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Moscow, Russia

IT solutions, digital marketing and advertisement. One of Top-5 Russian companies of digital marketing areaKey achievements:• Leading a team of 30 direct reports (700+ employees in the company)• Effectively contributed to a large-scale deal aimed at selling a company including audits, involvement in negotiations with participation of a legal team and price negotiations. Made a company attractive for investors through preparing it for sale with follow-up restructuring of the processes of finance control and audit requested by a new owner. • Developed from scratch and effectively implemented the company’s finance strategy and budget.• Optimised the company’s tax system including both general and industry-specific benefits.• Organised the process of annual, quarterly, monthly etc. financial reporting which increased its effectiveness. • Implemented crisis management procedures to prevent issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.• Regularly received highly positive feedback.• Developed procedures of dealing with bad debts and delayed payments and keeping the balance positive. Key responsibilities:• Performing financial control and reporting at the top level for a group of 6 companies including companies in UAE, Latvia, Armenia. • Organising and accompanying audit procedures in accordance with current legislations and professional standards.• Ensuring compliance and due diligence procedures are developed and implemented.• Contributing to corporate governance built-up in the area of finance, budgeting and auditing.• Performing financial analysis and forecasting.• Contributing to automatization and digitalisation of finance processes.• Advising internal and external stakeholders on company’s financial solutions.• Recruiting, training and developing the staff of the finance department.

Moscow, Russia

Key achievements:• Led a team of 10 direct reports (150 employees in the company).• Managed to perform internal audit within a month.• Reformed a system of financial control within three months which reduced financial and tax risks. • Developed a treasury function from scratch and implemented constant monitoring of the payments calendar.• Established a system of management accounting and budgeting from scratch.• Reduced accounts receivable from 4 to 2 months and recovered debts up to 2 years back. • Performed crisis management while supporting all key finance processes within the regular timeframe. Key responsibilities:• Managed finance and accounting function for a group of 5 companies including branches in the USA, Ireland, Georgia and Ukraine. Performed treasury management. • Performed financial and accounting control in Russia, Ireland, Georgia and Ukraine. • Analysed agreements and contracts including multilingual versions. • Performed investment analysis, interacted with start-ups and scale-ups.• Negotiated with overseas banks and financial organisations including the USA, Ireland, and Cyprus.• Developed, trained and coached financial department staff.

Moscow, Russia

Key achievements:• Led a team of 15 direct reports (300 employees in the company).• Accompanied an acquisition deal with a global American group of companies, including consequent re-building of financial processes after the purchase. • Successfully reorganised a corporate financial function in accordance with the new corporate strategy and goals while considering the GAAP standards.• Developed and implemented new procedures on monthly closure in accordance with the SOX principles. • Fine-tuned automated financial monitoring in line with the new accounting management objectives.• Always achieved financial targets, supported revenue growth by 10% annually, reduced accounts receivable by 50% within the first year of my appointment and maintained the healthy balance since then.• Reduced HR Ratio by 15%. Key responsibilities:• Performed financial control and monitoring including fast closing with reporting to the HQ in the USA.• Prepared reports for the Board of Directors while being a member of the Board.• Achieved positive outcomes of SOX testing and audits including those with participation of Big 4 companies.• Regularly and effectively interacted with authorities.• Participated in bids and tenders. Supported deals and agreements.• In collaboration with HR developed an employee monetary rewarding system.

Moscow, Russia

Key achievements:• Successfully developed the function from scratch including recruiting and training of 15 employees.• Designed and implemented an organisational structure of the new department.• Was an active contributor since the start-up level.Key responsibilities:• Managed financial and tax control and monitoring in full.• Optimised a system of tax control and monitoring.• Was responsible for business and organisational processes of the entire company.

Moscow, Russia

Corporate Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance