Christos Bessios

Experience

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  1st E.M.A.K.(Special Unit for the Confrontation of Physical Disasters), Fire Service

  Jun 2000 - Oct 2004

  Seasonal Fireman

  Seasonal occupation and personnel officer - Full responsibility of personnel issues (Admission Process, Payment Schedule & Performance Appraisal).- Maintainance of employee files database. - Administration duties, as required.- Occasional participation in Fire Extiguishing.

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  PwC

  Jan 2006 - Apr 2012

  Senior Internal Auditor

  Main duties include: - Participation in various projects as Team Leader.- Promote our offerings through preparation of proposals and marketing material.- Develop methodologies and tools for various offerings.Main projects participated: Industries:• Shipping• Telecommunications• Health / Pharmaceuticals• Banking• Transportation• Commerce• Manufacturing• Oil & Gas. Types:• Compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act section 404.• Documentation & Assessment of Business Processes.• Internal Audit (IA) Services: - IA Outsourcing, - IA Co-sourcing.• Enterprise Risk Management.• Quality Assessment Review of the IA Function.• Fraud Investigation.• Business Plan Preparation.• Cost Model Preparation. Show less

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  Virgin Media

  Jul 2012 - Mar 2014

  Audit & Risk Manager

  Main duties include:- End-to-end management of Internal Audit assignments in accordance with our annual audit plan: i) Operational audits (Planning, Fieldwork, Reporting and Follow-up), ii) Process mapping and assessment, iii) SOX compliance, and iv) Risk and control assessment in key growth projects.- Engage with key business partners to add value from a risk and control perspective.- Full administration of our audit management system.- Quarterly reporting to key stakeholders (Audit Committee, Executive Committee, etc.). Show less

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  Virgin Media Business

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2019

  - Coordination and review of month-end activities- Financial planning (Annual budget, Intermediate Forecasts, LRP)- Partnering with key stakeholders: Sales, Product, Delirery, Financial Control, Commercial and Billing- Reporting of financial accounts, cost/revenue drivers, WiP and pipeline- Technical accounting assessment of commercial contracts- Involvement in new product development initiatives- Ad-hoc projects to ensure process improvement to enhancement of financial control- Financial analysis and assessment of complex commercial deals Show less - Responsible for VMB Opex and Capex, with a budget of more than £200m- Expenses include: Fixed and Variable Employee Costs, Marketing, Capitalised Overheads, Product Install Spend, Project Spend, Rent, Licences, etc.- Coordination and review of month-end activities- Financial planning (Annual budget, Intermediate Forecasts, LRP)- Engagement with key stakeholders mainly SLT, Directors and HoDs- Reporting of financial accounts, cost drivers and KPIs- Ad-hoc projects to ensure process improvement to enhancement of financial control- Financial analysis and support of business decisions Show less

  • Finance Business Partner - BNS, Voice & WiFi

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Finance Business Partner - Opex & Capex

    Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Finance Business Partner - OpEx

    Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
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  Sony Europe

  Dec 2019 - now

  Senior Controller - Professional Displays & Solutions / Theatre Solutions