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Mikhail Korchagin
CFO
I am experienced finance professional with 16+years of experience within IT,
Digital marketing, Fintech, PSP's.

My key professional competencies are financial management and operations; financial planning, reporting & controlling, cash flow management, developing new tools and AI instruments of systems; international finance experience in Europe, Asia, Middle East; team management (30+ employees); financial supervision, restructurings, financial functions building from the scratch and transformation, increasing transparency and efficiency.

I have strong leadership and analytical skills, problem-solving mindset. Demonstrate ability to strategic way of thinking and proactively acting, with attention to details and accuracy. Higley organized person, with great abilities of solution orienting in high growth environment. I am ACCA qualified (FCCA), graduated MBA, fluent English (C1, advanced, TOEFL).
I am looking for position with ambitious projects where can take up challenges and boost company's results.
+357 97459987, @KorMikhail (Tg), mkorchagin08@gmail.com
Key skills Financial analysis and business performance, Unit economics, Budgeting and Forecasting, Currency regulation,
Communication skills; Cross-functional Team; 1S, SAP, Odoo, Oracle, Power BI, Tableau, IFRS, US GAAP.
Work experience

January 2020 Present time






































August 2015
December 2019
Iscar - IMC group (Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett)
Digital marketing, Fintech, Investments
CFO
Develop and implement financial strategy, to achieve the group of the companies goals and objectives;
Build and support financial management and business models to provide insights and recommendations for implementation high-growth economics of projects;
Lead planning, support budgeting cycle, develop forecasting, to generate insights for cost-saving initiatives;
Manage monthly, quarterly, annual consolidation financial statements CF, P&L, BS (IFRS) to provide breakdown by key parameters, to track financial performance and decisions making, driven by data;
Manage cash-flow, oversee processing in local and international banks and systems (Swift, SEPA, Binance, ByBit, others), to ensure liquidity and support operational and investment needs;
Evaluate investment projects, assess financial markets perspectives and trends, to run investment opportunities; to increase profitability and maximizing returns of the investment portfolio of the company;
Manage capital structure, diversification of assets of the group of companies - by legal entities, and jurisdictions (Europe, Middle East, Asia) to guarantee hedging financial risks;
Lead multifunctional finance team, to develop and mentoring employees and skills, ensuring high performance and environment of continuous improvement and responsibility;
Manage and develop communication with banks, investors, auditors and financial institutions, to ensure solving issues and to optimize financial processes and costs of the company;
Drive ad hoc projects of automation and improving reporting and financial systems, dashboarding and AI tools, to guarantee accurate data-driven decision-making;
Achievements:
Implemented the ERP system - financial planning & management. Fully automated system allows to plan strategically and have relevant financial data; saved 30k annually on upgrading the system.
Launched system of optimal cash flow processes- to minimize cost of fundraising and cost of banking, by choosing banks and partners in appropriate jurisdictions and profitable conditions for the company;
Developed and executed a comprehensive financial strategy that helped the company achieve revere growth X2,5 in a one year;

Hamin's group
Investments, IT
Head of Finance (FP&A)
Oversee fiancial management, to execute goals of the company;
Managed group cash flow planning and forecasting;
Prepared monthly/ annually financial reporting (IFRS);
Manage finance risks, generate strategic recommendations to ensure overall financial growth;
Lead financial analysis and interpretation of deviations of performance against budgets' targets;
Achievements:

Implemented management accounting and treasury methodologies;
Automated ERP system, which enabled to significantly reduce closing periods and improve transparency of business performance;
Implemented cost reduction - optimization of the operating budget by more than 4%.
Developed solutions for the implementation of investment projects activities for a total amount of $45.0 million; Fundraised $ 6.0 million of private family capital (Central Europe).


July 2011
July 2015












Apr 2008
Jun 2011
Atos IT solutions (Siemens)
SAP S / 4 HANA - System integration, automatization of technological and business processes
Chief economist of Corporate Controlling
Achievements:
Financial modeling allowed to increase the company's profitability by for 4% by analyzing factors of the company's activities: margin, operating, net profit;
Gained 2% additional market share by effective investment projects evaluation, which were implemented and included to company's portfolio.

VTB capital
Banking
Lead economist
Calculation and analysis of financial indicators of the bank;
Achievements:
Improved analytics and reporting, increased profit (+0.4%).





Education

2019 -2020



MBA (Financial University, International Business school)
Master of Business Administration - MBA, (Finance management)
(Considered innovative approaches to financial management, current trends in risk management, modern approaches to assessing the financial stability of a financial organization, the risk management system and company management technologies)

2016 - 2018

2012 - 2013


2001 - 2007
ACCA qualified (FCCA)

Voronezh State University (Finance management, Business school)

Voronezh State University (Master's Degree, Faculty of Economics



Languages

English - TOEFL, fluent.
French - elementary.


Additional skills and hobbies
Advanced user MS Office 365, SAP, Tableau, QlikVieW.









Dear Team,

My name is Mikhail, and I am writing to you regarding the position CFO.

I am living in Cyprus and looking for work in finance in Fintech.

When reviewing the job description, I was excited to see how well my expertise in developing finance management and operations, payment and cash flow strategies, possess expertise and practice in planning and budgeting from the scratch; broad practice of implementing ERP's and AI tools; risk management practices, IFRS and US GAAP reporting standards and regulatory frameworks; background of working in the different jurisdictions: Europe, Asia, Middle East; experience with international regulators, payment systems and banks (SWIFT, SEPA, CySEC, Binance, Bybit, others); ACCA qualified (FCCA), MBA graduated, fluent English (C1, advanced, TOEFL), align with your company's needs and position requirements.

As an adept financial professional in Fintech, Saas environment, have solid skillset in multi-scenario complex analysis of the projects and investment evaluation expertise with further implementation of strategic plans and initiatives of management and shareholders. I possess broad expertise in scaling up business in Atos (IT solutions) and improving processes of evaluation and realizing projects in Iscar (Berkshire Hathaway) led to 1,5X sales growth.

I established comprehensive planning and budgeting frameworks from the scratch. This included launching responsibility centers, formalizing processes, and leading budget committees, implementation rolling forecasts and conducted monthly performance reviews. It allowed to transform significantly FP&A function, successfully minimizing budget deviations by 10% in "Hamin's group ".

I build two finance teams from the scratch. This included: to launch initial goal and purposes of the company, to define functions, to develop responsibilities and profiles of a team and employees, to formalize processes, to establish KPI's, and lead accountability and control of monthly performance and results. It allowed initially to build and transform significantly finance function, successfully create the environment of initiative and responsibility in "Hamin's group" and "Iscar" (Berkshire Hathaway).

I possess a broad expertise in investment management and build perspective communication with shareholders and investors. For instance, I have worked out more than 50 investment projects and business ideas of shareholders, top management - from idea to successful implementation. I successfully interact with investors and partners of companies, as a result, I have fundraised more than $15.0 million, effective managed corporate credit portfolio of more than $120.0 million.

I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to build strong relationships. It allowed to establish reliable partnerships with regulators, auditors, banks and payment systems - CySec, Bank of Cyprus, Hellenic Bank, Unlimit, Ecommbx, Payoneer, Raiffeisenbank, Deutsche bank, PWC, BDO and E&Y, and many others.

My extensive expertise with various financial ERP systems - SAP, 1S, Odoo, enables me to maintain a sharp focus on both granular details and the broader strategic vision of the company. I successfully implemented ERP system for financial planning & management in "Iscar", which enhanced the company's ability to reduce the time of closing corporate ledgers and finalize reporting (up to 3 days), resulted in a $30K annual savings on system upgrades and support.

I am thrilled by the prospect of bringing my talents to your Fintech company. It is wonderful opportunity to work together for building high-growth organizations in fintech and payment industries.


Yours sincerely,
Mikhail Korchagin
+ 357 97459987
@KorMikhail (Tg)