Hello, I'm Vilma S.
• ±15 years in Finance (operational to strategy level) with functional ownership working in multi-entities set up; • Experience with US GAAP (was working in US-based global organisation for 6 y), IFRS (over 10+y experience), including international tax & intercompany transactions; • Education in Business finance (Master’s degree) & CGMA professional qualification; • Been working with Finance and business teams from different regions and cultural backgrounds for over 10y + (international, matrix set up, including remote teams); • Was leading Finance function transformation and different global projects – including, but not limited to: - working on cost sustainability and business profitability improvements, - processes revision and maturity increase, standardisation and automation (process excellence); - high value (1M+ Eur) investments to support strategic long-term value creation; - M&A and post-acquisition integration to reach break-even and remarkably improve profitability;
Details
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- Years of Relevant Experience10-15 years
- Highest Level of EducationMasters
Current / Most Recent Job Title
Fractional CFO
Current / Most Recent Employment
Self-employed
Industry
Specific Jurisdictions That I'm Qualified In or Can Cover
Professional Membership / Certification
FCMA, CGMA - from CIMA
Skills
Professional: - Financial accounting & reporting (IFRS, LT & US GAAP, multi-countries/entities, 50-100+ MEur); - Setting company’s goals/strategy and tracking business performance against set targets; - Budgeting & forecasting (entity P&L, group level, projects, R&D, investments, OPEX & CAPEX); - Financial analysis, cost accounting, cash flow management; - Assessments of business cases (org. restructuring, cost optimisation, efficiency increase); - Compliance & Tax: SOX implementation, Internal & external audits (with Big4), IC, TP; Management: - Finance Business Partner to functional stakeholders and Senior Leadership; - Functional leadership (FICO). Leading Finance teams (LT, other EU countries, distributed teams); - Leading direct teams (~15 reports) and Leading leaders (leading managers, ~70 indirect reports); - Talent management, coaching, active support with development; - Leading through changes and multi-layered projects; - Cross-functional, multi-cultural organizations (EU, North America, Asia regions); Projects: - Standardization, digitalization of company’s processes (Finance & entity level); - New entity setup (org. arrangements, recruitment, org. structure, financial processes, etc.); - KPIs set up (process efficiency, quality, performance); - Organizational restructuring (mergers, centralisation, closure); - M&A activities (due diligence, acquisitions of the companies, integration into the Group); - Transition of Financial processes to single entity (SSC); - Global projects (process improvements, standartization, harmonization); - ERP system implementations (SAP, Navison, BI);