Галина

Galyna Levitina

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Main skills and experience:
• More than 20 years of professional experience with international companies
• Managerial positions success experience
• Accounting/Economics degree
• Budget drafting, expenditure forecasts and analyses
• Deep knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles
• Reports drafting (PL, BS, CF, Forex, WC, etc.);
• Deep Practical knowledge of IFRS, financial, tax, foreign exchange and labor legislation
• Experience in strategic planning and execution
• Success experience with BIG 4 (audit and collaboration)
• DIpIFR, CAP, IPFM certificates, CIMA.

October 2022 – till now

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Head of Finance and accounting
Responsible for the day-to-day activities, overseeing payment process, cash flow, accounting, ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures. Control of financial plans, budgets, invoices, reports, and other financial documents and transactions are accurate, timely and compliant with GIZ rules. Prepare and revise finance and operation procedures, develop the working process. Monitor financial operations for all the projects activities.
Providing trainings and professional development activities; working closely with the project teams to support efficient coordination and timely implementation of tasks.

November 2017 —
October 2022

American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
Head of Finance and Administration
Responsible for managing the activity’s financial, administrative, and operations functions. Key responsibilities include preparation of budgets, expenditure forecasts and analyses, and financial reports, development and use of effective financial tracking systems; direction of audit, risk management, compliance; management of human resources, procurement, logistics, and security functions; office and operations management.
Achievements: developed and automatized the financial system, that covers accountancy, tax, domestic and US GAAP reporting; held budget under control, implemented procurement procedure, introduced a new CRM system.

May 2012 — 2017

Cofco Agri Resources Ukraine (agro-trading, production, port-terminal company)

Financial controller
Control of the Holding's management and financial reports on IFRS basis.
Drafting PL, BS, CF, Forex risk analysis, WC, manufacture, bed debts and other reports on a regular basis. Management accounting control of sunflower oil production company. UA financial statement transformation to reporting package by IFRS rules.
Development, introduction and adjustment of in-house financial reporting procedures.
Budgeting, budget performance control (trade and production). Budget protection.
Analysis of variances and its explanation.
Company`s balance-sheets reconciliation control.
Preparing analytic reports upon the top-management requests. Fiscal period closing control. Audits support and follow-up.
Directly subordinated to the CFO.
Special software in use: SUN, Hyperion, 1С 8.2).
Achievements: implemented tailor-made reports, which increased operational efficiency and reduced the number of errors and mistakes in the corporate financial statements.

May 2012 —
March 2000

Chief accountant in the following companies

GE LLC (import of equipment, wholesale, engineer follow-up)
IMI International LLC (import, wholesale of indoor climate equipment)
Caterpillar Ukraine LLC (financial leasing of road construction machinery)
Mosaic Ukraine Subsidiary Company (US public fertilizers production and wholesale company; import of raw materials for fertilizers production)
Visage Advertising Limited Subsidiary Company (US advertising company, services)
Isalain Subsidiary Company (Import and wholesale of paint materials, bathroom and lavatory equipment)

Responsibility:

Bookkeeping at the basis of local, IFRS standards US GAAP standards. Preparing of fiscal, financial, management reports (PL, BS, and others). Variance analysis explanation. Budgeting and budget enforcement control. Drafting financial procedures, contracting, updating contracts in line with the norms of legislation, HR management. Control of accounts payable and receivables, cash flow forecast, warehousing operations.

Software program used: MAX+, 1С. JDE, Golden, Hyperion, Sun Parus, QuickBooks, Winpaccs.
Achievement:
Setting up financial management reporting; set up the bookkeeping and document flow procedures; new software success implementations.

Education
Higher
2000
Kyiv Shevchenko National University, Kyiv
Audit and financial accounting, Auditor, Economist

Professional development, courses
2021
CIMA
2019
IFRS IPFM
2018, 2021
Microsoft Excel 2010 Courses, Power BI
2011
DipIFR
2010
CAP
2007
Professional Financial Manager
Languages
Ukrainian — native
English — B2
Spanish — B2

Additional information
About me
Highly motivated, result-oriented, attentive to details, reliable person, able to learn fast, team player.