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Marina Pick-Snitko

Boucherville,QC

Summary

Multilingual financial professional with strong analytical and problem solving skills. Full working capacity in English and French. Have experience in the small and multinational companies, as well as in Government Institutions, adapting to any environment.

My mission is to optimize and control the financial resources of the entity to insure the growth of the financial resources available, allowing the operations to conduct the core business safely and confidently.

Results driven, tenacious, empathetic, effective problem solver and communicator.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Co-founder, Financial Manager/Controler

consulteo.tech
05.2017 - 09.2022
  • Co-founding and Financial management and control of small IT consulting company
  • Financial control, accounting, treasury, payroll, tax returns, accounts payable and receivable, compliance with Government regulations
  • Used Quickbooks

Financial Manager

P&S Consulting Sprl
01.2013 - 06.2016
  • Responsible for financial and administrative aspects of small IT company.
  • Insured financial control and compliance: taxation, treasury, payroll
  • Analyzing budget drafts and approving final financial reports, produced by fiduciary. Compliance with Belgian law.

Financial Officer - Project Execution, Compliance

European Commission, DG Research, Finance Unit
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Passed competition among 4000 candidates (150 chosen)
  • Insured the financial management of projects/grants (1 to 20M EUR) in the R&D domain between European commission and beneficiaries, namely universities, collaborating with project officer
  • Compliance and verification: verified declared costs' compliance with terms of contract and financial regulations. Communicated with beneficiaries to clarify and comply with terms of contract.
  • Created and validated transactions.
  • Coordination: worked closely with project officer as adviser on financial/cost management of project.
  • Control: resource person for audit. Implemented audit results in financial execution of project.
    Worked with numerous computer systems

Business Credit Advisor/Analyst- Corporations

LyondellBasell Group
11.2006 - 09.2008
  • Managed Credit and Business Risk of LyondellBasell's business activities with corporate customers
  • Independently managed portfolio of approximately 400 corporate customers
  • Evaluated and managed credit risk based on credit ratings, payment history, financial statements and ratios, and change in business, corporate or financial structure.
  • Analysed financial and corporate situation of corporate customers - Extended credit line up to 500.000 euro on my own capacity.
  • Financial reporting: Prepared financial reports for stakeholders with decisions on credit limit for clients
  • Used SAP on daily basis to manage my customer portfolio.

Fiscal Committee Administrator

Confédération Fiscale Européenne
05.2005 - 12.2006
  • Followed European taxation and financial services developments (attended related Committee meetings in European Parliament and reported to tax advisers)
  • Organizing and managing Fiscal Committee meetings and seminars
  • Reporting: Analyzing and synthesizing diverse tax documentation and producing reports for stakeholders

Education

MBA - Business Administration and Financial management

International Management Institute
Brussels, Belgium
06.2004

BBA - International Business, International Finance

Lakeland College, IL, USA
Illinois, USA
04.2000

Skills

  • Advanced financial analysis
  • Financial and operational reporting
  • Financing Research Projects/Grants
  • Financial management and control
  • Credit Risk Management
  • Compliance/verification
  • Strong organization
  • Effective communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Tenacious/resourceful

Certification

IFRS basics certification (March 2016)

Language Skills

  • English: full working capacity
  • French: full working capacity

Timeline

Co-founder, Financial Manager/Controler

consulteo.tech
05.2017 - 09.2022

Financial Manager

P&S Consulting Sprl
01.2013 - 06.2016

Financial Officer - Project Execution, Compliance

European Commission, DG Research, Finance Unit
01.2012 - 01.2013

Business Credit Advisor/Analyst- Corporations

LyondellBasell Group
11.2006 - 09.2008

Fiscal Committee Administrator

Confédération Fiscale Européenne
05.2005 - 12.2006

MBA - Business Administration and Financial management

International Management Institute

BBA - International Business, International Finance

Lakeland College, IL, USA
Marina Pick-Snitko