Experience

The Anglo-American School of Moscow

• Russian Federation
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance & Compliance Officer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

• Compliance Officer

  • Apr 2021 - Dec 2022

  For 70 years, the school has legally been a part of the US Embassy in Moscow. In 2020, the school decided to become a standalone Russian legal entity. I am responsible for:– Adapting existing processes and setting up new ones to comply with the Russian law, doing financial models of these changes– Sharing knowledge and skills with other departments, researching first-time questions and distilling findings into user-friendly step plans and procedures– Doing management reporting based on Russian accounting standards, budgeting– Automating procurement and client billing via Google Sheets / Apps Script– Preparing templates for key HR documents, automating their issuance via Google Sheets / Apps Script, restructuring staff benefits to comply with the Russian labor law– Researching and deciding on how to treat certain transactions in tax accounting– Obtaining work and guest visas for 160 staff members and their dependents at the peak of COVID-19 restrictions and temporary procedures Show less



UCHi.RU

• Russian Federation
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Finance Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Apr 2021

  – Preparing and enhancing management reporting for Russian, Cypriot and US companies of the group based on bank statements, IFRS, US GAAP and Russian accounting standards – Implementing a procedure to deduct R&D costs at x1.5 rate to ensure group’s Russian annual corporate profits tax burden stays below a certain level – Coordination of bookkeeping and audits done by local providers for US and Cypriot companies of the group – Automating payment approvals and execution for the Cypriot company and collection of supporting documents from multiple teams to support deductibility of costs for Russian tax purposes – Back to back, successful registration of www.uchi.ru platform with the Russian State Software Registry and databases, on a very tight deadline of 3 months from initial kick-off to the platform appearing in the Register – Preparing and submitting group-first reporting on controlled foreign companies – Preparing analytics and documents for buy-side due diligence of all group companies by Mail.ru Group, which at the time acquired 25% in Uchi.ru Show less



Международная IB школа Brookes Moscow

• Senior Finance Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Aug 2020

  – Doing and automating daily cash flow management, budget control and payment schedule – Financial modelling for 5 years and detailed budgeting for 1 year – Preparing monthly financial reports for local and group management, business partners, automating routine part of this process via Google Sheets / Apps Script – Assessing and mitigating tax risks, formalising uncertain tax positions – Back to back review of all salary calculations, proactive communication with staff and addressing their questions – Automating other departments’ processes via Google Sheets / Apps Script: procurement, student forms distribution, approving and scheduling school events, issuing parent invoices and contracts Show less



PwC Russia

• Russian Federation
• Financial Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Tax Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2017

  – Corporate income tax, transfer pricing and VAT advisory – Tax audits under IFRS and Russian accounting standards – Automating routine processes using a Python script, which went on to be regularly used by 3 departments – Key client sectors: telecommunications, online retail and private equity – Corporate income tax, transfer pricing and VAT advisory – Tax audits under IFRS and Russian accounting standards – Automating routine processes using a Python script, which went on to be regularly used by 3 departments – Key client sectors: telecommunications, online retail and private equity