Maria Mateias
Luxembourg
Summary
Results-driven finance professional with solid background in fund accounting. Known for consistently delivering accurate financial reports and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and dependable, with focus on team success and achieving operational goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Fund Accountant
Aztec Group
09.2022 - Current
- Enhanced financial reporting accuracy by diligently reconciling fund transactions and positions.
- Maintained investor confidence with accurate preparation of client reports and consistent communication.
- Monitored and managed cash flows and expenses.
- Optimized work processes through collaboration with team members and cross-functional departments.
- Collaborated with fund managers regularly to align efforts to confirm accurate financial reporting.
- Collaborated effectively with auditors to ensure an efficient annual audit process, promptly addressing inquiries and providing necessary documentation.
- Performed daily accounting of assigned funds and performed fund analysis for critical decision-making purposes.
- Provided ongoing training to junior staff members, fostering professional development opportunities within the team environment.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by staying up-to-date on industry standards and guidelines.
- Reviewing VAT returns on a monthly basis.
- Execute capital call and distribution calculations and prepare notices that are sent to investors.
- Prepare ECDF filings of the financial statements at year end.
- CSSF reporting for numerous funds on a quarterly basis.
- Prepare quarterly/ annual accounts for SVPs and Funds in Lux GAAP and IFRS.
- Prepare quarterly investment portfolio valuation.
- Prepare Net Asset Value calculations on a quarterly basis.
- Preparation of Capital Accounts Statements.
Audit Analyst
Deloitte
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Company Overview: Deloitte is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit & assurance, consulting, risk and financial advisory, risk management, tax, and related services to select clients
- Tasked to work for the Canadian markets, both in French and English
- Oversee 3rd party financial documentation such as: bank statements, invoices, payment documents, transportation documents and payslips
- Responsible for training new starters and upskill our team of 10
- Helped format poorly written documents into well organised Excel spreadsheets, which was further used for journal entry testing
- Performed risk-based audits across multiple business units to assess potential vulnerabilities within the organization's operations.
- Utilized advanced software tools such as data analytics platforms to improve the speed and accuracy of audit processes while testing the revenues, PPE, cash, expenses, creditors and debtors of the companies.
Market Analyst
RUMELİSİAD
06.2019 - 10.2019
- Company Overview: The company aims to improve Turkey's international economic, social and cultural relations and communications
- Improved marketing and management skills, learned how to make an investment project, learned the basics of Turkish, enriched the knowledge about Turkish culture and history
Project Manager
Technolera
07.2018 - 09.2018
- Company Overview: Technolera is a venture building company focusing on the process of consistent start-up creation by using shared expertise and resources. Their target is to scale up the startups as independent and fully operational global entities
- Managed the team in order to achieve the desired outcome of an investment project
- Contributed to defining project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases and elements
- Suggested changes to senior management using analytics to support my recommendations
Education
Bachelor of International Economic Relations -
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
07.2020
High school diploma - Mathematics and Computer Science
Neagoe Basarb National College
01.2017
Skills
- Team collaboration
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Microsoft Excel proficiency
- Deadline oriented
- Financial reporting
- Private Equity
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Critical thinking
Languages
Romanian
Proficient
C2
English
Proficient
C2
French
Upper intermediate
B2
Volunteer Experience
Executive member, DunareEdu, is a Romanian national non-governmental association that provides young people with leadership development. With a focus to empower young people to make a positive impact on society, we participated in a great number of activities helping less fortunate, orphans, as well as sick people in hospitals. Took part in a large number of activities helping the elderly at an old people home by providing them food, entertainment, and helping out when needed. I also volunteered in anti-pollution activities such as cleaning up garbage and planting trees.
Certification
- ACCA - in progress
Timeline
Fund Accountant
Aztec Group
09.2022 - Current
Audit Analyst
Deloitte
10.2020 - 09.2022
Market Analyst
RUMELİSİAD
06.2019 - 10.2019
Project Manager
Technolera
07.2018 - 09.2018
High school diploma - Mathematics and Computer Science
Neagoe Basarb National College
- ACCA - in progress
Bachelor of International Economic Relations -
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucuresti
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