Paweł Klimek

Business Performance Management & E2E Record to Report process management for 5 countries - Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Croatia and Switzerland – team size 22 people:

- General Ledger, fixed assets, treasury, banking, taxes, PEC, reconciliations
- Financial Reporting & Performance Reporting
- Management Reporting - Commerce
- Management Reporting - Supply Chain
- Management Reporting - Strategic
- Annual planning & budgeting (LE, LE2, SAP, 3YP, Budget)

Key achievements:

- successful migration of BPM / RtR processes from OpCos, completed on time
- implementation of standard HGSS tools and templates in OpCos
- implementation of internal controls; process stabilization on high quality level
- prize – Heineken Greenprint Behaviours award ; category “Focus on Support over Control”

Key stakeholders: Accounting & Reporting Managers, RtR TL, Process Managers

Process management for 5 countries – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and France – team size 17 people:

1. team management and administration / time sheets / KPIs / SLAs / transitions of processes
2. motivating of team members, time allocation, workload management, internal trainings
3. financial analysis and adjustments for Offshore and Onshore entities
4. analyses of actual costs vs. forecasts vs. budget / analyses of variances
5. regional controlling supporting tasks
6. preparation of soft forecasts and projections
7. cost control, cost reporting and cost allocation (SDAs – Service Department Allocations)
8. management reporting – Financial Summary, SDA Reports, Assets Under Custody Report
9. coordination of work of financial controllers from all Offshore and Onshore entities
10. client P&L (Profitability) for Luxembourg branch
11. process improvements / automation – mainly VB tools

Key achievements:

- successful migration of controlling activities from client offices
- process automation through creation of Visual Basic tools and templates (prize - State Street Above
and Beyond award)
- process standardization across entities

Key stakeholders: Financial Controllers, Accounting & Reporting Managers, FP&A Managers

1. 1,5-month period of business processes transition in Munich (Germany)
2. preparation of business processes documentation: scope of transition, process map, procedures
3. documenting “as is” processes for assigned transitioned activities
4. process shadowing at the local country Finance unit during the transition period
5. identifying “as is” process issues that may serve as barriers to transition or delay the transition schedule, monitoring of transition progress, preparation of KPIs and SLAs
6. finance and accounting production across assigned liaison country
7. creation / implementation of new tools within Regulatory Reporting and Controlling department
8. testing new applications and tools / end user support
9. on-going analyses of business processes within Regulatory Reporting department and decision support for ad hoc projects including process improvement in the finance area
10. cooperation with persons responsible for planning and financial analyses on regional level
11. monthly AWV (Außenwirtschaftsverkehr) for external clients reporting to Deutsche Bundesbank – report creation / review / analyses
12. reconciliation of financial transactions related to securities and payments for securities
13. Federal Reserve (FED) reporting – report creation / review / analyses
14. reconciliation of consolidated data (financial transactions, P&L accounts)
15. ensure accurate and timely delivery of all Regulatory Reporting tasks to the German office
16. supervision / coordination of work of other Regulatory Reporting accountants

1.5-month transition of business processes in Brussels/Zaventeem (Belgium)
2.preparation of business processes documentation: scope of transition, process map, procedures
3.monthly reconciliation of the balance sheet accounts related to BEE inventory
4.performing reconciliation of general ledger accounts related to intercompany payments
5.issuing/processing of AP and AR invoices
6.management over BEE inventory, supervising of company stock in Europe (France, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Croatia, Belgium)
7. supervising of work of other BEE accountants
8. calculation of Stock Value Adjustment and Obsolescence Reserve
9. resolving issues related to Goods in Transit, shortshipments, overshipments, returns to the factory and transportation claims
10. performing month end / year end tasks related to BEE inventory (Major Appliances and Spare Parts)
11. JDE Key User function

1. monthly preparation/review of the balance sheet accounts (EMEA countries–France,
Belgium, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, The Netherlands)
2. performing reconciliation of P&L general ledger accounts (general procurement,
travel expenses, bonuses and payroll - EMEA countries -United Kingdom, Ireland,
South Africa, The Netherlands)
3. keeping reporting deadlines, processing of financial data
4. providing analysis of the results to management
5. calculation of employee related payments/bonuses/commissions/expenses
6. booking of invoices
7. performing monthly audits of reconciliations prepared by other accountants
8. creation/updating procedures and documentation
9. participation in IT Disaster Recovery

1. elaborating analyses of competitors` prices, especially of products sensitive to
prices` fluctuation (local basket)
2. preparation and implementation of price campaign and seasonal campaign
3. continuous monitoring of prices

1. preparation of sales predictions and analyzing of sales results
2. participation in creation of shopping plans
3. supervision of stock level
4. preparation of promotions
5. implementation/testing of system to sales predictions – Retek