Signe Saar

Experience

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  Elisa Eesti AS

  Jun 1998 - Dec 2004

  Business Controller

  - Responsibilities: internal and external reporting, cost accounting, budgeting, treasury functions, responsibility accounting, monitoring external environment (competition, economic situation)- Subordinates: 2 (controllers)- Direct Supervisor: Mr Teppo Verronen, CFO- Main Achievements: creating a management accounting/reporting system from beginning, develop ABC based cost accounting system, automating budgeting process, developing and using Balanced Scorecard

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  Vertelson Mobiil AS

  Jan 2005 - Aug 2005

  Director Of Finance And Administration

  - Responsibilities: internal and external finance reporting, cost accounting, budgeting, personnel and administration questions- Subordinates: 3 (accountant, human resource manager, secretary) - Direct Supervisor: Peep Põldsam, CEO- Main achievements: validating data sources and data obtaining principles from technical information bases and entries for accounting records

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  Kalev Chocolate Factory

  Sept 2005 - Nov 2006

  Cost Accountant

  - responsibilities: product costing- Subordinates: no subordinates- Direct Supervisor: Mr Üllar Rannik, head of business analysis department- Main achievements: correcting product costing system in use, automating some processes, broadening the circle of people using product cost data

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  Tallink Grupp

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2008

  Financial Controller

  - responsibilities: management reporting and performance measurement: internal reporting for board members (financial results as well capacity reports, analyzing differences, compiling explanations from middle level managers)- subordinates: no subordinates (the controller position was relatively new)- Direct supervisor: Mr Janek Stalmeister, Finance Director, member of the board- Main achievements: creating the management reporting system: flash and actual results reports for the group, capacity (passengers, cargo line meters etc) reporting with explanations Show less

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  ABB

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2022

  Business Unit Controller

  responsibilities: reporting of financial results for group, BU reporting, cost accounting, profitability analysis, SOD and SOX related control activities, ad hoc analysis, supporting management decisions, project controllingFrom 2003-2016 Project analyst and project controller certification, ABB Group

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  Cleveron

  Aug 2022 - now

  Financial Controller