Leonora Radvan

Experience

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  Nokia

  Nov 2006 - Mar 2011

  Accountant, Key user and Coach – AP – MEA

  Main focus areas: Invoice booking. Responsible for 36 legal entities in MEA region, monitor 5-7 people professional performance. Liaise with local finance managers, country controllers: issue resolution, reporting, root cause analysis.Procure to Pay process expert – SAP FI, MM modulesMain projects: End-to-End Accounts Payable process transition from China to India and on-site support. I participated the project of deployment of new Nokia Siemens Networks entities on SAP

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  BT

  Apr 2011 - Dec 2018

  Manage 7 peopleMain focus areas: hire, challenge and improve senior people, keep them motivated for long time. Monitor KPI-s, ensure that the team is working in line with the SOX and business requirements and keeps SLA. Audit support.Close cooperation with the in-country French team, regular meetings with the CFO.Operational tasks: Financial controlling on 20+ contracts, budgeting, forecasting and closing activitiesMain projects: IFRS15, Global Contract Accounting view, Negative margin elimination, Process improvementAchievements: All performance indicators were green since I took over the team. The engagement index of my team was the highest in the department in 2018. My performance was evaluated with the highest score in 2018. Show less Manage 11-13 peopleMain focus areas: performance review, regular one to ones and feedbacks, personal development, drive self-motivation, team engagement, team spirit, handle low performance, support talents. Monitor KPI-s. Ensure that the team is working in line with all control requirements and keeps SLA.Audit support, control sign-off support, BS reconciliation review. Stakeholder management.Main projects: Vendor Master (VM) process transition from India to Hungary. VM control design and implementation with the UK Compliance lead. Swiss Business Expense process transition to Hungary. MEA AP process transition to India. Process improvementsAchievements: All performance indicators were green since I took over and reorganized the team along with ownership development – before that there were data quality, control quality and motivation issues. The engagement index of my team was the highest in the department in 2016. All transition projects were successful without major issues. Continuous Improvement Bronze level achieved. Show less

  • Controlling Team Lead

    May 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Team Leader – AP Payment, Vendor Master, Business Expense – Europe, MEA

    Sept 2013 - May 2016

  • Finance Analyst – AP – Nordics, MEA

    Apr 2011 - Sept 2013
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  Norsk Hydro

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Supervisor Finance HBS Italy-Spain

  Managing professional performance of 8 people in the field of Accounts Payables, Treasury, Intercompany and General LedgerThe team is partly based in ItalyMain tasks:- Stabilization after transition- Implement SLA, KPI, compliance control- Team motivation, coordination, performance management, one-to-one discussions, team meeting - Team development- Stakeholder managementOperational task: Intercompany reconciliation and accrual

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  Roche

  Jun 2019 - now

  Country Chief Accountant

  Accountable and responsible for the accounting related tasks of the AffiliateMain responsibility areas: Coach, coordinate and professionally support the SSC team members working for the Affiliate at R2R and P2P departments, so that they can provide high quality job and perform well. Directly support the Local CFO and her team at all accounting related aspects covered by the SSC and by the Country Chief Accountant role – and beyond. Business partnering.Main projects: Piloting the Country Chief Accountant role at the company. Active participation in workshops to design the CCA job, and in a sprint to define the best ways of CCA Collaboration.Achievements: Successful transition project with very positive feedbacks from all stakeholders. Create outstandingly good relationship with the CFO, the local Finance and Business teams – positive feedback received from the CFO on my networking and communication skills. Improvement of the AP ways of working, process improvements of R2R. Old item clean-up (special focus on IFRS16). Successful external audits. Show less