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Riga, Latvia

CEWOOD is fast growing producer of cemented wood wool panels for interior design, acoustic and constructive purposes. The company’s head office is in Riga (Latvia) and the state-of-art manufacturing plant in Jaunlaicene, Aluksne region (Latvia). My key responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) are to:• budget and coordinate the company's operations;• evaluate investment projects and ensure financing from banks, LIAA, ALTUM and EU funds;• develop KPIs, quality… Show more CEWOOD is fast growing producer of cemented wood wool panels for interior design, acoustic and constructive purposes. The company’s head office is in Riga (Latvia) and the state-of-art manufacturing plant in Jaunlaicene, Aluksne region (Latvia). My key responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) are to:• budget and coordinate the company's operations;• evaluate investment projects and ensure financing from banks, LIAA, ALTUM and EU funds;• develop KPIs, quality and performance targets across the company;• analyse and report sales, costs and margins;• improve operational and financial performance;• drive process automatisation and digitalisation;• lead ERP, CRM and warehouse system development. Show less

Latvia

Rail Baltica is a project to build a new EU gauge high speed conventional railway with an estimated investment of approximately 5,8 billion EUR and a goal to integrate the Baltic States in the European rail network.In the project I had a position as Head of Finance, eligibility, risk and reporting working group as well as I was part of Leader's group.My responsibilities within the CFO team were leadership of:• Rail Baltica Long-term Business plan development• Rail… Show more Rail Baltica is a project to build a new EU gauge high speed conventional railway with an estimated investment of approximately 5,8 billion EUR and a goal to integrate the Baltic States in the European rail network.In the project I had a position as Head of Finance, eligibility, risk and reporting working group as well as I was part of Leader's group.My responsibilities within the CFO team were leadership of:• Rail Baltica Long-term Business plan development• Rail Baltica financing plan development and implementation• Joint venture RB Rail AS sustainable financing negotiations and implementation• Post 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework policy discussions• Rail Baltica project financial and operational management reporting development• Support for Rail Baltica project budgeting and project planning, including development of personnel planning model and project Gantt chart in MS Excel • Various public procurement tender evaluations• Other finance department tasks Show less

Latvia

As a Financial reporting manager I was responsible for:• Rail Baltica Long-term Business plan development• Rail Baltica project budgeting and cost allocations• Monthly Rail Baltica project financial and operational management reporting• Project progress reporting to The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (the successor of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency)• Annual consolidated Rail Baltica project financial and operational reportingAnd was… Show more As a Financial reporting manager I was responsible for:• Rail Baltica Long-term Business plan development• Rail Baltica project budgeting and cost allocations• Monthly Rail Baltica project financial and operational management reporting• Project progress reporting to The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (the successor of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency)• Annual consolidated Rail Baltica project financial and operational reportingAnd was assisting in:• Implementation of enterprise resource system (Navision) and development of business intelligence tools• Preparation of finance applications to EU funds• Various public procurement tender evaluations• Other finance department tasks Show less

Latvia

I was hired for a short project as external consultant for evaluation of Latvijas Dzelceļš Long-term business plan assumptions.

Latvia

Evaluation of car-sharing business concept development in Riga, Latvia, including:• Market research• Long term financial model development• Presenting the concept to Riga Council• Pitching the concept to Investors

Latvia

The Operational performance management department is responsible for driving performance within fuel logistics, fuel sales and convenience in Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe.My roles was to lead a team of 5 persons in order to develop and ensure:• Strategic and operational performance reporting across SFR through Dashboards in Oracle and Microsoft BI tools;• Target setting process for fuel logistics, fuel sales and station performance• Insight and analytics for… Show more The Operational performance management department is responsible for driving performance within fuel logistics, fuel sales and convenience in Scandinavia and Central and Eastern Europe.My roles was to lead a team of 5 persons in order to develop and ensure:• Strategic and operational performance reporting across SFR through Dashboards in Oracle and Microsoft BI tools;• Target setting process for fuel logistics, fuel sales and station performance• Insight and analytics for better decisions within fuel logistics, fuel sales and convenience Show less

Latvia

The Transport Fuel (TF) department ensures fuel logistics value chain within SFR business in Europe (Scandinavia, Baltics and Poland).My role was to lead a team of 2 persons to:• develop business partnering within TF,• ensure detailed TF operational follow-up, KPI Dashboard development and maintenance;• build and ensure monthly financial reporting from SAP and JD Edwards systems;• prepare and follow-up business plan (budget);• manage efficiency and quality… Show more The Transport Fuel (TF) department ensures fuel logistics value chain within SFR business in Europe (Scandinavia, Baltics and Poland).My role was to lead a team of 2 persons to:• develop business partnering within TF,• ensure detailed TF operational follow-up, KPI Dashboard development and maintenance;• build and ensure monthly financial reporting from SAP and JD Edwards systems;• prepare and follow-up business plan (budget);• manage efficiency and quality improvement projects. Show less

Latvia

Business controller of fuel logistic and terminals in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.Main tasks:• Project management• Teamlead of 2 persons• Logistic & terminals efficiency follow up and development• Haulier performance development and review• Finance control and reporting in SAP system• Business cases analysis• Lead of compensation model• Lead of invoice handling

Latvia

Finance administration and support specialist for Common distribution centre that is responsible for fuel distribution in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Latvia

Senior business consultant specialising in financial and economic analysis, management reporting analysis and improvement in logistic and telecomm sector as well as loan impairment methodology implementation in banking sector.

Latvia

Business consultant specialising in financial and economic analysis as well as transaction advisory.

Latvia

Auditing financial results mostly in banks.

Latvia

Practice (with breaks due to full time studies) in various positions related to finance and risk analyis.

Mini Mba, Digital Transformation

Master, Law And Finance

Bachelor, Business Administration

First Level Professional Higher Education, Business Informatics