Irina Koshelkova

Damascus, MD, ***** 301-***-**** acr89i@r.postjobfree.com

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SUMMARY

Bilingual financial reporting and accounting professional with 10+ years of experience and ability to make sound financial and strategic business decisions. Strong analytical skills with ability to gather and analyse financial and operational data to solve problems, develop reliable budgets/ forecasts, and improve business financial standing. Strengths include: Financial Management and controls Bilingual (English/Russian) Budgeting and strategic planning Adjustments/accruals Cost accounting Project management

Cash/credit Management Business expansion and start-ups COMPUTER SKILLS

Oracle R11i/R12: HFM, OBIA, e-Business Suite, Smart View, OBIEE, CRM7/8 MS Office 2010/2013: Excel (advanced), PowerPoint, Word QuickBooks Pro, Salesforce, SAP BisinessObjects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Elsevier Inc., Rockville, MD 2011-2015

Science and medical publishing division of Reed Elsevier group (publishing and information company)

Senior Financial analyst (2011-2015)

Provided financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis to business controller on all technology costs for business unit (project and maintenance related, IT support, and third party), as well as other opex costs (advertising, promotion, travel, facilities, advisors, etc.).

Prepared business unit (BU) monthly management financial reports and presentations: collected labor and opex cost data from systems, provided insights and commentary on variance analysis of actual/budgeted/forecasted costs, made adjustments and accruals based on management feedback.

Analyzed labor and opex costs and identified opportunities for efficiencies.

Responded to ad-hoc requests for analytics and insights into financial information.

Provided financial inputs of costs for business cases and projects, populated excel templates with specific project data.

Reviewed Oracle and HFM postings at month end and submitted correcting entries. Provided support for controller by preparing plan, budget, reforecast data and loaded adjustments into HFM after BU review.

Developed and maintained business case models and templates. Ariadne Genomics Inc., Rockville, MD 2003-2011

Start-up biotechnology company

Financial manager (2006-2011)

Performed multi-function duties including all aspects of accounting, payroll/benefit management, and HR support, reporting directly to CEO.

Maintained and reconciled balance sheet accounts (including cash) on a monthly basis.

Coordinated efforts to switch from $50K business loan to $500K credit line.

Reduced interest fees by using credit line more efficiently. Irina Koshelkova

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Monitored A/R and worked with 300+ worldwide customers to maintain day’s sales outstanding of less than 45 days, while annual sales increased from $0.3 to $3.5 million.

Prepared budgets, staffing plans, and cash flow forecasts.

Worked with a CPA firm on corporate tax preparation and annual financial review.

Performed HR manager function over new employee enrollment process.

Implemented and administered health plans (FSA and HSA) and 401K plan, which helped to recruit top talent in the IT industry.

Reduced employee turnover, improved hiring and employment termination processes by creating an employee handbook and implementing internal policies, increasing total number of employees from 3 to 35.

Took a leading role in collecting and distributing due diligence accounting and HR information to management and employees during acquisition. Accountant/Bookkeeper (2003-2006)

Reviewed and ensured correctness of opex transactions.

Prepared financial data and reports for government grants and business projects.

Prepared adjustments and accruals at year end.

Creatv Microtech, North Potomac, MD 2002-2003

Biotechnology company

Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper (2002-2003)

Recorded G/L journal entries in QuickBooks allocating labor cost of a group of scientists between multiple federal grants.

Communicated financial results to company management and shareholders.

Prepared invoices, financial statements and reports.

Reconciled bank statements and accounts.

EDUCATION/ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Accounting and business courses required for CPA exam, Montgomery County College, Rockville, MD

Computerized Business and Accounting course, Moscow School of Business and Economics, Moscow, Russia

BS and Master in Computer science, Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MEI), Moscow, Russia

Other Courses and Seminars:

Introduction to ORACLE Financial System (including HFM, OBIA, SmartView, Data Forms, Data Grids)

Payroll Law

Visual basic

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