Maksym Liubynskyi

Experience

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  Gradobank Joint Stock Company

  Jun 1996 - Oct 1996

  Manager of the Correspondent Banking Department

  • Managing relations with foreign correspondent banks. Analyzing cash flows. Business planning. Investment data base development. Negotiations to attract new customers, investment projects’ funding, bank’s bonds underwriting.

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  The State Company for Credits and Investments

  Dec 1996 - Mar 1997

  Economist of the Laws and Treaties Department

  • Preparation of the World Bank & Ukraine Pre-Export Guarantee Facility Project ($120mln. annual guarantee fund for agricultural products’ export).

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  The World Bank Ukraine Country Office

  Apr 1997 - Mar 2000

  Project Officer

  • Tax Administration Modernization ($300mn) and Statistics System Reform ($50mn), Institution Building Loan ($27mn) and Treasury Systems Project ($16.4 mn). • Researching: contributed on shadow economy to the Country Economic Memorandum of 1998-1999.• Trained on project management, procurement, disbursement, financial management and audit.

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  Mentoring Program with the international trade company

  Apr 2000 - Sept 2000

  International Development Assignment Trainee

  • Negotiations on metal trades, bank credits, M&A. Case-by-case analysis of clients and trading products. Analysis and optimization of the company business processes.

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  Ukrainian-European Policy and Legal Advice Center (TACIS)

  Oct 2000 - Dec 2000

  Fiscal Affairs Expert

  • Analyzing the Draft State Budget of 2001 upon the request the Parliament Deputy Speaker's Office. Research and publishing on fiscal monitoring and analysis.

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  The World Bank Ukraine Country Office

  Jan 2001 - Jun 2001

  Consultant on Country Financial Accountability Assessment

  • Analyzing public sector accounting, internal controls, budgeting, treasury, internal audit, supreme audit, legislative scrutiny, and private sector accounting and auditing.• Publication: Ukraine - Country financial accountability assessment (CFAA). Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001.

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  Berenschot Euromanagement

  Jul 2001 - Dec 2001

  Advisor for TACIS project preparation for the State Treasury of Ukraine

  • Advising for Treasury, National Bank, Ministry of Finance.• Review of internal and inter-ministerial standards, rules, and procedures on cash management, budget planning, payment execution, treasury audit, reporting, treasury accounting, and financial management information systems.

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  Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Parliament of Ukraine

  Aug 2002 - Dec 2006

  Advisor to the Vice Prime Minister, Aide to the Chairman of the Parliament Energy Committee

  Analysis of economic development policy. Strategy papers and law drafting.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2007 - Feb 2010

  Independent Consultant

  Research and consulting on taxation system, tax administration, destructive tax regimes, national debt, budget control, inter-budgetary relations.

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  Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2020

  Aide, Consultant to the Prime Minister of Ukraine

  • Facilitating reforms implementation: deregulation, decentralization, business climate development, infrastructure, energy, housing and utilities, European integration.• Analytical support, speech drafting, organizing meetings, following-up on executive orders.• Designed and created the PM Electronic Cabinet.

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  Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

  May 2020 - Mar 2024

  First Deputy Head of the Department for Organizational and Analytical Support of the Prime Minister
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  Secretariat of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

  Apr 2024 - now

  First Deputy Head of the Prime Minister's Office