Ioana Pozderca

• Create and prepare regular and structured monthly business and finance reviews habits with local management team and Netherlands board;
• Part of local management team together with HR, GM, SDM's of various business units;
• OPEX and revenue tracking ACT vs FCT/BU
• Trained existing team members in various financial reports structures to prepare for job requirements;
• Review closing schedule and way of working for efficiency improvement within the team, but also with internal and external parties;
• Single POC for all contract reviews in the company;
• Build automated templates to use for monthly closings checks, reporting, ACT vs FCT variations from local systems to group ones and the various not linked files and data structures;
• Build excel budgets files from scratch;
• Strengthened relation with colleagues inside and outside Romania
• Developed a compelling business case and robust project charter to secure group board approval for the implementation of a localized ERP system. Leading the strategic integration of finance, HR administration, document management, reporting and budgeting, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational efficiency.

• Leading a team of 5 accounting professionals and junior, responsible for the IFRS group accounting for 11 subsidiaries, including Romania;
• Review, asses, document, plan and support for implementation for various accounting and cost controlling development projects;
• Initiating projects in source to pay area that brought more efficiency, cost control and better visibility;
• Design, document and implement standardize reporting structure and documentation for corporate functions controlling areas, together with training to non finance budget holders with focus mainly on IT, Facility, HR, finance and business controlling functions;
• Monthly cost review meetings, ACT's and FCT with budget holders;
• Formulated plans and supported tactical initiatives to execute cost-savings deliverables;
• Worked with all corporate functions executives (7) to create monthly OPEX, HC and personnel expenses and track actual expenses against projected expenses;
• Oversight of the monthly closing process together with group control team in Finland;
• Evaluation, hiring's, on boarding, stabilization of the team, retain and secure talent;
• Change management process implication in bringing in house some of local VAT reporting with impact in people knowledge, cost and compliance; bringing new activities or upgrade ones in R2R and re-distributing to other support teams;
• Drawing up R2R matrix, with the scope of bringing visibility over each grade responsibility, connected with skills, capabilities, role in the company, including learning suggestion;
• Assessing, initiating and following up for the pay ranges structure for finance Iasi, making sure those are aligned with market, roles, skills, with direct proposals to higher management, put in practice already;
• Making efforts in creating that sort of community that it is working together to ensure alignment across regions, share common issues and best practice;
• Initiating projects with the scope of improving well being and sense of community during these pandemic period, in finance but also globally-1st virtual edition of Finance Summit, 1st Christmas virtual event with live concert and games, initiating 1st pilot well being program for Iasi employees;

Reporting to CFO and VP Group Controlling.

• Responsibilities over corporate functions budgets actuals and forecast for all subsidiaries and HQ, driving efficiencies across all - HR, admin, finance, treasury, investor relations, IT, executives, facilities;
• Streamline and raise awareness over process and responsibilities, support and learn together with each stakeholders functions specifics doing my best to be their support;
• Finance to non finance trainings/information shared constantly at each month review;
• People manager for team of 2 business controllers in Iasi, great colleagues responsible for marketing cost control, incentives and being great support for HQ revenue analysis.
• Finance development responsible for record to report topics related to automations and improvements.
  
• Project owner for India local reporting GST (goods & service tax) and TDS (tax deducted at source) documenting the local legislation together with the finance manager from India and our accountant colleague for India, identifying the system set ups needed (Alusta-BW product and SAP) together with our SAP consultant, making sure deadlines are respected, people are involved and understand the need and how to use the systems after, trainings, change management process and communication as core part of the project.

Reporting to CFO.

• Trying and doing our best to adjust to city change (after leaving Bucharest and moving to Iasi), new school and house, challenges facing with all those for us and for our daughter, fantastic new family member and finding new family rhythm.

• Manage team of 9 colleagues: process to pay (P2P) team and record to report (R2R);
• Starting collaboration, listen to people, finding their needs, challenges and ideas. Starting to draft plan for future year in terms of people needs, improvements and automations that could do;
• Initiate 6 projects having in scope cost efficiency, visibility and people awareness over their tasks, including automations in P2P and R2R area (contract management, vendors clean ups, end to end process from tendering to offer, approvals, signature matrix, credit card policy, India tax set up)

• Stabilizing team of 3 people, hiring, coaching, evaluations;
• Lead implementation team in implementing and monitoring new ERP (Oracle), replacing stand alone modules and external systems;
• High engagement in change management process;
• Gap analysis accounting, fiscal and reporting process flow in Romania with track proven results-process and tax optimization, costs visibility, efficiency;
• Design, got approved, full tendering process for outsource support for implementing and monitoring stock inventory process in Romania (10 floor building, 1400 employees);
• Design, got approved, implementing and monitoring change from local calendar to fiscal group year with impact in reconciliation processes.
• Support cash management implementation team for changing bank, automating payment processes and introducing AMEX cards for all employees
• Trainings related to various systems functionality's for all stakeholders impacted by change;
• Drafting and implementing full process documentation and guidelines as result of all processes and systems optimizations performed;
• Drafting and implementing short and concise guidelines for wider usage (e.g.one pager for travel and expense policy with QR code);
• Prepare M and Q analysis for income statement, BS, USGAAP to statutory reconciliation, ad-hoc reports, M/Q/Y reporting package for upper management;
• Act as liaison and assist internal and external auditors planning and execution of Q/Y audits, including resolution of accounting and audit issues;
• Ensure compliance with regulation and internal controls;
• Active member of EARO leadership team and legal representative appointed;
• Liaison with other departments to provide accurate, compliant and timely data analysis (e.g. HR, IT);
• Liaison with HR and management for various legislative changes with direct impact on people salaries and benefits;
• Organizing team building activities for various teams (IT, facility, finance, HR);
• Support on various CSR projects from legislation compliance to actual implementation.

• Lead implementation team in succefully implementing and monitoring ERP system (SAP) and replacing stand alone modules and external systems for both Romania and Bulgaria, local and group reporting;
• Local Coordinator for Romania and Bulgaria-migration project of all activities related to primary accounting to service center located in Poland;
• Local lead for audit check from authority's;
• Establishing, implementing and monitoring credit limits granted to customers;
• Supervision for accounting activities performed in Poland by finance colleagues and 1 colleague in Bulgaria;
• Preparing various accounting files for system posting;
• Month end closing supervision for both Romania and Bulgaria;
• Prepare monthly and quarterly analysis for income statement and BS;
• Drafting budgets;
• Computing and submitting different taxes owned by applying prescribed rated, rules and regulations;
• Act as liaison and assist internal and external auditors in planning and execution of quarterly and annual audits, including resolution of accounting and audit issues;
• Administrating and making payments;

• Preform full month process, including preparation of balance sheet, income statements and trial balance statements for a portfolio of clients (consultancy in management and business, business development, training, telecommunication, human resources, organization of cultural and artistically manifestation, conferences fields);
• Perform reconciliations and ensure accuracy of revenue and expense accounts;
• Computing and submitting different taxes owned by clients, applying prescribed rated, rules and regulations;
• Support for junior accountants;
• Preparing various weekly and monthly reports for cash flow, P&L analysis;
• Liaison with other departments (HR and IT), keep up to date legislative modification, drawing up fiscal calendars and informing clients impacted by changes;
• Responsible for clients audit checks or VAT reimbursements;
• Support for organizing team building activities.

• Preparing accounting and fiscal articles: monographs, practical cases, legislative base.

• Responsible for 15 companies with different activities;
• Accounting, preparing all statements for Fiscal Authority, including balance sheet;
• Research for audit activity.