Павло

Pavlo Kalnichenko
GROUP CFO | HEAD OF FINANCE | FINANCE DIRECTOR | FRACTIONAL CFO
Open to remote work in EU, Middle East, UA and US
Date of Birth: 12 Oct 1984
Email: [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY

Strategic finance executive with 15+ years of experience in financial leadership, controlling, and investment management across B2B, retail, manufacturing, and private equity sectors. Proven ability to drive financial efficiency, optimize taxation, and execute M&A transactions. Strong expertise in financial modelling, business analytics, and managerial accounting. International experience includes leadership roles in Ukraine, Poland, and global corporations. Fluent in English, Ukrainian, and very good in Polish.

CORE
COMPETENCIES

✅ Financial Strategy & Planning, ✅ Managerial Accounting & Reporting
✅ M&A and Investment Management ✅ Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
✅ Cash Flow & Working Capital Optimization ✅ Tax Strategy & Compliance
✅ Team Leadership & Cross-functional Collaboration, ✅ IFRS, GAAP & Audit Management

PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

2025 – present CFO (Industrial machinery and equipment installation)
ORION Group PL (Warsaw, Poland)
Finance leader/crisis manager in the period of change and restructuring of The Company
with €20M Turnover, 250 people assembling production facilities for brewing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical industries.
• Managerial accounting restored, revised, developed, implemented in new ERP;
• Passed multiple audits with no material findings;
• Significant reduction of bank loans and trade payables, working capital saved;
• Accounting, legalisation function successfully transferred to outsource;
• Number of legal claims ~ €200k cancelled, debt successfully restructured;
• 2 bank loans (€1.5M) restructured, legal action avoided;
• Treasury function created from scratch;
• Tax issues avoided, no outstanding tax payable and no claims anymore;
The company steadily goes towards recovery, however still requires financing and capitalisation.

2022 – 2025 GROUP CFO (B2B manufacturing and sales)
TOPOVI (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Finance leader overseeing an international group of 5 trading companies and 1 artificial-stone manufacturing facility with $120M+ in annual revenue.

• Consolidated, automated, and optimized managerial accounting across the group. Managerial accounting consolidated, revised and automated;
• Developed a tax optimization and free capital movement strategy from scratch;
• Led financial transformation, reducing operational inefficiencies and enhancing cash flow management;
• Managed 6 bookkeeping departments (3-5 employees each) and a finance team of 23 specialists.

2020 - 2022HEAD OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT (Retail)
BGV Group Management (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Led financial operations for a $27M+ retail investment covering 250+ convenience stores and 1,300+ employees.
• Successfully structured corporate fund frameworks to optimize investment management.
• Designed and executed working capital strategies, improving liquidity and operational efficiency.
• Ensured effective communication with investors and beneficiaries, delivering strategic financial insights

2019 -2020FINANCE PROJECT LEAD (Retail)
BGV Group Management (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Managed a $21M+ retail investment, leading financial structuring, acquisitions, and strategic planning.
• Built financial controlling & managerial accounting functions from scratch.
• Developed analytical tools in 1C 8.3, saving time and costs
• Structured a $21M M&A deal and facilitated the acquisition of two retail chains worth $1.5M;
• Successfully led IFRS audit (Big 4) and launched logistics & e-commerce startups;

2017 – 2018SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST (EU CONTROLLING, project assignment)
Philip Morris International (Cracow, Poland)
• Finance function migration to SSC, improved financial reporting and budgeting processes.

2015 – 2017MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SENIOR ANALYST (project assignment)
Heineken (Cracow, Poland)
• Finance function migration to SSC, improved real-time business analysis, financial control and compliance across regional operations.

2007– 2015FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT / ANALYST / CONTROLLER ROLES

Johnson & Johnson , Zeppelin

Alfa-bank PLC , Deloitte

• Specialized in managerial reporting, financial planning & analysis, business modelling, treasury, risk assessment and audit coordination;

EDUCATION AND
CERTIFICATIONS
2020 - 2022MBA in General Management | City Business School
2005 - 2007Master’s in Global Financial Management | Northumbria University, UK
2001 - 2005 Bachelor’s in Banking & Entrepreneurship | Ukrainian Academy of Banking
ACCA (F1, F2, F3 Passed)| IELTS Certified - English – fluent (C1)
TECHNICAL
SKILLS

• ERP & Finance Tools: 1C, SAP, BI, Navision, Odoo, FinMap, Xero, Hyperion, Cognos, Tableau, SQL, advanced Excel, Google sheets & Data Analytics
• Languages: English (Fluent), Polish (B2), Ukrainian (Native), Romanian (A2)
INTERESTS, EXTRAS

• Snowboarding, wakeboarding, surfing, Chess, Speed reading (950 WPM), Philanthropy – support for homeless and abandoned.