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Education and professional qualifications
1997-2002: Economic University, Faculty of Management, Bratislava
Major: Corporate Finance, Minor: Financial Management and Accounting
1991-1996: Evangelical Lyceum, Bratislava
Obtained an English Language Certificate from State Examination
Career history
10/2007 - present: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Glasgow, UK
Manager Assurance & Advisory Services, Customer & Industrial Products
- Leading fieldwork on site (involved in coaching 1 - 5 team members, responsible for auditing the most risky areas and review of work done by junior staff)
- Consolidation according to UK GAAP and IFRS
- Experience with SOX 404 and IPO (short report)
- Key clients:
- Aggreko Plc., Whyte & Mackay Group, Alfred McAlpines, John Dewar & Sons, First Engineering, InterBulk Group Plc.
12/2005 - 10/2007: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Budapest, Hungary
Assistant Manager Assurance & Advisory Services, Customer & Industrial Products
- Managing external audit from planning phase (including budget preparation, staffing, performing detailed audit substantive testing programs and engagement letter preparation)
- Leading fieldwork on site (involved in coaching 2 - 12 team members, responsible for auditing the most risky areas and review of work done by junior staff)
- Managing completion phase (review of work done on site, embracing financial statements and disclosures preparation and presentation to engagement leader)
- Cooperation with Advisory group on due dilligence assignment
- Key clients:
- Retail and consumer packaged goods: Coca-Cola, KRAFT Foods
- Automotive: BOSCH, Haldex, JOST, SAIA Burgess
- Utilities: E.ON Group (Déldunántúli Gázszolgáltató Rt.)
- Real estate: IVG Group, ORCO Group
- Oil & Refinig: Toreador Corp.
- Participating in internal training activities:
- leading PGL group
- teaching GO Audit 2 at Summer Academy in Visegrad, Budapest
- US GAAP/GAAS Business Advisory Group trainer
02/2007 - 03/2007: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Moscow, Russian Federation
Assistant Manager Assurance & Advisory Services, Energy, Utility & Mining
- Managing completion of external audit according to Russian GAAP
- Completion phase (embracing financial statements and disclosure preparation and presentation to engagement leader)
- Key clients:
- Energy: Transneft Group (Diascan, Hyprotruboprovod, Druzba and Transneft Finance subsidiaries)
08/2002 - 11/2005: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Prague, Czech Republic
Senior Associate Assurance & Advisory Services, Customer & Industrial Products
- External audit completion from planning phase (including budget preparation, staffing, performing detailed audit substantive testing programs and engagement letter preparation)
- Fieldwork on site (involved in coaching 1 - 5 team members, responsible for auditing the most risky areas and review of work done by junior staff)
- Completion phase (embracing financial statements and disclosures preparation and presentation to audit manager or partner)
- Experience with consolidation according to Czech GAAP and US GAAP
- Experience with SOX 404 implementation and audit
- Key clients:
- Retail and consumer packaged goods: Coca-Cola, Electrolux, Agrofert
- Automotive: Johnson Controls International, Ingersollrand, Volvo Trucks
- Construction: Hochtief VSB, Hilti, Basalt, Alcan Extrusions
- Pharma: ICN Czech Republic, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Financial services: Skofin leasing company
10/2000 - 08/2002: ASSET inc., Bratislava, Slovakia
Supervisor, Financial Controlling and Internal Audit Department
- Financial analysis of daughter companies
- Review of portfolio investments
Languages
- Slovak: native speaker
- Hungarian: native speaker
- English: fluent speaking, reading and writing ability
- Czech: fluent speaking, reading and writing ability
- French: basic knowledge
Technical skills
- Computer literacy: SAP, MS Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, Lotus Notes, Outlook Express
- CZ GAAP: advanced knowledge (reporting & consolidation)
- HAS: advanced knowledge (reporting)
- US GAAP/GAAS: advanced knowledge (reporting)
- UK GAAP: basic intermediate knowledge
- IFRS : advanced knowledge (reporting)
- SOX 404: trained external auditor
Training courses
- November 2007: UK GAAP update and comparison to IFRS
- August 2007: FIA 3 - Focus on Integrated Audit 3rd level, certificate obtained
- July 2007: CEE IFRS nad US GAAP/GAAS - Update Training and Workshops
- April 2007: Train the Trainers' course for Audit Methodology
- September 2006: CEE IFRS - Update Training and Workshops
- September 2005: FIA 2 - Focus on Integrated Audit 2nd level, certificate obtained
- July 2004: FIA 1 - Focus on Integrated Audit 1st level, certificate obtained
- July 2004: Continuous Professional Education (CPE) - Audit Documentation including impact on existing US State Regulations and Archiving, certificate obtained
Personal Details
- Nationality: Slovak
- Marital Status: Married
- Driving licence: Full & clean
- Hobbies: swimming, tennis, golf and blues music
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