Highlights:Conscientious and experienced senior analyst with significant financial and commercial exposure in a range of diverse roles and industries. Recognized for the ability to identify continuous change actions to increase efficiency of processes and accuracy within financial responsibilities in strategy, reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, management information and business analysis

Skills:

Goal:A result-oriented and determined finance professional seeking to work in a challenging environment that provides opportunity to utilize my analytical skills.Offering strong experience in analysis, research, ability to align relevant data to ensure stability of company finances,quantifying impacts, and conducting forecasts to improve the financial status of a business.

Certification:Msc in Internation Finance and Banking from University of Glasgow - Merits BSc in Finance,Insurance,Banking and Stock Exchange from University of Bucharest - Merits

Honor:Participation at the ,,National Communication Session Contest’’ organized by the Academy of the Economic Studies with the theme “Monetary and fiscal policies during crisis period in the European Union” – First Prize Awarded

Derivatives Analyst 07/14 - 02/16
Citigroup, Edinburgh, Edinburgh United Kingdom
Industry: London
Conscientious and experienced senior analyst with significant financial and commercial exposure in a range of diverse roles and industries. Recognized for the ability to identify continuous change actions to increase efficiency of processes and accuracy within financial responsibilities in strategy, reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, management information and business analysis.
esponsible for fee analysis & allocation of the most complex cost line of the business; provide analysis of complex financial information; lead detailed financial modeling and analysis to produce annual cost budget and monthly forecasts; ensure timely month end close; ensure cost increases are identified, analyzed in cost model and passed on in order to ensure neutral impact to P&L; pricing and merchant analysis; improve pricing and business strategy; identify possible cost savings for business units; analyze KPIs, industry trends and competitor analysis; navigate through complex business situations; create data-driven presentations with business insight from raw data and effect on business; testing and business requirements documentation of new acquiring platform; accomplish business goals in time by working in cross-functional teams including senior executives, sales, and engineer peers--
Senior Analyst 11/03/2017 - current
Worldpay, London, London United Kingdom
Industry: Financial Services
Conscientious and experienced senior analyst with significant financial and commercial exposure in a range of diverse roles and industries. Recognized for the ability to identify continuous change actions to increase efficiency of processes and accuracy within financial responsibilities in strategy, reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, management information and business analysis.
Responsible for fee analysis & allocation of the most complex cost line of the business; provide analysis of complex financial information; lead detailed financial modeling and analysis to produce annual cost budget and monthly forecasts; ensure timely month end close; ensure cost increases are identified, analyzed in cost model and passed on in order to ensure neutral impact to P&L; pricing and merchant analysis; improve pricing and business strategy; identify possible cost savings for business units; analyze KPIs, industry trends and competitor analysis; navigate through complex business situations; create data-driven presentations with business insight from raw data and effect on business; testing and business requirements documentation of new acquiring platform; accomplish business goals in time by working in cross-functional teams including senior executives, sales, and engineer peers; produced and developed cost model for LATAM region--
Financial Control Analyst 02/2016 - 03/17
Tesco Bank, Edinburgh, Edinburgh United Kingdom
Industry: Financial Services
Conscientious and experienced senior analyst with significant financial and commercial exposure in a range of diverse roles and industries. Recognized for the ability to identify continuous change actions to increase efficiency of processes and accuracy within financial responsibilities in strategy, reporting, planning, forecasting, budgeting, management information and business analysis.
Conduct analysis for balance sheet substantiation and assess the impact on the P&L; management ledger population, regulatory reporting analysis, monthly reconciliations, budgeting and forecasting, year-end reporting analysis, risk and control assurance; analyze financial data, conduct ratio analysis and recommend process improvements; perform various financial models and study the impact on the business; compile, forecast and analyze trends; optimize the financial decision making-process by utilizing key financial measures and indicators and improve business strategy--

The Univeristy of Economic Studies 10/2010 - 07/2013
Bucharet, Romania, United Kingdom
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchange
Microeconomics, Accounting Basis, Math applied in economics, General company man- agement, Business law, Geopolitics, English and specialized communication, Macroeconomics, Of- fice Application Technology, Statistics, Credit Institutions, Econometrics, Financial Accounting, Banking products and services, Financial Modelling, Financial administration of the company

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