Karolina Widera

Working as Accounting Manager
Responsible for leading Tax and Statutory accounting for European entities in terms of:

• Preparation of consolidated Financial Statements /US GAAP to Dutch GAAP,
• Coordination of external audit under Dutch entities,
• Lead the tax accounting for Europe, Quarterly reporting, SOX controls,
• Effective tax rate, true up calculations and control of annual tax return,
• Managing indirect reporting from multiple locations.

Working as Interim Junior Financial Accounting Manager - GL
Responsible for team management (9 GL accountants) providing accounting services to different UK subsidiaries in terms of:

• Monitors scope of work, controls and reports KPI's and SLA.
• Prepares analysis and develops improvement plans.
• Sets the right priorities regarding multiple work and demands.
• Facilitates knowledge-sharing across teams/departments.
• Identifies, captures & drives continuous improvement opportunities.
• Takes accountability for training for newly recruited team members
• Ensures closure of action items from audits.

Results:
• Effective back-up structure within the GL team.

Responsible for migration of General Accounting knowledge from Mars Chocolate UK to MSF Poland and providing financial services to UK Unit in terms of:

• Management of the Period-End Close process (including SAP, HFM and others),
• Coordination and Submission of Quarterly and Annual Reports,
• Preparation and Approval of Balance Sheet and P&L Reconciliations,
• Provide support for external and internal audit review for local unit activities,
• Chart of accounts management and SAP financial master data maintenance,
• Support Management Representation Letter.

Results:
• Coordinating the Golden Processes standardization (US, ANZ, EU) on MSF Poland side in cooperation with Headquarter in US.
• Project Management of standardization of MJE template in 20 EU entities.

Working as a Financial Controller
• Responsible for driving the group's management reporting, external reporting and the financial controlling of the group’s subsidiaries worldwide.
• Focused on delivering high quality output often within a short time-frame mainly to senior and executive management.
• Coordinating several groups of people including Business Controllers, Country Controllers, Financial Managers and Team Leaders in mother company, all Nordic subsidiaries and financial center in Poland.
• Close cooperation with the PwC auditors during the year end closing and before releasing the financial results.

Results:
• Consolidation of financial data for 46 subsidiaries worldwide.
• Expert knowledge on: Chart of Accounts, Financial Data Warehouse, Inter-company's transactions, Internal Profit elimination and implementing the controlling solutions for the entities from all over the world.

Responsible for keeping General Ledger of a Danish international production company (Coloplast A/S) in the fields of:
• Fixed Assets, Payroll, Accruals, Equities.
• Monthly analysis of Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss accounts.
• Preparing the reporting package to the Group Control.
• Participate in month-end calls with Head-Quarter.
• Close cooperation with the auditors during the internal and external audit (PWC).

Results:
• Project Management – SOP (Standardization of Payroll) in 16 countries.
• Project Management – HU FA Rec (Hungarian Fixes Assets Reconciliation).
• Participate in 3 project improvements (Fixed Assets, Accrual Analysis, CIA – Continuous Improvement Environment).
• Being a teacher in Coloplast Academy.
• Being experts and author of Work Instruction series under Fixed Assets.
• Migration of General Ledger knowledge from Coloplast A/S in Denmark.
• Migration of General Ledger knowledge from Coloplast in Germany.

Working as an Independent Accountant
Responsible for keeping General Ledgers (GL) and Account Ledgers (AP/AR), Payrolls, Tax Declarations, Insurance Declarations, Financial Reports (B.S., P&L, Supplementary Information) and Statistical Reports.

Results:
• Supervising two junior accountants.
• Ministry of Finance accounting license no. 29272/2008 entitles to manage accountancy service.