Oleg Koltsov Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, NH, NL

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• Global FP&A lead of IC division responsible for performance management of >€7bn business unit
• Set up performance management framework of newly created IC business group (BG)
• Lead financial planning, target setting, reporting for IC business group
• Work closely with department leads to link key financial and non-financial metrics to drive business insights and to deliver comprehensive performance narrative for Ice cream BG and Unilever leadership teams

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Global finance lead responsible for performance of eCommerce channel (>€6bn). Combined FP&A and finance business partner (BP) responsibilities. Finance BP to global eCommerce VP, member of global eCommerce Leadership.
• Led in year and mid/long-term performance in eCommerce channel globally, including target setting, management of regular performance cycles (actual results review and forecast), 3 years financial strategic planning.
• Key business partnering initiatives included projects on Amazon profitability optimization, efficient online assets creation and deployment (Perfect store online), defining financial guardrails of emerging eCommerce.
• Global finance lead for Direct to Consumer (DTC) initiatives with focus on key value adding projects (incl. M&A cases) and capabilities building in the markets and in global teams

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Finance Business Partner to Global VP customer development (CD) UFS, member of Global UFS CD Leadership Team.
• Led review of trade investments (TTS) across the markets. Sharpened TTS, reducing the share of unconditional terms, improving TTS ROI in WE markets
• Led overhaul of global customers (KA) contracts leading to Gross margin (GM) improvement of global KA business by 500bps
• UFS Finance point of contact for M&A team. Worked on 3 deals helping define business fair value
• Extra assignment: executed the role of UFS France Finance manager (on top to main responsibilities) enabling the business to step up in growth delivery and profit improvement

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Finance lead of Unilever Food solutions (UFS) in RUB region. Finance Business partner to Managing director of UFS RUB. Member of UFS leadership team in RUB. Defined Unilever Food solutions financial strategy in Russia.
• Delivered 15%+ growth thanks to smart pricing and investment choices in volatile environment
• Enabled significant improvement of operating profit via driving GM favourable product mix and embedding rigorous budget control. Global UFS CFO award winner for Max the mix analysis
• Led cross-functional efforts in preparation of mid-term (3 years) strategy of UFS RUB

Ukraine, Kyiv

• Head of finance department in Ukraine. Finance business partner to Managing Director of Unilever Ukraine. Member of Unilever Ukraine Leadership team.
• Led finance business partnering, accounting, controlling, tax, treasury in Ukraine overseeing a team of 13 FTEs
• Managed business relationships with key external stakeholders: banks, state authorities, customers, 3rd party auditors, legal partners
• Enabled double digit growth delivery through efficient trade and marketing investment allocation
• Systematized key tax risks, framed a mitigation plan, eliminated major tax exposure in Ukraine amending existing contract with global HQ (around €4m risk)
• External award: entered the list of top 50 most efficient Finance directors in Ukraine as per “Investgazeta” business newspaper ranking (#7, 25.02.13).

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Finance Business partner to RUB HQ Functions (incl. RUB Board members) in the area of Indirect costs controlling.
• Landed accurate indirects cost forecasting and enabled actual cost delivery in line with the budget
• Led long-term indirects strategy work for RUB region and integration of Inmarko (ice-cream company acquired by Unilever) Indirect cost reporting.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Member of reporting department. Finance business partner to Ukraine’s team covering management reporting questions.Responsible for preparation of management accounting reports for Ukrainian business unit (P&L, Indirects analysis, WC report, OCF); month-end reporting of Ukraine business unit results to corporate HQ.

Tula Region, Russian Federation

Member of production department (Supply Chain) at Unilever Foods factory in Tula.Led factory production accounting and reportingInitiated the actions to improve efficiency of equipment and workforce utilization.

Acma, Cgma, Management Accounting

Master'S Degree, Economics