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Warsaw, Pl

Comprehensive financial management of EUR 40 million of sales coming from 9 entities in 5 countries. Implemented accounting and controlling procedures across the Group. Statutory and management reporting according to IFRS and PAS (UoR), stand alone and consolidated. Leading controlling and data management with budgeting, forecasting and margin management. FP&A, financial strategy, team building and development, education.

Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Pl

I help amazing and ambitious Warsaw University students understand why it is necessary to keep your finance in order. I help them understand finance, accounting and taxes are not as complicated as they seem. I show them possibilities in opening their own company, search for investor or international cooperation.

Creating the finance function in newly created company: - establishing cooperation with external accounting office (negotiating cooperation agreement, implementation of document flow system, creating monthly reporting based on IFRS) - establishing relationship with owner's financial controlling department - implementing internal accounting procedures in a high growth environment - creating and implementing financial tools necessary for the company to sell (invoice vs receipt, online vs offline) - MS Dynamics 365 implementation and integration with other systems - team development: recruitment and growth

Wrocław, Dolnośląskie, Pl

Setting up the financial function in newly created company:- setting reporting to a new investor - creating internal reporting per business unit - implementing accounting documents flow procedures and system Close cooperation with founders and board members: - financial planning and modeling - cooperation with external accounting office - corporate finance education and coaching

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Pl

Capital group restructuring: - created and implemented a new capital group structure that met expectations of founders and new investors - created international business entities that matched international development plans Corporate finance: - implemented business unit controlling for both internal and investors needs- implemented capital group consolidation - led tax and legal optimisations Head of finance, legal, HR and administration: - managing team of 5 - coordinating cooperation with external service providers: accounting office, legal advisors, public grants advisors, M&A advisors.

Supporting the investment team in portfolio management, financial control over companies' performance, implementing portfolio management software, board member and CFO of a portfolio company.

Entity restructuring: - cost cutting (employment restructuring, contacts and payments negotiations) - bankruptcy procedures according to Polish law (the company was saved and exists still) - detailed financial and business planning Business development: - establishing relationships with key clients - revenue growth - team development: recruitment and growth - establishing relationship with and financial reporting to leading VC investor (MCI Capital)

Warsaw, Pl

Corporate finance: - coordinated cooperation with external advisors: tax, legal and accounting - local (Polish) and international (global: Asia, USA, Europe) - implemented internal controlling based on business units for in-house venture building unit Investment process: - created new investment process standard that covered comprehensive investment agreement formula, financial and legal due diligence procedures best practices- portfolio companies management and financial control

Entity restructuring: - cost cutting (employment restructuring, contacts and payments negotiations) - bankruptcy procedures according to Polish law (the company was not saved) - detailed financial and business planning Business development: - establishing relationships with key clients - revenue growth - team development: recruitment and growth - establishing relationship with and financial reporting to leading VC investor (MCI Capital)

CFO for Rocket Internet and online food ordering marketplace Foodpanda companies/SPVs in Poland and 8 CEE countries. Organized and performed local expansion of the group: companies start-up, recruitment, operations start-up, banking and legal issues. Currently liquidating entities (legal, tax, accounting) - operations closing, overpaid tax recovery.

• Performed comprehensive sector analyses, reviews of financial statements of companies quoted on WSE • Appeared as expert in TVN CNBC Business program • Lead seminars on fundamental analysis in Akademia Analizy Fundamentalnej (http://edu.stockwach.pl)

Warsaw, Pl

I am an analyst at an Innovation Incubatior co-financed by the Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka (Innovatove Economy Operating Progamme). We work as a seed and start-up fund. My role covers scouting, business plan analysis, financial model creation and co-operation with entrepreneurs and contractors.

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Poznań, Pl

• Audit projects leader under the supervision of the Company’s Partner Krzysztof Horodko: workflow planning and execution, end documentation quality assurance, financial statements creation • Expert in financial due diligence, companies valuations, market prognosis evaluations, valuations of impairment of fixed assets and organized parts of an enterprise: analysis of financial data, interviews and interrogations with clients’ employees, issuing recommendations on possible changes in accounting policies, delivering presentations in both Polish and English

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Pl

• Leader of sales area in a manufacturing company restructuring process: cooperation with sales director and sales representatives team on actions concerning: market analysis (proceeded by commercial and market due diligence), preparation of marketing strategy, necessary human resources changes, short-term volume sales increase • Financial due diligence projects leader • Project management, team management of up to 3 • Delivering presentations, writing reports, preparing offers

• Managed audit projects and teams of four under the supervision of a chartered accountant: o Planned and executed workflow followed by team management and staff allocation, o Assured end documentation quality, o Created financial statements. • Key clients include the following sectors: o Energy: PGE S.A. (including IPO), PSE Operator Sp. z o.o., o Construction: Wienerberger Group, Ulma Construccion S.A. Capital Group (quoted at WSE), o Real estate: Immoeast Group, Ronson Group, Apsys Group, AIG Lincoln Group o Retail: Go Sport Polska, Auchan Polska.

Contractor/Intern at Corporate Finance practice, Transport, Intrastructure and Public Sector: focused on European Union funds for public sector entites as well as in financial advisory toward transport industry subjects.

Intern at Transaction Advisory Services (Corporate Finance practice): performing due financial and operating dilligence assistance.

SAP and Business Information Warehouse operations, generating financial reports for controlling purposes using the FICO module.

Bureau for International Treasury Relations, translator in English and French

Preparation of a proposal within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union - Information Society Technologies priority.

Phd, Economics, Management Studies

Master, International Relations, International Finance