Pawel Leszczynski

I am an effective and ambitious Financial Director, with the versatile experience in creating and implementing the company's financial management strategy. I have the proven track record in ensuring high quality of reporting, cash flow optimization and profitability increase. My main priority is to motivate and inspire teams to achieve the ambitious goals. Moreover, I can successfully cooperate with business partners (i.e. banks, auditors) and internal stakeholders, due to well-developed interpersonal skills and the in-depth knowledge of finance. My personal features include the ability of strategic and analytical thinking, holistic view on business processes and a high level of professional ethics.

Director NHG Ltd (previously Plast Team Poland Ltd)06.2013 – present 

Responsibilities: 
▪Preparation of the monthly reports, the annual financial report,budgets and various estimates for Plast Team Poland (acc. to IFRS andGAAP)
▪Project coordination cross countries (Poland, Denmark, Germany, US,China)
▪Planning, conducting and reporting on internal controls to ensurecompliance with legal requirements and Plast Team practices andpolices within finance
▪Evaluating local financial performance in cooperation withmanagement team. Follow-up and reporting on relevant financial KPIs
▪Following up and reporting in financial performance and activitiesthrough benchmarking, trend analyses, deviation explanations
▪Developing Plast Team financial processes in close cooperation with the Group finance and IT functions
▪Improving projects regarding cash flow

Team management
▪Managing finance, accounting, administration, IT teams
▪Setting goals and enforcing their execution
▪Implementation of employment, motivation and personaldevelopment policy
▪Developing a training plan to extend financial knowledge of the team
▪Improving tools supporting the work of the team, including constantdevelopment and adaptation of IT systems

Head of Finance Control
Atrium Real Estate Management Ltd
03.2011 – 05.2013
Responsibilities:
▪Managing the finance controlling team
▪Monthly and quarterly consolidation acc. to IFRS – 32 entities (28 in Poland, 2 in Denmark, 2 in Latvia) – acc. to IFRS
▪The scope of reporting: profit and loss accounts, cash flows, deferred tax calculations, finance lease calculations, other management reports
▪Budget/Forecast preparation: profit and loss, cash flows, capex, opex(operational and development companies) and their consolidation
Financial Reporting
Creating and implementing the financial strategy
Cash-flow management
ERP implementation
Budget preparation
Finance management
Team management
Analytical and strategic thinking
Employee development
Short-term and strategic planning
Building relationships with business partners
Working under pressure of time and results
EXPERIENCE
Responsibilities:
▪ Monthly budget analyses, preparing KPI reports
▪ Cash flow and tax forecasts: short-term/long-term
▪ Cash management: management of company’s liquidity, cash balances supervision
▪ Covenant’s control required by 3rd party loan, reporting to the Banks,
▪ Strict cooperation with external and Internal Auditors
▪ Feasibility study for new investments

Financial Controller
Plaza Centers (Poland) Ltd
09.2007 – 02.2011
INTERESTS
Skiing, yachting, windsurfing, diving,
Member of the Polish Yachting Association – Inland Skipper
Responsibilities:
▪ Reporting to the Group acc. to IFRS
▪ Preparation and budget control (analysing deviations from the budget)
▪ Cash flow preparation
▪ Searching for the sources of funding, negotiations, loan documentation
▪ Financial monitoring of the new projects
▪ Cooperating with banks, currency transactions, hedging the interest rate, bank guarantees
▪ Preparing financial statements (statutory and consolidated acc. to IFRS)
▪ Identification and risk analyses
▪ Supporting the Board in making business decisions
▪ Cooperating with the authorities, insurance companies

General Audit Department
KPMG Audit Ltd
09.2005 – 08.2007
Responsibilities:
▪ Preparing audit documentation for companies mainly from sectors petroleum, gas, energy, real estate, construction, chemical industry, pharmaceutical, FMCG, IT, leasing
▪ Audits in accordance with PAS, IFRS and USGAAP
▪ Realization of smaller projects
▪ Participation in two due diligence projects

Postgraduate studies. Accounting. Academy of Finance, Poland, 2010 – 2011

MSc in Economics. Finance and Banking. Management Accounting. Warsaw School of Economics, 1999 – 2004

CPA  - 2011