Cristina Iulia Ion

Experience

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  British American Shared Services Europe

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2012

  ▪ Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports to End Market (Bank/ FA/ Accruals/ Prepayments/ Suspense and full B/S reconciliations);▪ Reconciliation of data flowing from AP , AR and Fixed Assets SAP sub ledgers with FI Accounting ledger;▪ Prepare specific or adjusting accounting journals (accruals, prepayments, rule based journals);▪ Investigate open items for content breakdown and follow-up the overall reconciliation status to ensure all of variance are solved in time;▪ Planning and implementing monthly routines within GeneralLedger Department (improvements on Bank reconciliations & migration of new journals calculations and Royalties reconciliation). Show less

  • Senior GL Assistant

    Apr 2010 - Feb 2012

  • Intercompany Account Assistant

    Feb 2009 - Apr 2010
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  British America Shared Services Europe

  Mar 2012 - Jan 2013

  Senior Controlling and Profitability Analyst

  ▪ Perform COPA-FI reconciliation (consistency between FI and Controlling modules), Revenue and Cost of sale reconciliation (integration of SD and MM modules with FI & Controlling) and make the required adjustments in order to ensure that COPA-FI data is full reconciled on a monthly basis;▪ Prepare the B/S account reconciliation (Accrual, Prepayment, Suspense, Trial Balance), investigate the open items for content breakdown, and also follow-up the overall reconciliation status to ensure all variances are solved in a timely manner;▪ Prepare VAT reconciliation and send VAT filing report to end market for submission to Tax authorities;▪ Prepare specific or adjusting accounting journals (accruals, prepayments, rule based journals);▪ Prepare recurring/adhoc reports as per agreed timeline, to facilitate end markets’ review and analysis; ▪ Produce the monthly reporting KPIs within my area of responsibility;▪ Responsible for maintaining and developing collaborative relations with End Markets. Show less

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  British American Shared Services Europe

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2016

  ▪ Participate in corporate planning and quarterly forecast exercises for multiple management units and areas across Western Region using both BPC and HFM systems;▪ Involved in dry runs and parallel run exercise with end game being replication and full reconciliation of CoPlan and Monthly plan data between HFM and BPC (newly implemented planning tool);▪ System testing of budgeting & forecast processes and statutory reporting for Western Europe Region;▪ Support Regional team in the implementation of one global SAP system as part of group’s Finance Transformation by performing system testing during UAT (user acceptance test) using HP Quality Center for Central Region; Show less ▪ Evaluate team’s performance and continuously aim to develop team member’s accounting and technical skills to ensure optimal integration and on time implementation of TaO activities;▪ Perform administrative activities based on procedures to ensure efficient delivery of quality and accurate services within the agreed time frame;▪ Monitoring key performance indicators and root cause analysis of deviations needed for managerial decisions; ▪ Developing and implementing internal tools to monitor the activities performed by the team to ensure accuracy, completion on time and in accordance with accounting principles and SLA set with our customers;▪ Involved in migration of COPA-BI reconciliation, ensuring managerial reporting tool (BI) is fed accurate data from SAP system;▪ Involved in legacy data reconciliation of Actuals between BI an HFM for management reporting purposes and submission of Budgeted HFM figures for 2014 to legacy BI;▪ Assess the reports made by team members: COPA-FI Reconciliation, COPA-BI Rec.; Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Accrual, Prepayment, VAT, Suspense and Trial balance Recs.▪ Perform internal controls and give full support to internal and external audit.▪ Implement new initiatives of improvement of current processes and increase the efficiency within the department Show less

  • Reporting Services Finance Manager

    Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Planning & Reporting Analyst

    May 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Team Leader - COPA

    Feb 2013 - May 2014
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  BAT

  Aug 2016 - now

  • Transactional Finance Global Process Expert

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Finance Project Manager

    Aug 2016 - Feb 2020