Olga Croft

olga croft

Director at K-Consulting Associates Ltd.

United Kingdom

Bio Summary

Highly competent Management Consultant and Finance Project Manager with the accounting and computer sciences background. Over 20 years of proven track records in delivering the financial applications solutions driven by the business process improvements and outsourcing, corporate restructuring and financial transformations. International industry experience includes banking, insurance, manufacturing and local government. Result driven and highly self-motivated individual and team leader, who readily accepts and enjoys new challenges, capable of dealing with ambiguities and easily fits into new cultures and environments. - Financial and business transformation - Project management office and programme management - Corporate governance and stakeholder engagement best practices

Employment History

K-Consulting Associates Ltd.

Director

K-Consulting Associates Ltd.

June 2012 - December 2021

London, UK

Management consulting services in the area of the financial transformation enabled by technology, project management and programme governance.
Gulf Payments Company

PMO Manager

Gulf Payments Company

March 2019 - September 2020

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Establishment of the Project Management office for the Cross-border Payments Company, that was set up to implement and operate a new Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system in six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Brakes UK

Finance Project Manager For Financial And Governance Transformation

Brakes UK

May 2017 - August 2017

Ashford, UK

• Lead the impact assessment of the legislative financial policy changes to the financial and supply chain functions on the ERP and BI environment • Determined an optimal implementation approach and successfully executed ...see more
EPMOworx Ltd

Finance Project Manager

EPMOworx Ltd

September 2016 - January 2018

London, UK

• Developed the blueprint for the financial management and financial governance functionality of the PMO services application • Designed and implemented the financial strategy for the start-up PMO on-the-cloud business ...see more
Barclays UK

Interim Finance Manager For Payments CIO

Barclays UK

April 2016 - May 2016

London, UK

Interim PMO Financial Manager reporting to CIO of Barclays UK Corporate and Private Banking Payments division responsible for • Managing and optimising Business As Usual (BAU) financial reporting of the off-shore ERP SCC ...see more
VEON

Management Consultant

VEON

January 2016 - March 2016

Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Facilitation of the requirements analysis workshops in the international subsidiaries • Development of blue print and the proof of concept for the European Financial Shared Service Centre
Honeywell

Global SAP Competency Centre Finance Manager

Honeywell

December 2013 - April 2015

Luton, UK

• Implemented a new operating model for central ERP Finance Competency Centre for the European divisions after the company de-investment from Elster Group • Established the effective data governance and change control pr ...see more
Apple

Project Manager

Apple

July 2012 - July 2013

London, UK

at Distribution Centre and Apple On-line Store global SAP ECC6.0 Finance solution roll-out project, July 2012-July 2013 • Facilitated business requirements workshops and designed the global SAP Finance template roll-out so ...see more
Infosys

Principal Consultant

Infosys

November 2010 - July 2012

London, UK

Management consulting services • Actively involved in developing and presenting the responses for client requests for proposal • Worked as business analyst and project manager at multiple financial transformation projects ...see more
Federal Mogul

Finance Applications Manager

Federal Mogul

November 2010 - June 2012

Manchester, UK

As finance manager of the IT Applications Centre of Excellence • Lead the operations of the Global Shared Service Finance stream • Streamlined Change Control procedures • Designed and managed all SAP finance transforma ...see more
Lodestone Management Consults, AG

Senior Consultant

Lodestone Management Consults, AG

August 2007 - October 2008

Zürich, Switzerland

Financial transformation projects enabled by ERP technology: - Allianz Insurance Shared Service Centre - Bratislava, Slovakia - BMW, Germany

Selected Project Experience

Project Description:
Establishment of the Project Management office for the Cross-border Payments Company, that was set up to implement and operate a new Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system in six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Finance

Project Description:
• Developed the blueprint for the financial management and financial governance functionality of the PMO services application • Designed and implemented the financial strategy for the start-up PMO on-the-cloud business • Project managing the development of the financial management functionality of the PMO application

Industry: Technology

Topic(s): Finance

Project Description:
Finance Project Manager for Financial and Governance Transformation programme: • Lead the impact assessment of the legislative financial policy changes to the financial and supply chain functions on the ERP and BI environment • Determined an optimal implementation approach and successfully executed project plan on a very tight deadline • Facilitated a collaborative winning team of the internal SMEs, third-parry suppliers and the outsourcing partners to optimise the resources allocation • Demonstrated resilience and leadership in mitigating the ‘show-stopper’ risks within the complex integrated programme delivery • Simultaneously managed three projects: Fiscal Year Change, Multi-entity ERP template roll-out, new SOX compliance reporting

Industry: Consumer Products

Topic(s): Finance

Project Description:
Interim Finance Manager for Payments CIO: Interim PMO Financial Manager reporting to CIO of Barclays UK Corporate and Private Banking Payments division responsible for • Managing and optimising Business As Usual (BAU) financial reporting of the off-shore ERP SCC • Improving the financial governance and change control process of the Structural Reform Programme (SRP)

Industry: Financial Services

Topic(s): Project & Program Management

Education

Associate's in Business Administration/Management

Corporate Governance Institute (Ireland)

2021

Master's in Business Administration/Management

Cranfield School of Management

2007

Master's in Applied Mathematics

Moscow State University

1987

Language Skills

Country Experience

Belgium France Italy Kyrgyzstan Netherlands Saudi Arabia Slovakia Switzerland United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan

Skills

Information Technology

ERP,

IT PMO

Education and Training

Program Management

Business

Project Management,

Benefit Realization,

Dashboard Development,

KPIs,

Strategy Execution,

Business Case,

Operating Model,

Scenario Planning,

Carve-out,

Merger & Acquisitions,

Post Merger Integration,

Spin-Offs,

Valuation,

Asset Management

Law, Regulation, and Compliance

Corporate Governance

Finance

Risk Governance,

Budgeting,

Consolidation,

Cost Management,

Financial Modeling,

Financial Analysis

Environment

Sustainable Investing

Industry Experience

Material

Chemicals

Principal Investors

Private Equity