Paweł Zawrzykraj

Finance and Operations Manager at European Accounting Center

- Leading group of 6 people responsible for General Ledger bookings, month end close process, preparing analysis of financial reports, trends, risks and opportunities, budgeting
- Responsible for preparation of FOSC statutory accounts, tax reporting (corp tax, VAT), OPEX controlling and forecasting
- Working with local and country management to build monthly/quarterly/yearly forecasts, budgets for various entities
- Preparing monthly/quarterly/yearly forecast analysis, identifying risks and opportunities
- Budget control based on P&L and headcount analysis – suggesting changes, if necessary, for local finance, sales, marketing management
- Working with internal/external audit
- SOX controls

- Establishing new Herbalife Financial Shared Service Centre in Krakow
- Preparing transition plan, strategy for process migration
- Transitioning new roles from local countries to Krakow
- Training new employees
- Reviewing stuff mid/end year performance

Leading group of 3 people responsible for analysis of financial reports, trends, risks and opportunities, budgeting.
Evaluates investments, financial regulations, and financial projects or programs. Gathers, interprets, and evaluates financial information, including past financial data and short- to long-term financial forecasts.
Supports business or operations functions and may analyze data at country, business unit, or product levels

Latest responsibilities as US RTR Team Leader (VI 2011 - XI 2011):
- Recruiting my new US RTR Team employees
- Taking part in transition of GL, Interco and Banks from US to Poland office
- Training new employees


Leader of Oracle 12 implementation team

My team is responsible for testing and implementing of General Ledger, Fixed Assets and Consolidation processes. I’m managing team of 5 people and the whole transition process - supervising team’s daily activities, preparing targets, delegating and checking completion of all allocated tasks, supporting of process migration and reporting to transition managers in Poland and USA.

GL responsibilities

Input and update changes to Forex rates.

General ledger responsibilities, including fixed assets, for 3 countries:

- Prepare journals as necessary during the month in liaison with country F&A managers
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations
- Periods close and Hyperion upload
- Participate in consolidation prosess
- Check and confirm systems available to users e.g. GFS, GTN
- Review requests for accruals against existing policy, generate accrual, liaise with countries, post
- Process resale minus calculations and communicate adjustments required to intercompany team
- Compile periodic reports / management information
- Maintenance of existing policies and procedures to ensure they remain up to date and relevant
- Respond to F&A manager queries
- Monitor checklist and complete
- Provide information to and liaise with outsourcers responsible for financial statements, tax, intrastat and VAT.

Fixed Assets

- Update fixed assets for additions, disposals, transfers from Inventory
- Elimination of Profit In Inventory (PII) on Operating Type Leases (OTLs)
- Prepare and post fixed assets journals
- Reconcile all FA accounts at month end
- Reconciliation of physical assets in liaison with Country F&A manager.
- Maintenance of existing policies and procedures to ensure they remain up to date and relevant

-General Ledger – posting: journal vouchers, expenses, accruals, raising recharge invoices, making reconciliation of accounts, period closing, filling in balance sheet,
-Accounts Payable – making payment runs, scanning, verifying and posting invoices, dealing with vendors` calls,
-Accounts Receivable – collection, allocation of incoming payments, dealing with customers queries,
-Cash & Banking – bank statements posting, making bank payments, preparing netting payments.

-Keeping the books of Foundation,
-Making financial statements, closing statements,
-Raising sales invoices

-Supervising cleaning team and making inspections of their work,
-Customer service,
-Preparing reports for my manager.

-Organizing concerts and performances,
-Servicing and guarding during concerts and performances,
-Work in team of 8 people

-Keeping, based on receipts, books in private companies, general partnerships, limited companies, companies in liquidation,
-Making financial statements (balance sheet, profit and loss account, additional information),
-Preparing contracts of employment, settling business trips, raising cheques, making bank transfers,
-Customer service