Diana Dolzhenko MBA

Responsibilities: Accounting advisory, audit support, comfort letters, staff-loan project, and digital finance initiatives for clients across manufacturing, trade, logistics, FMCG, hedge funds, pharmaceuticals, and IT, including Lonza, Sunrise, and Kühne + Nagel. Actions: – Advised on IFRS-compliant consolidated financial statements and reporting packages; resolved technical accounting matters and prepared technical documentation. – Co-developed an AI-powered IFRS accounting policy tool by designing test questions, running iterative testing, and refining outputs to align with IFRS and internal templates. – Led a staff-loan assignment on the client site, rebuilding accounting records, consolidation packages, and reconciliations from scratch ahead of audit under tight deadlines. – Supported audits through walkthrough planning, execution, documentation, client communication, and preparation of work papers aligned with auditor requests. – Developed and updated accounting policies, methodologies, technical memoranda, and industry examples to support consistent and accurate reporting. – Supported IPO readiness and M&A pre-transaction financial analysis. – Contributed to the comfort letter expert group for capital markets. – Managed the firm’s quarterly IFRS newsletter end-to-end, from topic selection to distribution tracking. – Supported proposals, client targeting, and business development initiatives. Results: ▸ High client retention, with repeat and expanded engagements. ▸ All audit-related work delivered on time, with findings clearly communicated to support timely resolution and stronger reporting. ▸ Staff-loan project delivered ahead of schedule, leading to a new contract with expanded scope. ▸ IFRS newsletter achieved a 50–60% click-through rate, above industry benchmarks. ▸ IFRS AI question bank delivered on schedule and adopted into ongoing model training. ▸ Built trusted stakeholder relationships, resulting in repeat work and broader mandates.

Responsibilities: Accounting advisory for Ukrainian and international clients: IFRS transitions, complex standard implementation, XBRL adoption, and accounting policy development. Actions: – Supported clients in transition from national accounting standards to IFRS; designed and updated accounting policies and methodologies to address complex reporting needs. – Provided ongoing consultations on diverse accounting matters, including IFRS 9, 15, and 16; prepared and maintained special calculations and reconciliations in line with IFRS requirements. – Led IFRS 16 lease accounting implementation for a pharmaceutical company with a fleet of ~300 leased vehicles, built the full lease schedule, defined accounting policy, and ensured ongoing compliance. – Supported companies in transitioning to XBRL reporting format: taxonomy mapping, data tagging, and regulatory filing compliance. Results: ▸ Clients successfully adopted the IFRS framework with improved reliability of financial statements for audit and stakeholders. ▸ Scalable IFRS 16 model for 300-vehicle fleet reused across multiple reporting periods; multiple clients met XBRL filing deadlines without restatements for the first time.

Responsibilities: Audit and advisory engagements for large international groups and subsidiaries, including Metinvest Group (one of Ukraine’s largest taxpayers), gaining deep experience in IFRS reporting, consolidation, and financial performance analysis. Actions: – Participated in audit and advisory engagements: assessed internal controls, reviewed financial statements, and provided analytical insights to support management decisions. – Contributed to the initial setup of the shared service delivery centre in Lviv; trained newly onboarded staff and helped establish efficient audit processes. – Participated in pre-sale audit on an international retail real estate network in the PwC office in Warsaw (2018), multi-jurisdiction financial analysis across a portfolio of shopping centres. Results: ▸ Clean audit opinions on complex IFRS engagements, including Metinvest Group; successful completion of new staff training in the Lviv Service delivery centre; cross-border M&A due diligence report delivered on schedule, and the deal successfully closed.

Responsibilities: Led national SME lending across 10 regions - team of up to 50 professionals, portfolio exceeding USD 3M - with full responsibility for FP&A, KPI controlling, budgeting, and strategic advisory. Actions: – Led multi-regional team; participated in budgeting and forecasting for the SME business line; monitored and evaluated KPIs for regional teams to drive productivity and portfolio quality. – Acted as strategic advisor to senior management: analysed market trends, competitor lending conditions, and pricing to recommend profitability improvements. – Supervised portfolio quality control, identified early warning signals, and initiated restructuring or recovery actions; provided analytical support for credit loss reserve calculations per National Bank regulations. Results: ▸ Portfolio quality maintained above bank benchmarks across all 10 regions; pricing and product recommendations demonstrably improved SME business line profitability and competitiveness.