Eric Vigod has over 20 years of professional experience in finance, consulting, and business advisory roles across Europe, Africa, and Russia. He has held positions as a financial director, controller, CFO, and director for various companies. Currently, he runs his own consulting firm providing services such as Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, disaster recovery strategies, and M&A advisory work.

1. Eric Vigod
63 Oxford Drive
Tenafly NJ 07670
USA
Tel: +1.201.567.4871
Mobile: +1.201.314.1144
e-mail:ericvigod@optonline.net
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
2004 - Present EU/EE/Africa
· Self employed Consulting company - Clients/Projects 2004 – 2012
· Developed Project Plan and Methodology for Sarbanes - Oxley implementation in foreign
subsidiaries of US – listed companies.
· Executed Disaster recovery strategy for Telecom client in Haiti (Trilogy Intl Partners),
including implementation of emergency replacement Billing system, Revenue Assurance,
Internal Controls and Accounting solution.
· Developed IT and Network strategy to improve internal controls and Revenue Assurance
for Telecom client in West Africa (Ghana, Sierra Leone, DRC-Kinshasa), including
implementation of new Billing system and Accounting solution (SUN).
· Performed additional functions as Interim CFO for GSM service provider – monthly and
quarterly financial Reporting (US GAAP), KPI budgeting and performance measurement,
CAPEX budgeting and tracking, Cash flow planning, and long term strategic
planning/business modeling, capital budgeting for 14 million US CAPEX program.
· M&A Advisory services, Tax optimization consulting. Advised 3 clients on Acquisitions
by Fortune 100 companies, Average transaction size 50-200 million EUR.
Major achievement – led Due Diligence, M&A modeling, and Integration for
Millicom Intl acquisition of Oasis (Orascom-DRC Congo).
Other Highlights:
· BPO Change Management Project-Cummins (1/2006-6/2007)
· Assignment Director Moore Stephens Sakhalin (6/2007-11/2008)
· Due Diligence / M&A project - Moscow, Russia 11/2008-03/2009
· Accounting and Tax consulting services for Russian and International clients, according
to Russian Accounting Standards and IFRS. Completed two diligence projects, and Asset
sale of Russian metals recycling company (45 million EUR).
· Corporate Finance restructuring: Resort Operator – Cape Verde 8-12/2009
· Corporate Finance restructuring for 10 million Euro Debt offering, development of
integrated financial model for cash flow and balance sheet forecasting.
· Haiti Mobile Telecoms recovery effort – 3-7/2010
· ERP Development/Implementation Project Solar Now - Uganda 2011/2012
2007-2008 Sakhalin, Russia
· Director Moore Stephens Sakhalin
· Accounting and Tax advisory for Russian and International corporate clients, according
to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and IFRS.
· Quarterly and annual tax reporting; Balance sheet, Corporate income tax, Payroll taxes,
and VAT calculations/declarations. Successfully won 15 million EUR tax claim in Russian
Federal Arbitration court.
· M&A Advisory services, Tax optimization consulting. Advised 3 clients on Acquisitions
by Fortune 100 companies, Average transaction size 50-200 million EUR.
· Advisory services for Corporate Tax planning, Corporate recovery/debt restructuring,
Mergers and Acquisitions.
· Implementation of new internal procedures for time reporting, cost reduction, resulting
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2. in higher recovery rate and increase in billable hours.
11-2002 – 12/ 2003 Leo Burnett Moscow, Russia
Financial Director
· Supervised 16 staff, including 5 in Billing, 1 Chief Accountant, 2 A/P , 1 Tax Manager, 1
Treasurer, 2 A/R, 2 G/L and 2 Legal staff.
· Optimized client documentation of billing for outdoor advertising through electronic
document management system. Result was 75% fewer delays in billing and payment
receipts.
· Developed supplier scoring system to document on time performance and service levels,
with the achievement of reducing number of suppliers by 40% and costs by 25%.
· Consolidated Finance function for 6 Publicis Group entities into shared service center,
with major cost savings and process improvements. Reduced operating overhead costs
by 60%.
· Improved reporting on Client Profitability by developing new project management
system, timesheet reporting, cost management procedures, and KPI benchmarking
(overhead rates/fixed cost absorption, consultant utilization rates, and billable hours).
KPI tracking resulted in upgrading portfolio to high Gross Margin activities on project fee
basis from commission based revenue model.
1/2001 – 11/2002 Reemtsma GmbH Hamburg, Germany
Financial Controller Duty Free and Export
· Reemtsma: International Tobacco Manufacturer with 5 Billion Euro Sales in 2003.
· Financial Controller for Export and Duty free for an international tobacco manufacturer
with annual export and duty free sales of 250m$, including budgeting, forecasting
(quarterly updates), business modeling for capital budgeting (P&L, BS, Cash Flow) over
3+ year horizon.
· Restructured global Export business into three regional businesses, optimizing order
process and supply chain management, as well as working capital/cash flow
management, with an overall 15% improvement in profitability. Increased A/R turnover
to 10X per year, reduced Bad Debt cost from 6% of sales to 2.5% of sales.
· Relocated production for Duty Free and Export business to optimize Production Cost,
and Import Taxes, by shifting production for CIS countries from Germany to Ukraine.
· Developed tax optimized business model for Middle East and Africa sales transactions,
with significant NPV improvements.
5/1999 - 9/2000 Bertelsmann New York, NY
mediaSystems (BmS)
E-Commerce Financial Controller
· BmS is part of Bertelsmann AG - a Media and Entertainment Company with worldwide
sales of 18 billion EUR in 2003.
· Financial management, focused on activity based project control and analysis, with
25m$ budget for an integrated eCommerce solutions.
· Developed financial consolidation, budgeting, intercompany billing and cost control
structures for international E-Commerce and Software consultancy, with 3 development
centers in Germany and U.S.
· Managed financial and legal aspects of vendor and supplier relationships, including
10m$ yearly services account with Oracle. Negotiated 70% percent discounts on licensing
agreements for E- Commerce platform components, value of contract 45m$/yr.
· Implemented SAP Corporate Finance reporting module and proprietary consulting
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3. timesheet management system, in order to perform P & L analysis on project and client
basis.
5/1998 - 3/1999 Nestlé Russia Krasnodar, Russia
Financial Director
· Developed internal financial control, budgeting structure and procedures including
product performance analysis, investment project management and cost control
measures.
· Restructured investment according to optimal taxation and investment options.
· Performed treasury analysis and forecasting according to production budget and
investment plans.
· Developed Activity Based Costing structure with development of cost centers,
manufacturing budget and costing standards.
· Managed Finance, Accounting, HR and IT departments, with local staff of 25.
3/1997 - 5/1998 Nestle International Vevey, Switzerland
Financial Analyst
· Prepared Financial analyses for rapidly growing Russian market including special
feasibility studies concerning Distribution and Logistics.
· Developed a viable financial structure for subsidiaries to optimize performance and
profitability.
· Played a key role in development of Strategic Planning and Investment for Russian
market, including analysis of potential acquisitions (due diligence) and production cost
studies/ internal benchmarking.
EDUCATION
Master's Degree - MBA
12/1996 SDA Bocconi Italy-Lombardy-Milan
· SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy, Master of Business Administration
MBA project: Developed international expansion strategy for Italian
manufacturing company.
6/1992 University of San Diego US-California-San Diego
School of Law.
Bachelor's Degree
5/1991 Washington University US-Missouri-St. Louis
· B.A. History, with focus in Accounting/Finance.
OTHER SKILLS Skill Name Skill Level Last Used Experience
Bilingual – Expert Currently used 15 years
German/Russian/
French
SAP R3 FI/CO Expert Currently used 10 years
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