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Alexandru Tofan

Bucharest

Summary

Results-driven professional with over 11 years of experience in finance and process improvement. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy. Demonstrated expertise in driving process improvement and developing new reporting and accuracy initiatives within finance teams.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Analyst

Micro Focus
05.2019 - Current
  • Prepare ad hoc analysis, as required, to provide accurate insight into business issues and variances against budget/forecast.
  • Drive process improvement within the finance function.
  • Responsible for North America's License revenue quarter-end close, driving the revenue reconciliation process and preparing the financial adjustments required by external and internal regulations.
  • Reconciling the Sales call with the Revenue and aligning the Sales Call, in case of carves, region splits, etc. which were not taken into consideration.
  • Implementing process automation to various finance teams in the Bucharest site using RPA tech, VBA Macros, and advanced Excel.
  • Building and maintaining a financial model in Power BI for North America License Revenue

FP&A Analyst - UK&I Region

DXC Technology
12.2017 - 05.2019
  • Review and consolidate Forecast and Month-end close inputs from 15 organizations for region & WW reporting.
  • Developing and implementing new reporting and accuracy improvement initiatives within the finance team.
  • Supporting Delivery Finance Director and business leaders with ad-hoc requests.
  • Responsible for the Master data process.
  • Track project status (check for cost recovery, time tracking, and hourly rates applied).

Financial Systems Analyst

DXC Technology
02.2017 - 12.2017
  • Implemented improvement/standardization projects and developed new reporting frameworks resulting in increased accuracy and saving 50 hours/month.
  • Manage Financial Master Data and main the point of contact for the Master Data function, maintaining a 99% accuracy rate of the financial master data, leading to reduced errors and increased efficiency.
  • Provide management with assistance in developing and monitoring their budgets, including providing meaningful budget information and ad hoc reports, such as P&L, Metrics, etc.
  • Ensure that budget reports accurately reflect expenditures and related transactions in order to assure helpful management information and sound budgetary control.

Overheads Financial Analyst for Iberia

Mondelez International
07.2015 - 11.2016
  • Reviewing and analyzing overhead expenses versus Forecast/Budget to identify cost-saving opportunities, cost drivers, and potential risks to the company's financial performance.
  • Implementing a macro script for the South Europe reporting countries that increased accuracy and productivity. This macro script resulted in a time savings of 15 hours per week, leading to a total time savings of 60 hours per month.
  • Posting accruals and re-classes depending on changing Business decisions, wrongly raised purchase orders, or assigning the cost to the correct package or function (department).
  • Support Area lead and other departments regarding overhead-related topics, leading to a better understanding of financial results.

Intercompany Accountant

Mondelez International
04.2015 - 07.2015
  • Identifying and resolving any discrepancies that arise during the intercompany reconciliation process.
  • Performing the weekly AP, AR Intercompany payment runs, and netting
  • Issue and post various invoices /Credit notes (3rd party invoice, intercompany invoice, 3rd party royalties, etc.)

Domain Expert

Genpact
02.2014 - 04.2015
  • Identifying improvement areas for the PTP process and SLAs and Benchmarking reporting.
  • Support for more complex AP-related issues (regarding payments, invoice posting, vendor master data, internal controls, etc.).
  • Implemented automation projects that brought efficiency, accuracy, and cost savings for the company.
  • Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.

Management Accounting Analyst

Genpact
06.2012 - 02.2014
  • Preparing timely and accurate financial reports, regarding Intercompany exchanges, budget, forecast, exported volumes, and calculating team's KPIs.
  • Ownership of Payments and Vendor Master Data process.
  • Account reconciliation and clearing different suspense accounts.

Account Payable - Senior Process Associate

Genpact
06.2011 - 06.2012
  • Reviewing invoices for accuracy, matching them to purchase orders or contracts, and ensuring that they are authorized for payment.
  • Reconciling accounts to ensure that all transactions are accurately recorded and reported.
  • Analyzed process flows and identify areas of improvement to increase productivity and reduce costs.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Electronic Arts
06.2010 - 06.2011
  • Identifying and solving software issues, creating and executing test plans, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.
  • Validate that the user expectations are achieved during the testing process.

Education

Bachelor's Degree -

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Bucharest
2010

High School Diploma -

National College of Informatics
2006

Skills

  • Open, accessible with a strong analytical profile
  • Curious and inquisitive
  • Process automation
  • Proficient in Excel (VBA macros, Power Query)
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Financial modeling
  • ERP knowledge: SAP, NetSuite, Tableau
  • RPA tech (UIPath, Microsoft Power Automate)
  • SQL
  • NodeJS

Languages

Romanian
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Italian
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Financial Analyst

Micro Focus
05.2019 - Current

FP&A Analyst - UK&I Region

DXC Technology
12.2017 - 05.2019

Financial Systems Analyst

DXC Technology
02.2017 - 12.2017

Overheads Financial Analyst for Iberia

Mondelez International
07.2015 - 11.2016

Intercompany Accountant

Mondelez International
04.2015 - 07.2015

Domain Expert

Genpact
02.2014 - 04.2015

Management Accounting Analyst

Genpact
06.2012 - 02.2014

Account Payable - Senior Process Associate

Genpact
06.2011 - 06.2012

Quality Assurance Analyst

Electronic Arts
06.2010 - 06.2011

Bachelor's Degree -

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

High School Diploma -

National College of Informatics
Alexandru Tofan