About Boris
CFO with 20 years in finance - a decade leading a PE-backed IT group through 11 acquisitions and an exit. I help companies grow faster and transact better while keep the numbers clear.
I am force multiplier to CEOs, Boards and Leadership teams in their growth journey and Exit preparation.
Based in Sofia, working across Europe.
English
Fluent
Bulgarian
Native or bilingual
Russian
Basic
Can work on-site
Sofia (up to 50km)
Experience
- DIGITALL GroupGlobal Chief Financial OfficerDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2015 - August 2025 (10 years and 7 months)Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Co-driving a hyper-scaling IT Platform (buy-and-build) from 10M to 100M Revenue, from 150 FTEs to 1500 FTEs, from 2 to 11 countries.
- Ownership of the Group IFRS reporting and compliance: consolidated P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flows (cons tool: Lucanet).
- Ownership of Business Partnering, FP&A, Financial Controlling and Management Reporting.
- Co-led 11 M&As (both buy- and sell-side), including data rooms, DD processes, Closing process and CP/CS actions, all the way down to the successful EXIT/LBO and its PMI into the new setup.
- Strategic and sparing partner to CEO, Board and PE stakeholders.
- Builder and Leader of international finance teams (25 FTEs), incl. building a Shared Service Centres (in DACH - covering financial accounting, people operations, statutory reporting and tax and legal compliance in the region).
- Capital structure and liquidity management for 20 entities across 11 jurisdictions/countries in EU and USA.
- Oversight of Big4 audit, international tax and compliance across all jurisdictions, including improvements in control environment (risks & controls) and processes (R2R, O2C, P2P, etc.).
- Led the implementation of an ERP (MS Dynamics, D365 for Finance) and its integration with an CRM (MS) and a PowerBI (MS) and dash-boarding and KPIs' definition/monitoring and performance management.
- EY, Deloitte, BDOSenior Finance Leadership up to Managing Partner levelCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2005 - November 2015 (10 years and 10 months)Sofia, BulgariaSteep learning curve, professional development and career progress with the most prominent Consulting and Auditing practices (Big 4)Besides financial audits and advisory, engaged in business development and building of new business lines, such as:
- Introducing the "CFO-as-a-Service" business line back then in 2010
- Business Development, design and deployment of a completely new business line - outsourcing of UK Tax and Payroll processing (computations, filings, reporting, etc.)
- ERP environments (Microsoft Dynamics and similar systems)
- Group consolidation and reporting tools
- Advanced financial modelling and scenario analysis
- Finance process digitalisation and automation initiatives
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Education
- Bachelors DegreeUniversity of Economics2004Financial Control, Financial Accounting and Financial Reporting
Certifications
- CFO of the YearForbes Magazine and EY (Ernst & Young)2017