Accountant / Finance Manager

Financial Specialist with more than 14 years of experience with excellent analytical and communication skills and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines is currently looking for the next career development opportunity

Berlin-Chemie AG Menarini, Pharmaceutical company, representative office in Azerbaijan, t/o 3m$, 20 employees with 3 under direct supervision
Finance Manager (Head of Finance) Jan 2008 - present
Job Duties: Responsible for statutory accounts review * Treasury management and cash flow control * Support in conduction of HQ audits * Cost / profit centers reporting and analysis * Budget and sales plans preparation (using Cognos) * Office management, support in HR (payroll & bonus calculation) and IT functions

Salyan Oil Ltd., Oil & Gas production consortium, t/o 40m$, 1000 employees with 5 under direct supervision

Senior Accountant (Finance Manager) Jan 2005 – Jan 2008

Management Accountant Oct 1999 – Jan 2005
Jpb Duties: Production of monthly management accounts pack, accounts consolidation * Control invoice verification and processing * Issue and update financial policies * AFE reconciliations and drilling and cost and ad hoc reports preparation for the line managers * Tax reporting * FA and inventory register’s handling * Advising on commercial matters, especially during tenders evaluations * SunSystem administration and reports modification

Kvaerner H&G Offshore Ltd., Engineering company, part of AkerKvaerner group, participated in several Oil & Gas projects for BP in Caspian region, t/o 400m$, 300 employees with 7 under direct supervision

Accounts Manager (Finance Manager) Jan 1998 – May 1999

Kvaerner H&G Offshore Ltd., Accountant Nov 1996 – Jan 1998
• Statutory and US GAAP ( for HQ in UK ) reports preparation * Treasury and bank accounts administration * Sales invoices preparation, analyses of projects costs (PMSR), credit control * Projects budget preparation and Cash flow projections * Advice on commercial business risks * Set up training and development programs for junior accounting staff

2002-2004, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy (In cooperation with Georgia State University, USA).
MBA (Honors), major in finance and operations management.

2000-2001, CIMA (UK) (CIMA distance Learning program organized by Emily Wolf Int’l in cooperation with BP).
Managerial level (Partial qualification, planned to be completed over next 12-18 months)

1988-1993, Baku State University.
BS in Mathematics and IT.

• Ernst & Young CIS Ltd GAAP/IAS Principles, planning and budgeting courses;
• RRC Business Training (London, UK), IAB Book-keeping Intermediate Level course;
• Robertson & Blums Corporation Administration of Sun System & Vision courses;
• Systems Union (Farnborough, UK) Asset register & corporate allocations for Sun System;
• ACA Azerbaijan (in association with ACCA) Adaptation of IFRS to domestic standards;
• Deloitte, Review of IFRS, income tax calculation for IFRS.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
o Accounting standards implementation and reporting (US GAAP, PSA, IFRS);
o Budgeting, forecasting, statistical and analytical reporting;
o Internal control, procedures issue and implementation;
o Payment process verification, cash flow management;
o Staff supervision, office administration, procurement support; o Taxation and support in internal / external audits;
o Highly PC literate with the ability to develop further systems knowledge (MS Office applications, Sun System, Platinum SQL, Cognos, 1C Accounting);
o Multilingual: Native Rusfluent in English, Russian, Turkish and Azerbaijani.