• Efficiently managed cash flow, working capital, banking relationships, and investment strategies to enhance financial stability• Prepared and analyzed financial reports and KPIs, providing valuable insights to support data-driven decision-making• Established strong internal controls, ensuring compliance with regulations and accounting standards, and proactively managed financial risks• Developed and executed financial strategies to achieve organizational objectives, optimize costs, and manage risks effectively• Fostered strong relationships by presenting financial updates and strategic recommendations to the board, investors, and other stakeholders

• Led the finance function of a group of 10+ international legal entities (USA, Europe, Asia) with a total turnover over $50m (product IT companies, customer support, IT outsourcing, internet marketplaces, etc)• Managed treasury, financial planning & analysis, consolidated accounting, and reporting functions.• Led a team of financial analysts, treasurers, and accountants (12 employees)• Analyzed financial data, evaluated financial performance, established policies, and procedures• Reported directly to the business owner with recommendations, insights, and actionable information

• Managed all financial aspects of a family office (venture capital fund, not-for-profit projects, personal investments, mortgages etc)• Financial planning and related ongoing advice for the CEO and senior management• Overall control of all financial transactions and accountancy matters• Reviewed all formal finance, HR and IT related procedures• Established and developed relations with external partners and stakeholdersAchievements:• Developed venture capital fund financial model• Resolved liquidity and operations crisis caused by forced bank account closure

• Analyzed group actual financial results, budgets and forecasts in order to identify opportunities and support management decisions. Provided structured and insightful analysis of financial and non-financial data• Developed cost saving initiatives to protect and increase the company profitability. Led process improvements and streamlined reporting processes• Coordinated ERP development for management accounting, budgeting and consolidated IFRS reporting. Developed group accounting policy to ensure reporting transparency and accuracy.• Managed and developed a team of finance managers, corporate reporting specialists, tax manager and ERP developer (6 team members)• Managed financial closing for 10 legal entities totaling over 500 employees, accounting consolidation, management reporting, budgeting, liquidity, compliance with regulations and day-to-day productivity of the finance teamAchievements:• Prepared comprehensive (20 pages) analysis of reasons for multiyear financial decline as part of 2020 budget preparation. Identified key drivers and proposed strategic recommendations to CEO and shareholders• As a member of interdepartmental working group performed profitability analysis of internal projects. Findings and recommendations were presented to Board of Directors and shareholders. The analysis contributed to the development of long-term product business strategy• Participated in working discussions regarding group restructuring and tax planning. Performed calculations, summarized benefits and drawbacks of each option, prepared presentation deck for shareholders• Managed the full cycle of corporate budgeting process from communication with department heads to budget consolidation, variance analysis and approval of CEO• Developed comprehensive group tax planning model. The model calculated optimal financial flows between the entities and estimated corporate income tax

• Analyzed company-wide financial performances, highlighted and explained main deviations compared to previous forecasts and budget plans, supported financial planning and budgeting processes• Provided global executive management with consolidated reporting and ad hoc analyses with conclusions and recommendations; assisted with executive level presentations• Worked with operational and financial management to develop executive dashboards and incorporate new business metrics to facilitate management decision making• Collaborated with Accounting, Operations, Sales, IT and other corporate departments to standardize, automate, and maintain financial analysis and reporting processes• Oversaw and managed continued development of corporate performance management model in Adaptive Planning (administrator role); experience in improvement projects for internally developed ERP systemAchievements:• Initiated and implemented a number of updates to corporate performance management system which increased its functionality and capabilities• Re-worked and tweaked workflows for preparation of various reports for executive management which resulted in time-savings and provided new perspectives to data• Participated in several annual budget development cycles

• Analyzed financial statements, budgets and forecasts for audit planning and risks identification• Prepared detailed asset impairment models based on long-term financial forecasts, loan amortization models and other various analytical models based on interrelation of inputs (price, quantity, seasonality, margin etc)• Performed data consolidations, economic researches, benchmarking, variance analyses and transformations from trial balance to IFRS financial statements• Performed evaluation of design and implementation and tests of operating effectiveness of internal controls• Communicated extensively with clients, interviewed key management personnel to gather an understanding of the financial deviations, forecasts, business processes and internal controls• Suggested recommendations for improvements of internal controls and accounting policiesAchievements:• Obtained assessment "Highly Effective Performer" for two consecutive years• Prepared annual audited financial statements in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP• Gained extensive knowledge of MS Excel• Worked with various ERP (1C, CODA, LukaNet, SAP)• Mentored junior staff and was in-charge of stock-take groupsRelevant industry experience includes audit engagements in:• retail and wholesale (food retail chains, electronics, cosmetics)• manufacturing (metal-based components, light-engineering, chipboards, ceramics)• agriculture (malt house)• telecommunications (system integrator, leading telecommunications provider)• transportation (freight forwarding and supply chain management)• real estate (corporate real estate management, malls developer)• shared services center (multinational food and beverage company)Other considerations:• Accustomed to dynamic work environment with tight deadlines in international company• Obtained solid core accounting experience and understanding of financial statements• Experience building complex financial models and work with large amounts of data