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Area Corporate Senior Finance Manager
Bucharest

About me
As a finance professional with comprehensive expertise in controlling, reporting, budgeting, financial analysis, financial accounting, internal & SOX audit, software implementation, and internal controls, I am eager to find a challenging role within a dynamic organization. Passionate about leveraging my diverse skill set to drive financial excellence and contribute to the achievement of the company's strategic objectives. Fluent speaker of English, Russian and Romanian languages.

Professional experience

Jul 2023 - present
Area Corporate Finance Senior Manager - BAT Trading Romania
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Commerce / Retail

• Coordinating monthly the Area financial cycle in line with the regional review and managing the Area KPIs as per expectations;
• Driving and organizing the activities related to the Strategic and Budgeting cycle;
• Delivering accurate financial information, analysis of variances, and financial modelling to accurately reflect the impact of proposed strategies on the operating results of the business and to support informed business decisions;
• Driving insights and interpreting overall business performance via monthly presentations;
• Identifying the Area's key risks, controls, and sensitivities;
• Forecasting cash flow and working capital management and initiatives of improvement across all Area markets;
• Leading the monthly compliance review process across all Area markets (SOX testing, Control Navigator, IRI, Internal Audit);
• Keeping Area Leadership Team updated on compliance issues and tracking action plans for all non-compliant elements;
• Facilitating the Business Risk Register cycles throughout the Area and delivering presentations to the Area Leadership Team;
• Driving simplification within the Area Finance through reporting standardization, automation, challenging inefficient processes, and migration of transactional activities to the shared service;
• Ensuring Business Partnering and Support for the Marketing Team, LEX, HR, and End-Markets Head of Finance.

Oct 2019 - Dec 2023
Regional Financial Controller Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Belarus & Kazakhstan - LPP Fashion
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Commerce / Retail

• Budget preparation (semi-annual budgeting - SS and AW seasons): store by store budgeting (LFL stores and new stores), eCommerce budgeting, regional / country office budgeting, cost budgets;
• Assistance to accounting team in monthly closing (accruals/bonus/holiday pay calculations etc);
• Financial and management monthly actuals reporting;
• Revenue detailed analysis: brands, stores, products;
• Cost analysis, seeking for cost optimization opportunities with focus on OPEX/SLS improvement;
• Monthly analysis of variances vs LY and vs Budget;
• Stores & Brands profitability analysis;
• IC margin calculation;
• Cash flow forecasting;
• Monthly presentations of companies results to Group Top Management and Country General Managers;

Nov 2015 - Oct 2019
Financial & SOX Controller - Geometry Global Romania
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Advertising / Marketing / PR

• Served as the primary point of contact for the SOX audit, responsible for supplying necessary documentation and addressing all audit-related inquiries;
• Supervising the compliance, implementation of new and updated SOX procedures;
• Maintaining the project management system (Leading Job by Qualiant) settings in order to comply with SOX regulations (user rights, general system settings);
• Manage month-end and year-end reporting packages (Flash, Actual P&L and Balance Sheet, NWC, etc.);
• Responsible with quarterly company forecasts;
• Preparation of annual company's revenues and expenses budgets;
• Monthly Statutory vs Group P&L Reconciliation;
• P&L analysis of actual vs proforma vs budget/forecast;
• Customer profitability analysis (actual and forecast);
• Support all top managers with ad-hoc reports and analysis for relevant business performance;
• Support to implementation of ERP system (Navision);

Nov 2013 - Oct 2015
Group Financial Controller - Holleman Special Transport & Project Cargo
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Transport / Logistics / Import - Export

• Acting as Head of Finance - leading finance team;
• Managed the implementation of reporting process within all companies of Holleman Group;
• Supervised the reporting process within entire Group;
• Perform internal audit activities (local and abroad entities);
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly financial management reports;
• Profitability analysis for all Romanian legal entities within the Group;
• Analysis of P&L and Balance Sheet variations;
• Preparation of annual budget;
• Active participation to company costs reduction process, including negotiation of suppliers contracts;
• Ad-hoc reports as per management requests;
• Presentation of financial reports to CEO and Group Administrative Board;
• Standardization and continuous improvement of reporting process;
• Reporting directly to Group CEO;

Oct 2012 - Nov 2013
Senior Controlling and Profitability Analyst - British American Tobacco
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Commerce / Retail

• Preparation of monthly reports for all allocated markets;
• Reconciliation of trial balance;
• Responsible with COPA-FI reconciliation;
• Calculation of main financial ratios;
• Analysis of variations for balance sheet accounts;
• VAT reconciliation;
• Preparation of adhoc reports for allocated end markets;
• Perform testing of new processes in order to identify potential issues;
• Migration of Eastern Europe markets (Russia, Moldova);
• Preparation and updating procedures for new migrated end markets;
• Training of junior analysts;
• Audit assistance;

Mar 2010 - Oct 2012
Senior Accountant - Geometry Global Romania
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Advertising / Marketing/PR

• Ensure an accurate processing and checking of financial documents;
• Responsible with intercompany reconciliation;
• Projects and cost centers reconciliation;
• Analysis of WIP accounts, AP (external), AR, Bank accounts;
• Responsible with issuing of customer invoices;
• Monitoring the collection of receivables;
• Preparation of monthly financial reports for the financial controller;
• Active assistance in year/month end closing;
• Provide support to SOX and statutory audit;
• Maintaining the relationships with intercompany partners and local clients;

Aug 2008 - Mar 2010
Junior Accountant - TMF Accounting & Payroll
Bucharest | Finance / Accounting | Services

• Ensuring an accurate and complete booking of all accounting documents for allocated clients;
• Reconciliation and review of trial balance accounts;
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual/semiannual tax returns;
• Execute and assist the month/year end closings and preparation of financial statements;
• Assist with preparation of information necessary in the course of external audits, including tax or fiscal inspections;
• Preparation of financial management reports;

Education
2008 - 2010
Master's degree - The Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest
Finance, General | Bucharest

2005 - 2008
Bachelor's degree - The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Accounting and Management Information Systems | Bucharest

Foreign languages
English: Advanced
Romanian: Advanced
Russian: Advanced

Other sections
Certifications
ACCA, CertIFR
Certificate in International Financial Reporting

Trainings
Train the trainers

Driving license
Category B