Kovács Balázs

Experience

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  McQuay-Szanyó Kft

  Sept 2000 - Jun 2002

  Accountant

  Preparing customer invoices, arrange bank transfers, paymentsBook keeping ( bank, petty cash, accounts payable and receivable)

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  MSD

  Jun 2002 - Jun 2008

  Accountant

  Auditing the expense reports of the whole companyBank accounting and reconciliationTracking and posting of permanent and temporary advancesFinancial training for new colleagues, updating the relevant policiesImplementing a new expense report system

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  Celanese

  Jun 2008 - May 2011

  Accountant

  Accrual calculations; Intercompany allocations; Inventory related tasksPreparation of SOX documentationGL account reconciliation and open item managementCooperation with the German and Spanish officesLead a local project team within a global project

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  Chello Central Europe Zrt

  May 2011 - Feb 2012

  Senior Accountant

  Participation in the month end closing processSupervising the Czech finance accounting teamPreparation for Internal and External AuditsReconciliation between Czech GAAP and US GAAP

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  IMS Health

  Feb 2012 - Dec 2016

  Financial Analyst

  Calculation of several accrual items for the month end close processParticipation in the annual budget and Financial Statement preparationSupervising the quarterly sales bonus calculation in CEE regionAd-hoc reports, analysis for the regional finance directorGL account reconciliation for several legal entities, Prepare monthly finance related reportsReview and validation of supporting documents for BS open items

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  Hungarian State Audit Office

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Számvevő

  Participation in compliance audits for several municipalities and state owned legal entities

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  Balabit

  May 2017 - Jun 2018

  Controller

  Preparing reports on the Group’s financial indicators and performanceAnalyzing figures from co-departmentsSupervising the monthly sales commission calculation for the GroupSupport the management’s business decisionsSupport the monthly closing process

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  EMAG

  Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  Senior Controller

  Monitor, consolidate and analyze monthly actual operating expensesDrives and prepares weekly forecasts for Leadership TeamBuild-up of the annual budget plan consistent with plan assumptions and business objectives received from functional leadersMonth end close activities (day to day changes follow up, corrective actions, potential accrual bookings)Keep in touch with other departmentsCoordinate the workflow of the controlling teamContinuous improvement of controlling processes Show less

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  Cognizant

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2019

  Country Business Analyst

  Preparing financial reports and dashboards for management.

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  Egis Pharmaceuticals PLC

  Aug 2019 - Apr 2024

  Senior HR Controller

  Participation in creating and finetuning HR processes.Preparing the annual PE and HC budget for for the EGIS operation ( 17 countries)Reporting of the monthly PE figures againts budget, prior year and reestimated numbers for 17 countries.Preparing recharges for Expat employees.Monthly reconciliation of payroll figures.Preparing presentations and ad hoc reports for top management.Continous data validation in SAP.Developing the new PE and HC planning system for EGIS.Reconciliation of annual office bonus accruals. Show less

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  Sanofi

  Feb 2024 - now

  • Finance Operations Hub Team Manager R&D

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Feb 2024 - Aug 2024