Oleksandr

Podobnyi Oleksandr
Ukraine, Kyiv
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Experienced CFO (20+ years). Strong in operational processes. MBA.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE:
Team Creation. Team Leading. Performance Management. Financial Strategy. Controlling. Business-Processes: Development, Implementation, Control, Automation. Internal Audit. Risk Management. Budgeting. IAS & IFRS. Consolidation of Financial Statements. Big 4 Audit. Managerial Accounting and Reporting. Cost Management. Cash Flow Management. Working Capital Management. Financial Projection. Financial Analysis. Debt Financing. BEPS. Tax Planning. Project Management. Business Evaluation. Investment Analysis.

Professional summary:
• 20+ years of Management and Leadership experience on top positions
• Successful CFO experience in B2B and B2C companies (construction and production services for telecom operators, distribution and retail), including with group structure
• Development of finance department from scratch, team leading and performance management
• Implementation of regular management system as to all accounting, financial and many operational functions. Implementation of concept of controlling.
• Development, implementation and control of major financial and partially operational business-processes, including budgeting, managerial accounting and reporting, financial planning and control for projects and customers’ orders, projects management, customers’ orders management, cost management, cash management, payments administration and control, solvency control, contracts administration and some others
• Implementation and support of automated integrated system of operational and financial management and reporting
• Organization of the group consolidated financial reporting (IFRS) with further successful audit by an Auditor from Big 4
• Deep knowledge in tax regulation (incl. BEPS, MLI, CFC, TP etc.), tax planning, currency control, financial monitoring, bank compliance
• Experience in debt financing, including bank loans, loans from non-residents and corporate bond issue
• Risk management and internal audit with following revision of business-processes and controls
• Financial modelling, business planning, strategic, marketing and competitive analysis

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2022-2025
“Information Agency “HUBZ-Inform” LLC Internet media about health
“HUBZ PRO” LLC educational center

Position: COO/CFO at HUBZ Group
• Operations Management
• Finance Management
2021-2022
“Ukrliftmash” LLC, Ukraine

Position: CEO
• Core business – supply and promotion in Ukraine of elevator equipment manufactured by OJSC “Mogilevliftmash” (Belarus)
• Launched the company's activities. Made several deliveries. Activities were suspended due to the imposition of sanctions on operations with Belarusian state-owned companies after the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2006-2020
E S U LTD, Ukraine
The core business - construction, modernization and maintenance of mobile networks for Kyivstar, Vodafone, lifecell and Ukrtelecom

#1 National mobile network service provider

Position: CFO

• Developed the finance department from scratch. Developed internal documents, strategy of development, KPI. Staff selection. Team leading. Performance management
• Implemented regular management system and concept of controlling
• Developed and implemented automated system of operational and financial management and reporting on the base of 1C
• Developed, implemented and automated major financial and some operational business-processes, including:
◦ Budgeting: planning, control, fulfilment forecasting, factor plan-fact analysis, revision of inputs for next period planning
◦ Managerial accounting and reporting in all needed aspects
◦ Accounting of working time and millage of production personnel, reporting and effectiveness analysis, production resources planning and standard cost revision
◦ OPEX management: analysis, control, distribution and allocation to customers’ orders and projects
◦ Calculation and approval of tender and commercial offers
◦ Planning and control of financial results for projects / customers’ orders with fully automated direct cost controls
◦ Recalculation of customers’ prices with currency components
◦ Customers’ orders processing and administration with adaptation to business processes of each big client
◦ Contracts administration and control
◦ Cash flow planning, control of payments and solvency
• Organized tax planning and optimization
• Organized internal audit and risk management
• Ensured attraction and support of debt financing, including bank loans, loans from non-residents and corporate bond issue
• Performed financial modelling, marketing and competitive analysis and business planning for new perspective projects
2003-2006
JSC “Alba Ukraine”, Ukraine
Group of companies

#2 National pharm distributer

Position: Group CFO

• Deeply reorganized the financial department. Developed business-processes, internal documents, KPI. Team leading. Performance management
• Developed and implemented the process of consolidated financial reporting in accordance with IFRS on monthly basis, as well as reporting for management and top management KPI calculation
• Organized and successfully passed the audit of consolidated financial statements for 2002, 2003 and 2004 by an auditor from Big 4
• Developed and implemented budgeting process
• Organized preparing and launch into use of accounting module within implementation in the Group of JDEdwards OneWorld ERP system
• Updated cash flow planning and control of payments, as well as financial relation with pharma producers
2002-2003
Sigma-Profi LLC, Ukraine
Group of companies VM Distribution, retail and services
Position: Group CFO
• Finance department leading
• Developed and implemented budgeting process
• Performed tax planning and optimization
• Prepared managerial reports
• Controlled the Cash Flow
1993-2002
KINTO Investment&Securities, Ukraine

Position: Expert in corporate finance, broker
• Search for acquisitions of Ukrainian companies in the privatization process, participation in corporate governance of acquired companies
• Advisory services to foreign investors as to acquisitions in Ukraine
• Advisory services to Ukrainian companies and foreign governmental organizations as to attraction of foreign investment
• Development of corporate bonds direction
EDUCATION:
1989-1994 Kyiv National Economic University (KNEU)

Economist
2000-2001 International Management Institute (IMI-Kyiv)
MBA program
Master of Business Administration
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
1994-1995 Economic Development Institute of the World Bank
Training program for management consultants as to enterprises’ restructuring and privatization
1997 Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
East/West Enterprise Exchange, Business Expansion Program from the Government of Canada
2001 Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, in partnership with IMI-Kyiv
2001 Global Management Game Competition, the Absolute Winner
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Computer skills: 1C(!!!), JDEdwards OneWorld, Finexpert, Crystal Analysis, Primavera, MS Office (Excel(!!!), Word, Power Point, Project, Visio)
Languages: English – advanced, Ukrainian, Russian – native