support for Oracle EBS, troubleshooting system issues using SQL queries and root cause analysis.
• Advised finance users on accounting best practices and process improvements across multiple regions.
• Documented and automated recurring issue logs, enabling faster resolution and knowledge transfer.

RTR Senior Specialist / Intelligent Automation Support - Emerson Electric

(2022-02 - 2024-05)

• Managed GL reconciliations and journal entries for four U.S. business units, including allocations, reserves, and bad debt.
• Delivered financial reporting and HFM consolidation, performing data validations and reconciliations for business units.
• Led automation projects that saved 144+ hours per month across 12 BUs using Power Automate, Power Query, and SQL.
• Designed a global reconciliation template integrated with Oracle (Noetix) via Power Query, reducing manual data entry.
• Developed a Python-Pandas automation for prepayment analysis, later approved by the VP of Global Business Services.
• Conducted Knime ETL training sessions, inspiring more than 10 implemented automation ideas in RTR and P2P teams.
• 3× Top Achievement Awards for automation and process improvement (2023).

Senior Accountant – RTR North America - Thermo Fisher Scientific – North America Shared Services

(2016-07 - 2022-01)

• Managed balance sheet reconciliations (AR/AP, GIT, PPV), flux analysis, and intercompany netting processes.
• Oversaw BlackLine reconciliations for IC accounts, loans, goods in transit, and cash in transit.
• Partnered with cost accounting and finance teams to ensure accuracy in accruals and standard cost variance reporting.
• Led automation and standardization projects across Costa Rica, Paisley, and APAC shared service centers.
• Automated invoice processing using Knime & UiPath, saving 1 FTE.
• Created Power BI dashboards for MoM/QoQ flux analysis, improving management visibility.
• Automated 7 payroll processes, saving 21+ hours per week.
• Implemented SharePoint approval workflow for JE backups, improving control quality.
• Participated in PPI Kaizen Event (CA, US) resolving $7M in intercompany clearing balances.

Bachelor's Degree - Public Accounting - Universidad Americana (2020)

Oracle Developer - Oracle Development - Universidad de Costa Rica (2023)

Certification - Power BI - Universidad Fidélitas (2021)

Maven Analytics Platform - Power Query, BI, ML - Maven Online (2023)