Zsolt Novak

Zsolt novak

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    R2R Service Manager at Nokia

  • Education

    • College of finance and accountancy, budapest

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      Bachelor's degree accounting
    • Corvinus university of budapest

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      Master's degree finance, general
  • Experience

    • Casa seria bt.

      May 2004 - Mar 2006
      Senior accountant/ accountant

      - comprehensive book-keeping of sole proprietorships, limited and unlimited corporations according to Hungarian Accounting Standard- prepare all type of tax declaration form – income tax, VAT, corporate tax -,- payroll activity,- cash flow analysis,- compile annual report including Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss and complementary notes,- represent entrepreneur at authorities.

    • Nokia

      Mar 2006 - Apr 2014

      - conducting a 10 member team,- coordinated professional areas: credit management (credit risk management, credit risk analysis, credit limit determination, collateral follow up, credit master data), analytical and accounting processes on AR side (customer master maintenance, cash application, cash flow management, invoicing processes, partly revenue recognition process),- working out related SOX, operational control, measure and management reports, - E2E process gap analysis, process development, - participate and represent AR in global projects (carve out, merger & acquisition and any other affecting AR),- participation in external and internal audit,- work out proper KPIs in line with processes and monitor them,- ensure to keeping up expected service level (KPIs, SLAs)- ensure the compliance with accounting, financial standards and requirements,- participation on management meetings, continuous contact with other stakeholders in business,- people management, - goal settings, performance evaluation on timely manner- motivate team members,- organize and/or hold trainings, organize team meetings,- HC and cost planning,- participation in recruitment process,- coaching newcomers Show less - assessing the credit risk of new and existing customers in line with credit and rating policies,- reviewing and analyzing financial data (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, Cash Flow), drawing conclusions from financial and operational key figures and measures, checking holding structures, market shares, business and industrial environment, strengths and weaknesses, so on in order to get proper credit worthiness of customers and to assign a risk rating as outlined by the Credit Policy,- present risk analysis to Rating Committee,- maintain credit records in SAP Master Data accordance with regulatory requirements and creating, updating, improving specific credit management database,- coordination, supporting, supervisor role in other credit management tasks like credit limit determination, collateral follow up, credit block releasing bad debt provision calculation,- hold trainings and prepare process descriptions to others on credit risk analysis and credit management field,- prepare different credit management related SOX, operational control and measure report on timely manner, - drive credit management related projects within team,- improve existing assessment, monitoring and reporting procedures,- take over CM activities from local teams. Show less - processing and monitoring AR related accounting transactions like incoming payments and reporting in accordance with concept and service levels,- follow up quality controls set for source data and deliverables, and initiating corrective actions when they reveal errors in the process,- ensure that the deliverables are compliant with internal and external quality requirements (SOX),- initiate and participate in process improvements (e.g. WHT reclassification process, netting process, BSV process, Chart of Account verification, reason code implementation),- accomplish handover and other project coordination (online sales accounting, customer master data, local book keeping takeover, AR related activities takeover, carve out project, merging project),- follow up and ensure to make progress in main measures (e.g. unprocessed payments on clearing accounts, unallocated payments in customer sub ledger),- perform reporting activities (SOX, internal control, measure and ad hoc report),- participation in testing (SOX testing, Winshuttle),- support team members in all AR related activities, have role in coaching other accountants in the team- communicate with local colleagues, business partners, auditors and external authorities. Show less

      • Order to Cash AR, Credit manager

        Dec 2011 - Apr 2014
      • Credit Analyst

        Dec 2010 - Dec 2011
      • Senior Accountant

        Nov 2007 - Nov 2010
      • Accountant

        Mar 2006 - Nov 2007
    • Microsoft

      Apr 2014 - Feb 2015
      Order to cash ar, credit manager

      - conducting a 10 member team,- coordinated professional areas: credit management (credit risk management, credit risk analysis, credit limit determination, collateral follow up, credit master data), analytical and accounting processes on AR side (customer master maintenance, cash application, cash flow management, invoicing processes, partly revenue recognition process),- working out related SOX, operational control, measure and management reports, - E2E process gap analysis, process development, - participate and represent AR in global projects (carve out, merger & acquisition and any other affecting AR),- participation in external and internal audit,- work out proper KPIs in line with processes and monitor them,- ensure to keeping up expected service level (KPIs, SLAs)- ensure the compliance with accounting, financial standards and requirements,- participation on management meetings, continuous contact with other stakeholders in business,- people management, - goal settings, performance evaluation on timely manner- motivate team members,- organize and/or hold trainings, organize team meetings,- HC and cost planning,- participation in recruitment process,- coaching newcomers,- participate in integration projects,- process and gap analysis, process optimization - participation on management meetings, service level meetings with other business stakeholders, meetings with trade union,- preparing for dismissal process and treating its negative impact to service level and team members’ mood. Show less

    • Nokia networks

      May 2015 - now
      R2r reporting, opex, cc md manager

      - managing the team of Reporting - responsible for data transfer from SAP to Reporting systems (HFM,PRS) - managing Cost allocations and CC Master data team as well,- key contact to FBB program/project from FSS perspective, role crucial as major changes are expected in Reporting, OPEX and CC MD area,- co-coordinating objective setting and the related planning process aligned with strategic targets for the own responsibility area,- managing the operation and performance of the own responsibility area in accordance with agreed targets and service levels, - regular activity analysis of own processes to identify areas for improvement, - continuous interaction with business partners to understand impact of business changes and receive feedback on the current level of service, - giving visibility of the service organization's performance, agree on common activities to achieve targets,- efficient resource management in own team,- leading and coaching people in the own responsibility area,- continuously monitoring performance measures, proposing and implementing ways of enhance quality, lead times and non quality work, - ensuring that all controls are in place to secure quality, efficiency and timeliness of data processing. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Registered certified accountant

    • Accredited tax advisor

      Ministry of finance