Finance Director

• May 2016 - Present

Finance Director

• Aug 2008 - Dec 2015

- Managed structured financing of development projects, buy-outs and cash flow of the group. - Prepared business plans and managed budgets. - Negotiated senior debt financing with banks, succeeded in getting through defaults driven by financial crisis in 2008-2012 - Recruited and coached new team members for Finance & IT and other departments, built internal IT capability - Played key role in restructuring and refinancing of the group. - Coordinated mergers, structuring of capital and profit flows within the Group in order to optimize income tax within Europe. - Responsible for accounting and reporting and for compliance with statutory requirements. - Implemented financial reporting structure and tools. - Coordinated audits, tax returns and preparation of Group consolidated financial statements under IFRS. Show less

Business Performance manager

• Aug 2006 - May 2008

- Contributed to successful merger of Saris and Topvar breweries by implementation of financial controlling processes. - Played active role in building of a new financial department. - Provided support to functional directors. - Leveraged profitability analysis system and reporting (SAP). - Contributed to successful merger of Saris and Topvar breweries by implementation of financial controlling processes. - Played active role in building of a new financial department. - Provided support to functional directors. - Leveraged profitability analysis system and reporting (SAP).

Financial Planning Manager

• Jan 2003 - Jul 2006

- Reported to Finance director and acted as a support to Sales and Distribution director - Coordinated approx. 20 cost center managers in budgeting and controlling of revenues and costs in Sales and Distribution department. - Developed and implemented profitability reporting. - Participated on special projects, ensured cross-functional alignment. - Was responsible for design and implementation of SAP – COPA module. - Participated on tenders for strategic suppliers and contributed to significant costs reductions. In the role of Financial projects manager (January - July 2003) - Successfully implemented company capex methodology, approval and control processes. - Supported finance director in investment decision making and optimizing total capex structure. Show less

Senior associate in Transaction services

• Sep 1998 - Sep 2002

Participated on financial due diligences for foreign investors on domestic target companies. Evaluated commercial aspects of businesses, quality of assets and maintainable earnings. Audited statutory financial statements and reporting packages of companies applying IFRS Participated on financial due diligences for foreign investors on domestic target companies. Evaluated commercial aspects of businesses, quality of assets and maintainable earnings. Audited statutory financial statements and reporting packages of companies applying IFRS