Position: Chief Financial Officer | Head of Finance | Finance Director
Category: Other
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 10

• Responsible for the end to end financial closing process for 10 legal entities totaling over 500 employees, accounting consolidation, management reporting, budgeting, liquidity, compliance with regulations and maintaining day-to-day productivity of the finance team
• Performed complex profitability analysis of internal projects. Findings and recommendations were presented to Board of Directors and shareholders. The analysis indirectly identified the lack of long-term product business strategy and contributed to its further development
• Participated in working discussions regarding group restructuring and tax planning. Performed required calculations, summarized benefits and drawbacks of proposed solutions, prepared presentation deck for shareholders
• Managed the full cycle of budgeting process from communication with department heads to budget consolidation, variance analysis and approval of CEO
• Proposed, explained the need for and introduced forecasting as a separate activity from budgeting. Developed revenue and costs forecasting models. Organized required business processes and implemented updates to management reports
• Performed analysis of foreign exchange losses, its major sources and provided savings recommendations
• Developed comprehensive group tax planning model 
• Initiated and implemented a number of updates to corporate performance management system which increased its functionality and capabilities
• Re-worked and tweaked workflows for preparation of various reports for executive management which resulted in time-savings and provided new perspectives to data
• Obtained assessment "Highly Effective Performer" for two consecutive years while at KPMG
• Qualified finance professional with combined 10 years of experience in Big 4 and multinational information technology companies. Highly skilled in financial analysis, financial reporting, management accounting, corporate finance, budgeting and strategic planning
• Innovative and entrepreneurial by nature. Passionate for building strong and effective teams, optimizing business processes, providing financial support and producing valuable business recommendations
• Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Passed Level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst Program (CFA). Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA). Master’s degree in Economics from National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
• Fluent English (TOEFL 111/120 and multiple years communicating with native speakers)
• Managed and developed teams of up to 12 members