Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

ICAEW

Conseil de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables

Lycée Condorcet

Finance leader  -  FinTech  -  Executive MBA - Oxford University

Working with the global leadership team to drive financial innovation and the Upwork's UK expansion.

Upwork (Nasdaq: UPWK) is the World’s Work Marketplace. 

We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust and AI driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential. 

Our talent community earned over $4.1 billion on Upwork in 2023 across more than 10,000+ skills.

Upwork

UK CEO and Board member

University of Oxford

Guest lecturer - Fintech

2022: Leading the Finance, People and Legal team and supporting the high-growth of the business with fundraising activity. 
2023: Relocated to Brazil to launch the activity and set up the team for success, on addition to the group CFO function

RedCloud is a unique B2B platform digitalising the supply chain in emerging markets.
We are empowering FMCG companies, distributors and merchants to sell more and reduce costs & friction in their day to day operations. 
We are adding AI and financial services to this underserved and underbanked eco-system.

RedCloud

Group CFO & Brazil General Manager

Skills: Business Planning · Fundraising · Financial Analysis · Leadership

Group CFO

Leading strategic finance at the group level, focusing on M&A and IPO readiness, alongside financial control, tax, and finance transformation. Worldwide team of over 80 direct and indirect reports.

WorldRemit

Group Finance Director

Setting up from scratch and leading all financial aspects of the private bank : commercial finance, accounting, tax, regulatory reporting & treasury.
Directly supporting the CEO in strategic and tactical decisions.

• Set up of forecast, tax efficiencies, New software and process implementation

• Building and leading the Finance Team

• Supervision of day to day finance & treasury 

• Interaction with third parties (auditors, regulator)

Banque Transatlantique London Branch

CFO / Head of Finance

Part of the HQ Internal Audit team, during the divestiture of the company, covering different areas and businesses through assignments in Europe, Asia and North America.

- Executing audits through completion for accounting & tax functions.
- Deferred & current tax, tax planning & transfer pricing audits across multiple businesses and countries (EU & US).
- Development of a new audit dashboard for the spinoff of GE Capital.
- Coordinating the timely execution of audit programs optimizing audit speed and effectiveness.
- Preparing audit reports, providing practical solutions and meaningful recommendations for issues.see less

GE Capital

Vice President - Internal Audit - Finance / Tax

Responsible for accounting & compliance of all French entities within the Schlumberger Shared Service Centre, covering a complex accounting scope, totalling $ 1.8 billion revenue and 14 entities with worldwide branches.

• Leading team of qualified accountants and processors (13 people)
- Mentoring and guiding Tax Accountants and Assistant Tax Accountants
- Restructuring of the team
- Training (french accounting/Tax, Office pack, Work Programs...)
- Hiring expat & local accountants

• Implementing process improvements and dashboard for the team and for the shared service center, to ensure efficient and accurate in the delivery of services to the business.

• Supervision of :
- local statutory accounts production and compliance within filing deadlines
- tax returns (VAT/CIT)

• Interaction with third parties:
- External auditors for annual account certification, optimization of the audits and fees negotiation
- French tax authorities to facilitate tax audits.

Schlumberger

Head of Accounting & Reporting (french scope)

Based at the BNP Paribas HQ and focusing on the financial analysis of Investment Banking Division in Asia and Americas. Working with the Strategic team to optimise the structure of the bank.


· Consolidation, analysis and control of tax-related financial statement line items (e.g. current and deferred tax), covering 200 entities across Asia, America and Belgium (Fortis).

· Projection of tax impact for significant operations & regulatory changes.

· Development of the Group tax dashboard, including a reconciliation of effective income tax expense to theoretical tax expense (tax proof), activated and non-activated deferred tax asset / liability, tax losses.

· Preparation of tax figures and notes of consolidated financial statements (IFRS).

· Preparation of tax figures and notes of consolidated financial statements (IFRS):
* Training and advising business units and entities on the understanding and implementation of the Group tax accounting standards,
* Consulting business units and entities on the use of the consolidation ERP (Magnitude) related to tax matters.

BNP Paribas

Senior Financial Analyst - Group Tax Reporting

Part of my chartered accounting degree (PhD Equivalent) required undertaking a role in Practice in France. EY was the best option to maximise opportunities to work as an auditor as well as a consultant.

- Statutory Audit: Key Accounts Division (70%) :
· Financial audit of individual and consolidated accounts in French GAAP, US GAAP, and IFRS (parent companies and subsidiaries) for major French oil and gas, recycling, telecom, retail, food and beverage companies.
· Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) projects.
· tax audits

- Consultancy projects (30%) :
· Analysis and approval of financial models for Private Finance Initiative (PFI) (€350 million to €50 billion).
· M&A due diligence (DCM, peer group valuation...)
· Fund raising assistance
· International Projects (e.g. the German desk – a team of German-speaking experts assisting German companies in France / French companies in Germany).

Ernst & Young

Senior Financial Auditor

· Book keeping (French GAAP, cash flow optimization, improvement of accounting processes and internal control)
· Delivering Excel training for the financial department in Brussels.
· Preparation of Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and Value Tax Added (VAT) packages.
· Automation of the wages booking for the Austrian and Belgian offices.

Stanislas Mlatac