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London Area, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Management of a team to ensure a smooth group month-end closure, control over budgeting & forecasting reporting of the UK and European subsidiaries and integrity of Hyperion consolidated financial information
• Ownership of the Group’s consolidated reporting, big data analytics and performance monitoring via Hyperion & Power BI tools and presenting information to the Board
• Full responsibility for Group’s statutory accounts (FTSE 250), JSOX for Group financial reporting and Head Office entities, manage quarterly Big 4 external audit and annual accounts sign-off
• Responsible for development of Group technical accounting policies according to IFRS, own acquisition accounting and acquired companies finance integration (training, reporting timeline and system onboarding, PPA and.

London, United Kingdom

• VFS Global is world-wide market leader in visa facilitation and technology services; VDASH is CVC investee tech services business, launched by BCG DV and VFS to digitalise and streamline visa facilitation process for.
• Responsible for strategic planning, budgeting and FP&A; developed 5-yr business plan
• Run all financial, governance and compliance matters, including building financial processes and controls to set up operations in the UK, the UAE and India
• Provided financial input and support for business strategy
• Advised the Board, VFS Group CDO and Divisional CEO to help evaluate opportunities, identify and mitigate risks, develop commercial strategy, take pricing decisions and manage contracts

London, United Kingdom

• Fast-growing regional business operating in the US, Canada and Latam
• Responsible for P&L, B/S, all financial, legal and tax compliance and FP&A matters
• Identified $200k cost reduction opportunity and initiated implementation
• Supported roll-out of joined operations with DHL
• Hired and managed finance team located across four countries

London, United Kingdom

• Privately - owned visa facilitation & outsourcing services technology business operating in the UK, Continental Europe, the CIS with revenues over $100m (was acquired by VFS Global in 2017)
• Member of the Board, responsible for preparing and presenting financial information to the founders;
• Managed Finance and Internal audit
• Helped the founders prepare business for sale; produced all financial disclosure, financial projections and consolidated IFRS financial reporting (signed off with Big4 auditor) for due diligence
• Post acquisition, worked as part of VFS Global's finance leadership team to integrate FMC’ entities including transition to SAP, FP&A, treasury, tax, inter-company transfer pricing and contracts

London, United Kingdom

• PE/VC-backed IoT and B2B Wireless connectivity equipment designer and manufacturer
• De-facto Finance Director, member of the Board, reported directly to the founder/MD
• Joined at a crucial moment when business required transformational change and redesign of all financial processes to fit sharply changed business strategy (as a result of Consumer Electronics division spun-off)
• Led FP&A and financial forecasting; prepared business for next funding round to support R&D investment and bring operations to an international level
• Built comprehensive model and helped pitch to PE-investors to complete series A funding round to the size of company's annual revenue
• Integrated Sage accounting software, automated and customised reporting with fully integrated Sage Manufacturing and Forecasting modules

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Digital division of a leading Eastern European mobile operator MegaFon; provides mobile content, cloud computing and mobile payments technology
• Instrumental in helping to scale business from initial stages, reported to the CEO, member of the Executive Board
• Set up finance department, responsible for FP&A, budgeting and fundraising to support capital investments
• Transformed accounting to US GAAP from local GAAP, integrated advanced accounting software, set up policies and internal controls

Moscow, Russian Federation

• LSE-listed leading Telecom and Broadband provider
• Rapidly promoted to Audit Leader, undertook 60+ audit projects with responsibility for managing teams and presenting final audit reports to the Board
• Developed risk control matrix for regional telecom businesses

Qualified Chartered Accountant And Acca Fellow

Msc, Civil Law

Msc In Finance And Credit, Economics