Location
PolandRate
Years of experience
10+About
As a seasoned finance professional with over 10 years of experience in various finance and controlling roles, I am highly skilled in process improvement, automation, and efficiency enhancement. I excel in financial metrics, team motivation, and investor presentations. Fluent in English, Polish, and professional working Russian, I bring a robust blend of technical expertise and excellent communication skills to any organization. My career journey has seen me take on pivotal roles such as CFO for Eastern Europe, where I managed finance functions across multiple countries, led regional budgeting processes, and implemented automated planning and reporting tools that significantly increased efficiency. My tenure as CFO involved setting up financial and procurement teams, driving cost-conscious transformations, and achieving substantial tax savings through innovative transfer pricing models. At Carlsberg Shared Services, I managed all financial activities, standardized processes, and acted as a key business partner, transforming the company into a cost-conscious organization. My earlier roles, including Head of Supply Chain Controlling and Financial Controller positions, have equipped me with extensive experience in managing teams, standardizing processes, and implementing ERP systems. My educational background includes a Master of Science in Corporate Strategies from Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu, further bolstering my strategic and analytical capabilities.Tech Stack
Finance, ERP, Hyperion Planning, Power BIExperience
- As CFO for Eastern Europe, was responsible for finance functions in 5 to 9 countries, overseeing gross revenues of 250+ million EUR and managing 10,000+ employees.
- As CFO, designed and implemented automated planning and reporting tools using Power BI technology, which enabled efficiency gains and task centralization.
- Led regional budget processes by supporting and challenging local teams, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in financial planning in the absence of automated tools.
- At Carlsberg Shared Services, transformed the company into a cost-conscious organization by standardizing processes, automating accounting operations, and educating teams on cost-efficiency.
- During a tenure as CFO, set up all financial and procurement teams and processes for a newly created organization after a demerger/joint venture.
- Achieved significant tax savings by designing and implementing a new transfer pricing model, demonstrating my ability to optimize financial strategies.
- One of the key achievements was the design and implementation of an entire finance and procurement software environment (SAP, Power Apps) within six months, showcasing expertise in integrating advanced financial technologies.
Employment history
• Responsibility for finance functions in 5 to 9 countries (e.g., Czech Republic, Croatia), grossing 250+ million EUR, and overseeing 10,000+ employees.
• Maintaining a stable financial team during an imminent takeover by a competitor.
• Leading the regional budget process by supporting and challenging local teams in the absence of automated planning tools.
• Enabling efficiency gains and task centralization in the regional center through the design and implementation of automated planning and reporting tools based on Power BI technology.
• Achieved a flawless, on-time, and highly accurate transformation to new reporting standards following acquisition.
• Responsibility for all Finance Department activities (including accounting, controlling, legal, procurement, compliance, and admin functions) for companies grossing 70+ million EUR with 3,000+ employees.
• Set up all financial and procurement teams and processes in a new organization created after a demerger/joint venture.
• Enabled transformation to a cost-conscious organization by implementing automated financial planning and reporting using Power BI.
• Implemented segregation of duties and control framework for all finance-related processes.
• Drove significant tax savings by designing and implementing a new transfer pricing model.
• Served as an independent commercial proxy and Head of Finance for a group of companies.
• Achieved the design and implementation of the entire finance and procurement software environment (SAP, Power Apps) within six months.
• Independent commercial proxy of Shared Service and legal representative of foreign company branch.
• Leading and managing all financial activities for Shared Service in Poland, including controlling, accounting, tax, and legal functions.
• Designing and implementing the entire controlling environment and governance in the shared service.
• Enabling the transfer of accounting operations to shared service teams through process standardization and automation.
• Acting as a business partner to other teams, educating them, and identifying opportunities to enhance cost-efficiency.
• Preparing and analyzing internal and external reporting of the shared service.
• Ensuring timely preparation of financial budgets and forecasting financial performance on a monthly and annual basis for submission to corporate management.
• Ensuring timely preparation of all required financial reports to meet legal requirements.
• Reporting to the finance function at HQ.
• Achieved the transformation of the entire company into a cost-conscious organization, earning the title of “Team of the Year.”
• Managed a team of up to 25 employees across Business Controlling, Procurement Controlling, and Reporting & Compliance (Financial Controlling) teams.
• Set the right priorities in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Led the month-end closing process within controlling areas.
• Led process standardization and efficiency improvements within supply chain controlling.
• Achieved the final job allocation and structure of teams within the supply chain controlling function, enabling the simplification of the Shared Services Center (SSC) structure and department closure.
• Managed a team of up to 10 employees.
• Played a key role in setting up new teams within the shared service business (Reporting & Compliance and Supply Chain Business Controlling).
• Led process standardization and efficiency improvements within supply chain controlling.
• Successfully onboarded eight new countries into the business standard model, introducing a common ERP and splitting the business into commercial, supply chain, and central entities, while transitioning controlling tasks to the shared service.
• Held full responsibility for two areas (stock migration and IC charges) during the group business standardization process, which included the introduction of a common ERP and the business split into commercial, supply chain, and central entities.
• Stabilized production processes following the introduction of the new business model.
• Served as Production Controller, overseeing the ongoing review of company costs, product costing, and cost allocations.
• Developed solutions that became group standards and were implemented across all markets, with me acting as a consultant.
• Supervised, organized, and managed the investments budgeting and controlling process.
• Prepared regular and ad hoc reports for the CFO and HQ.
• Created overheads allocation keys.
• Organized the cost approvals process.
• Participated in negotiations with key business partners.
• Conducted closing and forecasting activities.
• Achieved a significant milestone by organizing and supervising the disposal of 250 tons of scrapped machines.
• Played a key role in ERP implementation.
• Responsible for budgeting and controlling processes.
• Prepared financial forecasts in accordance with IFRS.
• Consolidated financial reports for the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
• Prepared ad hoc analyses for the Board of Directors (BoD) and Supervisory Board (SB).
• Optimized processes, including the automation of cost approvals.
• Achieved recognition as the business administrator of Hyperion Planning and served as a trainer for the IT department.
Education history
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