• Directing Controlling (Costing and FP&A) team with the following key focus areas: - Budgeting; - Reporting; - Product Costing; - Variance analysis (PPV, BFV, SPV, IRV); - Transfer pricing; - P&L and BS reserves; - Non-recurring expenses; - Working Capital / Cash Cycle.
• Overseeing business partnering activities;
• Supervising over technical support to the business on accounting and transactional matters;
• Leading financial data validation;
• Facilitating process enhancement projects;
• Orchestrating Month/Year Closing activities;
• Ensuring adherence to Accounting policies;
• Managing Corporate Governance (SOx controls) overseeing at site level;
• Credit Controlling.

Key achievements:

1. Deployment of Commercial Finance team’s lay-out;
2. Month closing shortened by 1 business day.

• Monitoring of key financial metrics;
• Ownership over P&L, BS, CF forecast;
• Management of ADMIN overheads;
• Analysis of Working Capital.

Key achievements:

1. Establishment of brand new model to improve visibility on profitability of separate legal entities;
2. Introduction of dynamic Dashboard for Area ADMIN overheads;
3. Automation of management accounting reports using SAP BPC functionality;
4. Improvement of Indirect Cash projection & analysis.

• Coordination of planning, reporting & analysis of Product Cost (PC) / Cost of Sales (CoS), Inventories;
• Fulfillment of Variance Analysis;
• Driving Company Plan & Quarterly Review processes;
• Consolidation of CoS for UCCAB Area;
• Ownership over Transfer Pricing process;
• Investment appraisals.

Key achievements:

1. Development of models enabling PC/CoS projection with high forecast accuracy and its in-depth analysis;
2. Cash release as result of smart WC management;
3. Implementation of variety Cost Saving initiatives;
4. Significant contribution to Ops Finance processes reengineering while migrated to GBS.

• Contribution to the successful outcomes of the project by ownership over and driving implementation of a new system in assigned Finance processes;
• Acting as change agents and advocate of new system and processes to assigned Finance processes;
• Leading the local Subject Matter Experts network for the assigned Finance processes;
• Communication and engagement with the key Project stakeholders.

Key achievements:

1. Successful implementation of one of the most complex modules in the Project (IFRS and LGAAP product costing using parallel ledgers);
2. Recognition of UA SCF solutions as best practices in the Project.

• Forecasting and reporting of Variable Costs and Inventories;
• Evaluation of Transfer Prices;
• Collection and analysis of information for Operations and Supply Chain Finance KPIs;
• Preparation of primary analysis/information for the relevant queries from Local / Area / Regional stakeholders;
• Business partnering to Supply Chain, Operations and Marketing departments.

Key achievements:

1. Implementation of new Global methodologies for calculation of factory KPIs;
2. Deployment of new approach to printing tools charge in wrapping materials cost resulted in cost savings for the company.

• Product Costing;
• Collection and analysis of information for Operations and Supply Chain Finance KPIs;
• Transactional support to Operations Finance;
• Data Migration support to Operations Finance within SAP R/3 implementation.