Cat (Catalin) Rapeanu Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Finance Business Partner for Finance which is currently undergoing a Transformation Programme. Responsible for monthly actual planning, tracking FTE exits, benefits and costs. Due to delays in the programme, regular forecasts are required to facilitate the communication between the Finance Executive Team and Consultancy company.Development of the business case refresh for the Finance Transformation Programme, which included analysis and validating the revised implementation and run costs, FTE exit profile and potential benefits.Managing the need of multiple senior finance and transformation stakeholders in presenting an aligned view of programme progress for the Steering Committee, including Group CFO.Work with the project team and management accounting identify opportunities for cost reduction/efficienciesWork with Technical Accountants and Auditors to determine the correct accounting treatment for Programme spend

London, United Kingdom

Business partnering for various central support BUs (Internal Audit, Legal, Compliance, Internal Comms, External Comms, COO, Change and Property).Strong working relationships with senior management and technical ability to analyse information and identify the key drivers behind proposals and decisionsTransparent and accurate information provided to Finance and Non Finance Management on a timely basisPreparation of month end reports ensuring accurate reporting of actual expenditure with variance analysis. Presentation of reports at monthly management meetingsDetailed analysis on a monthly basis to support the month end and forecasting process. Detailed analysis includes: P&L reviews, Salary/Bonus analysis, FTE analysis, Group wide analysis of specific costs, functional analysis.Set up and management of monthly analysis dashboards for group costs (Recruitment, E&O, FCA, Training, Subscriptions, Legal fees, etc.)Delivery of rolling forecast models for each BU and analysis of output with detailed commentary on variances to planPreparation of annual budgets for the BUs responsible forPreparation of Central Property budget that includes the centralisation of 100 propertiesPreparation of budget for costs being centralised in 2017 such as: E&O, FCA, Training, Subscriptions, Legal, etc.

London, United Kingdom

Productions of monthly management accounts, QBR information, annual budgets and year end packs.Production of monthly Group Flash report. Which shows a breakdown of EBITDA of all companies within the group and pass for review to directors as well as performing checks on group numbers.Produce statutory accounts as well as maintaining the group reports accurate during acquisitions or business moves.Responsibility for intercompany information, which includes production and distribution of the report. Assistance in reconciliation of intercompany differences.Close accounting periods during month end, assistance in ledger control to ensure no unauthorised postings occur as well as maintenance of late journal requests report.Draft quarterly operating lease notes for bond and year end reporting. Also provide information to Office of National Statistics.

Part of Treasury Operations Team. Daily tasks include: mandate and e-banking administration,opening and closing bank accounts, sweep mechanism maintenance, update of bank lists andaudit sheets, administration of FSA letters. In charge of manual payments, Bacstel IPadministration and provision of internet banking. Involved in the WACC calculation for 2013.

Worked in the Restructuring Department. Attended corporate meetings regarding a study for under-performing loan portfolios. Met different clients in order to gather valuable information towards the contract. Analysed different operations determining potential future scenarios and delivery models.

Bucharest, Romania

Assistant to the head of the Marketing Department. Helped develop the new marketing strategy for 2012. Helped develop the marketing campaign for opening three new retail stores.

Bucharest, Romania

Was the project assistant for allocating the European Union funds for the creation and development of Small and Medium Enterprises in rural areas. Also, worked on a project for developing a new job of Rural Development Agent.

Bsc(Hons), Business Studies

Activities and Societies: Part of the tennis society. President of the table tennis society.Main subjects covered: Entrepreneurship.

European Baccalaureat, Mathematics And Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Basketball Team, Table Tennis