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Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

• Managed a team of 6 Finance Analysts responsible for vehicle line profitability calculations, business partnering, financial support for the go to market strategies, pricelist implementation.• Oversaw accounting, reporting, and forecasting for the three countries' Revenue and revenue reduction elements, variable incentives, fixed marketing and selling expense (OH).• Ensured compliance with Accounting and Internal Control policies.

Budapest, Hungary

• Led the financial management of the European Engineering organization with a scope of over $1B spend per annum, including accounting (US GAAP), internal control compliance, consolidation, monthly reporting and forecasting, statistical returns, balance sheet and contingent liability reviews. Oversaw regular an ad-hoc analysis on labour costs, headcount, productivity, and purchased services.• Managed a team of 4 Analysts, conducted weekly/bi-weekly one on one meetings, performance evaluations and objective settings. Transitioned team from UK and India to Hungary• Partnered with operations to ensure proper budget ownership, early warnings on budget and forecast performance, and guidance for accounting of business transactions. Interpreted financials, provided insights to management on the drivers of absolutes and variances. Designed and maintained organizational/cost centre structure. Validated bottom-up forecasts to top-down expectations.• Redesigned accounting and reporting processes, implemented Alteryx workflows into the monthly close process to improve speed and accuracy of accrual/prepayment calculations.• Ensured that financial and accounting processes are in compliance with Accounting (US GAAP) and Internal Control policies and procedures

Hungary

• Coordinated and consolidated the monthly EMEA non-product related CapEx forecasts and variance explanations (I2I, YoY, vs. Budget). Prepared reports and presentations for Senior Directors and Management reviews. Rolled out best practices from other regions to improve accountability, established new forecast models for EU project expense to improve forecast accuracy

Dudley, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the financials, revenue recognition (deferred and unbilled revenue) and cost accrual accounting of two UK entities. Coordinated and completed annual budgets and monthly forecasts (P&L, B/S, CAPEX and headcount). Established a new cost tracking tool and monthly reviews with cost centre owners to support cost reduction initiatives.

Cluj, Romania

• Transitioned role from UK to Romania. Financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, variance explanations. Reported directly to European Finance Director. Supported management with financial modelling, scenario analysis. Introduced early warning system on EBIT risk/opportunity by active engagement with contract administrators and sales team.

Covasna County, Romania

• Month-end close, forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling, regular and ad-hoc financial analysis and report preparation, investor presentation preparation, assisted in annual IFRS statements preparation