Andrzej Witold Raczkowski

•team of 2 Financial Analysts
•responsible for monthly closing the month and managerial reporting in the company according to the needs of decision-making persons, CFO and Management
•commercial controlling and costs-cutting projects’ implementation
•credit control and cash-flow’ management
•internal control’ management
•investment projects’ appraisal
•ad hoc analyses
•budgeting & forecasting
•advising & consulting for Management Board’ members

•responsible for monthly (internal) management reporting in the company according to the needs of decision-making persons
•ensure closing the monthly (and cyclical) financial statements and reporting financial package on the company’s financial situation
•operational, commercial and production controlling - first-of-all - on PFC and office costs (especially marketing & sales) in the company,
•responsible for control over provisions and accruals, deferred costs in the company (in cooperation with CFO)
•calculation, reporting and forecasting of strict working capital and cash-flow’ level (the action-plans worked out and continually being implemented in the factory)
•credit control; aging of receivables and payables (for the purpose of Credit Committee’ decisions-making process and strict control referring to cash-collection’ activities)
•reporting on monthly BDP’ write-offs, DSO, DPO and SWCR
•reconciliation of inter-company transactions (in HFM as well)
•reporting, monitoring and giving the recommendations on CAPEX’ engagements aimed at minimizing risks and increasing effectiveness and efficiency
•participation in and responsibility for Excellence’ cost tracking and benchmarking program in the company (optimalization models launched in Lafarge)
•settlement of production and other office costs in the company
•partly responsible for SOX’ controls and internal control procedures in the Lafarge’ plant
•reporting of treasury and ICP’ entries in HFM’ reporting system
•current monitoring of stocks and AP and AR’ level in the factory
•close cooperation and constant advisory assistance for the Marketing, Sales and operational and production Departments, existing in the company (reflected in monthly reporting and ad-hoc analyses for their specific needs)
•currency forecasting on the monthly basis (EUR, USD and GBP) and FX’ reports for Treasury Department (then consulted with and approved by CFO)
•calculation and analysis of company’ contribution/profitability reflected in monthly reports (divided into the specific families of products, countries and group of costs, regions)
•supervision & coordination on the whole stock-taking process
•responsible for yearly budgeting, business planning and quarterly forecasting (deviations’ monthly explanation with the CFO and responsible managers accordingly; apart from that: periodical analyses and feasibility studies on particular business engagements, strategic 5-year plans)
•forecasting the financial monthly results to the level of COI (and strict cash flow’ level) on the M-10 day (together with the CFO) plus the analyses of external (environmental trends) accordingly
•ad hoc analyses’ preparation for the Management’ members and Financial Director
•investment projects’ appraisals and detailed analyses (built on SWOT & PEST and economic analyses)

•preparation of cyclical reports, financial and operational analyses for senior management, (balance sheet, P&L and cash flow statements) on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis
•advanced analyses focused on profitability and efficiency referring to each Department and outlet, group of products, suppliers, clients and sales representatives provided for RKMB
•active participation in month end, together with the Chief Accountant (creation of provisions, recognition of income, etc.)
•control of the costs and operational activity of the company (including: the detailed analysis of clients, suppliers, terms of payment, indicators’ analysis, etc.)
•active involvement in standard corporate planning, budgeting, forecasting (consequently analyses on the deviations between real vs. budget)
•comparison, reconciliation and detailed explanation of the discrepancies between entries in 2 different systems (SAP and back-office)
•monitoring the current level of SWC rotation in days for each outlet and Department (receivables, payables and stock)
•preparation of various analyses ad hoc (requested by the Financial Director, Management, Marketing and Purchasing Department plus other internal clients; acting as "the business advisor and support for them”)
•preparation of many business plans (specifically tailored to the needs of management, regarding new investments and their monitoring), feasibility and profitability studies and 5-year plan (on an annual basis) according to the standards of Saint-Gobain
•development and analysis of strategic planning, the approved annual plan and improved, updated forecasts
•presentation of the financial results and operational profitability for the requirements of managers and directors employed at SG.DB during the monthly meetings in the company’ premises
•providing the directors with the most advantageous and
favourable solutions aimed at the optimization of processes and activities as well as improving costing discipline
•preparation, unification, adjustment and implementation of Platforma' product reports corresponding with the product nomenclature of RKMB
•active participation in the cyclical internal audits at random and the stocktaking controls of many outlets as a representative of Management
•implementation and constant monitoring of the system for placing an order in Platforma (min and max levels) for the needs of Purchasing and Logistics
•preparation of reports and analyses on the realization of quarterly budgets divided into each outlet and Department for Human Resources based on the rules governing bonuses’ in SG.DB
•active participation in a new assignment with Control Department concerning the implementation and export of the back-office’ warehouse database to SAP system (planned for the end of 2007)

•preparation of financial statements (P&L, cash flow statement)
•preparation of business analyses for management, sales and margin reports and various financial analyses ad hoc
•active involved in the process of budgeting and planning, forecasting (construction of the budget based on budget meetings and further monthly comparison of real vs. budgeted positions and explaining deviations)
•additional book-keeping’ (in cooperation with the Accounting Department)
•analysis and control of costs and transactions with related entities(among others: required in the context of transfer pricing’ issues and adopted methodology)
•providing auditors with necessary data and figures, financial analyses and detailed specifications (management accounting)
•preparation of the annual report for the Managing Board and additional reports on the company’s activities
•providing the Sales and Marketing Department and others (for example: the Production Departments as well) with the desired figures and accompanying operational analyses
•implementation of the advanced procedure for the purpose of the circulation of improved documents
•analysis of agreements and trade offers with clients on the economic profitability and credibility from Dempol side
•preparation, control and modification of some processes, internal audit rules within the company

•contact with many corporate clients and administration of the necessary data, figures and financial statements as required
•preparation of credit reports and necessary financial analyses (sector analyses, indicators' analysis, description and financial standing appraisal of the company, SWOT analysis, Porter’s 5 forces, and the description of banking products and credits of interest to clients) for the Credit Risk Department
•close cooperation with the Credit Risk Department staff and Corporate Banking team
•suggesting the most optimal and advantageous “banking products offer” for the Bank and the client accordingly

•revision of financial statements (standard audit services)
•stock-taking in a few companies
•direct cooperation with the charted certified accountants and close contact with corporate clients of PwC
•active participation in the interesting and challenging problem solving “audit” assignments in Poland

•support in the privatization and corporate finance assignments in Poland
•preparing some financial analyses and profitability calculation (focused on DCF, NPV, IRR, etc.)
•gathering data for the projects'leaders (usually graduates of SGH)