Successful Finance professional with over 10 years of experience in key roles in finance management, supervision, planning and analysis. With a track record of driving financial performance, coordinating budgets and forecasts, and optimizing processes. Bringing strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to work environment. Ability to deliver results, collaborate with cross-functional teams and meet deadlines.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Plant Controller
Nokian Tyres Europe Operations SRL
01.2024 - Current
Responsibilities include a comprehensive range of financial management tasks with a specific focus on financial reporting, analysis, and operational support within the manufacturing plant.
These duties include, among others, budgeting, cost accounting, inventory management, internal controls, financial analysis, performance measurement, strategic planning, audit support, compliance, and team management
Sr Finance Manager
Elster SRO (Honeywell Group)
11.2022 - 12.2023
(Honeywell Slovakia): Responsibilities:
Lead, coordinate and drive financial performances for a company which has over 600 employees and a turnover of 150 mil USD (wall to wall view) over 4 lines of business (production of water smart water meters, smart gas meters, valves, and reductors) covering various markets all over the world, directly or through internal distributors
Coordinate SRO (Short Range Outlook) on a weekly basis for the current quarter and next one
Month end activities and preparation of reporting and related financial analysis, collaborating with all Commercial Finance and ISC Finance on orders, revenues, Operating income including flash calls
Improve processes & analytics to support profitability, sales and margin analysis, product family profitability, SKU profitability within EMEA supporting Commercial finance team and Transfer Price and Wall to Wall Margin analyst
Liaise with Global SETS FP&A and be the focal point of contact for any SME EMEA P&L, balance sheet, FCF related variances explanations
Co-ordinate reporting across regional and functional teams, including support for orders by regions/destinations for Regional business leaders, variance vs AOP, drive mitigation actions together with RBLs and Regional Finance Leaders
Collaborate with other functions such as ISC, R&D, Sales& Marketing with tracking financial EMEA results, WC, FCF, cost control, variance analysis and costs forecasts
Establish clear, consistent MOS reporting and operating processes – ensuring accurate, timely data availability and insightful trough analysis
Identify performance improvement opportunities within the business and risks and opportunities in current plan or forecast
Supporting transitions projects and signing it off on key processes (functionally and in SAP).
Sr Finance Supervisor
Elster Water Metering Limited (Honeywell Group)
10.2020 - 11.2022
Lead, coordinate and drive financial performances to ensure financial goals (P&L, Balance Sheet) are met while complying with corporate policies and procedures
Provide support in timely completion of reporting including Sales, Margin, Customer orders and backlog analysis, monthly closing variance analysis
Monitoring of performance for key metrics on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis
Perform financial closing activities (Journal entries proposals-accruals, P&L analysis and correction, orders stats, B/S verification) in sync with other finance functions ( accounting dep, AP,AR, credit and collections)
Enhance information provided to leadership for business decisions
Advise business leadership of opportunities and risks impacting business performance
Support Accounting's department on internal and external audit requests
Actively support new Bid proposals, drive pricing, FX, NPI analysis on a regular basis
Support the planning cycles (Quarterly fct, yearly budgets, yearly rolling forecasts, weekly) and the SIOP process
Responsible for standard cost releases and intercompany Transfer prices calculations/confirmation/SAP update
Offering support in solving various challenges faced by other operational functions (engineering, procurement, sales, etc)
Demand Planning Manager and Site SIOP leader
Elster Rometrics SRL ( Honeywell Group)
12.2018 - 09.2020
Honeywell Timisoara): Responsibilities:
Training, coaching and supervising a team of 4 members :2 demand/production planners and 2 operational/material buyers
Supervising and optimizing daily/weekly production plan
Preparation of monthly/quarterly MPS
Inventory rolling forecast
Materials rolling forecast
Preparation of yearly demand plan (constrained by bottlenecks) and presentation of associated risks (materials, capacity, product transfers, etc)
Involvement in various business transfers
Involvement in finding solutions for mitigating production downtime
Sr FP&A
Elster Rometrics SRL (Honeywell Group)
10.2017 - 12.2018
Prepare month/year end Financial Reports and updating data into the Management accounting and Financial Reporting tool (“HFM”) based on the Group Accounting Policies and US GAAP
Check accuracy and completeness of the information taken from local ERP software
Prepare analysis of the period results versus budget/forecasts
Creation of budget/forecasts for local entity
Answering on various ad hoc requests
Involvement in providing necessary data (costs, cost benefits, etc) for bid/tenders/offering creation
Standards costs releases
Support to various functions (procedural wise and technical wise)
FP&A Analyst
Frigoglass Romania SRL
03.2014 - 10.2017
Prepare month/year end Financial Reports and updating data into the Management accounting and Financial Reporting tool (“HFM”) based on the Group Accounting Policies and International Standards of Reporting
Check accuracy and completeness of the information taken from local ERP software
Creation of month end various accruals (sales discounts, commission on sales, various expenses)
Prepare analysis of the period results versus budget/forecasts and investigation of the significant variances (analysis of sales of goods and services, analysis of production costs, bill of materials, other operational expenditures)
Reporting in-depth analysis of periodical financials (P&L, B/S, etc.)
The activity is done for whole Europe, as, Romanian plant is the main supplier of coolers, spare parts and related services – (ICM placement, Postwarranty, Refurbishmnet) for whole Europe and it has sales offices throughout all Europe
There is, an in dept reporting process in which all the information is split in several P&Ls , by specific Europe area, which has, on the operational side, teams for each area and specific activities
Identifying opportunities for process improvements which include driving process improvement projects
Identifying and introducing best practices that add value to the processes by creation and implementation of control functions and procedures
Implication in Budget/forecasts exercises (accountability for figures accuracy, completeness and reasonability) and implementation of new ways to do the work better and easier and predictive controls to ensure that misstatements are reduced to the lowest possible level
Offer technical/practical support to all colleagues in various matters (Excel knowledge, local GAAP, IFRS, IAS, etc)
Offer support in auditing of Group Reporting Package by the local auditor
Offer support to the Group Internal Auditors
Financial Auditor
Ernst & Young Romania SRL
08.2011 - 03.2014
Executing specific audit tests for ensuring that the financial statements or group
Reporting packages are free of material misstatement and in accordance with group accounting policies
Coordinate and coach other team members
Handler and Customer Responsible
Pathhead Nurseries
01.2010 - 09.2010
Executing and monitoring various tasks regarding main business core (“flower growth and landscaping”)
Customer support
Production direct worker
Solectron Romania SRL
05.2005 - 12.2008
Execute specific tasks to ensure a constant flow of the production
Solve, in due time, any issues arising from machineries malfunction
Communicate to the production line responsible the possible improvements that could be implemented as the production idle time or production errors would be avoided.
Accountant - Internship
Dari & Daci SRL
01.2008 - 08.2008
Monitoring the dynamics and evolution of Accounts Payable, Account Receivables and Cash accounts
Tracking operating expenses, building payment schedule for management's approval
Managing the inventory processes – the reception and consumption of raw materials and finished goods – into accounting software
Operating daily general ledger transaction into accounting software
Preparing Sales and Purchases ledgers for VAT declaration purposes
Preparing Income statement for management analysis
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Faculty of Economy And Business Administration
Timisoara
10.2004 - 01.2008
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student - undefined
Skills
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Timeline
Plant Controller
Nokian Tyres Europe Operations SRL
01.2024 - Current
Sr Finance Manager
Elster SRO (Honeywell Group)
11.2022 - 12.2023
Sr Finance Supervisor
Elster Water Metering Limited (Honeywell Group)
10.2020 - 11.2022
Demand Planning Manager and Site SIOP leader
Elster Rometrics SRL ( Honeywell Group)
12.2018 - 09.2020
Sr FP&A
Elster Rometrics SRL (Honeywell Group)
10.2017 - 12.2018
FP&A Analyst
Frigoglass Romania SRL
03.2014 - 10.2017
Financial Auditor
Ernst & Young Romania SRL
08.2011 - 03.2014
Handler and Customer Responsible
Pathhead Nurseries
01.2010 - 09.2010
Accountant - Internship
Dari & Daci SRL
01.2008 - 08.2008
Production direct worker
Solectron Romania SRL
05.2005 - 12.2008
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Faculty of Economy And Business Administration
10.2004 - 01.2008
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) student - undefined
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