Babra Markus Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Sverige

Working for Sweden’s largest magazine publisher, a family owned company, which has an annual turnover of £150 million and 500 employees across Scandinavia, reporting to the CFO.• Preparing of budgets, forecasts and financial statements, analysing the financial data and key ratios, creating and delivering presentations to the senior management team and providing recommendations on short and long term improvements to performance, liquidity, profitability and financial risk management; • Working closely with editor-in-chiefs, in planning, analysing and evaluating product portfolios, marketing campaigns and sales efforts, focusing on long-term profitability;• Providing decision support services to the Head of Sales Advertising, consisting of 50+ internal and external sales force; recommending on controlling sales force performance and sales reports improvements; managing sales report implementation projects; developing of schedules and internal controls for sales force bonuses within this area; • Dealing with divestures and acquisitions of small entities within the group with a turnover of up to £5 million. Key Achievements• Enhanced the decision-support framework for the CEO of the magazine publisher by implementing a monthly reporting package consisting of data and analysis on the performance of business units; product groups and functions; business- and market trends; and macroeconomic indicators.

Stockholm, Sverige

Worked for a developer of Web Content Management software, private equity owned and market leader in Scandinavia, which had an annual turnover of £25 million and 150 employees worldwide, reported to the CFO. • Supervised a team of six accountants and controllers represented on 4 continents;• Accountable for consolidated budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis;• Key company contact in listing process on the Swedish stock exchange for financial due diligence;• Planned the group’s liquidity and managed the group capital budget; • Managed tax planning and administration with regards to Transfer Pricing;• Managed and negotiated the group insurance package.• Developed and maintained: internal controls; IFRS accounting schedules for leasing, options and capitalization of R&D; and impairment test models for goodwill items. Key AchievementsDesigned, purchased and implemented a web-based tool with drill-down functionality, used by the finance department and managers alike, for analysing the financial performance of functions and business areas against budget/forecast. Improved the detail, accuracy and speed of period closure and analysis.

Stockholm, Sverige

Worked for a boutique company offering organizational consultancy services and digital products to large multinationals such as IKEA, Ericsson and Handelsbanken, private equity owned with an annual turnover of £3.5 million and 45 employees, reported to the CEO.• Managed functions associated with finance, accounting and payroll departments; • Prepared and presented financial accounts to senior management and the Board;• Prepared accounts and the annual report in accordance with Swedish GAAP;• Company key contact in a financial due diligence by potential industrial acquirer; • Managed contacts with external auditors and banks; • Prepared and filed VAT and Company Tax declarations; • Planned and managed the company’s liquidity and successfully invested excess cash positions.Key Achievements• Designed web-based training modules for client Ericsson that aimed to provide a common framework of accounting and reporting practices for the Group’s 5000 controllers. • Introduced and implemented a comprehensive reporting framework as well as a structured and scheduled routine for closing of accounts at period end.• Purchased and implemented complete finance software including modules for accounting, reporting, project planning and follow up, payroll, time reporting, and scanning of supplier invoices. • Trained and instructed 12 internal project leaders in applied project management.

Stockholm, Sverige

The Riksbank is Sweden’s central bank and an authority under the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. This was a part-time opportunity during M.Sc. studies.• Managed the daily operations of RIX; payment system used for inter-bank lending and settling;• Interfaced with leading Swedish financial institutions, as well as with representatives of ECB;• Project managed the implementation of an agreement between the central bank and financial institution Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, of an intraday liquidity facility of 500 Million Euro.

Stockholm, Sverige

• Played an integral role in the management of numerous projects on behalf of this Swedish private equity portfolio company – in line with stringent time and resource constraints.• Cultivated and maintained relationships with a Norwegian customer base that included multinationals such as Statoil, Den Norske Veritas and Den Norske Bank. • Team leader, led a team of five comprising of legal, technical and administrative consultants. • Coordinated an internal project, implementing a common methodology and web-based framework for project management and delivery throughout the company.

Stockholm, Sverige

• Acted as Project Manager within this Fortune 100-company providing worldwide IT-outsourcing services. Managed all deliveries related to the energy client OK/Q8’s payment card system (200,000+ card holders). • Completed an 18-month Management Trainee programme in support of professional development. Participated in training and projects in Sweden, UK, Belgium and US.

Chatered Accountant, Accounting And Financial Management, Pass

• In progress, planned completion in Dec 2013. Have passed 8 out of 14 exams and all performance objectives as well as completed.

Master'S Degree, Corporate Finance, 75%

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Real Estate Management