Irina Bourcier

MBA-qualified professional with 10 years in consulting and finance across leading international businesses & organizations. These experiences have equipped me to lead transformational projects that enhance performance and drive operational excellence. My passion for continuous improvement and sustainability has broadened my perspective - from focusing solely on efficiency to building resilience and creating value with a long-term impact.

Business Transformation Finance Manager, Forecasting & Grant Operations at GAVI, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (2022-08 – 2026-02)

Led multiple business transformation and finance optimization projects including SAP integration, organizational restructuring, and budget control implementation.

• Data Exchange Project: SAP integration & automation of key procurement data sharing between GAVI & UNICEF SAP ERP systems
• Operations Team Lead from Proof of Concept to Project Implementation including leading workshops between two global organizations
• Drove the scaling of information sharing, enhanced system reporting & introduced new system controls mitigating operational risk
• Performed & coordinated positive and timely (UAT) User Acceptance Testing Activities for over 90 scenarios, including new approval workflow
• Executed 5 years' worth of procurement data syndication and migration with high accuracy in SAP & Salesforce
• Carried cross-functional and cross-organizational change management activities
• Global Org Evolve Project: advised leadership on organizational business model transformation as liaison for Finance Supply planning team
• Budget Control Project: liaison for FP&A team - developed and implemented new Blueprint for Budget Controlling delivering two new finance reporting PowerBI Dashboard, ERP controls configuration, new business reviews process and cross-functional roles clarification

Business Consultant, Executive team at INNTRA (2019-11 – 2021-12)

Start-up experience providing comprehensive finance function and business model transformation consulting.

• Start-up experience in the frame of MBA
• Full ownership of Finance function including benchmark analysis, pricing recommendations, budgeting & 5Y forecasting
• Produced a comprehensive management consultancy report: business model transformation

Revenue Business Partner, Commercial Finance at COCA-COLA HBC (2018-01 – 2019-09)

Led commercial finance and revenue management with rapid promotion to senior level managing key national accounts.

• In 6 months promoted to senior with responsibilities expansion to strategic and operational country revenue management for key national clients (60% of Net Sales)
• Delivered profitability excellence in strategic project execution with inter-departments (over 5 successful product launches) via pricing modeling & promo management leadership decisions
• Established a new forecasting process resulting in discounts optimization and driven profitability by 10%, as well as new weekly and monthly forecasting models

Senior Consultant, Audit & Internal Controls, Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (2015-10 – 2017-12)

Led audit and internal controls projects with double promotion for exceptional performance.

• Double promotion for exceptional performance in project management of 2 key strategic clients
• Team lead for 8 successful projects sign-offs (including IFRS, US GAAP) with teams up to 4 consultants

MBA in Sustainable Business – Business School Lausanne (BSL) (2021)

M.Sc. in Economics – Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA) (2015)

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration – International University In Geneva (IUG) (2014)