Mirela Ionescu

Responsible for the accounting, month/quarter/year-end closings (US-GAAP), audit and final accountability for the financial statements, financial reporting and statutory processes, ensure compliance with company guidelines and Swiss regulations for Swiss entities. - Design and provide reporting, analyses and key insights on financial performance to EMEAI Leadership - Lead, coach and develop the F&S Switzerland team, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement

Responsible for the company' controlling - Manufacturing & Logistics and Commercial. - Lead and improve the budget process working with all services. Deliver the reporting, forecasts and budget within 3 weeks and achieve budget approval without changes, presenting to top executives - Lead and automate the process of annual standard costs - Manage cost accounting, optimize & automate the cost control & valuation of work orders - Provided proactive decision support on major business projects

Manage management control for affiliates in Europe and Asia. Oversee the monthly closing, ensure correct cost allocation, Oversee accounting activities, and improve efficiency and accuracy. - Provide monthly sales and management reporting, performance analysis and financial support to Senior management - Successfully delivered a business plan for launching a new operating entity in US in collaboration with the Project Manager

Establish and lead the FP&A for Lagen and affiliates to enhance performance management and support decision-making. - Drive and implement the budget process and tools for preparation and monitoring, working with all departments - Steer the 5-year business plan (1st plan), own part of it, develop models and scenarios - Develop and prepare the reporting, dashboards and KPI, variances & main drivers analysis for Senior Management - Deliver data-driven insights to support business strategy and decision-making

Responsible for the monthly closing, financial statements, financial reporting, budget monitoring, ensuring compliance with Swiss regulation. Manage a team of two accountants. - Provide the monthly balanced scorecard and analysis to support executive performance management and decision-making - Oversee Corporate & Group Management budgets, ensure cost control, and correct allocation (by cost center & nature)

Drive the Group’s budget process of the marketing & sales entities (50 worldwide, €1.2Bn revenue). Responsible for providing timely and action-oriented Group management reporting to the Executive Management. - Reduce the monthly reporting issuance by 10 days, getting the controllers to submit earlier and optimizing production - Prepare the Flash report on sales revenue by region, market, product lines, brands, with KPIs, commentaries - Provide financial support for Business Reviews to Senior Managers

- Lead and coordinate planning and budgeting for EMEA, contribute with full P&L and key driver reporting to Corporate - Lead monthly reviews with Country Directors and Financial Controllers of major countries financial performance - Design and implement models and reports on major customers and strategic businesses, services profitability

- Drive and coordinate budget and forecast processes (rolling forecast) activities for European operations and support functions - Provide Senior management with the quarterly commit reports, variances to objectives analysis and actionable insights

Prepare with the heads of departments the annual budget and proactively analyse and control the group services expenditure. Successfully deliver monthly reports explaining expenses major variances actual vs. budget/ forecast and run rates. Deliver SITA group consolidated reports for the Group Chairman and boards and templates for the monthly review.

Responsible for financial planning and reporting for European Travel Retail and Distributors (BU). Provide relevant financial analysis and support to Senior and Sales management to facilitate decision making during a period in which the company was going through a reorganization process.

In charge of adapting the budget submission & review tool to be used by all the operating entities of the group in order to fit to the new business model. Support operating units in the preparation of their annual budgets. Contribute to the Group reporting.

Responsible for FP&A Italy: forecasting, budgeting, planning, reporting, analysis and support to Senior Managers - Set up the Management accounting function for a new entity in Italy, and lead and contribute to the 3-year business plan - Implement the company planning system and the MIS - Project leader for the full evaluation of the tobacco business in Italy (10-year projection) resulting in the new entity - Contribute significantly to implement the group reporting package of the Manufacturing Site