Experience

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  Ernst & young

  Jan 2005 - May 2008

  Senior auditor

  SENIOR AUDITOR Conducted external and internal audits for shipping companies listed on the NASDAQ and NYSE. • Administered audit of book of accounts and accounting systems, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and SOX 404 issues.• Served as Senior Audit team member for a number of IPOs under NASDAQ, NYSE and AIM, and the M&A between Excel Maritime Carriers and Quintana, both NASDAQ listed companies, successfully completing all audit engagements.

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  Cardiff marine

  May 2008 - Sept 2013

  Functioned as chief accountant for the Dry Fleets’ Management Company, supervising and monitoring 60 vessels’ running expenses, as well as budget vs. actual reports, for a NASDAQ listed company.• Hire, train, and manage 20 accounting staff, assigning and monitoring Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Invoice Checking, and Master General Accounts duties.• Oversaw quarterly General Ledger closing and review of internal financial statements, monitoring accounting processes and staff workload.• Spearheaded the implementation of all financial operations in Manila manning agency, managing more than 100 vessels and 2000 seamen. • Responsible for restructuring the payment stream of the various principals, thus saving more than 70% on bank charges. Show less

  • Chief Accountant - Financial Reporting Manager

    Jan 2011 - Sept 2013

  • Financial Reporting Manager

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • FINANCIAL REPORTING ASSISTANT

    May 2008 - Jan 2009
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  Gms leadership

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2016

  Director of finance

  The world's largest and only ISO 9001 (BVC) certified cash buyer of ships for recycling.Responsible for structural reform, finance department restructuring, successful ERP migration, and implementation of internal control procedures to six offices around the globe. Supervised and coordinated work flow for nine financial professionals, prioritizing and delegating tasks, providing motivation and direction to create a positive work environment and ensure accurate, on-time completion. • Supervise all accounting and finance activities for the international market leader in sales and purchase of vessels, with more than $1B in transactions per year. • Examine and improve, as required, financial systems, business processes, and reporting, modifying available information systems to the company’s needs.• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to the accounting and finance cycles.• Improve accounting processes and internal controls, restructuring accounts, finance, and operations, resulting in a significant decrease in operating costs. • Oversee internal controls and compliance including response to internal and external audit requests, leading to the group’s first clean audit report. • Oversee the expansion of the group into trading vessels and successfully implement procedures to reconcile and monitor ship managers’ accounts. Show less

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  Unifeeder

  Apr 2016 - Feb 2024

  Owning the entire range of all operational and financial management functions for a Group of Companies across Denmark, Poland, Germany, Cyprus, Netherlands as well as the SSC in India. Overseeing Finance, Accounting, and Financial Business Planning.Responsible for the performance management and operational efficiency of the organization.Leading a Finance Team of 25+ employees. Spearheading the automation of numerous processes Assigned with Creating an FBP mindset within the organization. Leading the business analytics team. Trusted business partner. Creating efficiencies but also the reports used by the Group's management to drive the business. In charge of Group's Performance management. Driver of Group's budgets and Forecasts. Responsible for defining commercial models and pricing opportunities. Responsible for Finance, HR, Admin IT and Performance management functions. Focused on cross departmental and cross segment efficiencies overview. Change director within the Med organisation. Responsible for finance, admin and IT department restructuring and ERP migration. Involved performance review across the departments, through the use of KPIs and Cube created reports. In charge of supervising and monitoring finance and admin professionals providing direction and a clear career path. Leading all cost cutting exercises, and efficiencies projects.

  • Europe Chief Financial Officer

    May 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Head of Group Finance Business Partnering and Analytics

    Feb 2021 - May 2023

  • Deputy Regional Director

    Sept 2019 - Feb 2021

  • CFO of Med operations

    Apr 2016 - Sept 2019
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  Tototheo global

  Feb 2024 - now

  Chief financial officer

  Owning the entire range of all operational and financial management functions for a Group of Companies across Germany, Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey, overseeing Finance, Accounting, and Financial Business Planning.Responsible for the performance management and operational efficiency of the organization.Leading a Finance Team of 15 employees.Spearheading the automation of numerous processes