Alexander Galuts, Head of Financial Reporting Department

Alexander Galuts

Head of Financial Reporting Department

Alrosa Company Ltd

Location
Russian Federation
Education
Higher diploma, Financial management
Experience
22 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 11 Months

Head of Financial Reporting Department at Alrosa Company Ltd
  • Russian Federation
  • My current job since August 2015

Coordinating Financial Reporting Department
Fast close (monthly reporting) implementation
Quarterly IFRS Financial reporting
Big 4 audit passing
Transition to SAP HANA

Deputy Head of Financial Reporting Department at ALROSA Company Ltd
  • Russian Federation
  • October 2011 to August 2015

-Supervision of IFRS reporting department (managing team of 7 people)
-Transition of IFRS reporting function from outsourcing
-Conducting audit of financial statements by Big 4 audit firm
-Development and implementation of IFRS Accounting policy and Methodology (quality assurance by independent Big 4 audit firm)
-Successful implementation of SAP BPC, participation in SAP BIP/ERP implementation
-Participation in development of strategic financial model for the Group, management reporting and analysis

Senior Financial Accountant at Sibir Energy plc
  • Russian Federation
  • July 2008 to September 2011

o Preparation of consolidated and standalone financial statements under IFRS
o Preparation of US GAAP consolidation, Statutory consolidation - for parent company
o Collaboration with external audit team
o Preparation of monthly management accounting reports (upstream and downstream)
o Participation in implementation of SAP BPC reporting system
o Participation in implementation of fast close procedures (monthly management reporting)
o Participation in implementation of ERP system (Hyperion Enterprise)
o Preparation of miscellaneous reports for Budgeting department

Finance manager at Gallery Media Group (Outdoor Advertising)
  • Russian Federation
  • December 2005 to July 2008

o Setting up IFRS reporting function, coordination team of 3 people
o Preparation of IFRS accounts, KPI reports, collaboration with external audit team
o Financial analysis of company’s performance (actual vs. budget, variance analysis, KPI)
o Building Long-term financial models (BS, PL, CF)
o Implementation of ERP system (MS Navision), elaboration of charts of accounts, reporting forms and templates
o Preparation of miscellaneous reports for CFO and CEO upon request

Audit department expert at Ernst &Young CIS
  • Russian Federation
  • August 2004 to November 2005

o Participation in audit of mining and industrial products clients (Mechel, Evraz, ect.)
o Organizing audit team work (3-4 persons)
o Planning and implementing internal controls assessment procedures
o SOX procedures
o Performing tests of internal controls and developing their improvement
o Performing general and substantive audit procedures, analyzing financial statements

Night manager at Moscow Marriott Aurora-Lux Hotel
  • Russian Federation
  • July 2001 to July 2004

o Supervising and coordinating hotel departments performance, checking brand standards observance during
the night time;
o Preparing daily/monthly sales, statistics and hotel market share reports;
o Providing Management and Accounting of the hotel with mely reports and accurate picture of how all areas of
the hotel are performing;
o Audit, balance and report on all hotel areas for accuracy of posting of charges and credits to ensure
correctness of guests folios and observance of hotel procedures;

Education

Higher diploma, Financial management
  • at Finance University under the Government of Russian federation
  • June 2005

5-year University major in Financial management Course Subjects GPA 4.4 Coursworks GPA 4.8 Final diploma paper 5 Final qualification exam 5 12 week internship report 5

Specialties & Skills

Budgeting
Financial Analysis
ACCOUNTANCY
BUDGETING
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT REPORTING
QUALITY CONTROL
REPORTS
SUPERVISORY SKILLS

Languages

English
Expert
French
Beginner
German
Beginner
Russian
Expert

Training and Certifications

Corporate Finance Programm (Training)
Training Institute:
London Business School
Date Attended:
August 2012
Duration:
80 hours
CFA (Training)
Training Institute:
CFA Institute (successfully passed Level 1 and Level 2 exams)
Date Attended:
June 2015
ACCA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014

Hobbies

  • Hiking, swimming, mountain ski