Marija Cindric

• Project leader for implementation of recharging process for South East Market • Support to the Finance Director and Management Board members in the business across a wide range of internal projects and on-going commercial & operational initiatives • Support to South East Market IT Manager in : achieving Zone targets, internal IT projects from finance side, analyzing variances between actual and forecast budget, providing recommendations for business optimization, cost saving and cost avoidance

• Leading Accounting Operations team • Managing Accounting activities for Croatia and Slovenia • Reporting Croatian and Slovenian books for consolidation of the Adriatic Region to HQ Swiss • Reconciliation of Local and Nestle's financial reports • Managing external and internal audit for Accounting areas (AP, AO) • Preparation and coordination of all required Accounting reports for internal and external purposes

• Consolidated reporting to the stakeholder (Nestle Switzerland, Vevey), P&Land B/S on quarterly bases – based on Nestle accounting standard (NAS), Nestle Internal Balance Sheet (NIBS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS) •Preparing monthly VAT reports, support in Corporate income tax report preparation (including withholding tax activities) for Croatia •Cooperate with auditors during Nestlé, statutory or taxation audits and prepare the requested documentation

•Insure sufficient liquidity of each Legal Entity by regular Working Capital and Cash Flow forecast, actuals tracking and reporting vs. forecast •Identify inter-company funding/investing strategy and opportunities in cooperation with Group Treasury Centre •Manage bank relationships and negotiations •Identify, quantify FX exposures and propose hedging options •Manage bank fees – regular analysis and benchmarking to optimize costs

• Reception ,control and processing of incoming invoices for services • Vendor payment proposal ( domestic and foreign payments ) • Reconciliation of vendors' accounts (monthly) • Participation in Nestle Business Service Transition project for AP part (shared service center integration) • Participating in period end closing (monthly)

• Processing of payments (e-banking ) and bank statements • Reconciliation and confirmation of open items with customers for internal and external audit purposes • Preparation of month end closing steps and activities in scope of responsibilities • Monthly reporting to National bank • Participation in NBS Transition project for AR/GL part (shared service center integration)

- administrative work related to customs operations: - sorting of the customs documents, - informing customers about the advent of shipments in a customs warehouse (fax, phone, e-mail), - records shipments in a customs warehouse computer program (data entry, issuing of goods), billing,accommodation costs associated with shipments in a customs warehouse

Accounting