Financial Analyst, Staff Accountant

Ekaterina Ivantsova www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-ivantsova-289b8239

*****.*********@*****.*** 404-***-**** Atlanta GA U.S. resident

SUMMARY

Finance professional with 5+ year of experience in Finance and Accounting. I have a deep understanding of financial analysis, corporate finance, accounting and bookkeeping. I am currently looking for a position of a Financial analyst to develop my analytical skills or of an Accountant to broaden my knowledge of accounting.

SKILLS

Financial reporting GAAP financial analysis forecasts IFRS accounting consolidated financial statements month/quarter/year end close analytical reports accounts payable general ledger sales/margin analysis accounts receivable cash flow payroll account reconciliation budgeting bookkeeping risks evaluation invoice creation ad hoc reports financial policies journal entries modelling contracts review investments assessment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-Owner, Managing Director MOSCOW, RUSSIA

Pharmacy “Aloe Apteka” 01/2015 – 03/2016

Preparation of a business plan

Evaluating investment opportunity

Location scouting, measuring foot traffic

Obtaining Pharmaceutical license

Setting-up operations and recruiting a team, writing training manuals

Finance, full cycle accounting and bookkeeping

Receiving reports from the Managing Director and assessing business success.

The idea for this investment project was to set-up a business that could be fully managed by a family member in Russia. The business became profitable from the first month, fully operational and it no longer requires my active involvement.

Director of Finance USA, RUSSIA Cromos Pharma LLC, Corex Depot LLC 07/2011 – 12/2015

www.cromospharma.com www.corex-depot.com

Responsibilities:

Oversight of all financial operations and processes

Management and mentoring of subordinates, remotely and in office

Preparation of forecasts, budgets, ad-hoc reports

Financial performance evaluation and analysis

Preparation of consolidated financial statements, Inter-company account reconciliations

Analysis of sales, project profitability and margins

Cash flow management across all company’s branches

Contract review and assessment

Accounting and bookkeeping supervision

Driving continuous improvement, organizing and streamlining business processes

Evaluation of financial risks, proactive identification of potential issues

Interdepartmental coordination and communication

Collaboration with senior management on strategic goals and investment opportunities

Preparation for quality control, financial and accounting audits

Achievements:

Setting up financial processes across all company’s branches from the ground floor

Successful financial management of companies (14 entities) with consolidated annual revenue of $10+ M

Participation and successful completion of an investment project: opening a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical warehouse

Tax optimization with moving financial headquarter to Ireland (saving EUR 100k on taxes within 2 years)

Designing, planning and integration of a built-in financial module(s) integrated within operational, cloud-based solution(s): Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) and Warehouse Management System (WMS) which resulted in 40% man-hour reduction on invoice preparation and project analysis processes, decrease of human error, provision of competitive transparency and accountability to clients.

Development of a process for an easy financial reconciliation for multi-entity, multi-currency and multi-language corporation.

Introduction of timesheets and project profitability measurement techniques to facilitate monitoring unproductive tasks, indicating non-profitable projects and activities, adjusting pricing and workflow, increasing company’s profit and minimizing losses.

I joined Cromos Pharma in 2011 as an entry-level financial employee. Since 2011 the business grew exponentially. In spite of my little experience, I was soon honored to lead the growing Finance Department. Below is a brief overview of the company’s growth:

2011

2015

Annual Revenue

$ 1,5 M

$ 10+ M

Employees

11

80

Branches

2

8

Projects (clinical studies)

3

50+

Related businesses

0

4

Accountant Assistant MOSCOW, RUSSIA Givaudan Russia (www.givaudan.com ) 02/2011 – 7/2011

Assistance of Chief accountant

Journal entries and accruals

Assistance in the preparation of financial statements, tax reports

Invoice preparation and submission

Processing payments and controlling AR, AP, Payroll

Monitoring company’s cash flow

Correspondence with clients

Month end, quarter end and year end close

Office manager MOSCOW, RUSSIA ABCDeluxe English School (www.abcdeluxe.ru) 01/2009 – 6/2010

Administrative work • Business Correspondence • Work with spreadsheets and reports • Records management • Accounts receivable • Interviewing • Marketing • Client Relations

EDUCATION

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Bachelor’s Degree

Graduation with Summa Cum Laude, GPA 3.9 09/2007-06/2012

Major: Business Administration, Investment Management

Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria) 09/2010-02/2011

Finance and Accounting (International Business • Financial Reporting (IFRS) • Financial Markets and Investment • Law and Accounting • German)

• Courses: ACCA DipIFR (rus)- Finance Academy “Active” (Moscow), 2014-2015

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Experienced PC and Mac user MS Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, hlookups) MS Word SAP SharePoint MS Project QuickBooks MS Dynamics MS Access MS Power Point Outlook

REFERENCES

Provided upon request

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