Manager, Financial Management

Zaza Nakashidze, MBA

Greater Los Angeles Area, CA, USA • 310-***-****

***********@*****.*** • www.linkedin.com/in/zazanakashidze/

SUMMARY

Bilingual finance professional, MBA and PMI certified Project Management Professional with more than 20 years of experience in finance, operations, strategy and entrepreneurship. Successfully managed multimillion annual budgets and oversaw several business units. Developed and maximized new business and marketing strategies. Known for entrepreneurial approach and thriving in the face of challenge. Demonstrated expertise in setting up new projects and optimizing operational efficiency.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FRONTERA RESOURCES CORPORATION (FRONTERRA EASTERN GEORGIA), Tbilisi, Georgia 10/2007-10/2012

US oil exploration and production company, headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Financial Controller

Oversaw three direct reports and six indirect reports.

Managed cost control, financial analysis, budgeting and cash flow projections for three business units and seven cost centers of the company.

Delivered fiscal planning/financial control of OPEX on time consistently for five years for 7 cost centers.

Reported and executed multimillion annual budgets.

Worked with Development Director to redesign and launch a new and complex financial reporting in less than four months.

Successfully optimized daily reporting system across 7 cost centers by restructuring the content and design of the reports, which decreased reporting process time by 200%.

Negotiated service contact with vendor and successfully decreased price by 33%.

OPEN SOCIETY GEORGIA FOUNDATION, Tbilisi, Georgia 01/2005 – 10/2007

Member of Open Society Institute Network, a grant making operation and think tank founded by George Soros.

Global Fund Program Financial Coordinator

Managed the umbrella project and coordinated 9 subcontractor organizations. Handled project timelines, schedules, and reporting.

Instituted risk management procedures and built appropriate flexibility in the budget to ensure cash flow and streamline activities when there are unexpected obstacles.

Executed an annual budget of $800K for over two years and managed financial reporting to government.

Optimized operations and decreased supply materials’ processing time from 1-2 days down to 1 hour.

Directly managed a team of 9 accountants and provided mentorship and performance feedback.

Successfully coordinated project and delivered on time services to over 3,000 recipients while remaining under budget.

NAMIO INFOTELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY, Tbilisi, Georgia 11/2000 - 12/2004

Privately held start-up providing telecommunication services.

Senior Accountant

Designed accounting policy and procedures of the company from scratch in less than three months.

Implemented new international accounting standards throughout the organization.

Successfully integrated information technologies in accounting and financial reporting, thereby increasing accuracy and timeliness of the daily, weekly, and quarterly reporting process.

Delivered on time tax and financial reporting for four years.

THE RUSTAVI NEWS NEWSPAPER, Rustavi, Georgia 10/2009 – 10/2012

A privately held start-up regional newspaper publishing company.

General Manager

Established independent local newspaper in spite of government suppression in the region which was void of free media for up to 20 years.

Gained financial support from an international organization of just under $100K.

Designed and created direct sales system and built a subscription base of approximately 1500 across six months.

Conducted over 100 ongoing training sessions for sales and editorial staff.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA), August 2013

HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, Boston, US

Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc), August 2010

TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY, Tbilisi, Georgia

Bachelor of Economics in Finance and Banking (BA), August 1999

TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY, Tbilisi, Georgia

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

CERTIFICATION NAME: Project Management Professional

CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY: Project Management Institute; LICENSE NUMBER: 1659216

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Accounting Certificate Program (2015 - Present)

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

Finance Certificate Program (2014)

Ilia State University:

Fiscal Decentralization and Local Economic Development, Master Course (2012)

FORBI: Effective Sales Skills (2011)

Caucasus School of Journalism & Media Management: Marketing/Business Mgmt. In Regional Print Media (2009)

USAID/AED (United States Agency for International Development/Academy for Education Development):

Advanced Micro and Small Business Development (2000)

Basic Micro and Small Business Development (2000)

SKILLS

COMPUTER SKILLS: Microsoft Office, VBA, NetSuite, ORIS Accounting, MS Project, Joomla, Photoshop, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, CorelDraw, etc.

LANGUAGES: Georgian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent)

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