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Lucia Čīčelovā

Lucia Čīčelovā

Prague

Summary

Accomplished FP&A controller with expertise in financial controlling, budgeting/forecasting, and performance measurement. Proven track record in delivering comprehensive financial analysis and reporting using TM1/Cognos, advanced MS Excel, Access, and SAP R/3. Adept at enhancing organizational efficiency through meticulous financial planning and strategic insights. Career goal: to leverage extensive skills in a dynamic environment to drive financial success and operational excellence.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

FP&A Controller

TD SYNNEX CZECH
08.2019 - 01.2025
  • Responsible for creation of annual plans, forecasts, monthly/quartely outlooks, supporting strategic decision making
  • Analysing current and historical trends including P&L, HC and OPEX analysis
  • Managed Month/Quarter-end and Year-end closing with Shared Service Center in Barcelona
  • Responsible for Reporting and ad-hoc analyses to a local management team and to sales teams including bonus calculations
  • Participated in the implementation of new tools in the company for planning and reporting
  • Established reporting and dashboards for a local management and BU leaders
  • Conducted monthly and quartely reconciliations, cooperated with Shared Service Center to achieve higher accuracy and timely submissions
  • Analysed budgets and financial projections for accurate reporting of company performance within NordEast region and EMEA

FP&A Controller

T – MOBILE CZECH REPUBLIC
07.2016 - 08.2019
  • Responsible in Business division for Fix Telco & ICT and Wholesale division, preparing monthly financial results, analyzing and providing commentary and trend analyses for business segment managers and key decisions makers in management
  • Preparing annual Budget, Forecasts and strategic long term plans
  • Reporting and communicating of monthly results and plans to the mother company in Germany
  • Business cases preparation
  • Month-end close responsibilities including accruals
  • Participation in implementation of a new ERP system
  • Cooperation on the annual audit
  • Cooperation on improving of KPI´s reporting, ad-hoc analyses
  • Preparing monthly dashboards for business segments managers
  • Implementation of improving processes in month-end close activities

Financial Controller

CETIN
06.2015 - 07.2016
  • Preparing monthly reporting package for Sales department, analyzing and providing commentary on variances
  • Month-end close responsibilities including accruals
  • Controlling of overheads
  • Providing support in budgeting and forecasting
  • Cooperation on the annual audit, providing reports and explanations
  • Financial reporting to Sales department and KPI´s reporting, ad-hoc analyses
  • Established monthly reporting of outstanding accounts receivable and improved the collection process

Financial analyst for ICT

TELEFÓNICA O2 CZECH REPUBLIC
08.2012 - 03.2014
  • Recruited to be responsible for the development and delivery of regular financial performance and be involved in the development and delivery of business performance analyses and reporting for Management, Sales and Marketing
  • Revenue forecasting, providing support in budgeting
  • Explaining and investigation variances to budget and forecast
  • Assisting in the preparation of target setting for Sales
  • Created weekly revenue Outlook for Management and Sales
  • Summaries on pipeline coverage
  • Built monthly metrics and KPI´s reporting
  • Preparing regular and ad-hoc analysis

Senior Financial Controller for TELCO

TELEFÓNICA O2 CZECH REPUBLIC
05.2008 - 07.2012
  • Hired to develop reporting packages for Middle and Top Management of Business Division and providing depth analysis and finance support for decision making
  • Month-end close responsibilities including accruals
  • Providing support in budgeting and forecasting
  • Cooperation with external auditing company
  • Supported business unit across all financial aspects, development of analysis to assist in the running of business
  • Established monthly reporting for Management including comparison of budget/forecasts and analysis on variances, providing commentary on variances

Financial Controller

CONSITO, sro
03.2006 - 04.2008
  • Joined the company to be responsible for Cash flow planning, budgeting, calculations, costs analyses
  • Controlling company expenses and revenues, issuing invoices
  • Reported to management director in Germany
  • Project reporting
  • Communication with external accounting companies in Prague, Budapest and Warsaw
  • Optimization of company expenses
  • Improvement of debt collection process

Accountant with German language

SIEMENS, sro
03.2004 - 09.2005
  • Recording of fixed assets for branches of Siemens GmbH & Co in Germany
  • Maintaining and updating fixed assets ledger (depreciation, inventory, write offs and disposals)
  • Posting of changes in inventory reports, reporting
  • Assisting in the implementation of internal control policy, maintaining control standards
  • Successful handover process of Accounting activities from Germany (Munich, Nuremberg) to Prague

Assistant

SELATOURS GmbH, Vienna, Austria
06.2002 - 02.2004
  • Basic administration, cooperation with the subsidiary office in Prague

Education

International Language Diploma -

University of Vienna

Diploma - Financial management

Matej Bel University
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Skills

  • Financial Controlling
  • Budget/Forecasting
  • Reporting
  • Financial Analysis
  • KPI´s evaluation
  • TM1/Cognos
  • Power Query
  • Advanced MS Excel
  • Access
  • SAP


Languages

English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Italian
Intermediate

Custom

  • Flexible
  • Precise and detailed orientated
  • Responsible
  • Team player with advanced communication skills
  • Reliable and dependable
  • Analytical proficiency
  • Positive and logical thinking

Timeline

FP&A Controller

TD SYNNEX CZECH
08.2019 - 01.2025

FP&A Controller

T – MOBILE CZECH REPUBLIC
07.2016 - 08.2019

Financial Controller

CETIN
06.2015 - 07.2016

Financial analyst for ICT

TELEFÓNICA O2 CZECH REPUBLIC
08.2012 - 03.2014

Senior Financial Controller for TELCO

TELEFÓNICA O2 CZECH REPUBLIC
05.2008 - 07.2012

Financial Controller

CONSITO, sro
03.2006 - 04.2008

Accountant with German language

SIEMENS, sro
03.2004 - 09.2005

Assistant

SELATOURS GmbH, Vienna, Austria
06.2002 - 02.2004

Diploma - Financial management

Matej Bel University

International Language Diploma -

University of Vienna
Lucia Čīčelovā