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Olena Pankova

Nottingham,Ukraine

Summary

A highly skilled professional with expertise in motivating others, decision making, and standing alone. Demonstrates strong business acumen and value creation architecture, coupled with proficiency in risk management and organizational change management. Committed to driving value through strategic initiatives and continuous improvement.

Results-driven Senior Manager with knack for transforming teams and processes to achieve organisational goals. Leveraged leadership skills to boost team productivity and streamline operations, delivering impactful changes across departments. Known for fostering collaborative environments and driving strategic growth initiatives.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Market Reporting and Governance Senior Manager

Mars
Nottingham, UK
2024.06 - Current
  • Built strong partnerships with stakeholders for mutual benefit.
  • Monitored team performance and provided constructive feedback to address challenges.
  • Driven change management initiatives resulting in organizational agility.

Finance Business Partner - EU Digital

Mars
Nottingham, UK
2022.05 - 2024.06
  • Partnered with sales team to develop profitable pricing strategies; drove revenue growth.
  • Developed robust financial models, resulting in improved forecasting accuracy.

Business Partner S&F Ukraine. UBBAI Digital Lead

Mars Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
2020.09 - 2022.04
  • Step changes in harmonization and simplification for IR S&Op step in Ukraine within new cluster
  • Drive and execute the implementation of new digital solutions to support finance transformation
  • Built X-functional partnership to create purpose-led VC of business
  • Ukraine Business partnering in sufficient facilitation S&Op IR step and segments co-piloting – the whole business performance overview to Leadership Team, investment allocation, actual vs budget, strategic financial planning etc

Finance Workstream lead during SAP Atlas implementation

Mars Ukraine
Kyiv
2019.09 - 2020.09
  • Successful go-live and 1st period close with no matter issues and no postponed reporting deadlines, remote launch
  • System implementation in daily performance within up to 15 finance project members, cutover lead, knowledge transfer to end users

Chocolate Brand Profitability and Financial Planning Expert

Mars Ukraine
Kyiv
2017.01 - 2020.09
  • Facilitating annual business planning sessions (C2G)
  • Lead IR SOPs step as sustainable process for business decision-making

Petcare Brand Profitability and Reporting Expert

Mars Ukraine
Kyiv
2016.04 - 2017.01
  • Projects with contribution to Value Leadership: direct delivery in Gum for top 3 clients, support in ROI activities evaluation etc
  • Lead period close, market and sales finance, Helios system KU

Financial Analyst

Wrigley Ukraine
Kyiv
2015.02 - 2016.04
  • Lead projects & ad-hoc requests during transition period driven Wrigley-Mars merge process in Ukraine
  • Fixed budget monitoring, planning and control; leading period close process; market and sales finance

Intercompany Analyst

Mars Ukraine
Kyiv
2014.10 - 2015.02
  • Additional legal agreement which supported claim processing between affiliate units, back-up for Treasury, Credit Control Specialists
  • Affiliate operations accounting, taxation, I/Co tools implementation

Platform Accountant

Metro C&C Ukraine
Kyiv
2011.06 - 2013.10
  • Detailed BRD for direct data transfer interfaces from operational warehouse to financial SAP based systems
  • Accounting and foreign trade operations; warehouse operations control

Education

MASTER’S DEGREE - ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
2009.01 - 2011.01

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
2005.01 - 2009.01

Skills

  • Motivating others
  • Decision Making
  • Standing Alone
  • Business Acumen
  • Value Creation Architect
  • Risk Management
  • Organizational change management
  • Effective communication
  • Negotiation
  • MS Office
  • SAP confident user

Timeline

Market Reporting and Governance Senior Manager

Mars
2024.06 - Current

Finance Business Partner - EU Digital

Mars
2022.05 - 2024.06

Business Partner S&F Ukraine. UBBAI Digital Lead

Mars Ukraine
2020.09 - 2022.04

Finance Workstream lead during SAP Atlas implementation

Mars Ukraine
2019.09 - 2020.09

Chocolate Brand Profitability and Financial Planning Expert

Mars Ukraine
2017.01 - 2020.09

Petcare Brand Profitability and Reporting Expert

Mars Ukraine
2016.04 - 2017.01

Financial Analyst

Wrigley Ukraine
2015.02 - 2016.04

Intercompany Analyst

Mars Ukraine
2014.10 - 2015.02

Platform Accountant

Metro C&C Ukraine
2011.06 - 2013.10

MASTER’S DEGREE - ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
2009.01 - 2011.01

BACHELOR’S DEGREE - ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
2005.01 - 2009.01
Olena Pankova