Oksana

Oksana Uska
Senior Finance Specialist | International Reporting & Controlling Expert

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine (Open to Relocation / Remote within Ukraine and EU)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A result-driven Senior Finance Professional with 10+ years of experience specializing in IFRS reporting, group
consolidation, process automation, financial transformation, and strategic business partnering. Proven expertise in
streamlining complex P&L and Cash Flow management, leading large-scale SAP reporting implementations, and managing
cross-functional, multicultural teams. Successfully passed the ACCA F3 exam. Seeking a challenging senior role in financial
reporting, controlling, or analysis.

CORE COMPETENCIES
• Financial Management & Reporting: IFRS & Group Consolidation, Financial Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, P&L
& Cash Flow Optimization, Cost Control (OPEX), Internal Controls & Audit.
• Systems & Automation: SAP (S/4HANA, FI-CO), Hyperion / HFM, Oracle ERP, Power BI & Advanced Excel, Process
& Reporting Automation.
• Leadership & Strategy: Team Management (up to 11 FTEs), Business Transformation, Shared Service Centre (SSC)
Migration, Stakeholder & Big4 Auditor Relations.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Group Consolidation & Reporting: Successfully led IFRS group consolidation for 11+ legal entities across 10
countries, reducing reporting timelines by 30%.
• Financial Transformation & SAP: Drove SAP FI-CO & Hyperion reporting implementations, accelerating month-end
closing from 5 to 3 business days while ensuring 100% IFRS compliance.
• Cost Optimization & Efficiency: Partnered with business unit leaders to optimize OPEX, achieving 15% annual cost
savings without impacting operational output.
• Internal Controls & Audit Management: Designed a robust internal controls framework that reduced financial
reporting risks by 60%, successfully partnering with Big4 auditors.
• Leadership & SSC Migration: Led cross-functional and P2P migration teams of up to 11 FTEs during global finance
transformation and Shared Service Centre setups across international markets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
lifecell (NJJ Capital) | Kyiv, Ukraine
International Reporting Expert (Jan 2020 – Present)
• IFRS Consolidation & Financial Reporting: Prepared monthly and annual statutory and consolidated IFRS financial
statements, managing end-to-end data validation and transformation (WTB, P&L, BS, Cash Flow, MR, Provisions,
Credits/Deposits, Financial Income/Costs, Other Income/Costs, OPEX disclosures, Taxonomy, and HFM reporting
pack).
• OPEX Control & Optimization: Reconciled and controlled corporate OPEX structures, creating specialized mapping
tables and a FI-CO unified guide for posting in SAP to establish transparent reporting metrics and optimize expenditures.
• Payroll & Cost Center Consolidation: Collected, validated, and consolidated payroll data, tax accruals, social
payments, and bonuses across cost centers and functional areas with comprehensive cross-checking.
• Accruals Management: Full-cycle accrual generation in SAP, including automated calculation, verification, and
balance reconciliation.
• Systems Transformation (SAP FI-CO & Hyperion/HFM): Led the SAP FI-CO and Hyperion/HFM reporting
optimization streams, driving planning, implementation projects, report design, transaction design, mapping structure
setups (Excel & SAP Tree), and end-to-end testing.
lifecell (Turkcell Group) | Kyiv, Ukraine
Controlling Expert (Sep 2018 – Dec 2019)
• OPEX Optimization & Business Partnering: Partnered with Business Units to optimize corporate expenditures,
achieving 15% annual OPEX savings through targeted variance analysis and cost-benefit reviews.
• Budgeting, Planning & AOP Management: Co-managed the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and quarterly forecasting
cycles, conducting deep cost-benefit analyses and Actual vs. Budget variance evaluations to align business execution
with strategic targets.
• Process Automation & Systems Optimization: Automated controlling workflows and reporting models in SAP FI-CO,
reducing operational reporting timelines from 2 days to 1 day.
• Team Leadership & SLA Management: Led a team of 4 Budget Controllers across strategic streams (Marketing,
Sales, Mobile Network, Finance), overseeing workload allocation, monitoring performance SLAs, and ensuring 100%
KPI achievement across functional streams.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) | Lviv, Ukraine
Financial Auditor (Feb 2018 – Aug 2018)
• Financial Auditing & IFRS Compliance: Executed end-to-end audit procedures on statutory and consolidated financial
statements for international clients, ensuring strict compliance with IFRS standards.
• Knowledge Transfer & Systems Implementation (PwC Poland / Ukraine): Completed an international assignment
at PwC Poland to master Assurance practices and the Aura platform; successfully transferred knowledge to the Lviv
SDC by leading process rollout, Trial Balance / Financial Statement mapping, data alignment, lead schedule setup, and
workflow standardization.
• Mentorship & Team Coaching: Mentored junior audit associates, delivered internal trainings on operational processes,
and improved overall team productivity.
VEON Shared Service Centre (VEON Group) | Lviv, Ukraine
Senior Procurement to Pay (P2P) Analyst (May 2017 – Jan 2018)
• International Knowledge Transfer & Transition: Led the international migration of P2P transactional financial
services from VEON OpCo in Kazakhstan during a 4-month business assignment (Astana & Almaty), establishing
standardized operational models for the Shared Service Centre.
• Team Leadership & Onboarding: Managed, onboarded, and trained a stream of 11 financial analysts, establishing
KPIs, monitoring performance alignment, and ensuring smooth team integration.
• Financial Control, P&L & FX Management: Managed vendor/customer reconciliations, P&L development, payment
controls, VAT compliance, and supported Foreign Exchange (FX) forecasting in line with corporate standards.
Nestle Business Services (Nestle Ukraine) | Lviv, Ukraine
Senior Specialist / Senior Accountant (Progressive Promotion) (Jun 2011 – May 2017)
Lviv Centre for Scientific Technical and Economic Information | Lviv, Ukraine
Senior Economist / Accountant (2009 – 2011)

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Master’s Degree in Accounting and Audit | Lviv Ivan Franko National University (2006–2011)
• ACCA Exam: Successfully passed Financial Accounting, F3 / FFA (2018)
• Professional Certifications: Financial Management, Financial Modeling, and Financial Analysis (2024)

TECHNICAL SKILLS & SYSTEMS
Category Systems & Tools
ERP & Enterprise Systems SAP S/4HANA (FI-CO, FI-SL), Hyperion / HFM, Oracle ERP, Aura (PwC), 1C
BI, Analytics & Data Power BI, Advanced Excel (Financial Modeling, VBA), SQL, MS Office Suite
Digital Banking Systems Magnitude, Global Digital Banking Portals (Citi, HSBC, ING, Nordea, Alpha Bank,
PrivatBank, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas, PSBC, OTP Bank, IndusInd Bank)

LANGUAGES
Ukrainian: Native (C2) | English: Upper-Intermediate (B2) | Polish: Beginner (B1).