Katariina Kanerva Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Helsinki Area, Finland

Management consultant at EY Advisory Services focusing on finance function development, support, and project management. • Analyzed system and bank data to verify the client in-house software was operating accurately.• Fixed 95% of the mismatches between assets and liabilities of a manually compiled customer assetbalance sheet, by testing and recreating the accounting logic.• Solved discrepancies between different finance systems (SAP vs. client’s in-house software), which helped the company successfully assure the external auditors of their system data accuracy.• Worked as a liaison between technology, finance, and customer service.• Lead workshops, organized meetings, gathered and documented the business requirements.• Communicated the business requirements and the reporting needs to the IT department.• Documented system and manual controls for the new clearing system.• Prepared client meeting materials, working papers, project steering group materials, and final reports.• Redesigned and documented the finance month-end close and solving work processes.• Created work instructions for the finance function month-end close process, compiled training materials, and trained the new finance personnel in their duties.• Convinced the client to extend their contract due to the team’s great client relationship, from one month to more than a year, which created additional sales of >$400k.• Tracked the service delivery and provided KPI reporting to the client.• Supervised and reviewed the work of the global shared services team in Bangalore, India.• Conducted testing in an audit engagement performed according to PCAOB standards.• Benchmarked the client’s finance close process against peer group standards and providedrecommendations on process improvements.• Participated in sales activities such as creating client proposals and organizing client seminars

Finland

• Assisted the insurance brokers by preparing materials for the clients and evaluating bids.• Communicated to the client counterparties instructions on the processes.• Gathered and updated the product damage and business interruption values to the files.

Finland

• Payroll• Invoicing• Accounts payable.

Helsinki Area, Finland

• Contract management• Customer service• Sales

Paris Area, France

Master Of Economics And Business Administration, Accounting

Activities and Societies: KY International Sub-Committee

Exchange Studies, International Business