Ilia Nikolov

As part of the Global Markets department, I am engaged with analyzing SG&A expenses (marketing, finance, legal, client centers, RESO) and resource controlling. Target segment: SPGI (Spain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Cyprus). My tasks require filling ICAs (inter-company agreements) and billings in the IBM ledger, analyzing and forecasting the performance of IBM units in these countries (monthly) and booking vouchers, transferring expenses for IBMers between IBM divisions within one particular country.

• performed primarily accounting tasks entirely in German • daily controlling and booking of cashbooks of trade centers in SAP and cost and invest invoices to ensure proper allocation of costs and invest expenses • reconciliation of balance sheet accounts in SAP • handled the monthly closing strictly and timely • monthly turnover reporting and accruals of cost invoices • monthly processing of factoring documentation in SAP

I was responsible for analyzing the creditworthiness of the companies and their business and credit risk. I have also been involved in the monitoring of the debt repayments of the firms and their valuation. In addition, I have prepared credit proposals and bank warranties as well as filling in requests for evaluation of real estates, which serve as a pledge for collateral.

My duties were supportive and included exploiting basic information from the financial statements of the firms and bookkeeping VAT from the invoices provided. I also became familiar with the activity of the National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria.

Corporate Finance, Investments, Risk Management, Financial Analysis And Valuation, Mergers And Acquisitions, Advanced Valuation And Value Creation, Entrepreneurial Finance And Private Equity, Master Thesis with Topic "Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) from M&A Perspective"

Mathematics, Micro/Macroeconomics, Statistics, Accounting, International Trade, Intellectual Property, European Economy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Stock Markets, International Management and Marketing, Private International Law, Forecasting Financial Markets, International Pricing Practices