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Management Accountant and Finance Business Partner, CIMA Adv Dip MA
Paula Zasowska
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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I am a Finance professional with strong analytical, problem-solving and teamwork skills developed throughout my studies and work experience. I have responsible approach to any task that I undertake, or situation that I am presented with, which I successfully demonstrated by taking on new challenges and projects and successfully completing them. I am currently studying towards CIMA professional qualification, having only Strategic Level left to finish.
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English
Fluently
Spanish
Fluently
Italian
Good
Polish
Fluently
Portuguese
Good
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Maternity Leave
N/A.
2019 - 2019
freelance
Management Accountant
Girl Effect.
Key achievements:
✓ Designed and implemented new processes improving efficiencies and timeliness of month end closure, enabling quicker and more accurate preparation of Management Accounts
✓ Management of portfolio of over $20 mln and generation of over $300,000 of interest income
through an active management of funds
✓ Successfully prepared and submitted budget for donor specific project
Job Responsibilities:
• Finance Business Partner for country office and in-house department responsible for preparation
of Management Accounts, variance analysis, budgeting and re/forecasting, assistance with donor
bid proposals and providing on-going support for the teams
• Lead on Treasury and FX management, including preparation and analysis of cash flow position,
designing investment strategy in accordance with risk profile and exploring hedging options
• Lead on month end process, including reconciliations of foreign currency and investment accounts, intercompany transfers and account reconciliations, prepayments, accruals, maintenance of Fixed Assets, including intangibles
• Consolidating all cash flows from different country offices and in varying currencies into a global cash flow, showing projections for the upcoming six months for senior management team
• Design and implementation of new internal processes for the company
• Supporting in-country Finance staff with variety of queries and providing financial training
• Assisting in the preparation of the Financial Statements and the data for auditors at Year End
✓ Designed and implemented new processes improving efficiencies and timeliness of month end closure, enabling quicker and more accurate preparation of Management Accounts
✓ Management of portfolio of over $20 mln and generation of over $300,000 of interest income
through an active management of funds
✓ Successfully prepared and submitted budget for donor specific project
Job Responsibilities:
• Finance Business Partner for country office and in-house department responsible for preparation
of Management Accounts, variance analysis, budgeting and re/forecasting, assistance with donor
bid proposals and providing on-going support for the teams
• Lead on Treasury and FX management, including preparation and analysis of cash flow position,
designing investment strategy in accordance with risk profile and exploring hedging options
• Lead on month end process, including reconciliations of foreign currency and investment accounts, intercompany transfers and account reconciliations, prepayments, accruals, maintenance of Fixed Assets, including intangibles
• Consolidating all cash flows from different country offices and in varying currencies into a global cash flow, showing projections for the upcoming six months for senior management team
• Design and implementation of new internal processes for the company
• Supporting in-country Finance staff with variety of queries and providing financial training
• Assisting in the preparation of the Financial Statements and the data for auditors at Year End
Consulting, Business development, Project coordination, Budget and accounting, Financial Accounting, Reporting, Analysis, Financial Management, Accounting, Audit, Financial statements
2018 - 2019
job
FINANCE SPECIALIST
Girl Effect.
Key achievements:
✓ Designed and implemented new processes improving efficiencies and timeliness of month end
closure, enabling quicker and more accurate preparation of Management Accounts
✓ Management of portfolio of over $20 mln and generation of over $300,000 of interest income
through an active management of funds
✓ Writing and implementing the Organisation's Global Finance Policy & Procedure Manual,
including Investment Policy
✓ Successfully prepared and submitted budget for donor specific project
Job Responsibilities:
• Finance Business Partner for country office and in-house department responsible for preparation
of Management Accounts, variance analysis, budgeting and re/forecasting, assistance with donor
bid proposals and providing on-going support for the teams
• Lead on Treasury and FX management, including preparation and analysis of cash flow position,
designing investment strategy in accordance with risk profile and exploring hedging options
• Lead on month end process, including reconciliations of foreign currency and investment
accounts, intercompany transfers and account reconciliations, prepayments, accruals,
maintenance of Fixed Assets, including intangibles
• Consolidating all cash flows from different country offices and in varying currencies into a global
cash flow, showing projections for the upcoming six months for senior management team
• Design and implementation of new internal processes for the company
• Supporting in-country Finance staff with variety of queries and providing financial training
• Assisting in the preparation of the Financial Statements and the data for auditors at Year End
• Supervise work of Finance Assistant, provide training and on-going support with queries
✓ Designed and implemented new processes improving efficiencies and timeliness of month end
closure, enabling quicker and more accurate preparation of Management Accounts
✓ Management of portfolio of over $20 mln and generation of over $300,000 of interest income
through an active management of funds
✓ Writing and implementing the Organisation's Global Finance Policy & Procedure Manual,
including Investment Policy
✓ Successfully prepared and submitted budget for donor specific project
Job Responsibilities:
• Finance Business Partner for country office and in-house department responsible for preparation
of Management Accounts, variance analysis, budgeting and re/forecasting, assistance with donor
bid proposals and providing on-going support for the teams
• Lead on Treasury and FX management, including preparation and analysis of cash flow position,
designing investment strategy in accordance with risk profile and exploring hedging options
• Lead on month end process, including reconciliations of foreign currency and investment
accounts, intercompany transfers and account reconciliations, prepayments, accruals,
maintenance of Fixed Assets, including intangibles
• Consolidating all cash flows from different country offices and in varying currencies into a global
cash flow, showing projections for the upcoming six months for senior management team
• Design and implementation of new internal processes for the company
• Supporting in-country Finance staff with variety of queries and providing financial training
• Assisting in the preparation of the Financial Statements and the data for auditors at Year End
• Supervise work of Finance Assistant, provide training and on-going support with queries
Design, Writing, Budget, Forecasting, Training, Management, Finance, Implementation, Support, Business Partner, Office, Organization, Investment Strategy, Treasury, Processes
2017 - 2018
job
FINANCE COORDINATOR
Girl Effect.
Key achievements:
✓ Visiting India to assist in setting up financial processes and procedures for the new country office,
meeting with auditors to discuss transfer pricing agreement and training user on Financial Force
✓ Designing and implementing new intercompany process for the company, resulting in complete
elimination of unreconciled transactions issues between entities
✓ Successfully led a project of bringing invoices in-house, including testing and org-wide roll-out
✓ Improving the payment run process by leading a mass vendor cleanse in the finance system that
increased the number of suppliers paid within credit terms from 70% to 99%
Job Responsibilities:
• Reviewing the inter-company account statements and ensuring all associated transactions are
correctly posted, reconciled and re-valued on a monthly basis
• Providing assistance in the statutory year-end audit with responsibility for coordinating with the
internal auditors to facilitate the implementation of the Internal Audit recommendations
• Preparation of management accounts and monthly budget monitory meetings with budget holders
– variance analysis, guidance regarding monthly and YTD positions vs budget
• Responsible for timely and accurate month end closure
• Reconcile supplier statements against transaction history and company accounting records
• Weekly payment run, including foreign payments and payments on behalf of country office
✓ Visiting India to assist in setting up financial processes and procedures for the new country office,
meeting with auditors to discuss transfer pricing agreement and training user on Financial Force
✓ Designing and implementing new intercompany process for the company, resulting in complete
elimination of unreconciled transactions issues between entities
✓ Successfully led a project of bringing invoices in-house, including testing and org-wide roll-out
✓ Improving the payment run process by leading a mass vendor cleanse in the finance system that
increased the number of suppliers paid within credit terms from 70% to 99%
Job Responsibilities:
• Reviewing the inter-company account statements and ensuring all associated transactions are
correctly posted, reconciled and re-valued on a monthly basis
• Providing assistance in the statutory year-end audit with responsibility for coordinating with the
internal auditors to facilitate the implementation of the Internal Audit recommendations
• Preparation of management accounts and monthly budget monitory meetings with budget holders
– variance analysis, guidance regarding monthly and YTD positions vs budget
• Responsible for timely and accurate month end closure
• Reconcile supplier statements against transaction history and company accounting records
• Weekly payment run, including foreign payments and payments on behalf of country office
Training, Project coordination, PROJECT PLANNING, Financial statement analysis, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Budget and accounting, Reporting, Payment, Invoices
2016 - 2017
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STUDENT MENTOR
London Metropolitan University.
Key achievements:
✓ Prepared students for final exams, in which they all received A's.
Job Responsibilities:
• Supporting students in their academic life and offering educational assistance
✓ Prepared students for final exams, in which they all received A's.
Job Responsibilities:
• Supporting students in their academic life and offering educational assistance
Mentor
2016 - 2016
job
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT
Turn2us Group.
Key achievements:
✓ Provided absence cover for Management Accountant and ensuring timely and accurate
preparation of all accounts for month end
Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for preparation of management accounts from trial balance stage (P&L account and balance sheet), group cash flow and restricted funds management information
• Preparation of pension investments records for pension year end
• Analysed and reconciled investment accounts and posted unrealised gains or losses
• Reconciled fundraising & accounting systems & followed up differences
• Wrote & tested system notes, procedures and checklists for successor
✓ Provided absence cover for Management Accountant and ensuring timely and accurate
preparation of all accounts for month end
Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for preparation of management accounts from trial balance stage (P&L account and balance sheet), group cash flow and restricted funds management information
• Preparation of pension investments records for pension year end
• Analysed and reconciled investment accounts and posted unrealised gains or losses
• Reconciled fundraising & accounting systems & followed up differences
• Wrote & tested system notes, procedures and checklists for successor
Fundraising, Management, Accountant, Pension, UP
2015 - 2016
job
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
Kuropatwa LTD.
Key Achievements:
✓ Improved the process of handling company credit cards, resulting in improved control over the spending and decreased volume of missing receipts
✓ Reconciled historical issues in the ledgers with supplier statements, resulting in clearing out
overdue balances, timely payments and increased credit limits
Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for all aspects of Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger, including queries
• Managed company credit cards
• Verified subcontractors within HMRC
• Prepared and submitted CIS statements
• Posted monthly journals such as VAT, Prepayments, Accruals
✓ Improved the process of handling company credit cards, resulting in improved control over the spending and decreased volume of missing receipts
✓ Reconciled historical issues in the ledgers with supplier statements, resulting in clearing out
overdue balances, timely payments and increased credit limits
Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for all aspects of Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger, including queries
• Managed company credit cards
• Verified subcontractors within HMRC
• Prepared and submitted CIS statements
• Posted monthly journals such as VAT, Prepayments, Accruals
Sales, Cotton wool
2013 - 2015
job
Accounts Payable
Hibiscus UK LTD.
Key Achievements:
✓ Most efficient employee in terms of processing invoices, handling over 100 documents a day
✓ Improved the timeliness of supplier payments by preparing and analysing weekly creditors lists
Job Responsibilities:
• Maintenance of AP – creating new suppliers, checking invoices daily to POs, invoice coding
• Prepared weekly and monthly creditors list
• Performed bank reconciliation (including foreign currency accounts)
• Reconciled supplier statements with Purchase Ledger and responded to queries
• Managed staff expenses and company credit cards
✓ Most efficient employee in terms of processing invoices, handling over 100 documents a day
✓ Improved the timeliness of supplier payments by preparing and analysing weekly creditors lists
Job Responsibilities:
• Maintenance of AP – creating new suppliers, checking invoices daily to POs, invoice coding
• Prepared weekly and monthly creditors list
• Performed bank reconciliation (including foreign currency accounts)
• Reconciled supplier statements with Purchase Ledger and responded to queries
• Managed staff expenses and company credit cards
Accounting, Bookkeeping, Reporting, Administration
My education
2016
-
?
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Chartered Global Management Accountant, Management Accounting
Chartered Global Management Accountant, Management Accounting
2014
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2017
London Metropolitan University
Bachelors, Accounting and Finance
Bachelors, Accounting and Finance
University Prize for Academic Excellence –
Best First Class Honours Award
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