Florentina Cula
Bucharest
Summary
Experienced Accountant and Financial Controller with a proven track record in managing month-end closings, financial reporting, and profitability analysis. Demonstrated expertise in SAP FI and CO, advanced Excel skills, and Microsoft Office proficiency. Collaborating with operational teams to provide business insights and support senior management with financial analyses. Successfully led projects for process standardization and improvements, including the transition to SAP HANA. Career goals include leveraging extensive financial expertise to drive business growth and efficiency.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expert
Samsung Electronics Romania
Bucharest
10.2023 - Current
- Implemented automated accounts payable systems, reducing processing time and minimising errors.
- Streamlined accounts payable processes (invoice processing, payments, employee expenses, vendor master data), enhancing compliance with company policies.
- Conducted regular audits of payable accounts, ensuring compliance with financial policies and statutory requirements.
- Validated metrics for accounts payable processes, identifying improvement areas and supporting activity transitions.
- Standardised procedures across European subsidiaries, implementing improvement initiatives.
- Conducted regular meetings with the BPO team to review accounts payable processes and performance.
Financial Controller / Business Partner
Mol Romania Petroleum Products
Bucharest
07.2022 - Current
- Monitored financial target achievement and analysed measures from budget and previous periods to support profitability analysis for informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with company's operational teams and area Finance Business Partners in order to provide solid business insight;
- Prepared presentations for senior management, providing commentaries and recommendations to drive business development.
- Analyze business performances to effectively plan for increased future opportunities, while identifying periodic trends;
- Ensured accurate monthly closing and reporting processes, including manual accruals and sales/expense reports, with thorough checks before and during closing.
Financial Controller Associate (Remote)
Samsung Electronics Europe Logistics
Delft, Netherlands
11.2020 - 02.2022
- Prepared and controlled internal Profit and Loss reports to ensure accurate financial oversight;
- Managed production cost calculations and analysed Actuals vs Budget vs Forecast across Sales Organization, Business Area, Division, Profit Center, and Cost Center, focusing on variations in gross margin, price, and cost units;
- In a period of 6 months I managed to take over entire month closing, monthly forecasting and target planning processes;
- Perform GL account and 3rd party reconciliation, review General Ledger on a regular basis;
- Updated SAP cycles and cost drivers; maintained master data;
- Participated in group controlling projects such as the transition to SAP HANA, reviewing and copying controlling cycles.
- Identified and implemented process standardisation and improvement opportunities to enhance operational efficiency;
- Provided support to senior management by conducting financial ad-hoc analyses and preparing reports.
Senior Accountant Specialist
Samsung Electronics Romania Shared Service
Bucharest
09.2017 - 10.2020
- Ensuring accuracy of financial documents in accordance with international standard and internal policies;
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing (Prepaid Expense and Unearned Revenue amortization, Return Estimation, FX Valuation, Inventory Valuation, Bad Debt Provision, GR/IR, Warranty Provision, Temporary Account Transfer, Balance Sheet Allocation to Profit Centers & Cash Flow Statement Generation);
- After closing reports specific to company and required by management.
- Conducted audits to verify accuracy of accounting postings by external provider (AP & AR processes);
- Documented financial transactions and drafted procedures to enhance operational consistency;
- Participated in forecast and target planning sessions to align financial objectives.
- Participated in continuous improvement projects to implement best practices across European Samsung subsidiaries, ensuring compliance with internal regulations and automating processes for increased efficiency.
Accounting Consultant (Junior-Experienced-Senior)
BDO Romania
Bucharest
07.2014 - 07.2017
- Developed and documented business processes and accounting policies to enhance internal controls;
- Provided support during tax and statutory audits by gathering necessary documentation and coordinating with auditors.
- Researched taxation regulations relevant to individual clients and adapted them into clear formats, ensuring compliance with local GAAP principles;
- Prepare tax statements (VAT statements, income tax, local taxes, etc.), annual and quarterly financial statements.
- Registration of financial documents (acquisitions, sales, bank, inventory, fixed assets and depreciation, wages, taxes, closing accounts).
- Support in the month-end and year-end close process; Performing all accounting features, including bank and GL reconciliations and expense accruals;
- Identify system errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency;
- Provided training and support to team members while managing activities to meet deadlines;
- Focused on local GAAP, being able to provide consultancy to various companies in industries as renewable energy, exploration and production, IT and others.
Education
Master of Accounting, Audit and Management -
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Bucharest12-2016
Expert Accountant Certificate -
The Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania
Bucharest07-2017
Faculty of Accounting, Audit and Management -
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Bucharest06-2014
Skills
- Financial analysis
- Standardized procedures
- Budget management
- Compliance assurance
- Account reconciliation
- SAP software
- Process automation
- Performance metrics
- Adaptive problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Presentation skills
- Performance monitoring
- Process analysis and improvement
- Critical and analytical thinking
Languages
English
Certification
- Expert Accountant Certification, currently inactive CECCAR member
Hobbies and interests
- Mountaineering and hiking
- Board Games
Timeline
Accounts Payable Subject Matter Expert
Samsung Electronics Romania
10.2023 - Current
Financial Controller / Business Partner
Mol Romania Petroleum Products
07.2022 - Current
Financial Controller Associate (Remote)
Samsung Electronics Europe Logistics
11.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Accountant Specialist
Samsung Electronics Romania Shared Service
09.2017 - 10.2020
Accounting Consultant (Junior-Experienced-Senior)
BDO Romania
07.2014 - 07.2017
Master of Accounting, Audit and Management -
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Expert Accountant Certificate -
The Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania
Faculty of Accounting, Audit and Management -
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies