Raul Pop
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Experience
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Auto Italia Romania
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Romania
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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2004 - Present
Responsible for:• Overseeing the financial activity for the group of companies - six companies operating in Romania, totalizing consolidated annual revenue of EUR 235 mil during the automotive market pick;• Performing sound financial analysis (by business units/ by type of product/ by location) and IFRS reporting, budgeting, cash flow analysis and forecast, negotiating financing needs with banking and leasing partners; • Treasury management, ensuring a fluid operational and investment activity;• Leading and retaining a core team of 10 professionals, including managers and operational staff in Finance, Accounting and IT departments;• Supervising and checking the RAS/ IFRS reporting activity and discussing results with the CEO and shareholders;• Working closely with the CEO & shareholders both on the development and restructuring strategy, while ensuring an optimum operational business model for the local market;• Elaborating several business development and reorganization scenarios, for better adapting to the changes on the market, after analyzing sales patterns, buying volumes and manufacturer expectations;• Leading the implementing new business structure and the cost saving & optimization program, while closely monitoring implementation of all strategic initiatives and operational plans;• Directly working with the CEO for preparing negotiations of real estate acquisitions (land / buildings), rental contracts for new point of sales;• Participating in negotiations with the vehicle manufacturer for the assigned yearly KPI target;• Supporting the sales department in participation to the governmental bids for large car fleet acquisitions (eg: ambulances / school busses/ etc) or negotiations with main clients (large fleet packages/ full service rental contracts). Show less
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2001 - 2004
Responsible for: • Defining the financial policy of the group of companies and implementing internal financial and accounting policy (Finance, Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Leasing departments);• Implementing a new and modern reporting system to provide accurate data and real-time financial status to the executive management team, in support of decision making process;• Performing financial analysis exercises for each of the 4 business units of the group (cars / spare parts / after-sales / leasing services);• Cost controlling and proposing solutions for costs optimization;• Directly coordinating the Accounts Receivable department;• Defining and implementing the Treasury policies; • Elaborating and implementing interdepartmental procedures for better internal information flow, in effort of improving the speed and accuracy of reporting system;• Assessing the financial status for the independent dealerships Show less
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Publimedia
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Manager
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1999 - 2001
Responsible for: • Overseeing the financial activity for the publishing company (ProTV magazine, Acasa TV, CSVD, Cainele meu); • Leading and supporting the development of a team of 4 professionals. • Daily management of the cash flow; • Monthly P&L and balance sheet analysis for each company; • Elaborating various financial projections and analysis exercises, such as budgeting, forecasts, financial planning for special projects, results versus budget analysis, product cost analysis, cash flow analysis Show less
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Financial Analyst
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1998 - 1999
Responsible for: • Data gathering, using statistics and different online and offline media; • Reviewing and updating credit files related overdue loans; • Analyzing companies’ balance sheet and cash-flow information, to determine rescheduling plan for debts; • Monitoring and reporting of outstanding customers; • Preparing financial reports of the companies registering overdue loans with the objective to present them to venture capital funds interested. Responsible for: • Data gathering, using statistics and different online and offline media; • Reviewing and updating credit files related overdue loans; • Analyzing companies’ balance sheet and cash-flow information, to determine rescheduling plan for debts; • Monitoring and reporting of outstanding customers; • Preparing financial reports of the companies registering overdue loans with the objective to present them to venture capital funds interested.
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Academia de Studii Economice din București
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Romania
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Junior Assistant – Finance, Banks and Stock Exchange Faculty
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1997 - 1998
Responsible for: • Teaching second year students banking management during weekly seminary classes. Responsible for: • Teaching second year students banking management during weekly seminary classes.
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Education
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ASEBUSS/Kennessaw State University Atlanta
Bachelor's degree, Executive MBA -
Academia de Studii Economice din București
Bachelor's degree, Finance, Banks and Accountancy Faculty -
Liceul "Horea, Closca si Crisan"
Bachelor's degree