S ZI L V IA M AZ U R
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A loyal, self-motivated finance professional with over 9 years of experience in a challenging multinational
environment and with excellent analytical, strategic thinking skills with the ability to find development areas
and improve processes; seeking a career position to further develop expertise and experience in Finance.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 – 2017 March Current, Powered by GE – Supply Chain Financial Planning & Analyses Leader
Provide financial support for the Current Supply Chain General Manager
Evaluating and delivering new cost out strategies and opportunities
Lead and Manage the monthly closing and estimation cycle for Current Supply Chain
Ensure appropriate explanations and reports are available to results and variances vs the plan
Support Product management team to evaluate a project SM and CM
Promote and encourage focus on driving forward the profitability of total business, support
business initiatives, work closely with other functions
Optimize Cash Flow for Current
Lead annual standard cost update process and operationally improve the process
Lead and manage any ad-hoc projects
Honors&Awards: Deliver Results in an Uncertain World
2011 – 2016 GE Lighting, Operational Finance – Senior Finance Analyst – Inventory and Product
costing
Lead Circuit (Global SAP) project and Hypercare period (after go-live support) for inventories
and product costing – for July go-live total EMEA inventory was successfully transitioned into
new SAP, monitor and lead inventory movements and related processes. Honors&Awards:
External Focus, Clear Thinker
Reshape inventory and product costing related reports in BI for the new structure , and
implement new SAP reports for operation and finance teams
Set up new product costing structure in line with the new SAP requirements
Recast baseline inventory data (actual, estimates) into new structure
Lead Global Product-Sales-Inventory walk reporting to US
Inventory Management: control and calculate inventory revaluations: FIFO method, NAOH
calculation (cost capitalization), lead closing procedure, calculate obsolete inventory and
warranty reserve, perform cash flow analyses, Honors&Awards: Expertise
Reporting Excellence: implement new models to analyze excess inventory data and increase
the control over short cycle products, reshape reporting to reduce manual steps with a closepack for inventories
Controllership: KPMG and CAS audit key contact, perform account reconciliation (55 medium
risk accounts), setting up new Standard Operating Procedure policies, Honors&Awards: Living
Integrity
Projects: Intercompany profit elimination - new calculation method implemented
Lead estimation cycles for Inventories and P&L
Lead and reconcile EMEA Inventory stock-take procedure, Honors&Awards: Expertise
2008 – 2011 GE Energy - Commercial Finance Analyst
Financial Planning & Analyses: implement new reliable model for estimating and analyzing
the Accrued Discounts and Allowances (rebates, marketing fund and cash) accruals and cash
flow impacts, improved efficiency with the reshaped reporting methods. Honors&Awards:
External Focus
Coordinate Concession budget to be in line with the estimates
Calculate, estimate and revise AD&A price impacts
Coordinate Closing Processes: monthly/quarterly closing, accrual calculations and accounting,
payment revaluation calculation
Controllership: 30 GL account reconciled quarterly in time, findings corrected, main point of
contact for CAS (internal audit), and KPMG audit, prepared Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) about AD&A definitions and calculation methodology
Key contact for the largest Pan-European customers
QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE
EDUCATION
2003 – 2007 University of Pannonia (Veszprém) - Economics
Accounting and Balance Analyses, Business economics, Financial management, Financial
Performance Analyses, Macroeconomics, Micro economics, Project management, Statistics
2002 – 2003 School of Business (Zalaegerszeg) - Marketing Manager Course
2001 – 2002 Báthory István Commercial, Catering, and Tourism High School (Zalaegerszeg) - Commercial
Technician
TRAINING
2016 – GE Crotonville - Influential Leadership and Innovation training
2013 – Influencing Skills at GE training
2011 – Presentation Skills training
2010 – Six Sigma Green Belt training
PROFICIENCY IN SOFTWARE
Master in Microsoft Office (especially excel)
SAP Super User
User experience with SSP, Hyperion, Business Objects, BI Analyses
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English – fluent
Italian – beginner