01/05/2018 – 30/09/2024
Maxis Global Benefits Network /AXA-MetLife joint venture/, London
Insurance
Settlements analyst /reinsurance/
- Validate and reconcile quarterly network member statements against balances recorded in Bridge system, monthly billing to members with receivable balances.
- Perform the settlement processes for member insurers, captive and pool clients located worldwide. Settlements include high-value multicurrency cash flows to and from the company based on agreements with members and clients.
- Provide monthly reporting data on settlements for stakeholders to support member assessment.
- Work with the business development team proactively to ensure efficiency and timeliness in the settlement process and to manage client expectations.
- Participate in internal audits, new system introductions, documentations and testing system improvements.
- Dividend calculation for pool clients based on reinsurance treaties and annual profitability.
- Work in partnership with AXA France and MetLife and act as an interface between our clients and our reinsurers. Successful creation and consolidation of the function within the organisation.
- Close cooperation with the international reinsurance team of AXA France /main reinsurer of Maxis/ to ensure alignment with AXA accounting practice by upgrading existing processes and developing new ones. The most important project was to create a smooth retrocession process enabling a real-time view on individual policy lifecycle.
- Investigate and resolve any data discrepancies with members and internal records.
- Systems used : Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI, Bridge, Monday.com
- Role ended due to redundancy as a result of reorganisation.
01/08/2016 – 31/08/2017
Deltek UK Ltd, London
IT, Enterprise software and information solutions
Revenue analyst
- Responsible for setting up projects as accounts receivable in ERP system
- Liaise with project managers and sales associates to maintain data accuracy and get their input for revenue forecasts
- Follow up on project budgets, analyse variances between planned and actual results and monitor impact on P&L
- Prepare weekly reports on outstanding funds and direct debits between business units
- Ensure revenue is recognised accurately and timely, participate in monthly billing process and intercompany revenue allocation
- As additional task ensure customer master data of an acquired company comply with corporate policy
04/11/2015 – 31/07/2016
Deltek UK Ltd, London
IT, Enterprise software and information solutions
Reconciliation accountant
- Perform account reconciliations for several business units /UK, Germany, France, Benelux/
- Analyse disputed balances, suggest resolution and participate in implementing the plan
- As main deliverable ensure smooth ERP system transition, from Maconomy to Costpoint
- Assist in testing of accounting activities and contribute to system design and customization
- Perform tasks for internal and external audits
- Systems used: Costpoint, Maconomy, Vision, Cognos, Salesforce
03/03/2015 – 30/09/2015
Boeing International BV, Amsterdam
Aviation and aerospace
Bank account transactions analyst
- Record transactions based on bank statements, invoices, cash receipts and identify the effect on cash flow
- Reconcile GL accounts daily
- Prepare weekly and monthly reconciliation reports and cash flow statements, provide data for balance sheet, profit and loss statement.
- Build a strong partnership with business unit personnel in several locations and external business partners.
- Ensure that procedures comply with US GAAP and SOX.
- Support process improvement projects and provide ad hoc reports or research as required.
- System used: SAP-FI
01/04/2010 – 31/01/2015
Archer Daniels Midland Europe BV, Amsterdam
Food processing and commodities trading
Accounts payable specialist
- Responsible for accurate booking and timely payment of invoices, vendor maintenance
- Allocate costs to the appropriate business units, apply international VAT rules
- Participation in month-end close activities, account reconciliation in accounts payable and receivable, solving discrepancies.
- Assist the Treasury function in multi-currency cash posting, investigating and resolving queried items on the weekly bank reconciliations.
- Provide reports on expenses, data for accruals, internal and external audits.
- Monitor travel and expense reports and credit card spending of employees who work for the European headquarters.
- Liaise with colleagues from all levels of the organization and third parties. Act as main point of contact regarding all headquarters-related payments, support the accounting team in the headquarters in daily activities and ad hoc projects.
- Proactive role in reengineering existing processes /automated the process of monthly expat rent payments, implementation of automatic invoice approval flow/
- Systems used : JD Edwards, SAP-FI, Concur
01/05/2007 - 31/12/2009
Anheuser Busch- InBev Business Services Hungary Ltd., Budapest
Beverages, FMCG
Commercial controller
- Monthly P&L reporting on the performance of on-trade and off-trade business lines of the company’s Benelux affiliate.
- Reports included information on commercial turnover, key performance indicators,
sales margins, revenue by customers, outstanding receivables.
- Monitoring variance between budgeted and actual expenses and revenue.
- Account reconciliation in accounts payable and receivable, KPI-based profitability
calculations.
- Activities in monthly closing, gross margin calculation, budgeting and ensuring compliance with US GAAP, SOX requirements. Participated in an on-the-job training in the Netherlands as a member of the Record-to-Report team and contributed to setting up service level agreements.
- Supported the activities of the Dutch Finance and Planning and Performance teams and succeeded in improving the commercial reporting processes /prepared a new balanced scorecard tool to track monthly KPIs of Dutch warehouses, adapted the contents and layout of the monthly sales by brands report to the current business needs/.
- Assisted in all phases of ERP implementation, from process mapping to roll-out.
- Systems used : SAP-CO, FI, ZBB Tracking and Monitoring, Hyperion, AS400,Cognos Controller
01/03/2006 - 30/04/2007
ExxonMobil Hungary Ltd., Budapest
Oil and Energy
Settlements analyst
- Payment and collection of marine transportation-related charges /freight, demurrage, inspection fees/.
- Post journal entries to accounts in the general ledger, take accounts to trial balance, issue debit/credit notes.
- Split charges among affiliates and book these items, allocate the revenues and expenses of transactions to entities.
- Tracking and analysis of shipping expenses and preparing forecasts.
- Participation in monthly closing activities, general ledger reconciliation
- Reached the target of boosting the cash conversion cycle of the business line by reducing the days sales outstanding and maximizing the days payable outstanding.
- Systems used: SAP-FI, SD, ShipNet
01/06/2005 - 28/02/2006
ExxonMobil Hungary Ltd., Budapest
Oil and energy
Demurrage analyst
- Analysis of supply payable claims by reviewing supply contracts, time logs, bills of lading, delivery windows and demurrage rates. Negotiations with claimants and process claims for payment.
- Submit supply receivable claims for third parties and maximize the value of demurrage collected.
- Analysis of marine demurrage incurred on spot charters and freight contracts. Calculation of demurrage from complete voyages with several ports.
- Migrated the activities from the incumbent organization, built relationship with key stakeholders /schedulers, charterers, ship owners/ achieved a 25% decrease in the value of payable claims through negotiation based on contract terms, thus contributing to the centralisation and improvement of demurrage processes.
- Systems used: SAP-FI, SD, ShipNet.
01/01/2005 - 30/05/2005
British Telecom Hungary Plc., Budapest
Telecommunication
Planned work coordinator
- Settlement of expenses incurred in technical repairs.
- Act as first point of contact between company and customers in relation to planned maintenance work.
- Measure customers’ satisfaction in terms of service quality and network outages.
- Learned the activities from the job holders in the Amsterdam office /three weeks on-the-job training/ and ensured a smooth transition.
- System used: SAP-FI.
Additional roles /temporary via agency/
InFront Financial Information Ltd., London
Accouns receivable analyst
01/09/2025 – 16/09/2025
Western Union UK Ltd, London
Reporting analyst for German market
09/10/2017 – 30/11/2017
Education History
CIMA Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting awarded in 2020,
currently preparing for final Strategic level case study exam to become member
Association of International Certified Professional Accountants - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
01/10/2011 - 30/07/2012
Financial Control thesis on financial appraisal of setting up a new entity with net present value calculation method
Post-bachelor course in Dutch
NCOI Business School, The Netherlands
01/01/2004 - 30/05/2007
MSc in Economics thesis on company valuation with emphasis on supply chain
Corvinus University of Budapest (evening course)
01/09/1999 - 30/06/2003
BA in International Business
Business studies specialised in export financing, thesis on trade finance and risk management
Final semester in 2003 spent as Erasmus exchange student at École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur - Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci in Paris.
Budapest Business School - Faculty of Business and Management
01/09/1995 - 30/06/1999
Baccalaureate / equivalent of A-Levels in UK
Berzeviczy Gergely Secondary School
Personal Skills and Competences
- Work independently as well as member of a team
- Client- and result-oriented approach
- Problem-solving skills , ‘can-do’ attitude
- Hands-on experience boosted by a solid theoretical background
- Precision, high attention to details
- Strong analytical skills, ability to summarise and distill key data
- Focused and able to work under pressure
- Flexibility, proven ability to work in a rapidly changing and multicultural environment
- Effective communication skills, ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
- Commercial awareness
- Time management and planning skills, ability to prioritise workload
- Presentation skills
- Creativity and confidence to find solutions to challenges
- Keeping skills and professional knowledge up-to-date, quick learner
Languages
- English - Bilingual proficiency / fluent
- German - Full professional proficiency / fluent
- French - Full professional proficiency / fluent
- Hungarian - Native
- Dutch - Professional working proficiency / intermediate
IT skills
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel /functions, pivot tables and macros/, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Work experience in AS400, Oracle Financials /Hyperion, JD Edwards/, Cognos Controller, Essbase, ShipNet /internal system at ExxonMobil/, Bridge /internal data platform at Maxis/, Salesforce, Monday.com, Tableau, Power BI
- Work experience in SAP R/3:
-Controlling module /cost centers, cost elements, profit centers submodules/
-Financial Accounting module /AP, AR, general ledger submodules /
-Sales and Distribution module /sales orders, pricing, shipping submodules/
-SAP Zero Based Budgeting Tracking and Monitoring tool
- Work experience in Maconomy and Costpoint ERP systems
- Basic SQL and VBA
Interests
- Travelling, excursions, jogging, learning languages
