Finance & Accounting, CMA

to make career within an oil & gas company

Business Consultant (contract) June 2008 - now
Wood Group (production facility in Niznevartovsk - Moscow, Russia), large US oil equipment manufacturer & service provider
• Optimization of the business processes;
• Developing and optimization of internal control;
• Special emphasis on improving control over inventory turnover;
• Drawing monthly consolidated financial statements (IFRS);
• Improving managerial reporting system;
• Consult the personnel on ERP system;
Achievements:
• Process’s paperwork time is reduced on average by 20%;
• Accuracy of inventory balance is improved by 15%;
• Accuracy of reports is improved by 20%;

Deputy Chief Accountant (retail division) Sept. 2006 – June 2008
Warnaco Group (Montreal, Canada), large US wholesale & retail clothes distributor
• Setting up and controlling the full accounting cycle (from worksheets to closing) (US GAAP);
• Result’s analysis, and operational changes recommendations;
• Improving internal control procedures;
• Forecasting and budgeting;
• Control operational expenses;
• Managing complex inventory within the retail business;
Achievements:
• Accuracy of predictions was up to 4%;
• Inventory control helped to achieve 1% difference between balance and physical count;

Chief Accountant (left due to company’s restructuring) April 2004 – Aug. 2006
SDM Inc. (Montreal, Canada), local plastic manufacturer
• Controlling the full accounting cycle (from worksheets to closing) (US GAAP);
• Result’s analysis, and operational changes recommendations;
• Communication with the bank and auditors;
• Standard cost evaluation of 5 most saleable products;
• Forecasting and budgeting;
Achievements:
• Identified and corrected large discrepancy between the standard and actual cost;

Business Consultant (contract) Oct. 2002 – Apr. 2004
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Canada), 3-rd world engineering company
• Analyzed accounting system, budgeting process, financial management practices, financial analysis;
• Developed several financial models;
• Investments analysis;
• Transformation from Russian GAAP to IFRS;
• Contributed to the project management (GANT, critical path charts);

Master Business Administration (MBA) Jan. 2005 – June 2006
University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Bachelor of Commerce in Finance May 1998 – Dec. 2001
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Bachelor Mechanical Engineering Sep. 1982 – June 1987
State Maritime Academy, Odessa, Ukraine

Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Sep. 2003 – Dec. 2004
CMA Institute, Montreal, Canada

Have dual citizenship: Russia and Canada
Fluent in Russian