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Sergei KazenasSK

Sergei Kazenas

Financial Controlling & Reporting Consultant

€195/day
Vilnius, LT
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Sergei

Senior Finance Consultant | Financial Controllership | Regulatory & Board Reporting | ACCA (FCCA)

ACCA-qualified finance professional supporting companies with financial controlling, financial reporting, management reporting, and audit support. Experienced in hands-on finance work across reporting, analysis, closing, and control processes in international and regulated environments.

I can support clients with:

Reporting & Close Support
Hands-on support for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reporting processes, including reporting packs, reconciliations, explanations, and finance coordination.

Audit Readiness Support
Short-term support before internal or external audit, including review of supporting files, issue identification, and coordination of audit responses.

Balance Sheet Review & Clean-Up
Structured support for balance sheet review, reconciliations, legacy items, and clean-up work to improve reporting quality and control discipline.



My background includes responsibility for reporting teams, accounting teams, Central Bank and tax reporting, head office reporting, board financial statements, consolidated financial statements, budgets, business analysis, and support for multiple legal entities and markets. I am comfortable operating in complex, controlled environments and working across finance, business, auditors, and regulators.
Best fit for companies that need structured, dependable senior finance support on a project, interim, or fractional basis.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Lithuanian

    Conversational

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • American Express
    Market Financial Controller
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2017 - December 2025 (8 years and 11 months)
    Responsible for financial controllership, board and regulatory reporting, close support, audit coordination, and management reporting in a regulated banking environment. Worked across legal entities with a strong hands-on focus on reporting quality, controls, budgeting, finance analysis, and support for management decision-making.
    Financial Controllership Financial Reporting Management Reporting Audit Readiness Reconciliation
  • American Express Bank LLC
    Market Financial Controller
    September 2006 - November 2017 (11 years and 2 months)
    Moscow, Russia
    Implemented Workiva for regulatory financial reporting and supported finance process improvement, reporting structure optimization, and cost control across the finance function.
  • JPMorganChase
    Deputy Legal Entity Controller
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2001 - September 2006 (5 years and 6 months)
    Moscow, Russia
    Preparation and submission of Central Bank reporting, Tax declarations, US GAAP reporting for the Continental Finance Team.
    Preparation of budgets for all lines of business and supporting functions.
    Preparing analysis of management reports against budgets.
    Performing accounting and reporting legacy legal entities, closure of dormant entities.

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Education

  • Fellow
    ACCA
    2015
    Certified Accountants, Financial Reporting, Financial Control, Management Accounting
  • Master
    Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)
    1997
    Computer Technologies

Certifications

  • Fellow
    ACCA
    2015
    Finance sector management accounting Chief Financial Officer

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