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Consultant Profile: George Florin Staicu - ROMANIA - European Union (Romania)
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Contact Details
| Total Relevant Experience: |
18 years |
| Date Available for Work: |
12 Jan 2009 |
| Type of Work: |
Short-term work |
| Summary of Qualifications: |
Know-how & practical managerial experience in retail banking, micro- banking, microfinance,Public finance, community development,rural finance, agricultural lending,e-banking, SME management;Credit bureaus; bank credit, market, operational risks management (Basel II compliant–pillars 1&2,3)strategy risk, compliance risk, technological risk, money laundering risk];knowledge of GAAP,IFRS/IAS,US Sarbanes-Oxley,EU MiFID and ISDA Credit Support Annex; modern technologies(CPM,BI,ERP,CRM,etc);Total Quality Management; |
Expertise
| Main Areas of Expertise: |
MFI management / Finance & accounting / Business planning / MFI governance / MIS |
| Country Experience: |
Kosovo / Romania / Vietnam |
| Languages Spoken: |
English / French / Other |
| Nationality: |
Romania |
| Academic/Professional Qualifications: |
EDUCATION
Academy for Economics - Finance accounting faculty , Bucharest, Romania
Graduated: 1987;
Title: Master of Science degree in finance and accounting.
Coursework includes: financial mathematics, bank management, insurance companies management, corporate accounting and finance, international finance, contract negotiation, international law, software programming, statistics, macroeconomic analysis and forecasting, foreign trade accounting, corporate and banking budgeting, etc.
Master thesis dissertation: IT software for automated products management accounting
Student conferences paper: IT software for automated library management
SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRAINING RECEIVED
Scholarships
a) Turkish Banks Association - Istanbul, May 18th - November 9th , 1993 – Certificate of achievement
six months English theoretical banking training in the following areas: macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics, bank management, asset and liability management, strategy planning, bank marketing, customer relationship management, bank products and services, international trade products and instruments, correspondent banking, trade finance, general accounting, advanced accounting, bank financial and risk analysis, branch network management and performance analysis, corporate financial and credit analysis, lending, capital markets, project analysis, etc
b)United States Agency for International Development January 17th- May 14th, 1995- Certificate of achievement
- four months on the job training in US financial-banking institutions : 1 commercial bank, 1 federal savings bank, 3 credit unions and 1 investment company in the following areas: bank strategy and planning, budgeting, marketing, asset and liability management, commercial and consumer lending, loan administration and work-outs, savings and deposit products, relationship management, marketing, financial & management accounting, bankruptcy proceedings, risk management, credit and financial analysis, derivatives, trade finance, capital markets, internal audit, banking software ( accounting, lending & savings, fixed assets, payroll ,etc) etc bankruptcy and Court proceedings, mortgage lending, loan marketing .
c) Credit Union National Association USA ( 1995)
Graduate (certificates of achievements) of the following stages of the Staff Training and Recognition Program (STAR) : Credit Union Orientation , Member relations, Credit Union Security, Negotiable instruments, Member services, Cross selling, Loan interviewing, Loan processing, Collections, Basic accounting, Accounting for credit unions and Credit union financial analysis.
Training seminars & workshops attended
ROMANIAN BANKING INSTITUTE, Bucharest Romania
a) Financial and credit analysis - 1992 Traintheme PLC, UK - one week seminar
b) Computerized cash-flow analysis - 1992 - DC Gardner - UK - one week seminar
c) Bank customer care - 1993 Barclays Bank- one week seminar
d) Project evaluation - 1994 - EC PHARE train the trainer two weeks seminar
e) Asset and liability management- 1999- one week seminar jointly organized with the Georgetown University - USA – (The East Central European Scholarship Program)
ANGLO-ROMANIAN BANK, Bucharest Branch, Romania
1997 Trade finance - two weeks on the job training
WORLD BANK , Bucharest , Romania
1997 World Bank procurement service procedures- one week seminar
NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRIA, Wien , 1992
Marketing and new product development - one week seminar
META GROUP –Vienna , Austria 1997 –1999
One week seminar on IT business solutions for the financial-banking industries attended by several IT business solution providers like IBM, Compaq, Midas Kapitti, Sun System, Computer associates, etc.
ROMANIAN SAVINGS BANK , Bucharest , Romania - 1998
World Bank one week seminar on bank strategic planning and SME lending (credit analysis, collateral assessment, loan administration, non-performant loan management, loans work-out, risks associated with lending, collateral enforcement)
GREEK BANKING INSTITUTE- Athens, Greece 2000
- Bank management- two weeks seminar
SUNGARD BANKWARE – Bucharest Romania - 2000
Three days seminar on IT solutions for bank asset and liability management, customer and product profitability management
BAYERISCHE LANDESBAUSPARKASSE –Munchen -2000
One week seminar on the “bausparkasse” concept (savings for housing construction) and legislation including visit to the Bayerische Landesbausparkasse branches
BELGIAN BANKERS ACADEMY- Bucharest - 2001
Bank branch network performance management -one week seminar
SARA MERKUR SA INSURANCE COMPANY ROMANIA – Bucharest, Romania
December 2002-January 2003
– Seminar on Insurance financial management; insurance products; selling and cross-selling techniques
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar – 18 September 2007 - Options
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar – 20 September 2007 - Managing Capital Project Risk in the Power and Utilities Sector
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 24 September 2007 - FIN 48: Setting Your Sights on the Long Term
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 26 September 2007 - Beyond Information Quality to Information Value
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 26 September 2007 - SaaS - Integrating On-premise and On-Demand software applications
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 27 September 2007 - Automated Continuous Control Monitoring & testing
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 02 October 2007 - International Large Position Reporting for Global Asset Managers
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 03 October 2007 - Deferred Compensation Arrangements Quantifying the Financial Statement Impact
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 03 October 2007 - 404 Non-Accelerated Filers How to Implement a Top-Down, Risk-Based Approach
Deloitte & Touche LLP webinar - 09 October 2007 - Quarterly Accounting Roundup -An Update of Important Developments
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Experience (5 select experiences)
Microfinance Financial & Risk Management Expert, GFA Germany ; Funding agency: European Fund for Southeast Europe, Kosovo (June 2008 – November 2008)
Financial Management support to World Vision International-KosInvest- Kosovo (a Micro Finance Institution);
Responsibilities:
a)Coaching the management team (especially the CFO)in the areas of costing, risk & financial management.
b)Organize dedicated training on costing, risk & financial management to relevant staff;
c)Install costing, financial management and controlling tools, including liquidity management;
d)Install an extended ALCO and risk management policies and practices focusing on financial risks (review job descriptions, coaching of ALCO meetings)
Banking Expert, Vietnam (August 2006 - June 2007)
Project of World Bank & French Development Agency.
Role: reviewing Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development's current business strategy; restructuring the HQ and branches according to the new business strategy/new banking application; defining reporting requirements according to best practices; advising on banking operations/internal regulations; providing recommendations for the bank modernization and international integration; preparing training assessment report; Presenting seminars: Strategic planning; Management of modern bank; Modern banking business; Advanced Technologies in Banking.
Finance-Accounting - MIS Expert, Romania (September 2005 - April 2006)
UE Phare/Europe Aid project: Improving the State Treasury management system of the Ministry of Public Finance - Romania
The tasks included: diagnostic study of the State Treasury legal framework ,organization, IT systems, MIS, internal policies and procedures; improvement of the organization and performance of the treasury system through the strengthening of capacity to manage the State’s financial resources, according to European standards in force.
Finance and Administration Manager, Kosovo Enterprise Program, Kosovo (July 2003 – December 2004)
Reporting to the Executive Director and acting as the chief financial advisor for KEP, responsible for managing the financial statements, budgets of the 7 branch network including all aspects of planning and implementation of financial targets, reporting, institutional representation, staff supervision & capacity building under the general framework of KEP’s business plan, organizing and presenting seminars at the Kosovo Enterprise Program’s Training Center.
Director – Strategy and Financial Management (Controlling) Division, Romanian Savings Bank (August 1999 - March 2002)
Managing, supervising and coaching 30-person division staff in the area of business strategy, A & LM, designing and operational plans implementation, drafting the annual consolidated budget and the branch network budgets, monitoring the bank risks (credit, market, operational, reputation-money laundering), monitoring the financial and efficiency performance of the bank and of the branch network, designing bank products cost management accounting procedures etc.
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