- Overseeing all accounting, finance, tax, treasury, audit, and risk management functions for a professional services company with over 500 employees;- Partnering closely with the CEO and across Senior Leadership Team to coordinate planning and execution and establish priorities for strategic growth;- Ensuring financial health of the business, enhancing profitability and enabling liquidity;- Driving the company's financial strategy by analyzing prior results and trends, identifying key performance indicators, setting annual and long term financial targets for the business in collaboration with the leadership team;- Communicating with shareholders and lenders, presenting to the Board of Directors and employees regarding budgets and forecasts, performance results, risks and opportunities, strategic initiatives and developments of the business; representing company to banks, financial partners, institutions, auditors, and officials;- Leading and building high performing teams and providing oversight of FP&A, accounting and tax, treasury and procurement functions;- Ensuring cross-functional collaboration with Sales and Marketing, Operations, IT, Legal and HR to identify opportunities for improvement, achieve synergy and deliver results;- Leading annual and long-term planning processes, defining financial and non-financial KPIs for the organization as a whole as well as individual targets for it’s key structural components;- Providing financial vetting for new business and commercial opportunities;- Directing the preparation of standalone financial statements and other statutory reporting etc…

As an executive, I lead external audit engagements for technology, construction and consumer products companies.Selected Accomplishments: • Led annual audits, quarterly reviews as well as special projects (carve outs etc.) for companies with value over $20B; ensured US GAAP, IFRS and SOX compliance that received positive quality event notifications from PCAOB and internal quality and compliance reviews • Analyzed complex accounting issues and presented recommendations to executive teams; verified companies revised accounting policies, procedures, and processes to comply with SEC regulations • Built strong relationships with clients and partnered on various reporting requirements; oversaw SEC filings, 10-K, 10-Q, S-1, and S-4, as well as debt offerings, and comfort letters• Engaged EY affiliate firms in EMEA, APAC and LatAm in connection with consolidated reporting for U.S. audits; ensured international compliance and regulations were met • Facilitated national professional education programs for audit executives, experienced professionals and staffs; taught classes of 30+ participants on new audit and accounting pronouncements• Responsible for portfolio management, billing, collections, scheduling, and time management; ensured appropriate resources were lined up to serve clients that ranged up to $10M in total revenue• Collaborated with Partners; contributed to audit pursuits and market initiatives to enhance go-to-market strategy • Hired, mentored, and coached teams of up to 15; developed employees to provide high-quality audit services that improved organizational infrastructures and promoted individuals internally • Built trusted relationships with clients; resolved complex issues while consistently meeting deadlines

Provided external audit services for consumer products, advertising and life science companies: Newell Brands, Yellow Pages, Patheon, Cree and others;Selected Accomplishments:• Managed 5+ annual audits for companies that ranged between $10M to over $5B in revenue; ensured US GAAP, SOX or IFRS compliance; received positive quality event notifications from PCAOB and internal quality and compliance reviews • Audited $150M pre-IPO company prior to public offering; provided assurance at various stages to establish smooth transition to becoming public • Interfaced directly with company’s top executives to support engagement progression; managed teams of up to 10 that provided high-quality audit services with timely resolution of issues• Facilitated national certified education programs for experienced professionals and staffs; taught classes of 30+ participants on new audit and accounting pronouncements

Initially hired as an Assurance Staff I was consistently promoted throughout my tenure to ultimately become Assurance Manager. Provided external audit services for companies in retail & wholesale, metallurgy, agriculture, oil and gas, railways, telecommunications, automotive and other induscties.Selected Accomplishments:• Managed 20+ annual audits for companies that ranged between $6M to $1B in revenue; ensured IFRS, US GAAP, and SOX compliance• Led national certified professional education program; facilitated courses for staffs, experienced professionals and executives on current accounting and auditing practices and new pronouncements • Consistently promoted throughout tenure; hired as Assurance staff, promoted to Assurance senior, and ultimately became Manager while working on engagement in Ukraine and Russia for Ukrainian, Russian, French, US and German clients• Supervised preparation and issuance of consolidated and components’ financial statements in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP.

For a small Ukrainian IT company I provided client and project management, supported market initiatives and client searches; provided interpreter/translator services