Ivan Kharitonov Email & Phone Number

Kazakhstan, Astana

Led regional and global cross-functional engagement teams of 6 DR and 20 IDR (involving international technical experts) in Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland, UK, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sub-Saharan African countries, China, and Brazil (~230 engagements).Advised executive management on financial, operational and technical performance of production entities’ senior management teams, providing basis for promotion/replacement decisions.Established root causes and developed corrective action… Show more Led regional and global cross-functional engagement teams of 6 DR and 20 IDR (involving international technical experts) in Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland, UK, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sub-Saharan African countries, China, and Brazil (~230 engagements).Advised executive management on financial, operational and technical performance of production entities’ senior management teams, providing basis for promotion/replacement decisions.Established root causes and developed corrective action plans to de-bottleneck mining operations, improve mine planning, increase metal recovery, convincing plant and mine managers using data to make changes, which improved performance.Investigated and advised top management on group largest strategic projects to remove bottlenecks and facilitate projects’ progress.Led complex fraud investigations, made recommendations to improve governance and managed their implementation, removing senior managers and initiating several civil and criminal litigations. Show less

Astana, Kazakhstan

Accomplished 4 post acquisition reviews in African countries, Kazakhstan, China, and Russia, resulting in identification of multimillion dollar weaknesses in existing processes and integration plans.Led 20+ audit engagements per year across all business areas and communicated results to board members and executive managers on issues improving transparency and control environment at all organizational layers in highly politicized and tense environment.

Astana, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Prepared students for CIA 1,2,3 exams

Astana, Kazakhstan

Taught "Statistics application in Business" course

Almaty, Astana

Managed a wide range of IFRS, US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley 404, Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) financial reporting audits and reviews of multinational and local companies in Oil&Gas, Mining&Metals, manufacturing, agriculture, and other industries.Consulted >10 companies on transition to IFRS with full preparation of financial statements, including first time adopters’ deferred tax and cash flows preparation, and hedge accounting implementation. Directed 4-5 projects at a time and teams of… Show more Managed a wide range of IFRS, US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley 404, Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) financial reporting audits and reviews of multinational and local companies in Oil&Gas, Mining&Metals, manufacturing, agriculture, and other industries.Consulted >10 companies on transition to IFRS with full preparation of financial statements, including first time adopters’ deferred tax and cash flows preparation, and hedge accounting implementation. Directed 4-5 projects at a time and teams of 20 members. Show less

Executive Mba (Emba'21), Dean’S List

Bachelor Of Business Administration And Accounting, Accounting And Finance, Suma Cum Laude

Business

US Government sponsored IREX administered one-year UGRAD exchange program