Boris Panaiotov, Mba, Pmp, Spoc, Black Belt Email and Phone Number

Represent FNWL on technical projects, bridging business units and IT to ensure seamless communication and collaboration. Partner with senior leaders to define program strategies, set milestones, allocate budgets, and align initiatives with organizational objectives.Leverage Change Management and Agile expertise to drive adoption, improve project delivery, and enhance team performance. Lead cross-functional teams to streamline processes, achieving significant cost savings and faster delivery timelines.Develop business cases, forecast project requirements, and manage change processes to support local and global initiatives. Oversee project planning, risk assessment, and scope definition while maintaining program roadmaps and ensuring executive alignment.Collaborate with IT teams to validate technical designs and estimates, conduct quality reviews, and manage multiple projects with competing priorities. Foster stakeholder relationships, drive continuous improvement by using Lean Six Sigma expertise, and deliver impactful results through data-driven insights.

Validate the accuracy of various monthly/quarterly accounting processes including financial statements, exhibits, schedules and note disclosures for GAAP, IFRS and statutory reporting. Analyze existing workflow, ensuring efficient use of resources and participates in the implementation of process improvement projects. Work with auditors, and state examiners.• Month and Quarter end accounting close, accruals, reconciliations and variance analysis.• Budget/expense reporting, and Internal Control Framework (ICF) requirements and Compliance Expertise.• Collecting, analyzing and managing quantitative data and creating meaningful reports.• Develop recommendations to aid management in short and long-range financial planning.• Measuring profitability -(ROI) and evaluating cost control performance and prepare statutory reports.• Prepare ad-hoc reports, analysis, and conduct special projects.• Design and maintain data management processes and tools resulting in time efficiency and reporting accuracy. • Facilitate cross-functional Kaizen events resulting in an improved strategic planning process, efficient resource allocation and overall company savings.• Process improvement and project automation – Champion.• Lead global projects and deliver Six Sigma/Lean global improvement initiatives by working with the business.

Manage financial planning, reporting, and risk management functions with strong emphasis on cash-flow management, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls. Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer and worked closely with the various Business Managers. Develop strategies and plans for long-term financial goals.• Manage preparation and analysis of consolidated financial statements for parent and subsidiaries, quarterly and annual filings, while supervising staff, assigning workloads and evaluating work performance. • Develop and led a team, providing business decision support to the various functional and line organizations in the company, through strategic leadership and financial analysis.• Create long-range financial plans and budgets. Manage preparation of Business Review presentations, Profitability Analysis, ad-hoc projects, long range & annual planning, quarterly forecast.• Variances, trends and decision support for IC, MG and resource allocation and prioritization.• Developed ROI and payback analyses of infrastructure initiatives and technology solutions.• Design and deliver Executive-level presentations to support the governance process for Product Lifecycle Management • Design and manage program-level meetings to communicate status and coordinate efforts and conduct retrospectives.• Collaborate with managers across the organization to solve problems, develop new processes and coordinate work;

Ensure compliance with GAAP and regulatory requirements. Business Consulting, Accounting System Design, Incorporation, Related filings, IRS issues, Financial Statements, Forecasting and Cost Calculation.• Process improvement, development on financials & financial tools. Design, build and maintain the project plan including scope, schedule, budget and risk management;• Manage the gathering of project requirements and project scope in a holistic manner across multiple teams or business functions• Monitor progress to plan and design a recovery strategy if project deviates from baseline plan• Assemble and publish effective status reports and able to serve a variety of audiences from project team member to Executive• Develop complex financial models, quantitative analysis and forecasts.• Month to month accounting, Budget preparation and forecasting, Capital budgeting, Sub-ledgers.• Business improvement projects - efficiencies, cost efficacy, improvements in internal controls, etc.• Communicate cost trends and provide an understanding of operational and financial performance. • Perform cash flow and P&L financial modeling under tight deadlines and lead executive-level discussions.• Lead financial analyses that assist and influence the business and improve internal reporting processes.• Measuring profitability -(ROI) and evaluating cost control performance and prepare statutory reports.

Develop tailored PM execution plans that deliver positive results. Establish priorities, identify and communicate risks and mitigation plans in collaboration with stakeholders and develop schedules. Build a sustainable risk management program and monitor portfolio. Identify customer needs and constrains such as time, cost and scope baseline. • Gather requirements, develop business analysis and create project management artifacts.• Budget development, assigning cost to work packages, bottom-up estimation.• Earned value, EAC; ETC; CPI; SPI; TCPI; EMV; PTA (point of total assumption); Parametric estimation• Risk Identification, Qualitative & Quantitative Risk Analysis. Risk management plan and business impact analysis• Risk Response Planning, Risk Monitoring, Controlling and Contingency Budgeting • Drive accountability by using risk management tools & processes. Develop performance reports and variance analyses.• Monitors and ensures that Critical Success Factors (CSF), Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are met by suppliers• Manage, train, mentor and develop diverse project teams and assigned personnel.

Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible analyst positions based on strong financial, operating and leadership performance. Manage the financial planning, reporting and business development. Collaborate across complex organizational matrix to establish common goals, streamline, integrate processes, and develop performance metrics and KPIs. Led implementation of System Software and developed consolidated financial reporting package.Successfully transformed group from two independent, local teams into one cohesive regional team that maximizes quality and efficiency.• Lead the forecasting efforts of revenue, operating expenses, monetization initiatives, and resource allocation• Influence business decision by effective verbal and written communication, data-driven analysis and modeling• Review financial statements and analyze sales revenues, cost, expenses, and tax rates for all business units. Create and deliver presentations, providing recommendations on short and long range ROI.