VANYA KALAIDJIEVA
Salt Lake City, UT 267-***-**** *****.*****@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/vkalaidjieva/
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS (FPA), CORPORATE FINANCE, STRATEGIC PLANNING, M&A AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PM PROFESSIONAL
15+ years of progressive responsibility Executing extensive global FP&A, Strategic Planning, Executive Reporting Managing global transformational finance and M&A projects Cross-functional engagements Advising senior leaders Coaching team members Commercial Real Estate business development and analysis
Executive Reporting, Project Management
Smart sheet, Advanced Excel, Coaching
FP&A, М&А, Due Diligence, Real Estate
Adaptive, Hyperion, QuickBooks, EVMS
Reporting, cross functional collaboration
Forecasting, Budgeting, gain/loss, GAAP, SEC
ADVISORY CONSULTING PROJECTS THROUGH ORGANIZATION TRANSFORMATION:
FINANCE MANAGER CONSULTING/CONTRACT/INTERIM PROJECTS
Morgan Stanley – Tax Operations -Wealth Management Gains and Loss 3/2025 – 7/2025
Leaf Home –Sales and Marketing 11/2024 – 3/2025
Modere – Contract Accounting Consolidation, GAAP, SEC, project leadership 9/2024 – 11/2024
501K-Acquisition Consultant, project leadership, business development, modeling 7/2023 – 9/2024
Enlite Home- Contact Accounting Manager – Consolidations, Strategic loan servicing 3/2023 – 7/2023
Revibe Men’s Health - Strategy finance for the clinics, Strategic Loan Servicing 10/2022 – 3/2023
Amazon – Operations Consultant, project leadership, cross functional collaboration 2/2022 – 10/2022
Power to Fly –Strategic Finance Consultant Remote 11/2021 – 2/2022
Responsible for the budget, forecasting and he KPI's.
ONE HEART BULGARIA, Sofia, Bulgaria
Finance Director, Project Manager 04/2019 – 11/2021
Developed new client relationships; engaged, created, oversaw, reviewed, and adhered to the operational budgets each month; organized a successful fundraising campaign; won corporate funds for the NGO
CONCENTRIX, FPA Consultant - Sofia, Bulgaria 10/2018 – 04/2019 Developed and maintained FP&A variance expense models and the strategic loan servicing
KPMG, Sofia, Bulgaria 07/2018 – 10/2018
Senior Manager
Managed change management projects with different Government/non-government clients.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (RBC), Jersey City, NJ 10/2017 – 04/2018
FP&A/ Consultant, Project Manager
Collaborated with RBC Management and Treasury to create operational change management Hyperion FP&A and smartsheets models and variance reports, increased efficiency of regulatory risk reports by 50%.
HEDGENET, MARTO CAPITAL, New York, NY 09/2016 – 10/2017
Strategic Corporate Financial Advisor (hired by owners to work on projects for their start-ups)
Led financial due diligence projects for five M&A related clients/transactions across technology industries.
CITIGROUP, New York, NY 10/2015 – 06/2016
Finance Project Manager
Managed Citi's “Best in Class Finance “change management“ projects, collaborated cross functionally with Treasury to lead transformational strategic programs; used smart sheets, achieved consistent risk reporting.
NASDAQ, New York, NY 10/2014 – 06/2015
Senior Finance Lead Corporate Finance, FP&A Project Manager
Worked with Senior VP in NYC and led project team located in Virginia to produce monthly FP&A NS gain/loss forecasts and variance control packs; collaborated with the Treasury team in Hyperion integration.
IQOR, New York, NY 11/2013 – 05/2014
Senior Corporate Finance, FP&A Lead
Built and led the financial forecast team to prepare in-depth FP&A analysis. Collaborated with the Treasury team as member of M&A/Diligence during the Hyperion and change management integration of Jabil’s AMS; analyzed the FX hedging software marketplace; saved iQor $300K. Implemented new systems.
BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, Westport, CT 05/2013 – 11/2013
Project Manager (Consultant)
Successfully finalized the remaining project in Client Services – the contract terms database - with intent to protect the Hedge Fund’s client accounts and create a system of checks, balances and risk management.
Designed the first financial planning model aligning actual data to the General Ledger.
FULL TIME EXPERIENCE:
J.P. MORGAN CHASE, New York, NY 2012 – 2013
Assistant Vice President –Commercial and Businesses Banking HR Data Analytics
Analyzed HR data and created presentations with key findings and implications for Management. Presented to Senior Management and made recommendations.
METLIFE, INC., New York, NY 2005 – 2012
Finance Manager – MetLife International Finance – FP&A, (2009-2012)
Promoted to join and lead the International FP&A team and work with the newly elected CFO and the Due Diligence team to set up for MetLife’s International expansion, preparing for AIG’s Alico acquisition.
Utilized Hyperion systems, performed GAAP, IFRS and cost management analysis and partnered with global teams to help build financial budget and forecast models and set up the executive reporting structure.
Defined frameworks for country managers to prepare the monthly/quarterly control metric variance reports for sales, costs, earnings and KPIs for review meetings; worked as part of the due diligence team.
Finance Manager – MetLife Corporate Finance – Financial Control and Asset Management, (2006-2009)
Invited to join the Corporate Finance team to head executive reporting and prepare and analyze monthly/quarterly plans and forecasts of sales, real estate models, revenues, expenses and earnings, gain/loss analysis. Collaborate with business partners from Treasury and various MetLife functions.
Managed interns to incorporate Asset Management data and prepare variance and gain/loss reports.
Strategic Planning Manager – MetLife Strategic Planning and Retirement Strategies Group, (2005-2006)
Key contributor in the MetLife - McKinsey Retirement Strategies Project to shape MetLife’s strategy.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA 2003 – 2005
Senior Financial/Strategy Analyst
In charge of the long-range plan and yearly University Budget; Created five-year financial asset management models for revenue generating programs and cost managemet, online journal Knowledge@Wharton, the technology-enhanced learning tools - Learning Lab and Wharton Publishing. Analyzed and created buy versus lease and Real estate models.
WASATCH FUNDS, Salt Lake City, UT 1998 – 2001
Research/Equity Analyst
Analyzed new companies in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries; created detailed earnings models, reviewed SEC filings and financial reports, and communicated with company management and competitors.
EDUCATION
MBA Finance – UPENN Wharton School of Business, 2003, Philadelphia, PA
Post MBA - Strategic Thinking and Management for Competitive Advantage Executive Class.
Bachelors of Science, International Relations - Brigham Young University, 1998, Provo, UT
Awarded full academic scholarship, Internship at ACUS. Overall GPA –3.98/4.00, magna cum laude.
Did an internship in Washington DC at the US Ukrainian and Russian Committee.
Harvard Porter approved Macroeconomic Strategies for Development Certificate, 2020 – Sofia, Bulgaria
INTERESTS AND OTHER EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Commercial and Residential Real Estate Consultant, Health and Wellness Coach, Non-profit leadership; Bulgaria Biotech Cluster, intermediate Spanish and Russian; CFA 2; marathon running; US and EU passports.