Celia B.

• Managed end-to-end reconciliation and settlement of ticket sales with business partners, ensuring accurate commission handling and timely payments. • Aligned financial data with operational results across multiple regions and supported monthly balance sheet reconciliations. • Main point of contact for partners, resolving contractual and financial discrepancies in coordination with accounting teams. • Supported month-end close and audit readiness with detailed revenue analysis and improved process efficiency and internal controls.

• Manage all accounting operations with an external accountant firm, including billing, accounts receivable/payable, cost accounting, and revenue recognition • Prepare budget and financial forecasts and variance reports, controlling UK costs in compliance with budget. • Prepare monthly financial reports on profit/loss, cash flow forecasts, financial statements. • Support monthly/quarterly/annual accounts closing processes, treasury management and company and group auditing processes.

Supported all planning and reporting related activities for ARC Europe Holding, automated financial processes • Supported the yearly strategic plan and budget and the quarterly forecasts • Supported customer and product profitability planning, analysis and reporting • Supported Sales and Marketing departments in Customer Pricing and Profitability analysis • Supervised the purchasing process and its compliance with the budget targets

While with Bureau Van Dijk, I ensured an accurate and timely calculation for 3rd party providers of licensed data which have been included in Bureau van Dijk sales I liaised with other departments to discuss and understand any change in financial conditions, policy or procedures, and put in place a more structured framework to automate the process as much as possible

As a Business Controller, I curated monthly reports and presented past performance against forecasted plan targets. Furthermore, I collected, analysed, and interpreted available data, as well as communicated report data with our management team and subsequently restructured business plans. Some of my select accomplishments include: ~ Guided management evaluation of strategic plan and improved future participation in consolidated account setup; facilitated submission and review process. ~ Spearheaded three projects with budgets of €100K each

While with Boehringer Ingelheim, I managed the budget and forecasting process and additionally consolidated financial data, verifying the accuracy of forecasts against assumptions and hypothesis. I then deployed the monthly local closing plan and fully satisfied group reporting deadlines. And, I interpreted monthly data results and presented this information to management teams. In addition to these duties, I additionally regulated budget control and operating / expenditure (OpEx) monitoring across all departments. Some of my select accomplishments include: - Co-ordinated two projects with budgets of more than €100K. - Communicated variances against budget and informed leadership of positive or negative impact on profit and loss.

As a Financial Analyst I aided enterprise research of various companies listed under coverage and encouraged our participation in a weekly internet sector newsletter. I also superintended the financial analysis of each company and assembled financial forecasts, as well as generated and updated available valuation models including DCF and peer group comparison. Some of my select accomplishments include: - Completed valuation of four companies with revenue from €10M-50M. - Aided product research including noteworthy contributions to the pitch and memorandum for IPO and fundraising operations.