Industrial and construction holding; Dubai, UAE, 19 thousand employees

• migration of the Oracle EBS system database (products, accounting accounts, records) to Odoo Enterprise, a multi-company environment, several enterprises, 19 thousand employees;

Entertainment center, Ltd. Partnership LLC. Poland, 100 employees

• implementation of Odoo Community v15 accounting, development of a module managing work time, timesheet valuation for payroll, work schedule for animators (three-shift workday), accounting management, tax settlements, VAT refunds, controlling, WHT;

Marketing communication capital group (ATL/BTL, PR, Events, Head company) 260 employees

• - implementation and development of the Odoo ERP system within the Walk group (marketing industry);
• - 6 companies - a capital group - a multi-company B2B environment, 260 competitive users;
• - accounting, controlling / BI / reporting, document workflows, budgeting with dynamic margin control on projects, projects, HR, timesheet / leave requests, DMS, web portals,
• - development of applications for settling marketing campaigns such as Mola cashback, Nikon cashback;
• - Orlen Marathon fair application, settlement of fees for Orlen Marathon participant reservations - a B2B application - reservation of trade fair stands along with equipment during the Orlen Marathon;
• - design and project management of applications / ERP system modules - accounting robots, ghost companies, Polish localization modules (ING bank API, Ministry of Finance API, GUS, corrective invoices, advance invoices, JPK file, CIT settlement), factoring support module;
• - reorganization of the accounting, controlling, and finance department, including the hiring of lower-level accounting staff, a controller, participation as an expert in the hiring of a financial director, designing document workflows, cooperation in the development of accounting policies;
• - creation of a banking interface (import of bank transactions into the reconciliation / settlements module);
• - project management (projects, tasks), development of a helpdesk system for system users;
• - multi-stage recruitment system with workflow and publication of advertisements on websites;
• - organization, supervision over the helpdesk and user support;
• - development of in-person training, recording video training sessions, conducting training, writing documentation.

Board Member, Creative Space Art Foundation, organizer of the Capital of Polish Language Festival in Szczebrzeszyn

12.2022-03.2024

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• implementation of Odoo Enterprise - accounting, projects, intranet, process audit, management; finance executive, management
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Main achievements

• - audit and cost optimization allowing for investment in ERP;
• - change of contract conclusion procedures, legal audit, obtaining advertising budget from Google,
• implementation and training of Odoo Enterprise - accounting, document flow, project management, DMS, budgeting, controlling;
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Volunteer consultant for Odoo ERP in the development of an international platform for social and educational projects for youth - NeuroN Foundation / Smart Oak Projects

02.2024- present

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Financial Advisor to the Board at Walk Group ​​

01.2014-08.2017

Tasks

• - market research of open source ERP software, recruitment of a developer, preparation for the digitalization of the group, preparation and organization of the implementation of the odoo community ERP system;
• - ongoing advisory in the areas of accounting, taxation, financial policy, and business processes.
• - optimization of business processes, document circulation procedures, participation in the reorganization of departments, involvement in the recruitment of management and mid-level staff (finance department);
• - involvement in the recruitment of management and mid-level staff (finance department).

Main achievements

• - development of a concept, preparation, organization, and initiation of the implementation of an open source ERP system without the financial "entry barrier" seen in solutions like SAP, Maconomy or MS Dynamics, while maintaining similar functionalities as well as system scalability and multi-company capabilities;
• - development and implementation of alternative concepts to bank financing sources for the parent company and its subsidiaries - private issuance of corporate bonds;

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Chief Financial Officer in the capital group of marketing agencies Walk

09.2012 - 12.2013

Tasks

• - development of alternative plans for creating a capital group from three independent companies;
• - conducting the organizational and legal process of establishing a holding group with a parent company;
• - reorganization of the accounting department - back office / creation of a shared services center, recruitment;
• - development and implementation of accounting policies;
• - management of the European Union grant project called Mazovian Creative Industry Cluster;
• - tax policy;
• - direct supervision over the accounting department;
• - participation in negotiating the terms of contracts with the group's clients (PZU, ING and others);
• - consolidation of the group's external financing, negotiations on the volume and terms of financing;
• - introduction of document circulation procedures;
• - profitability control of projects, departments.

Main achievements

• I developed a plan for creating a capital group from three independent entities. After establishing the group and the holding company, I took the position of CFO. My task was to implement changes in the merged organizations - digitalization of finance and project budgeting, introduction of document workflow, organization of accounting, development of accounting policies, introduction of controlling, cash management, organization and description of business processes, introduction of partial budgeting and BI reporting, and consolidation of the group's financing in a single banking institution with an appropriate offer and its level. I achieved these goals within the next year, after which I focused on implementing my concept of process digitalization based on a localized open-source ERP system, whose absence in the organization prevented efficient management.
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Tax Advisor, Partner at PKDP

12.1999 - 12.2008

• - Tax Representative / Proxy (2004-2008) for a Siemens AG subsidiary, Epcos AG (through Siemens Sp. z o.o.), and suppliers of parts to Polish TV factories (Thomson Żyrardów, Philips Kwidzyn) - ON Semiconductor onsemi.com, Yageo. I was one of the first to register a foreign company's call of stock for VAT purposes. Such call of stocks for foreign entities without a Polish establishment but being VAT taxpayers were established in Thomson Żyrardów and Philips Kwidzyn. I handled high volumes of documents (12 - 40K invoices/month) - purchases and sales from these warehouses. On behalf of foreign companies, I handled VAT settlements;
• - I conducted a campaign to assist in the PIT (Personal Income Tax) settlements for university graduates who, after the opening of the job market in the UK, were forced by the regulations at the time to settle PIT in Poland;
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• Some customers and the range of services provided for them: ​

• - tax advisory - Winkler Polska Sp. z o.o. (today Wachtel), Jakon S.A., SWPS university; middle management at Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete - PIT / WHT
• - tax advisory, accounting services: Allgeier Computer Sp. z o.o., Ludwig Schokolade Sp. z o.o., Pegas Touristik Sp. z o.o. and others,
• - tax advisory, accounting services, CFO services - GTI Travel Poland Sp. z o.o. / Kayi Group;
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• - I acted as a proxy for individuals and legal entities during tax proceedings and judicial review of the decisions of Tax Authorities. I appeared before the Provincial Administrative Court (WSA) and the Supreme Administrative Court (NSA);
• - I also provided accounting services.

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Tax Advisor - Szelenbaum Kiełczewski Oetken Adwokacka Sp. K. Law company

01.1998 - 11.1999

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• - providing tax advisory services for investors from the German-speaking area (BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Sp.z o.o., Winkler Sp. z o.o., LHI Sp. z o.o., Mostostal Export SA, and many others);
• - publications "Erwerb Immobilien in Polen" in Handelsblatt and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung;
  - lectures on tax topics at IHK Berlin, IHK Hamburg.
  
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Chief Accountant / acting as the Financial Director at Alfred. C Toepfer International Poland Sp. z o.o.

02.1996 - 01.1998

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• - a subsidiary of Alfred C. Toepfer Int Ltd in Hamburg (currently ADM), one of the leading companies in the global trade of grain products and bulk agricultural products;
• - organization of the accounting department, recruitment, and ongoing supervision over the financial function of the unit, preparation of tax declarations;
  - handling large volumes of currencies (daily negotiations of rates with Rabobank and ING dealing rooms, turnovers of about 2-10 million dollars a day);
• - alongside the crisis team I created, reconstruction of the accounting for the previous two fiscal years;
  
• - constant contact with the group's CFO, a two-month stay at the headquarters in Hamburg;
• - the youngest manager in the group - 160 offices worldwide, known as the “youngster” in the company's newspaper.

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Tax Advisor Oetken Remin Szelenbaum Sp. z o.o. Law company

02.1994 - 12.1995

• One of the first Polish-German law firms in Poland. I provided tax advisory services and also specialized in foreign exchange law issues, especially in the context of acquiring privatized enterprises by German investors.

Accounting lecturer, accounting and tax consultant at the Polish Business Corporation Polbi

02.1992 - 02.1994

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• A training and consulting company established by the state Industrial Development Agency. After a series of training sessions, I taught accounting there. At the same time, I was continuously improving my qualifications in the area of taxes and accounting. I also implemented the German accounting system at Bartimpex S.A.

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