Alena K•••

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20+ years of experience as senior Finance professional in big international and Russian companies of FMCG and logistics industries, turnover > 1 bln USD/year. 15+ years of leading many big strategic cross-functional projects: M & As, organizational business transformation, Revenue Growth Management, Rout to Markets. 20+ years of building and developing engaged teams of Finance business partners, over 600 employees in supervision. 20+ years of implementation, reengineering and automation of accounting, reporting and enterprise management systems (1С, SCALA, SAP, Oracle Hyperion etc.) 20+ years of strategic planning and budgeting in complex structured organizations, controlling and follow-up on deviations. 20+ years of experience of CAPEX planning, evaluations, and post evaluations of investments (~100 M EUR/Year). 20+ years of risk management, ensuring of strong control environment confirmed by corporate and external audit results. 20+ years of leading working capital optimization through implementation of Purchasing and Credit Policies, strong AR, AP & Stock management and application of financial instruments. 16+ years of experience of Business Services Organizations creation and improvement with centralization of transactional activities across country: accounting, procurement, legal, HR and administration. 15+ years of tax planning and optimization w/o legal risks. 15+ years of experience of balanced score cards and KBIs dashboards implementation and embedding into employees’ motivation programs. 12+ years of successful negations with banks (incl. financing > 12M EUR), insurance, audit, legal companies, and tax inspections. 15+ years of experience of Crisis management: cost and personal optimization, infrastructural projects, developing of new profit and financing sourcing. 20+ years of experience with international business activities: export – import of materials, products, equipment, opening branches, collaborations with partners, headquarters, and shareholders. Reporting and business communication in Russian and English. Higher economic education, certified by IMA USA as CMA and CFM, diploma of Data Analyst, over 30 business professional trainings and courses. Drives results, act as an owner, business insights, building and developing engaged teams.