DANA SAGALOVA
Amsterdam
Summary
Experienced with accounts payable management and vendor relations. Utilizes effective communication skills to resolve invoice issues promptly. Knowledge of accounting software and principles, ensuring accurate financial documentation and compliance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Accountant
Prologis
08.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Real estate
- Processing of incoming invoices (100 invoice per day)
- Query Resolution
- Decreased the backlog of assigned AP aged invoices by 45%
- Developed effective working relationships with key partners such as sales, treasury, VAT, compliance and various accounting teams
Accounts Receivable Senior
Ritchie Bros.
02.2023 - 07.2024
- Company Overview: Industrial auctioneer
- Led system improvement project together with IT and Business Operations teams;
- Transactions and refunds reviewing;
- Preparing AR aging reports for management;
- Supervision and training for AR specialists;
- Communication with internal stakeholders, problem-solution and AR process improvement
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Ritchie Bros.
07.2021 - 01.2023
- Company Overview: Industrial auctioneer
- Backlog cleaning and problem root cause resolution - decreased AR aging by 75%.
- Day to day invoice and payment processing;
- GL Accounts Reconciliations;
- Processing of VAT invoices and credit notes;
- Interaction with internal stakeholders: Customer Care, Treasury, VAT, AR, AP
- Reconciliation of the records in two systems and ensuring the information in both systems is aligned;
- Providing support for all activities required for month-end closure to ensure that the Accounts receivable ledger is closed within the deadline
Digital Operations Coordinator Intern
Bugaboo
05.2020 - 10.2020
- Company Overview: Consumer Goods
- Owned the digital team's internal documentation project;
- Supported QA testing;
- Defined key information on the digital team's activity and performance (JIRA board), reported and communicated to stakeholders
Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist
KTZ Express
09.2018 - 06.2019
- Company Overview: Transportation
- Led the budgeting plan for company merger project;
- Analyzed complex financial information and prepared monthly quarterly, and annual reports to provide an accurate and timely financial outlook of 7 regions to management for decision-making purposes;
- Developed onboarding and trained 2 newly hired employees
Inventory/AP/AR accountant
GE
09.2014 - 07.2018
- Company Overview: Transportation, Oil&Gas, Healthcare
- Restructured and simplified the purchase order approval process, which allowed to cut down the invoices payment time by approximately 15 percent;
- Investigated financial transactions and uncovered a significant accounting error that amounted to $XXXk discrepancy within the company's A/R & A/P internal billing system;
- Co-owned migration project to 1C8 (regional Russia & CIS ERP system);
- Supported monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes
Assistant Accountant
GE
12.2013 - 08.2014
- Monitored and owned $XM Fixed Assets transactions;
- Processed a range of documentation and entered information into databases;
- Studied and adopted GE accounting policies and procedures to local specifics maintained compliance with corporate guidelines.
Education
Master's degree - Marketing Management
Tilburg University
Tilburg, The Netherlands06-2020
Bachelor's degree - Accounting- Major; Management- Minor
KIMEP University
Almaty, Kazakhstan05-2013
Summer School -
IÉSEG School of Management
Paris, France07-2012
Exchange Program -
Ewha Womans University
Seoul, South Korea05-2011
Skills
- Invoice coding
- Tax compliance
- Accounts payable software
- Bank reconciliation
- Payment processing
- Expense reporting
- Month-end closing
- General ledger maintenance
- Problem resolution
- Purchase order management
Languages
English
Full Professional
Kazakh
Native or Bilingual
Russian
Native or Bilingual
Dutch
Elementary
French
Elementary
Timeline
Accounts Payable Accountant
Prologis
08.2024 - Current
Accounts Receivable Senior
Ritchie Bros.
02.2023 - 07.2024
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Ritchie Bros.
07.2021 - 01.2023
Digital Operations Coordinator Intern
Bugaboo
05.2020 - 10.2020
Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist
KTZ Express
09.2018 - 06.2019
Inventory/AP/AR accountant
GE
09.2014 - 07.2018
Assistant Accountant
GE
12.2013 - 08.2014
Master's degree - Marketing Management
Tilburg University
Bachelor's degree - Accounting- Major; Management- Minor
KIMEP University
Summer School -
IÉSEG School of Management
Exchange Program -
Ewha Womans University
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