Darius Nicoara
Financial Lead
Bucharest
Summary
Highly self-motivated, results-driven, and versatile finance professional with a proven track record. Strong leadership skills and effective team management under tight deadlines. Natural ability for decision-making at strategic and operational levels within an organization. Knack for building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external partners.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Financial Lead
DIICOT
06.2007 - Current
- Establishing and administrating annual budget;
- Executing financial controls, procedures, systems and forecasting techniques to evaluate budget status;
- Reviewing and analyzing monthly budget variance and trends;
- Preparing payment orders for invoices and transfers;
- Preparing and presenting the financial statements to the management;
- Achieving or exceeding financial goals on regular basis by controlling expenses and optimizing schedules;
- Cooperating with the state treasury, commercial banks and other government institutions;
- Controlling the expense reports and reconciliations;
- Approving regular payroll submissions for employees;
- Supporting internal and external audit readiness activities;
- Actively participating as a financial manager in 5 projects having non-reimbursable external funds with the purpose of improving organizational activities
- Coaching and managing a team of 9 people;
- Cross-training new/existing employees to maximize team agility and performance;
- Maximizing performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members;
- Evaluating employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training;
- Assisting HR and Economic Manager with recruiting, interviewing and hiring new employees for department
- Identifying new and more cost-effective suppliers, purchasing advantageous packages and cutting costs;
- Determine feasibility of proposed procurement actions by performing market research;
- Set up and negotiate contracts to obtain favorable pricing and delivery structures;
- Evaluate suppliers quotes based on purchasing procedures and competitiveness in quality, price and delivery;
- Assessed supplier quality to maintain tight cost controls and maximize operational performance;
- Handle all domestic and international travel arrangements and reservations
Economist
ROMCONTROL SA
05.2006 - 06.2007
- Submission of price offers for the activities requested by the companies in order to perform the quantitative / qualitative control and laboratory analyzes of the goods from the agricultural and food industry;
- Sending orders to qualified personnel for control;
- Preparation of quantity / quality certificates in accordance with the data submitted by qualified personnel;
- Participation in the quality control of imports of frozen ocean fish and products for the meat products industry
Education
Master's degree - Economics
Universitatea „Petre Andrei” din Iași
01.2012 - 01.2014
International Economic Relations - undefined
Universitatea Româna de Știinte și Arte „Gheorghe Cristea”
01.1996 - 01.2001
High school diploma - undefined
Colegiul Național Mihai Eminescu
01.1992 - 01.1996
Skills
Managerial Finance
Analytical thinking
Business Strategy
Budgeting
Cash flow forecasting
Problem-solving
Time management
Banking
Market analysis
Financial planning
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 12 staff members.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
Timeline
Master's degree - Economics
Universitatea „Petre Andrei” din Iași
01.2012 - 01.2014
Financial Lead
DIICOT
06.2007 - Current
Economist
ROMCONTROL SA
05.2006 - 06.2007
International Economic Relations - undefined
Universitatea Româna de Știinte și Arte „Gheorghe Cristea”
01.1996 - 01.2001
High school diploma - undefined
Colegiul Național Mihai Eminescu
01.1992 - 01.1996
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