Mónika Andrea Bene

Experienced finance leader responsible for liquidity management, ensuring the company’s financial stability and optimal cash flow. Overseeing accounting and invoicing operations to maintain accuracy, compliance, and efficiency. Skilled in grant and funding application preparation, supporting strategic growth initiatives. Established a comprehensive controlling framework and developed data-driven decision-support processes to enhance transparency, performance management, and business outcomes. I work closely with executive leadership to evaluate business performance, optimize resource allocation, and drive continuous improvement across all financial operations. Key responsibilities include: Developing and executing financial strategies aligned with organizational goals Managing financial reporting, audits, and regulatory compliance Overseeing accounting, treasury, and risk-management activities Identifying opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency, and financial controls Guiding cross-functional teams through financial insights and strategic recommendations Supporting investment decisions and long-term planning I bring strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights.

• Coordination and Supervision: Supervise and coordinate the tasks of the Board of Directors as Deputy Chief Financial Officer. • Control duties: as a member of the controlling team, support the preparation of business plans in cooperation with other departments. Coordinating and participating in the preparation of the business plan, liquidity plan, procurement and investment plan. • Analysing the indicators required for the approval of the business plan by the owners, analysing changes in the revenue and cost plan through visualisations, explanations in context, sensitivity analysis, quantification of risks and opportunities. • Decision support: preparing analyses for strategic and financial decision-making. Preparing decision support material, including analyses and visualisations. • Managing data requests: organising, monitoring and fulfilling regular and ad hoc information requests for audits, due diligence processes and shareholder reports. • Invoicing Supervision: managing and supervising the invoicing team, ensuring compliance with VAT, excise and other tax regulations (e.g. airline taxes). Setting up and automating invoicing workflows for new partners or new items • Accounting processes and controls: Establish and maintain processes and controls to ensure efficient database queries based on general ledger accounts, job numbers, allocation logic and various identifiers. Process improvement: Improvement of financial processes, including automation of invoicing, tax warehouse operations and Stock Management, through process improvement and software integration where necessary. Initiating software introduction and development : Initiating software development projects, implementing checkpoints and integrating digital solutions into financial workflows. change management: introduction of new processes, software, rules: delaying procedural instructions, participating in user training, introducing changes,

-Analyzing user requirements, procedures, and problems to improve existing systems. -Understand business concepts, processes, design, and refine solutions. -Participate user acceptance test with Subject Matter Experts.

o Collecting and refining requirements - collaboration with associated departments, composing and documenting specifications keeping in touch with developers, analyzing effects and costs, approving functional specifications with Agile methodology. o Process standardization, solution design: participating in process solution design, checking AS-IS, and build up TO-BE flowcharts. Align processes with business policies in partnership with decision-makers and dedicated teams. o Change management and implementations: writing manuals, creating user manuals, checking training materials, providing training courses for users, measuring change acceptance (knowledge tests, conversation with Focus groups, scorecards). Achievements: o Paper based receipt eliminated and e-receipt introduced o I have acquired a deep understanding of our systems, processes and I am an internationally acknowledged and renowned professional

o Responsible for 200.000 customer accounts with 70+ subordinates, 500.000 transactions weekly basis and supporting 6 groups o Assist in driving a culture of operational excellence, customer service and continuous improvement. o Improving managers and processes in order to build engagement and effectiveness and meet specified KPI’s o Cultivating strong relationship with partner departments Achievements o Outstanding efficiency and quality KPI’s in the adherent field o Develop a group environment and culture that supports the attraction and retention of quality talent (turnover below 10%) o Brought up 17 managers from the beginning to be a good leader o Building a brand new SSC with 90 workers in administration area and reorganizing working week in the SSC

o Managing my team with 5 employees o Responsible for 10.000 customer accounts o Developing my team and effectiveness o Managing office (stationary, devices)