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Cosmina-Stefania Brinzan

Woking

Summary

Commercially focused finance leader with 4+ years experience and rapid career progression in a high-growth IoT business, leading FP&A, pricing, commercial finance and data analysis/billing functions. Skilled in financial modelling and strategic business partnering, with a proven track record in driving profitability and leading cross-functional change in fast-paced, data-heavy environments. Seeking an exciting role within a dynamic organisation and believe that my work ethic and high-achieving personality will enable me to adapt to any challenge.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
4061
4061
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of FP&A

Eseye
Guildford
08.2024 - Current
  • Leading FP&A, commercial finance and pricing function, overseeing budgeting, forecasting, revenue, cost of sales and margin reporting to drive strategic decision-making and influence commercial outcomes.
  • Leading ongoing gross margin improvement initiative, partnering with technical, operational and sales teams to identify cost inefficiencies, address pricing leakage, and embed commercial accountability across key processes - contributing to a 5% improvement in margin.
  • Manage team of one finance analyst and four technical billing/data analysts, while mentoring junior staff across functions; leading cross-functional change programme to replace manual tasks with scalable processes to support white-label volume growth.
  • Serving as a point of contact for MNOs, managing relationships and commitments while continuing to drive cost reduction initiatives, supporting rate negotiations, and securing deal-specific pricing to optimise profitability.
  • Supporting MNO white-label partners from a pricing and billing perspective, working to adapt processes and meet their specific requirements.
  • Presenting commercial performance insights to the board, senior leadership, investors and deal advisory teams.

Finance Manager - Pricing

Eseye
Guildford
06.2023 - 08.2024
  • Business partnering with the sales team in order to price deals and work on winning new business
  • Business partnering with the operations team to ensure service is delivered at optimal cost without compromising quality
  • Owning the development of revenue and cost of sales reporting and forecasting
  • Managing, training and mentoring one direct report, overseeing revenue reporting processes
  • Assisting in the financial due diligence process for fundraising, cultivating relationships with deal advisory teams and potential investors

Senior Finance Analyst

Eseye
Guildford
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Build automated pricing tool to support commercial decision-making and improve quote consisency.
  • Owning the production and development of the monthly revenue reports and sales analysis
  • Assisting in the revenue budgeting and forecasting process
  • Identifying and analysing variances to forecast/budget

Finance Analyst

Eseye
Guildford
11.2020 - 01.2023
  • Accurately developing and maintaining monthly financial reports, management accounts and month end processes
  • Reduced debts over 90 days by 83% and brought the total debtor days to an all-time low
  • Increased team efficiency by automating and optimising key processes, reducing the time it takes to perform the tasks by up to 75%
  • Handling large volumes of data to produce ad-hoc financial analysis that influences executive-level decision making

Education

CGMA - Chartered Global Accountant

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
04.2001 - 03.2024

BSc - First Class Honours - International Business Management

University of Surrey

Baccalaureate - Mathematics and Computer Science

Gheorghe Lazar' National College
Bucharest

Skills

  • Data retrieval, analysis and presentation using Tableau and PowerBI
  • Database management in Oracle and SQL
  • JET Analytics
  • ECDL equivalent, proficient user of Microsoft Office
  • Advanced Financial Modelling in Excel
  • Accounting Systems: Microsoft Dynamics 365, Quickbooks
  • CRM: Salesforce
  • Basic Programming Skills in C/C

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head of FP&A

Eseye
08.2024 - Current

Finance Manager - Pricing

Eseye
06.2023 - 08.2024

Senior Finance Analyst

Eseye
01.2023 - 06.2023

Finance Analyst

Eseye
11.2020 - 01.2023

CGMA - Chartered Global Accountant

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
04.2001 - 03.2024

BSc - First Class Honours - International Business Management

University of Surrey

Baccalaureate - Mathematics and Computer Science

Gheorghe Lazar' National College

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