Highlights:Experienced management accounting professional with international Oil & Educational industries experience at all levels of finance organization as well as Big4 Audit experience. Skilled in external and internal audits, development of finance procedures, corporate financial reporting and consolidation, strategy development, financial modelling. Have excellent experience on coaching accountants and developing the accounting & economics courses and conducting in-class training for accounting personnel, operations managers or university students.

Skills:finance manager, CMA, management accountant, budget

Goal:Looking for a challenging accounting supervisory position in any service industry and/or teaching accounting position at a university

Membership:IMA - Institute of Management Accountants

Certification:CMA - Certified Management Accountant, USA

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors – Finance Director 06/2017 - current
KAZGUU University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Industry: Education
Resolved a few old outstanding qne onq wqd
? Develop and implement the financial strategy of the university, setting up KPI system, Financial Modeling for next 5 years strategy. Optimization of Tax strategy (VAT, CIT, Property tax, etc.) and reporting ? Automate the financial processes and enhance monthly reporting process using the Power BI tool. ? Develop/update the financial policies and procedures, improve the internal control system, Business Process Improvement, 1C accounting software implementation ? Conduct the team building, MS office trainings, building the high level responsible team--
Adjunct Professor 10/2016 - 06/2017
Swiss Business School -Al Tareeqah Management Studies, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Education
Teaching Economics & Accounting courses for BBA students
Developed and managed syllabus/lectures materials for “Venture Capital & Private Equity”, “Money & Banking” and “Advanced Accounting”, “International Economics”, “International Financial Management”, “Financial Planning & Budgeting” BBA courses--
Accounting consultant 12/2015 - 10/2016
British Moorfields Eye Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Healthcare
This is the branch of British Moorfields Eye Hospital in Dubai
AP/AR accounting & business improvement consultancy services for the British hospital in Dubai. Point of contact for vendors. Scheduling payments, reconciliations, summary reports.--
Chief Accountant 02/2013 - 05/2014
OiLSERV Oilfield Services LLC, Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates
Industry: Oil & Gas
Chief Accountant at the oil start-up company operating in Iraq
Consolidated reporting to shareholders - Monthly PL and BS actual vs forecast vs plan reviews, variances; ? Prepared annual HQ budgets and 5 Year plan with Balance Sheet and Cash Flow projections ? Established P2P and O2C business processes, streamlined internal controls and inter-company process, developed business-specific procedures of Project Accounting. Streamlined routine reporting via sharepoint. ? Successfully closed consolidated IFRS and UAE local external audits.--
Country, Area, Global/HQ Business Analyst 10/2002 - 12/2012
Schlumberger Limited, Various, United States
Industry: Oil & Gas, Seismic
Worked for 2 years in Kazakhstan, Atyrau 4 years in Russia, Moscow 0.5 years in Azerbaijan, Baku 2 years in the UK, Gatwick 2 years in the US, Houston
PL & Balance sheet consolidation and reporting of financial results and variance analysis of monthly operations at country, region and global level. Annual budgets, Quarterly forecasts, Actual results vs budget analysis ? Implemented Lawson ERP. Developed a semi-automated balanced scorecard master file (KPI). ? Developed Product Line Accounting business specifics, Product Line shared costs allocations, revenue recognition specifics and project accounting for bundled contracts Procedures. Developed global overhead allocation process for Lawson and Oracle software. Resolved the Foreign currency revaluation issue for Canadian entity. ? Prepared and delivered presentations on company performance outlook and inventory/revenue analysis for operations management & business specifics accounting training for accountants and controllers; ? Maintained internal control procedures and financial policies and Sarbox procedures. Successfully closed all audits--
Auditor - > Senior Auditor 09/2000 - 10/2002
Ernst & Young Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Industry: Professional Audit services
Audit Staff, Advanced Staff and Audit Senior | Ernst & Young, Kazakhstan
? Conducted audit as per IAS and KAS from planning stage through to issuance of the final report, supervised audit teams, working mainly with Production, Service, Railways Transportation and Oil & Gas sector clients ? Organized and conducted international accounting standards training for chief accountants of the largest client.--

North-Kazakhstan University 09/1991 - 06/1996
Petropavlovsk, North-Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:English Language
Minor:History
Teacher of History and English Language

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