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Barcelona, Cataluña, España

Mandeure, France

o Spearheading the management control for the sales division.o Leading the financial reporting and analysis of the company’s sales volumes, revenues, gross and net margins.o Managing the yearly budget preparation, analysis and reporting and presentation of financial figures to the management.o Contributing to the SAP implementation process.o Validating and approving the Purchase requests.o Calculating the provisions during the monthly closing process Achievements• Employed the excel tool in empowering the commercial departments to simulate budget volumes, discounts and prices effects on net margin – the key performance indicators for the organisation, resulting in improvement of the net margin by EUR 568K for the budget 2019.• Collaborated with the Sales division on the monthly and quarterly review of the financial results.• Prepared calculation for new business projects in terms of costing, pricing, P&L estimations.

Astana, Kazakhstan

o Prepared and controlled the budget and margin for Locomotives projects in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan valuing at EUR20M.o Managed the monthly financial consolidation and reporting of financial statements for two business units and two JVs.o Prepared the bi-annual project reviews including the cost control, gap analysis and gross margin calculation.o Ensured monthly billing to clients for the project: provided calculations to accounting; followed up with clients for paymentsAchievements• Reconciled the project costs valuing over EUR300K, calculated the adjustments, set-up and controlled the inventory. • Disclosed the malfunction of the current accounting system and methods to the management and managed massive figures from different sources and capacities for accurate big-picture vision with monthly follow up of the relevant costs.• Put in place monthly follow up of Accounts receivable from the client; prepared weekly inputs to cash planning concerning project spending • Promoted to Senior Project Controller, undertook the additional responsibility for the AZ Locos project in Azerbaijan. Oversaw the Baku office control remotely with the accounting management through outsourcing; budgeting, local office expense control, online banking and AZ Loco's budget planning.• Negotiated the cancellation of EUR90K re-invoicing from Turkey branch for cost reduction of the AZ office while managing the weekly cash planning and monthly credit line requests from the central office.• As a nominated ADEL Trainer, trained the work package owners on Alstom’s Project Management tool, for some independence and understanding on the operational financial figures.• Collaborated with the Financial Director/CEO, as an administrator and key user for Internal Control Campaigns for Group policies control across departments covering all functions in three months.

Astana, Kazakhstan

Astaa, Kazakhstan

Aix-En-Provence Area, France

o In charge of cash flows management with a monthly value of EUR 15 M.o Managed the budget reconciliation against general ledger.o Executed the payments and ensured compliance with the IPSAS rules Achievements• Led swift integration in an international team with over ten members ensuring fast learning and use of the SAP tool.• Wrote the organisational policies for the treasury procedures.

Aix-En-Provence Area, France

o Accountable for budget control for seven departments and five subsidiaries.o Participated in quarterly budget reviews.o In charge of implementing the cash management and forecasting tool, namely, Cashsolve.Achievements• Successfully tested and configured CashSolve.

Almaty, Astana (Kazakhstan)

o Contributed to complex business processes improvement and reorganisation projects for global oil & gas, pipelines, airlines, pharmacy, FMCG and telecommunications companies.o Served as the in charge of the salary survey project and executed the data collection and analysis, the preparation of sector reports and the presentation of results to clients. Achievements• Led the annual Salary Survey, attracted over ten Oil & Gas and mining companies to participate in the survey; conducted phone interviews, and compiled and presented the final report to clients. Executed the monthly Flash report with market trends on remuneration policies.• Participated in a company reorganisation project for a big national Oil & Gas company, defined and established the company KPIs, evaluated the key personnel competencies and established the competency evaluation model.• Wrote the annual report for the year 2010 for a big national air company.

Master Of Science (Msc), General Management, Major Of Promotion 2012

Activities and Societies: International seminar at Suffolk University, Boston, USA"This MSc in General Management, flagship degree.

Bachelor Of Social Sciences In Public Administration, Financial Management, 4.07/4.33 (Summa Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Exchange semester at Stockholm School of Economics, Riga, Latvia, AIESEC, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, KIMEP.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

"The BSc programme provides a broad education in economics and business administration, with opportunities for specialization in the final.