Viorica Potanga
Chief Accountant at Fildas Catena Group- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Chartered Accountant - CECCAR active member
CECCARApr, 2008- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Fildas Catena Group
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Romania
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Accountant
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Sep 2017 - Present
Coordinate the Accounting Department for a few companies of Group. Control and review of financial processes; Maintain internal control and effective accounting system; makes regularly analysis of the accounting and propose improvements; ensuring the control of records, processing of data and accuracy; Responsibility for local statutory and tax reporting; Actively participate in Finance projects (system changes, business process changes affecting finance); Manage Finance team for all processes, coordinates the Accountants in order to ensure the standardization and optimization of General Ledger processes; analyze and resolve complex or difficult problems presented by subordinates, and escalate appropriately to the senior management; Reviews monthly balance sheets and approves reconciliations and other analyses of team, review all Fiscal Declaration and ensures timely submission; Ensures the timely and successful completion of closing activities; Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual reports for management according to internal rules; Ensures compliance with general accounting and reporting policies and procedures and period end routines; Ensures compliance with Group instructions.
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Nestlé
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Switzerland
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Food and Beverage Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Accountant
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Aug 2016 - Sep 2017
Handle issues as financial and cost accounting role AR, AP, GL, preparing accounting records in accordance with existing legislation; preparing accounts reconciliations and processing work in accordance with policies and procedures, preparing on a monthly basis supporting analyses of balance sheet accounts; Responsible for accurate booking of journal entries and accounting documents into the general ledger ; reviewing and checking the accuracy of journal vouchers, payroll records, sales and purchase ledgers; Prepares financial reports /annual and monthly/ required by local accounting and other supporting corporate schedules; Preparation of the statutory financial statements; Makes regularly analysis of the accounting and propose improvements; ensuring the control of records, processing of data and accuracy; Submit recharge to other ICO companies; review documentation for ICO services; Posting adjustment in SAP based on internal rules and legislation in place; Ensure accuracy and timeliness of FA activities, check and approve the acquisition, retirement flow and documents; create settlement rule for project and track the compilation of project costs into fixed asset accounts, and close out those accounts once the related projects have been completed ; monitor a system of controls, procedures, and forms for the reconciliation of fixed assets; reconcile the balance fixed asset with general ledger accounts; check and approve the monthly depreciation; prepare audit schedules relating to fixed assets; Ensure month-end and year-end close process are in time, accurately and according to statutory regulations and internal procedure; Responsible for preparation of the monthly Trial (GL) balance, checks the accuracy of each account balance and makes the necessary corrections or reclassifications; Preparing the monthly fiscal/statistical/BNR statements as required; calculation of profit tax, TVA, WHT and other taxes; Assists with annual statutory external audit process.
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ROTO ROMANIA SRL
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Ilfov County, Romania
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Chief accountant
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Jan 2009 - Jul 2016
Ensuring that all bookkeeping activities are completed in time, accurately and according to statutory regulations and internal month-end procedure, ensures efficiency of accounting team ; Maintaining and developing the accounting system ; working with finance tools like SAP/ BW/ BPC; Responsible for all taxation matters of the company: responsible for preparation and submission deadlines of all fiscal, statistical declarations as per statutory rules; responsible for calculation of Company Income Tax Profit, VAT, WHT; Ensures an orderly and timely preparation of the financial statements; Prepare month-end closing processes, responsible for timely and accurate monthly closing process including balance sheet, profit and loss account; Performing monthly analysis of the trial balance; Monthly reconciliation of general ledger accounts, IC reconciliation; Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports for the group; provide feedback to Headquarter questions and requirements, perform reconciliation between Group Reporting and Local Statutory Reporting; Maintains professional relations with tax authorities, banks, manages the periodic external audits; Preparation of company budget and periodic forecasts according to the Group policy, prepare analysis of budgeted versus actual results; highlight reason for variances and suggest corrective actions; Responsible for the company treasury: payments approval, cash management - preparing annual cash-flow and monthly forecast ; reconciliation actual vs. forecast;
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Fildas Trading
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief accountant
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Apr 2007 - Jan 2009
Coordinating, supervising, providing assistance to the accountants in order to assure the completion of their responsibilities and the achievements of the accounting team’s objectives;Responsible for timely and accurate monthly closing process, monthly reconciliations (stocks, debtors, creditors, banks, fixed assets, etc); verifying the accounting records and ledgers according with legal requirements and internal procedures; performing monthly analysis of the trial balance;Ensures an orderly and timely preparation of the financial statements;Preparation of tax related reports and declaration’s; calculation of Income Tax, VAT, other taxes; Support for preparation of company consolidation package;Development and implementation of new accounting procedures.
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Economist
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Aug 2002 - Apr 2007
Coordinating, supervising, providing assistance to the accountants starting with 2004; Ensures the control of the primary bookkeeping; Monitoring and bookkeeping of fixed assets, depreciation, financial and operational leasing, salaries, prepaid expenses and other accounting documents; Responsible for timely and accurate monthly closing process; preparing the balance sheet and profit and loss account; month-end reconciliation of accounts;Performing monthly analysis of the trial balance; prepare all Tax declarations (VAT, corporate income etc); Bookkeeping of all documents related to few subsidiaries (petty cash documents, other expenses);Maintain the financial records, fiscal declaration, financial situation for 2 small companies from Group
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Education
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2001 - 2002
Academia de Studii Economice din București
Bachelor's degree, Studii aprofundate -Audit si management contabil -
1997 - 2001
Academia de Studii Economice din București
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Accounting and Finance -
1993 - 1997
Liceul economic Virgil Madgearu
Certification in tourism, Tourism and Travel Services Management
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