Alex Ciherean

The Schindler Group is a leading manufacturer and provider of related services for elevators, escalators, and moving walkways. Responsibilities: -Provision and accrual calculation and posting -Inventory calculation and analysis -Master data maintenance (Cost Centers, Internal Orders, etc.) -Monthly closing (SAP transactions run, GMR), Cost Center reporting -Datasource/Tagetik reporting -G/L check and analysis, P&L and B&S information -Audit preparation and leading activities -Process improvement -Different analysis

Kofax is a process automation software provider with international headquarters in Irvine, California. Responsibilities: -Supervision of the day-to-day accounting functions for the entities in Germany, Austria and Benelux, including Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payables, Payroll, accruals, prepayments and much more. -Work with the Headquarters’ Finance and Accounting team in Irvine, California. -Preparation of monthly financial statements, together with correcting Journal Entries and income and expense accruals. -Statutory reporting for Germany, Austria and Belgium. -Work together with the US FP&A department on account analysis. -Management of a team of 3 accountants.

Mooloolaba is a startup focused on products and services for multisport athletes. The company owns the clothing brand Loolaba, it runs the online shop www.loolaba.com and the local triathlon club in Lucerne. Responsibilities: 1) Finance: - Raising capital to finance the company; - Financial planning and analysis; - Budgeting; - Reporting; - VAT declaration; - Accounting (sales, accounts payables, purchases, accounts receivables, departmental costs, etc.) 2) Other: - Definition of the vision, the mission and the strategy of the company; - Management of the relationship with the investors; - Recruiting, training and supervising employees; - Supporting other activities (sales, marketing, legal, IT, etc.)

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) was recently acquired by the Carlyle Group from the pharmaceutical multinational Johnson and Johnson. The company is a leading provider of in vitro diagnostic products and services, offering accurate, timely, and cost-effective solutions for screening, diagnosing, monitoring and confirming diseases. It is a strong, highly competitive organization with approximately 3,800 employees worldwide, and sales, marketing and logistics on six continents. Responsibilities: 1) Planning & actual submission activities: - Provide support to planning cycles - Support monthly closing activities for EMEA - Support planning cycles - Liaise with the affiliates on submission correctness, completeness - Liaise with the affiliates on understanding variances - Provide commentary to WW HQ on EMEA variance 2) Financial Planning & Reporting: - Support regional consolidation - Analyze variances and understand business drivers - Prepare EMEA management review presentations - Support various stakeholders/budget owners in understanding financial results

EF is the world leader in international education. Our mission is to break down bar­riers in language, culture, and geography. I worked in the Travel department, responsible for the operation management across all the different products/services of the company. I worked in the Finance Team as an accountant. My team was responsible for the accountancy and financial analysis and reporting of flight costs which represent one of the main costs for the company. Flights are booked from the headquarters in Boston, Toronto, Lucerne and Hong Kong. I was in charge of the cost of the flights issued from Boston and Toronto. Main duties and responsibilities: - Monthly reconciliation of flight costs in the middle-office system (Dolphin/AGM) with the data coming from the sales systems (ARC and BSP); - Monthly payment reconciliation of 6 VISA credit cards and 1 American Express credit card; - Monthly flight costs previews to more than 50 EF companies/entities distributed all over the world; - Monthly booking of prepaid flight costs; - Monthly analysis of Airlines deposits - Monthly journal entry of flight costs, prepaid flight costs and Airline deposits; - Monthly inter-company flight costs invoicing ; - Monthly analysis of the structure of the costs and reclassification to the correct account string (net fare, tax, penalties, etc.); - Quarterly closing and reporting (Deposits and prepaid flight costs sign off, penalties accrual, reclassification to the correct cost centers, etc.) In addition I worked on the implementation of the new middle office system. As a Power User I was in charge of helping the Business Intelligence and IT Analysts during the setting and testing of the system and I trained other users.

Responsible for executing, supporting and supervising General Ledger, journal entry processing and account maintenance. MAIN FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1) Analyze and execute Manual Journal Entry Processing: - Calculate and generate manual entries in consistency with the Group criteria and the local statutory compliance; - Ensure accurate entry information (account, cost centre, etc.); 2) Accounting Period End Close Process and Monthly Results Review: - Execute accounting activities related to month-quarter-year end close; - Ensure all tasks are completed in accordance with the closing procedures; - Monitor direct interface transactions; - Prepare C-Forms (Intrastat Reports); - Prepare and verify reporting in Hyperion; 3) Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Control: - Ensure all Balance Sheet accounts contain reliable and accurate information; 4) Inter-Company reconciliation: - Manage quarterly reconciliations with Headquarters and other Business Units; 5) Taxes: - Responsible for timely accomplishment of the Business Unit tax obligations and reporting; 6) Responsible for executing the Statutory Reporting: - Maintain a second set of accounting books to ensure a proper Statutory Reporting; - Give support to external Auditors in Managerial and Statutory Reporting; 7) Support Finance and Accounting Managers on subsidiary planning, budgeting and forecasting process.

Duties: - Support monthly closing, data upload, analysis of results and deviations; - Presentation of the results of the following areas: transportation in the divisions Foods and Beverage (approximately €25 millions); central warehouses in the division Foods (approximately €9 millions); distribution in the division Tropicana/Alvalle; - Support in the process of budgeting and forecasts in the areas described above; - Support in consolidation, control, alignment and reporting of the established productivity (approximately €5 millions) for the purchase team of PepsiCo Iberia; - Support waste management in the division Foods (approximately €2 millions); - Support the coordination and the new processes of waste management in the division Beverage; - Analysis of central warehouses costs in the division Beverage; - Forecasts of central warehouses costs in the division Beverage for 2012; - Simplify databases (in excel) in order to accelerate the process of closings; - Reports and KPIs to Region. Knowledge and concepts acquired: - Dynamics of a consumer goods company; - Knowledge of the food&beverage industry; - Knowledge of the supply chain of PepsiCo; - Knowledge of the budgeting and closings process in a multinational company; - KPIs of control and management in the supply chain; - Implementation of new processes of control; - Knowledge of the purchasing department of PepsiCo.

Tomson Hospitality is a hotel and restaurants supplies importer and distributor located in Miami, Florida. Internship in sales: -Management of relations with local and foreign customers (especially South America/Caribbean). -Warehouse, stock and inventory management. -Analysis of financial performance and statements.

Dissertation: "Is there any correlation between the creation of social and economic value? Evidences from the oil industry". Tutor: Professor Alfred Vernis.

Dissertation: "Is there any correlation between the creation of social and ecomic value? Evidences from the oil industry. Mark 8/8. Tutor: Professor Francesco Perrini.

Dissertation: "Corporate governance in football teams: the case of F.C. Barcelona". Tutor: Professor Francesco Perrini.