NIKOLAOS PAPADOULIS
Address: G. Papandreou Str. N. 9, Chalkis 34 100, Greece
Telephone: +30-222**-***** Mobile Phone/Facetime: +30-698*-******
E-mail Address: adhq2p@r.postjobfree.com Skype: npapadoulis
Birth Date: September 25, 1965
Marital Status: Widowed
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikos-papadoulis-a4a07b10/
BUSINESS PROFILE
Successful track record of more than 20 years’ experience in Multinational and Greek leading corporations of Industry, Services and Commerce, Domestically & Abroad, Private & Public Sector, developed my strategic thinking and leadership skills in demanding and rapidly changing environments. Experienced professional in re-engineering projects and opening of business units and departments. Proven organizational and decision-making skills with the ability to highlight trends and anomalies under constraints of time and pressure. Performance-Driven, strongly proactive and adaptive to crisis and change management.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD – MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
ROGER SA – Internet Banking Platform, Fintech firm specializing in online factoring and financing of SMEs.
2019- Present
Market development and representation in the Greek market.
MAPEI HELLAS SA – Local production plant/ Chemical Industry, the local subsidiary of MAPE SPA, a world leader in producing adhesives for the construction and building industry.
2010-June 2020
Main Achievements
1.-Year 2010 : Pre-opening period preparation activities and organizing the set up of the production site finance department of the local subsidiary in Greece. Additionally, we managed to incorporate the company into the Group’s global ERP, WebGate AS400.
2.-Year 2016 : Appointed as General manager of the company while being CFO following the dismissal of the previous General manager. Since then the company’s turnover has been doubled, bringing among the top 5 in the country.
3.-Year 2016 : managed to achieve the Share capital increase in order to restore the capital structure of the company without needing any fund injection from the parent company.
4.-Year 2017 : managed to be awarded a 1,4 million euro in cash from the Greek government for the Mapei Hellas, as a form of subsidy for the local investment.
5.-Year 2019 : Implementation of the GDPR regulation and requirements.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
General Manager/Legal representative and CFO of the Mapei Hellas entity since July 2016 till present.
CFO at the production plant of Mapei Hellas SA in Greece, a local manufacturing subsidiary of Mapei Group International, a worldwide top producer in the field of production chemicals for the construction industry.
Main Duties:
1. Financial Planning and Analysis
Audit structure and process in Finance, Procurement and Operations putting in place controls.
Coordinate the development and monitoring of budgets for the country
Develop financial business plans and forecasts
Develop and utilize forward looking, predictive models and activity based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.
2. Cash Management
Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed
Oversee cash investment and asset management
Oversee financing strategies and activities, as well as banking relationships
3. Accounting Tax and Financial Compliance
Oversee the accounting department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems and function
Ensure maintenance of internal controls and financial procedures
Ensure timeliness, accuracy and usefulness of financial and management reporting
Oversee the preparation and communication of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and consolidation
Coordinate audits and proper filing of tax returns
Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions
4. Other
Represent the company to financial partners, including financial institutions, auditors, public officials, tax authority etc.
Participate in implementing standard, best practices, including ERP, Taxation and accounting compliance, as well as pricing and costing
Drive and develop Finance team.
HELEXPO SA Hellenic Organization of International Exhibitions, Conferences & Cultural Events, Thessaloniki, Greece.
01/09/2008-31/03/2009
Director of Finance
Duties :
1. Supervision of the departments of Accounting, MIS and Purchasing
2. Approval of payments to suppliers, payroll and taxes.
3. Bank account management and supervision.
4. Implementation of the local tax legislation and representation at the local tax agencies.
5. Responsibility for the yearly corporate and tax audit.
6. Yearly budget and monthly financial forecasts plus actual and projected cash flows on monthly and yearly basis.
Regency International Casino Tirana (RICT) S.A., Tirana, Albania (HYATT GROUP) & Regent Slot Club, Bucharest,Romania (HYATT GROUP).
01/10/2005-31/08/2008
Director of Finance, supervising the finance directorates on both casinos of the group in Albania, Tirana and Romania, Bucharest. Member of the EXCO (Executive Committee) in both casinos, consisting of 3 parties (GM, Assistant GM and Director of Finance).
Duties :
1. Supervision of the departments of Accounting, Cage, Count, MIS, Purchasing
2. Approval of payments to suppliers, payroll and taxes.
3. Bank account management and supervision.
4. Implementation of the local tax legislation and representation at the local tax agencies.
5. Responsibility for the yearly corporate and tax audit.
6. Supervision of the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reporting according to IFRS from RICT SA to the management group.
7. Yearly budget and monthly financial forecasts plus actual and projected cash flows on monthly and yearly basis.
Del Monte SA (subsidiary of the Del Monte Foods International www.freshdelmonte.com ) Larisa, Greece
01/03/2001-31/08/2005
Finance and Reporting Manager
Duties:
1. Implementation of the local tax legislation and representation at the local tax agencies.
2. Supervision of the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reporting according to US GAAP to the corporate HQs in Florida,USA and to regional offices in Monaco, Europe.
3.Implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 for the listed in the NYSE corporations Regu-lation.
4. Yearly budget and monthly financial and sales forecasts plus cashflows.
5. Reconciliation of inter-company accounts.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS (EKPA) –BUSINESS SCHOOL
Master of Science
Area of Specialization: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI (ARISTOTELEIO) – LAW & BUSINESS SCHOOL
Bachelor’s Degree
Area of Specialization: Business Administration – Financial Accounting
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, USA – QUEENS COLLEGE
Bachelor’s Degree
Area of Specialization: Economics
LINGUAL ABILITIES, COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS
Lingual Abilities: Greek – Native language, English – Fluent, Albanian - Basic
Software User Skills: WebGate AS 400/IBM Platform, Hyperion/Oracle, Windows MS Office (Excel,Word), Singular Enterprise (SEN), Unisoft Kefalaio.
ASSOCIATIONS
1.Regular Member and certified accountant awarded with A’ Class (the highest rate) license by the Economic Chamber of Greece since 1996.
2.Certified consultant for SMEs since 1998 accredited by the ministry of Economy of Greece.