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Having gained an extensive practical experience for almost 20 years, I started professing at the leading Russian business school, at the Department of Finance and Accounting. My approach is to give my students practical knowledge and skills, make their studying more engaging and help them become leaders on the international job market. In my role as a Professor of Practice, and being a fellow ACCA member, I aim to contribute to the School's success in its intention to develop as the leading educational institution in Eastern Europe by developing new courses which aim to provide students with relevant knowlegde on how modern financial theory can be sucessfully applied in the real life.

Projects: - Since April 2018 working as Crisis Executive at Trest Shachtspetsstroy with responsibility to overview and optimize company's operations, increase its financial transparency towards main lendor (major bank in North-West Russia), , management reporting, setting up business processes incl. budgeting, accounting recovery, management in tax indebtness and account locking environment- Guest lecturer at the European University at St Petersburg, master’s program with Corporate Finance and Financial Markets Pricing courses; - IFI Expert frim, various consulting mandates;- Wealth management (Setup of trading infrastructure, Portfolio building and monitoring, Risk management); Accounts preparation and Big-4 audit support to a few off-shore clients.

- Budgeting setup / Forecasts Rolling-Forward and Forecast Reporting / Management accounting / Interaction with External accounting service and Responsibility for the financial accounts preparation (Russian and International Standards);- Implementation of Forecast module with Fact vs Budget Analysis/ Corporate KPIs monitoring/ Agreement execution control in 1C ERP;- Introduction of transparent and competitive procedures in Procurement, CAPEX costs decrease up to 50%;- Operational efficiency program introduction and implementation;- Communications with the mother company: Agency scheme to increase sales / Collection of overdue AR/ Annual Corporate KPI negotiation/ Regular management accounts reporting

(OKEY Hypermarkets, Car maintenance chain UNION, Commercial real estate, Dental clinic chain and others). Employees under management – 25, departments under control – 4.Achievements & Responsibilities:- Strategy development/ Budgeting/ Managerial accounting/ Financial reporting (Russian and International)/ Consolidated FS (ca. 30 legal entities in Russia and abroad);- Interaction with external and internal audit/ Member of the Audit committee/ Interaction with beneficial owners;- IPO under management of Goldman Sachs, VTB Capital on LSE (placement volume ca. USD 300 mln);- IT system implementation/ Key business process description and implementation/ Successful implementation of Budgeting, Treasury, Management accounting, Agreements, HR;- Acquisition of non-commercial real estates in the US and EU (aggregate volume ca. USD 50 mln with Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse).

Employees under management – 17, departments under control – 2.- Budgeting implementation and monitoring;- Financial analysis and forecasting of Group financial statements;- Setup of Management accounting system;- ORACLE project implementation;- Procurement, tenders;- Relationship with government bodies of St Petersburg.

Cyprus based management company of MDM Group which included SUEK, Eurochem and TMK.Responsibilities:- Preparation of Management reporting, budgets and forecasts;- ORACLE implementation;- Financial accounting and statutory reporting preparation according to IFRS;Relationship with external auditors and tax consultants;- Taxation optimizing and filing;- Preparation of analysis of financial statements of the Russian companies for the Board of Directors.

(Group of companies which includes main producers of spirits and glass in Russia. Corporate site: www.vedahouse.ru)Responsibilities:- Building of Budgeting and Management accounting systems;- Financial analysis and costs optimization (production & investments); - Treasury setup;- Business process analysis and internal control.

Responsibilities:- Interim and annual financial statements audit of major industrial and trade companies;- IFRS-, US GAAP-conversion;- Analysis of business processes and control systems;- Preparation of financial statements (IFRS, US GAAP, HGB);- Participation in consultancy engagements.