Alexey Kazankov

• Corporate support services reorganisation and transformation project lead • Support of strategic corporate programs (budget, financial models, follow-up) • In charge of corporate treasury reporting and financial ratios control • Confidential

Managed multiple finance projects and working groups • Optimized legal structure (finished in early 2018) in ex-hypermarket division (legal entity rationalisation), structured and launched minority buy-out procedure • Carried out partial asset restructuring with minimal fiscal and legal risks • Launched mid-term fiscal optimisation projects, streamlined the process of property's cadastral values challenging (projected property tax savings for 2016-2017 of €8+ million) • M&A activities

Led and managed diverse teams (20 people), cross-functional projects. In charge of Finance Control Department, Tax Methodology Shared Service Center and Group Reporting (IFRS): • Cut trade receivables by 40% and accelerated average insurance reimbursement term by 1.5x. • Savings on CIT benefits of more than €5M and direct CIT savings exceeding 8% of ETR p.a. • Property tax savings of more than €700k p.a. • Developed new forecasting models → controlled annual WC budget variances decreased by 25%

Management of audit engagements of major media and retail multinationals • Oversaw multiple audit engagements of major media and retail companies → delivered on time with no budget overruns. • Delivered professional training for groups of up to 25 people. • Streamlined testing of an experimental web-based information exchange tool on engagements

• Established audit engagements team up to 5 people each. • Optimized key audit approaches on main engagements → budget savings of 10-20%.

Significant exposure in the external audit group, financial analysis, accounting and tax consulting for clients. • Led an internal audit standards development. • Automated the audit and accounting / tax returns filing processes.

• Automated a major part of analytical procedures and report generation → time savings of weeks of work.

Economics and Company Management