Contact Information

VALIYEV MATLAB

Contact information:

Fl.41, apartment #51, avenue Ganja, Baku, Azerbaijan

Phone: (+994 55) 760-01-85 (cell), (+994 12) 571 35 85 (home)

E-mail:

Education

· PhD in Public Finance, Azerbaijan National Scientific Academy, December, 2006 – 2009

· Masters Degree in Accounting and audit, Azerbaijan State Economic University, September, 2004 – July, 2006

· Bachelors Degree in Accounting and audit, Azerbaijan State Economic University, September, 2000 – June, 2004

· High School Education – Nakhchivan Private Turkish High School , September, 1995 – June, 2000

Work experience

· “AFFA” – (Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan)

May, 2011– Present

Position: Head of Finance and Accounting Department.

· Review and overall control on accounting and preparation of financial/tax statements;

· Review of financial matters of Contracts before signing;

· Correspondence with FIFA and UEFA officials related to financial issues;

· “PricewaterhouseCoopers Azerbaijan” – (Audit, Tax and Advisory Services)

July, 2008– May 2011

Position: Tax Consultant.

· Advisory and consultancy on tax, accounting, currency regulations, legal, labor and customs issues;

· Tax review in various banks and oil companies;

· Supervising Due Diligence Projects and Preparation of DD Reports;

· Assistance with offsets /refund of overpaid taxes;

· Providing assistance to clients during tax audits;

· Participation in preparation of new PSA Protocols (VAT, FSC and Customs Protocols of Absheron PSA);

· Diagnostic review of clients’ tax position, practices, and procedures to determine whether they comply with the tax laws, rules and regulations. Identify clients’ tax exposures and institute corrective action before an examination by the tax authorities;

· Organization and delivery of tax technical training courses for employees of the firm;

· Preparation and review of tax computations;

· Preparation of various tax declarations;

· Negotiations on different tax issues with government officials.

· “Binagadi Oil Company” – (Oil Production)

March, 2008– June, 2009

Position: Senior Accountant

· Managing cash flow of the firm;

· Preparing cash flow statement;

· Preparing periodical internal financial reports;

· Keeping under control on the accounts payables;

· Control on tax accounting and preparation of tax returns;

· Keeping an account with Administration of Taxes and State Social Protection Foundation;

· “Azpetrol Oil Company” – “Azertrans Ltd.” MMC (Oil Shipping & Forwarding)

June, 2005 – March, 2008

Position: Accountant / Finance assistant.

· Prepared periodical external financial and tax reports for Administration of Taxes and State Social Protection Foundation;

· Preparing cash flow statement;

· Keeping records of Fixed Assets;

· Preparing monthly budget reports;

· Preparing periodical internal financial reports;

· Keeping under control on the accounts receivables and payables;

· Preparing annual projected budget for the company and controlling the execution of budget;

· Examining customs documents (declaration of customs, invoice and etc.) for imported goods;

· Keeping an account with Administration of Taxes and State Social Protection Foundation;

· “FNC Motors” –official distributor of Ford Motors Company in Azerbaijan (Import and sale of the cars, spare parts and service)

January, 2005 – June, 2005

Position: Accountant / Finance assistant.

· Prepared periodical internal financial reports with analyses;

· Controlled the accounts receivables and payables;

· Prepared and controlled budgets for monthly expenses and dynamical analyses;

· Prepared payroll;

· Prepared payment orders;

· Prepared periodical external financial and taxes reports;

· “Nurgun Group”- Business Group (official distributer of companies like “Nestle”, “Perrier”, “Hayat Kimya”, and etc. The group is involved in the following businesses as well: commerce, polygraph and construction)

June, 2004 – January, 2005

Position: Accountant/Chief accountant

· Prepared payment orders and funds transfer requests;

· Prepared periodical external financial and taxes reports for Administration of Taxes , State Social Protection Foundation;

· Prepared payroll;

· Kept an account of wholesale and retail trade;

· Prepared periodical internal financial reports with analyses;

· Examined customs documents (declaration of customs, invoice and etc.) for imported goods;

· Kept an account with accounts receivables and payables;

· Kept records of bank accounts ;

· Kept an account with Administration of Taxes and State Social Protection Foundation;

Azerbaijan State Economic University, Student Scientific Society

October, 2002 – March, 2004

Position: Vice-chairman.

· Organized scientific Conferences and Seminars of faculty and students;

· Arranged the participation of faculty and students in conferences that were hold in foreign countries;

· Prepared publication materials of conferences to polygraph.

Attended Trainings and Courses

· ACCA Trainings on Financial Reporting – Baku 2010;

· Conflict Management – Weir Partners – Baku 2010;

· ACCA Trainings on Financial Accounting and Performance Management – Baku 2009, 2010;

· Personal Development - Weir Partners – Baku 2009;

· Anti-Money Laundering – PwC Learning Management Academy- June, 2009;

· Anti-Bribery – PwC Learning Management Academy- August, 2009;

· Data Protection - PwC Learning Management Academy- June, 2009;

· Risk & Quality – Anti-Trust/Competition – PwC Learning Management Academy- September, 2009;

· Risk Management – PwC Azerbaijan – Baku 2009;

· ACCA Trainings on Financial Accounting and Performance Managemet – PwC Azerbaijan, Baku 2009;

· Principles of International Taxation - PwC Learning Management Academy- November, 2008;

· Presentation and Writing Skills – PwC Russia– Moscow 2008;

· Financial accounting - Khazar University - January, 2006;

· Managerial economics - Khazar University - January, 2006.

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Examinations Status

F1 Accountant in Business- Exempted

F2 Management Accounting – Exempted

F3 Financial Accounting – Passed

F4 Corporate and Business Law- Exempted

F5 Performance Management – Waiting for results

Attended Conferences and Achievements

· Conference on “The ways to increase national income of Azerbaijan Republic”, Azerbaijan State Economic University, April, 2005;

· Conference on “Regional development and economic growth” (1st degree diploma), Azerbaijan State Economic University, May, 2004;

· Conference on “Market of property and national principles of pricing”, Azerbaijan State Economic University;

· “10th Permanent Scientific Conference of Students”, Western University, May, 2003;

· Conference on “World Economy and new information technologies in the term of globalization”, ASEU (1st degree diploma), November, 2002;

· “18th Republic Scientific Conference of Students”, Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic, May, 2002;

· Conference on “Regional economy and its modern problems” (1st degree diploma) , Azerbaijan State Economic University, March, 2002

Publications

· Article on “Paying Taxes in Azerbaijan”, Doing Business 2010 -– World Bank;

· Articles on “Europe Corporate Taxation” and “Europe Individual Taxation” - International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD);

· Various articles on Public Finance in Azerbaijan, Russia, and Georgia;

· Article on “The role of financial analysis in making effective managerial decisions”, Journal of “New Economy”,Baku 2006;

· Article on “The system of statements in managerial accounting”, Baku 2005;

· Article on “The oil strategy of Azerbaijan Republic”, Western University, Baku 2004;

· Article on “The effect of investment to increase export potential of Azerbaijan Republic”, Western University, Baku 2003;

· Article on “The documentation in accounting ”, Azerbaijan State Economic University, Baku 2003;

Language skills

· Azeri (native);

· Fluent in English and Turkish;

· Russian

Computer skills

· Proficient in “1C”, Sun System Accounting Software and MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point);

· Familiar with Logo Unity Accounting Software.

Personal Skills

· Possessing good interpersonal skills;

· Helpful, motivated, flexible and hardworking.