Strategy Consultant

OLGA MERZLYAKOVA

Semenovskaya emb */* block *, apt.29, 105094 Moscow, Russia, +7-919-***-****, ***************@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

Apr 2012 – Present Strategy& (former Booz & Company), Moscow, Russia

Senior Consultant

Participated in number of strategy and transformational projects in Media, Telecom and Energy industries,

performing tasks such as:

Conducting research and interviews of clients and experts

Preparing for and participating in workshops with clients

Financial modeling and data analysis

Aug 2011 – Feb 2012 Kerry LLC, Moscow, Russia

Sales Analyst Eastern Europe

Calculated business-case and conducted efficiency evaluation for new projects

Build analytical models for transfer and sales prices calculations to maintain target margin levels

Prepared monthly reporting package for and conducted regular calls with country managers of Eastern

European Business Units (6 countries) on variance analysis of sales and margins vs prior year, forecast

Jul 2010 – Jul 2011 Kerry Ingredients GmBH, Kleinheubach, Germany

Operations Controller Germany

Budgeted and analyzed variances in raw material, direct labor costs

Monitored product margins across the entire supply chain

Provided inventory control by monitoring and analyzing inventory levels

Jan 2009 – Jun 2010 Procter and Gamble Salon Professional, Moscow, Russia

Integration Coordinator Finance and Accounting & SAP Key User

Analyzed end –user’s needs and worked with global team on automation solutions in areas such as fixed

assets, AP/AR, affiliates transactions, GL, costing and profitability analysis;

Tested new systems and processes; was responsible for design and capabilities of new systems

Provided post-integration support to end-users on new IT-systems and processes

Led several initiatives on compliance improvement and restructuring (Business Unit divestiture due-

diligence; introduction of SOX compliance in CAPEX processes)

EDUCATION

Sep 2008 - Jun 2010 State University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

Master of Science in International Financial and Currency Affairs GPA: 4.4/5

Master’s thesis: An application of Independent Components Analysis to predicting

stock returns on the US financial market

Sep 2004 - Jun 2008 State University – Higher School of Economics, Perm, Russia

Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Management (hons.) GPA: 5/5

Bachelor’s thesis: Mutual Interactions of Basic Institutions of Organizational

Sustainability

LANGUAGES

Russian (native speaker)

German (fluent, Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kulturministerkonferenz, Stufe II)

English (fluent)

COMPUTING

MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), MS Access, MS Visio, MathCad, SPSS, Statistica, Eviews, SAP R3, 1C

Accounting, Promix, OLAP, Hyperion

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