Name: Krisztián Balczó

Mobile phone: +31 65268 56 58

E-mail:

Language skills: Hungarian (Native), English (Fluent), Dutch (Good)

skills and Trainings

Finance, Procure to Pay, Project Control, Project Risk management, Public Relations, Public Speaking

Accounting standards: • IPSAS

Project Control tools: • ACTIS+• IPCDB

Software skills: • SAP R/3 (FI, CO, SRM, ECC, MM) • IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 • SAP Business Object XI 3.1
• Ariba Buyer • MS Office 2010/2013 Solutions

Experience

Jan. 2015 – Present - Freelancer - The Hague (the Netherlands)

  • Managing and controlling expenses and cost/budget, payment and deviation
  • Preparing and updating financial reports regarding budget, costs and performance
  • Monitoring payment and advance payments against invoices
  • Analysing budget implementation status and project progresses to anticipate deviations
  • Supporting the mid- and long-term manpower planning for projects
  • Recording receipts and verifying the relevant documents
  • Handling operations and queries relating to budget execution and financial reporting
  • Preparing and updating financial reports regarding budget, costs and performance
  • Assisting Project Managers with the implementation of budget
  • Screening budget lines and check requests for payment
  • Performing periodic accrued costs versus invoices analysis
  • Reporting on and contributing to monthly or quarterly closing of accounts
  • Analysing project performance and measuring them against set performance indicators
  • Analysing and approving payments of bank statements for the company’s credit cards

May 2014 – Nov. 2014- Project Control Assistant - European Space Agency, Noordwijk (the Netherlands)

  • Recording receipts and verifying the relevant documents
  • Screening budget lines and checking requests for payment
  • Contributing to preparation of cost/budget reports and proposals for endorsement by the Head of Section
  • Monitoring budget execution
  • Creating periodic financial and management reports
  • Monitoring programme and budget allotments and discrepancies and proposing amendments
  • Monitoring expenses and cost/budget, payment and deviation
  • Managing timelines for paymentsand approvals
  • Monitoring payment and advance payments against invoices
  • Assisting with the input, tracking, management of projects and obligations
  • Liaising with Budget Execution Administrators and Programme Controllers about funds/payment
  • Monitoring project delays and amendments regarding Multi-Year Planning
  • Analysing the installation of Commitment Ceiling

Nov. 2010 – May 2014- Project Control Assistant- European Space Agency, Noordwijk (the Netherlands)

  • Analysingand adjusting Project planning with respect to the status of the Project
  • Screening budget lines and checking requests for payment
  • Monitoring expenses and cost/budget, payment and deviation
  • Recording receipts and verifying the relevant documents
  • Reporting about project delays and potential amendments regarding both Single and Multi-Year Planning
  • Providing updates to Controllers regarding the installation and management of Commitment Ceiling
  • Liaising with Budget Execution Administrators and Programme Controllers about funds/payment related issues
  • Processing accounting data in support of the End-of-Month and End-of-Year procedures
  • Assisting in preparing of papers responding to stakeholders
  • Liaising with Programme Controllers about fund/cost centre related issues
  • Reporting on and evaluating monthly and quarterly progress

Oct. 2008 – Oct. 2010 -Accenture BV., (the Netherlands)

Post-implementation Support Liaison

  • Acting as Single Person of Contact towards ESA staff
  • Providing periodic and ad-hoc progress reports to ESA's contact persons
  • Analysing, reporting and advising about budget/cost related issues
  • Managing and controlling expenses and cost/budget, payment and deviation
  • Monitoring payment and advance payments against invoices
  • Analysing Commitment Ceiling installation and fund/cost centre/WBS
  • Advising client about PO procedures and their potential impacts on the follow-on processes
  • Creating and presenting progress status reports
  • Liaising with various directorates (Finance, Procurement, IT)
  • Creating and presenting invoice/payment related status reports
  • Ensuring data conformity and accuracy in ESA’s newly implemented ERP system

Billing- and Project Management Officer

  • Analysing contracts and Statements of Work and presenting them to stakeholders
  • Arranging project meetings and trainings
  • Providing support to managers about contracting issues
  • Liaising with Senior Executivesand with client’s finance team and proposing escalations
  • Coordinating contracting between client and Accenture Senior Executives
  • Participating in monthly budget planning meetings
  • Handling and processing employee timesheets for billing purposes
  • Reporting the status of issues and bills to project managers and senior executives
  • Creating process manuals to support knowledge transfer

Accounts Payable Specialist

  • Performing accounting entries, journals, queries, reports and reconciliations
  • Managing and controlling administrative expenses and cost/budget control
  • Conducting financial analyses (payments, G/L reconciliation status, PO consumption, etc.)
  • Screening budget lines and check requests for payment
  • Reporting the results of analyses to project managers
  • Liaising with financial managers and suppliers/vendors
  • Arranging payments
  • Creating weekly and ad-hoc reports
  • Enforcing the approval process thus minimizing the possibility of delayed payments
  • Providing support to managers about Accounts Payable related issues

Apr. 2008 –Oct. 2008-Procurement Analyst - Cisco Systems Inc., Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

  • Creating, closing, cancelling, correcting and maintaining Purchase Orders
  • Maintaining and updating vendor/supplier data in Cisco System’s database
  • Providing support to and liaising with managers
  • Reporting status of purchase/Purchase Orders to managers, in terms of availability of funds
  • Providing procurement support to managers
  • Performing accounting entries, journals, queries, reports and reconciliations
  • Analysing and approving payments of bank statements for the company’s credit cards

Jul. 2007 – Apr. 2008-Requisition to Pay analyst, - Alcoa-Köfém Kft. in Hungary

  • Managing and controlling administrative expenses and cost/budget control
  • Performing accounting entries, journals, queries, reports and reconciliations
  • Liaising with suppliers and internal managers
  • Handling and correcting database entries for invoices
  • Handling payment related and administrative issues
  • Running bi-weekly and monthly data reports
  • Providing support to finance managers

Education

2003 - 2004Masters of Arts in International Business - Webster University, the Netherland, Thailand

2000 - 2003 Bachelors of Arts in International Relations - Webster University, Leiden

1998- 2000Technical Degree in Procurement- Gróf Széchenyi István Secondary Technical School, Hungary