Piotr Szadkowski

• Management of finance function
• Preparation of reliable and effective budgets, forecasts, management reports
• Monitoring on-going business and timely derivation of budget variance measures
• Ensuring an adequate IT infrastructure and EDP applications
• Contact person for auditors and tax advisers
• Maintaining strong internal controls
• Sparring partner for other members of Management Team
• Management of the merger (local acquisition)

Manage restructuring and integration with Albemarle company
Manage operations in Poland, Ukraine, Baltics states
Lead a team of professionals
Implement organisational change for East Europe
Ensure the site meets all appropriate regulatory requirements, SOX.

• Managing production company in areas of finance, HR & IT
• Driving continuous improvement programs and maximizing the plants' competitiveness
• Overseeing financial and accounting system controls and standards and ensure timely financial and statistical reports for management use and compliance with local regulations
• Ensuring the plants' full engagement in group wide processes and projects
• Analysing and interpreting financial data and recommending changes to improve financial performance
• Supporting and developing the team through regular communication, planning, coaching and performance reviews

Leading the local engagement to set up Shared Service Center supporting multiple countries / functions
Ensure that SSC priorities are aligned with the business objectives
Operational responsibility for infrastructure in Poland (legal, finance, HR, IT, Admin.)
Planned and monitored investment
Managed transition teams to ensure seamless and flawless transitions
Working through all steps of end to end transformation

Developing and directing the implementation of the business strategy in North East Europe
Achieving business objectives and ensuring increase of market share
Management of finance, customer service, organization, HR, IT
Monitoring on-going business and timely derivation of budget variance measures
Ensuring an adequate IT infrastructure and EDP applications
Contact person for auditors and tax advisers
Providing support for sales strategy and decision-making for key contracts
Guarantee the implementation of the financial control framework in line with Group standards
Initiating and managing international, cross functional projects

Complete management of the subsidiary in Poland with full P&L responsibility
Strengthened the market position and fuelled a sustainable and profitable growth of the company
Introduced a new product lines to the market
Managed Key Accounts, maintain and develop customer relationships
Planned and monitored investments in the production plant
Implemented restructuring and cost reduction programs
Operational responsibility for finance
Represented the company in order to ensure that all external relationships were managed to the greatest benefit of the company

Overall responsibility for company financial management including controlling, accounting, taxes, and other finacial functions
Promoted greater efficiency in financial operations
Ensured revenue growth and steadily improved results
Continuously optimized working capital and debt collection
Managed internal and external audits
Budget, forecast, risk analyses and contingency plans

Prepared high quality financial reports
Provided budget preparation and monitoring
Influenced decisions through incisive financial analyses
Imposed financial control measures