Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Pc Skills
Hobbies and Interests
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Jana Havlíková

Jana Havlíková

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Summary

Jana is a motivated professional finance leader with 20 years experience in corporate finance. Has broad experience with international finance projects and strategic finance leadership.

Is action-oriented individual with experience tracking actual business results against plans. Offering exceptional issue resolution and business strategies leveraging with close cooperation of board of executives.

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Finance Director

ExCEEd Orphan
06.2022 - Current
  • Developing and implementing financial strategies, building financial management systems and ensuring compliance with all financial local and IFRS standards
  • Leading daily communication with founding partners and strategic stakeholders, ensuring successful running of the company
  • Job includes daily hands on practical technical tasks (order to cash, procure to pay, cash flow projection, business analyses and presentations) as well as strategic financial management of the company.
  • Improved financial performance through thorough analysis of company expenditures and revenues.
  • Managed company cash flow by monitoring daily transactions and optimizing working capital.
  • Developed robust financial models to support strategic decision-making and improve profitability.
  • Enhanced stakeholder communication by producing clear, concise, and timely financial reports that supported informed decision making.
  • Successfully managed multiple audits, ensuring accurate financial information was presented to external parties without discrepancies or delays.
  • Supported business expansion plans with careful evaluation of potential acquisitions and investments for maximum ROI.
  • Established strong relationships with banking partners to facilitate access to essential funding channels.

Career Break

Traveling
01.2019 - 01.2022

Taking a career break, traveling around multiple countries and obtaining professional degree as Yoga lecturer. Working as a manager of local Prague non-profit organization.

Finance Manager

Aspen Pharmaceuticals
11.2015 - 10.2018
  • As a member of international European finance team my responsibilities were mainly: Ongoing communication with countries' CFOs and CEOs on financial strategies and tasks
  • Budgeting and forecasting, regular monthly and quarterly reporting for 27 European countries (individual countries oversight and European consolidation), providing financial commentaries to the Board of Directors
  • Preparation and presentation of business plans, supervising pricing policies for corporates product portfolio
  • Financial Statements management – individual countries and European consolidation, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow (Czech and IFRS standards), comparison to budgets and plans
  • Supervising compliance with local and IFRS standards, cooperation with external auditors and tax authorities
  • Management and active support of reporting systems TM1 and QlikView, regular communication with individual countries and with corporate management
  • Ongoing analysis of product pricing strategies, compliance with local regulators, seeking for cost optimizing and revenues boosting.

Finance Manager

Abbott Laboratories
06.2008 - 08.2014

Investment Management

SABMiller Plzeňský Prazdroj
05.2005 - 05.2008

Senior Associate of Statutory Audit

PricewaterhouseCoopers
08.2002 - 05.2005

Education

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
12.2007

VŠE Praha
06.2002

Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Sozialwesen Zittau
06.2000

Skills

    • Business Forecasting
    • Financial Planning
    • Investor Relations
    • Strategic Planning
    • Risk Management
    • Financial Reporting and Analysis
      • Profitability Analysis
      • Financial Systems Implementation
      • Cash Flow Management
      • Investment Management
      • Cross-functional Team Leadership
      • Audit Coordination

Certification

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

RYT200 – Certified Yoga Lecturer, New Zealand

Languages

Czech
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
German
Intermediate
B1

Pc Skills

  • MS Office (Excel, Access, Word, Powerpoint)
  • Odoo ERP
  • Power BI

Hobbies and Interests

  • Spending time in nature, staying fit
  • Traveling & reading good books
  • Enjoying fine dining and good wine, optimally with people with similar passion

Timeline

Finance Director

ExCEEd Orphan
06.2022 - Current

Career Break

Traveling
01.2019 - 01.2022

Finance Manager

Aspen Pharmaceuticals
11.2015 - 10.2018

Finance Manager

Abbott Laboratories
06.2008 - 08.2014

Investment Management

SABMiller Plzeňský Prazdroj
05.2005 - 05.2008

Senior Associate of Statutory Audit

PricewaterhouseCoopers
08.2002 - 05.2005

ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

VŠE Praha

Hochschule fur Wirtschaft und Sozialwesen Zittau
Jana Havlíková