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Zhulanov Vadym
AICPA
Date of birth: 23.05.84
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Current place of living: Kyiv
Citizenship: Ukraine
Family: Wife, 3 kids.

Preferred position and salary
Chief Financial Officer / Finance Business Partner /
Country Controller

Finance experience —17 years

Cargill Ukraine

Accounting Manager (US GAAP)
15.10.17 – till nowCargill Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Accounting Manager.
12 direct reports.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deputy to CFO
- General accounting in accordance with US GAAP in areas of Credit Control and Revenue Accounting, Intercompany, Treasury, Accounts Payable
- Month end closures, financial reporting
- Cash flow forecasting, FX exposure management, supervision of all bank operations
- Responsible for internal controls and balance sheet reconciliation
- Financial IT systems supervision, digitalization of financial processes, EDO implementation
- M&A activities support from financial side
Key achievements:
- Centralization of finance team in Kyiv Shared Service Center. Provision of high quality financial services for all businesses and branches remotely.
- Successful port JV acquisition project support with timely investment value updates in collaboration with EY audit team.
- SAP implementation & support from finance side for 25B+ UAH business: over 200 users, several thousand operations per day, multiple businesses and branches.
- Finance team transformation support as per KPMG finance taxonomy
- 96% Team engagement according to survey in 2023 despite remote working due to war.

Mars Ukraine

Financial Services Manager
03.11.14 – 14.10.17Mars Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Financial Services Manager.
5 direct reports: Credit Control and Revenue Accounting, Intercompany, Treasury, Salary and Tax, Accounts Payable.
Key achievements:
- Support and co-pilot associates during their transition to new roles driven by MGM project
- Green Internal Audit report for the areas of General Controls (C&C Checklist, SOD, MGM project) and Financial Close (Manual Journal Entries, Reconciliation, etc).
- Make the difference 2015 regional finals nominee for Mars-Royal Canin innovative joint cash management solution
- Facilitation of 2016 OGSM update for joined 3 business segments
22.07.13 – 03.11.14Mars Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Activity Manager.
5-years strategy development and deployment through strategic deployment teams. Investments prioritization support with quantified and structured approach. Progress tracking, visualization and communication through leading and lagging KPIs. Integration of Strategy deployment work in to S&OP+.
15.03.09 – 22.07.13Mars Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Business Planner.
Short and long-term sales forecasts. Planning systems development. New business activities planning and evaluation. Monthly DMRs facilitation. Market research, competitors shares and performance analysis, sources of growth search. Long term strategy development and its execution tracking.
15.09.08 – 15.03.09Mars Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Management Accounting Analyst.
Fixed costs budgeting. Assistance in preparation of operating plans. Corporate and management reporting. Period close activities. P&L for new business activities calculation. Ensuring accounting policies are in line with Mars GAAP. External audit preparation and assistance
20.11.07 – 15.09.08Mars Ukraine, LLC, Kiev, Ukraine, Intercompany Analyst.
Performed whole cycle accounting of Intercompany transactions, period closure and reporting activities.
Education – two masters degrees
2023-2025
Arizona State University, Thunderbird School of Global Management
Leadership and Management, Masters

2001-2008
Dnipropetrovs'k State Finance Academy
Finance, Masters
Additional professional courses
2014 - now
Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA)
CGMA Operational Diploma
Languages

Russian, Ukrainian — mothers tongue
English — С1. Duolingo test result 140: certs.duolingo.com/f096afbd7fe2588dbdeb5398395e6221
Additional information
Skills
Create Collaborative Relations while Foster Inclusive Environment
Practice Breakthrough Team Thinking with Strategic Perspective
Drive for results during Learning on the fly
Ownership, Integrity and Trust is a MUST