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Work experience

Group Finance Director

from 09.2020 to now (5 years 6 months)
Quonota Investments Limited (CY, Limassol), Інші країни (Фінанси, банки, страхування)

Established the finance function and developed all aspects of financial controls, policies, processes and reporting for this venture capital firm with a portfolio of 50+ international companies and assets of €40m.
•Key role in the leadership team reporting directly to the owner and joint project co-investors and responsible for financial strategy, statutory reporting, budget management and financial reporting
•Transformed finance from a transactional and reactive outsourced function to a fully integrated and pro-active financial management and reporting partner to the business
•Support investees with analysis and calculations on potential mergers and acquisitions
•Lead an internal and external team of 9 across accountancy, payroll, tax, treasury, due diligence, legal and financial management
•Created the first ever treasury, liquidity and capital planning processes and performance management reports to significantly enhance accuracy of financial planning and forecasting
•Generated the first ever budgets for diverse operational businesses including chain of six coffee shops, restaurant, travel agency, retail businesses and sports training academy
•Authored new budget management policies and controls across all companies providing a much clearer picture and tracking of individual company performance
•Created a document circulating system across internal and external stakeholders to speed up communications and approvals
•Evaluated all investments and ensured values were reflected in financial statements
•The overall improved financial management practices enhanced company cash flow and facilitated improved strategic investment decision making by the shareholders
•The company passed with a clean external audit in 2022, and a new transfer pricing policy also ensured compliance to tax regulations
•Led turnaround of the sports academy business through re-structuring and a new pricing model that facilitated it to become a long-term profitable concern and expansion into new markets
•Facilitated expansion of the retail and sports business into international markets with a new Greek retail company and sports business in Isreal
•Developed new KPI framework for employees to enhance performance management and training
•Identified €600k in tax savings; wrote business case to secure €200k bank loan for operations; recovered over €160,000 in overpaid VAT
•Manage all aspects of financial and regulatory risk and also engage in PRI/ESG reporting

Senior Financial Controller

from 09.2018 to 08.2020 (2 years)
Parimatch Cyprus (CY, Limassol), Інші країни (IT)

Led improved financial management, controls, consolidation and reporting across multiple international entities for this leading international sports betting company.
•Managed team of 7 accountants, treasury and technical professionals across Cyprus, Ukraine and CIS
•Enhanced payment system reconciliation processes to improve cash flow and liquidity
•Significantly improved reporting processes including creation of batch reports that reduced errors and time taken to prepare financial reports from 20 days to 10 days
•Improved reporting processes also enabled the prognosis of previous month profit and loss and intragroup balances to be ready within the first 2 days of the next month
•Developed both the consolidation of financial statements and also splitting of financial information into unit economies to improve individual understanding (GGR, NGR, PSP, Gaming CF, settled bets, commissions analysis, key metrics on various licences, etc)
•Added value in shareholder reports by including both financial and non-financial information with improved insights and analysis to inform critical decision making

Financial Controller

from 09.2017 to 09.2018 (1 year)
Wellen Finance Limited (CY, Limassol), Інші країни (Оптова торгівля, дистрибуція, імпорт, експорт)

Pro-actively developed standardised and automated finance processes, KYC procedures and document templates to reduce administrative time by over 50% for this oil and gas trading company.

Head of Internal Audit Department

from 06.2016 to 09.2017 (1 year 4 months)
PJSC CB PrivatBank Cyprus Branch (CY, Nicosia), Інші країни (Фінанси, банки, страхування)

Reported to the CEO and re-built the audit department to comply with IPPF guidelines working closely with stakeholders across this private bank to improve controls and financial management in line with new legislation.

External Auditor

from 08.2011 to 05.2016 (4 years 10 months)
Alpha Audit Limited (CY, Nicosia), Інші країни (Консалтинг, бухгалтерія, аудит)

•Improved audit efficiency by optimizing evidence collection, reducing audit completion time by 20%.
•Managed diverse client portfolios, ensuring IFRS compliance and accuracy in financial reporting.
•Reviewed financial statements and prepared tax returns in compliance with Cyprus Tax Law.
•Conducted risk-based audits, identifying key financial and operational risks.
•Led audit teams, ensuring timely and on-budget completion of audits.

Education

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

ACCA, Інші країни
Higher, from 2023 to 2023 (less than 1 year)

University of Nicosia

MBA, Nicosia
Higher, from 2010 to 2013 (3 years)

Спеціалізація: Фінанси

Тернопільський Національний Педагогічний Університет

Магістр Лінгвістики, Тернопіль
Higher, from 2004 to 2009 (5 years)

Спеціалізація: Переклад

Additional education and certificates

Certificate of attendance “Business Continuity Management for Internal Auditors”

2016

Certificate of attendance “Setting Up and Managing an Internal Audit Department”

2016

Cyprus Internal Audit Forum 2017

2017

People management, Laba

2024
Certificate

MICA Regulation and crypto-assets policy

2024

Financial modelling

2024
Certificate

Chief Financial Officer

2023
Certificate

Portfolio risk management

2021

AI in business

2024
Certificate

Business processes optimisation

2025

Knowledge and skills

• MS Excel
• MS Word
• MS Office
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Outlook
• Windows
• Car driving
• Ubuntu
• Critical thinking
• CaseWare
• Public registers
• Аудит та дотримання міжнародних стандартів ISA
• Технічні знання бухгалтерії IFRS
• Робота в групі або самостійно
• Прекрасні внутрішні якості і комунікабельність
• Аудит та дотримання міжнародних стандартів IPPF
• Впровадження системи KPI
• Financial Strategy
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Контроль Cash flow
• Risk management
• Anti-crisis management
• Team management
• Initiative
• Decision making
• Problem solving
• Conflict settlement
• Investor Relations
• Regulatory compliance
• Планування бюджету
• Ініціативність
• Знання МСФЗ
• Управлінські навички
• Ведення управлінського обліку
• Управління підприємством
• Складання бухгалтерського балансу

Language proficiencies

• Ukrainian — fluent
• English — fluent
• German — beginner
• Greek — beginner

Additional information

A highly versatile senior finance leadership professional with significant expertise in developing robust finance functions and aligning policies and processes to corporate objectives. Continually assesses situations to generate efficiencies through automation and streamlining. Brings open, transparent and intuitive leadership, and thrives in coaching and mentoring high performance teams. Builds trusting and collaborative stakeholder relationships with a clearly articulated vision and practical pathway to sustainable success.

Hobbies:
•Mentoring colleagues and other professionals
•Continuous professional development through finance/non-finance seminars and workshops
•Self development: reading books, learning new languages
•Healthy Living: swimming, sport, mental well-being