Location
PolandRate
Years of experience
13+About
Over my career, I have developed extensive expertise in accounting and corporate management systems. Currently, I serve as a Senior Manager of Accounting at Groupon Shared Services Poland, where I manage the monthly close process for international processes, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and accuracy in reporting. I oversee SOX compliance, support audit processes, and foster strong relationships with various departments, including tax, treasury, and internal audit. I have successfully led projects that centralize regional accounting functions through automation and standardization. Previously, as an Accounting Manager at Groupon, I managed key centralized processes such as cash reconciliation and VAT reconciliation for the EMEA and APAC regions. I prioritized team activities to meet deadlines, trained and mentored my team, and managed automation projects that significantly improved efficiency. My earlier roles include General Ledger Team Leader, where I oversaw general accounting functions and led successful migration and standardization projects, and Senior General Accountant at Colgate-Palmolive, where I maintained transaction integrity and supported statutory audits. My educational background includes a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Management and Marketing from Warsaw University of Technology.Tech Stack
Accounting, Accounting Software, Finance, Hyperion, MS Office, NetSuite, SAPExperience
- Overseeing the monthly close process for international processes, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and finalizing various accounts.
- Ensuring SOX compliance, supporting internal and external audits, and maintaining adherence to accounting standards, policies, and applicable regulations.
- Actively managing and coaching the team, ensuring stretch goals are assigned, development plans are implemented, and team activities are prioritized to meet internal deadlines.
- Leading projects that centralize and automate accounting functions, such as INTL bank reconciliation and fixed assets processes, resulting in better controls and reduced manpower.
- Creating analytical reviews and reports for senior management, conducting monthly BS and P&L fluctuation analysis, and preparing financial statements and reports.
- Managing and reviewing accounting entries for centralized processes (e.g., cash, VAT, payable reconciliations), performing balance sheet reconciliations, and identifying and mitigating risks related to these processes.
- Developing strong working relationships with departments like tax, treasury, legal, finance, and internal audit, and collaborating with regional controllers and other stakeholders to achieve shared goals.
Employment history
- Manage the monthly close process for international processes
- Maintain compliance with accounting standards and finalize various accounts
- Ensure accuracy and timeliness of accounting results and reporting
- Oversee compliance with SOX, accounting standards, policies, and regulations
- Support the audit process and liaise with internal and external personnel
- Develop strong working relationships with tax, treasury, legal, finance, internal audit, HR, and corporate accounting teams
- Manage accounting-related projects to support centralization of regional accounting functions through automation and standardization
- Manage and review accounting entries for key centralized processes (cash reconciliation, VAT reconciliation, payable reconciliation, fixed assets, and billing for EMEA and APAC regions)
- Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations ensuring standardization across EMEA and APAC
- Identify and mitigate risks related to the processes managed by the team
- Support internal and external audits and tax audits
- Manage and coach the team, ensuring stretch goals are assigned and development plans are implemented
- Automate INTL bank reconciliation by Kyriba interface, achieving better controls and reducing manpower by 20%
- Transition management of INTL fixed assets and EMEA manual invoicing processes to SSC in India
- Manage general accounting functions such as INTL cash reconciliations and cash flow forecast, INTL fixed assets, and EMEA manual invoicing
- Conduct financial processes at the end of the month and year, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Review monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure consistency and auditability
- Prepare analytical reviews and reporting for senior management
- Manage monthly BS and P&L fluctuation analysis on a country and INTL level
- Lead the migration of accounting processes from local entities for EMEA (23 legal entities) and APAC (5 legal entities) to SSC in Warsaw
- Assist in implementing the new J.P. Morgan banking platform and cash pool mechanism across EMEA
- Maintain the integrity and accuracy of transaction recording
- Support the daily activities of team members in Financial Service Centre in Mumbai to meet local CP subsidiaries’ requirements
- Prepare quarterly and annual financial statements and reports for local subsidiary, statistic offices, and global purposes
- Prepare standardized balance sheet account reconciliations
- Calculate VAT returns, EU declaration, and Intrastat
- Assist with Blackline project implementation
- Participate in global projects to create standard GL accounts and cost centers
- Process transactions in the General Ledger and Fixed Assets sub-book
- Participate in the month-end closing process in accordance with established procedures and SLA requirements
- Prepare financial statements in Hyperion and monthly reports
- Assist in external SOX audit at Avon Cosmetics Ltd, Northampton, Great Britain
- Coordinate SOX controls as internal auditor and cooperate with external auditors
- Upgrade J.D. Edwards Enterprise One by coordinating projects in the GL area, testing, and cooperation with IT in the UK and the U.S.
Education history