Petr Svoboda

Petr Svoboda

Associate, Senior Associate, Assistant Manager

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  • About me

    Finance Director

  • Education

    • The University of Warwick (UK) – Warwick Business School

      2007 - 2008
      MSc Finance

      Title of the thesis: Capital Structure Puzzle: Empirical Evidence from the Czech RepublicOverall classification of the qualification: passed

    • Brno University of Technology (CZ) – Faculty of Business and Management

      2006 - 2009
      Master’s study programme Corporate Finance and Business

      Title of the thesis: Determinants of Capital Structure: Empirical Evidence from Visegrad CountriesOverall classification of the qualification: passed with honour

    • Coventry University (UK) - Faculty of Engineering and Computing

      2006 - 2007
      Bachelor’s study programme BA General

      Title of the thesis: Costs of Teaching at Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry UniversityOverall classification of the qualification: passed with honour – First Class

    • Brno University of Technology (CZ) – Faculty of Business and Management

      2003 - 2006
      Bachelor’s study programme Tax Advisory

      Title of the thesis: Impacts of Application of IFRS in PBS TurboOverall classification of the qualification: passed with honour

    • Masaryk University (CZ) – Faculty of Economics and Administration

      2003 - 2006
      Bachelor’s study programme Management

      Title of the thesis: Comparison of internal guidelines, Czech standards and IFRS in a foreign companyOverall classification of the qualification: passed

    • Grammar school in Velke Mezirici (CZ)

      1995 - 2003

      Study branches: general

  • Experience

    • PwC

      Aug 2008 - Mar 2014
      Associate, Senior Associate, Assistant Manager

      Responsible for portfolio of international and local clients in the Czech and Slovak Republic – e. g.: Tesco Stores ČR a.s., TESCO STORES SR, a.s., MOTORPAL, a.s., LEO Express a.s., DHL Solutions k.s., HARTMANN - RICO a.s., Draka Kabely, s.r.o., Bosch Rexroth, spol. s r.o., PBS Turbo s.r.o., Honeywell, spol. s r.o., Tönnies Fleisch CZ s.r.o., Ecolab Hygiene s.r.o., McBride Czech, a.s., Centrum Olympia Olomouc, a.s. and others- managing of the team with 10 people- numerous working experience with providing of services relating to international and Czech accounting standards and services- responsibility for statutory audits according to Czech and Slovak legislation and for the group reporting according to IFRS- control environment testing and improvement suggesting- responsible for projects of transfer of Czech reporting to IFRS reporting (first IFRS adoption)- project management of all clients which I am responsible for - responsible for budgets versus actual costs of all projects for which I am responsible- providing of training to new colleaguesSkills: communication skills, problem solving, meeting deadlines, commercial awareness, self-reliance, self-awareness, team work Show less

    • Eurovia

      Mar 2014 - May 2018

      - finance responsibility for the part of the company with the annual turnover of 2,5 billion CZK - leading accounting and economists team, implementation of their appraisal- finance responsibility for branches in Slovakia, Poland and Lithuania including accounting and legal compliance, communication with external accounting provider and finance authority- financial budgeting of individual divisions of EUROVIA CS, a.s. and its subsidiaries (PREFA PRO, a.s., OK Třebestovice, a.s. and GJW Praha spol. s r.o.)- monthly and annual reporting according to IFRS and CZ GAAP in SAP system- formalizing processes (setting up control environment, guidelines, checklists, etc.)- regular and ad hoc reports for local and group management- implementation of construction budgeting and its evaluation (in MS Excel – Visual Basic for Applications)- cash flow management- internal and external audit responsibility- accounting and payroll department responsibility- Czech taxes and statutory reports preparation - negation with investors and suppliers Show less

      • Finance Manager of Railways and Bridges Division

        Aug 2015 - May 2018
      • Controlling Manager

        Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma in International Financial Reporting (IFRS)

      Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
      Dec 2012
    • ACCA qualification

      Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
      Apr 2012