Elena Bilik
New York,NY
Summary
Accomplished Director of Finance with a proven track record at Barclays with over 19 years of experience and in-depth technical knowledge of products and structures. Specialize in fixed income and securitized products, with CFO, product control, and structuring experience.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Finance
Barclays
New York, NY
02.2013 - Current
- Comprehensive knowledge of various accounting guidance principles and business models reporting across financing and trading businesses.
- Present across business-targeted financials, controls, and governance forums among senior stakeholders.
- Develop and analyze business performance to drive and achieve common goals and strategies for a growing business.
- Liaison and main point of contact across infrastructure areas, regulatory relations, and audits/exams.
- Drive control improvement through collaboration, relationships, and influence across infrastructure areas, along with providing in-depth business and technical knowledge critical to implementing the design of processes.
- Lead strategic initiatives to uphold robust controls and governance.
- Led and directed teams of product controllers to maintain robust controls, governance, and accurate financial reporting, managing teams of 6 to 8 direct reports, and indirectly managing teams of 10 or more.
- Managed daily P&L production for multiple portfolios within Securitized Products and Credit businesses.
Structured Products Executive
Morgan West
Johannesburg, Gauteng
06.2006 - 01.2013
- Broad quantitative and qualitative structured products experience in the retail and institutional space.
- Executed end-to-end product development involving concept sourcing, economic evaluation, and marketing strategy creation.
- Facilitated pitches and developed relationships with banks and clients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Science
University of The Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa12-2003
Skills
- Business partnering
- Internal controls
- Stakeholder management
- Financial planning
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Budget planning
- Financial systems implementation
- Revenue recognition
Timeline
Director of Finance
Barclays
02.2013 - Current
Structured Products Executive
Morgan West
06.2006 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Science - Actuarial Science
University of The Witwatersrand