Athanasia Karachaliou

Prepared project reports, financial reports, and budget outlines for Executives. Designed and documented strategic goals, outcomes, and related projects, whilst facilitating processes. Guided and mentored project teams to perform in accordance with company's standards by providing training and support to project members. Co-ordinated design of SAP FI/CO optimisation, resulted in improving process efficiency as well as productivity. Tracked outcomes and ensured value creation by measuring KPIs and monitoring OKRs.

• Strengthened presence of organisation in Greek islands by leading pre- and post-merger activities of five small business acquisitions.
• Successfully completed projects according to strategic objectives within budget and time constraints.
• Enhanced organisation’s reporting by leading implementation of SAP BI/BW.

Oversaw all aspects of project management, including setting deadlines, prioritising tasks, and assigning project deliverables to team members. Contributed to complex programs spanning the entire lifecycle, including concept, feasibility, and financial management. Delivered quality services, whilst leading stakeholders’ engagements. Supervised planning and implementation of JDA by designing new merchandising business processes.

• Spearheaded pre- and post-merger activities of two small business acquisitions as well as three asset deals of strategic importance to strengthen organisation’s presence in Greece mainland.
• Planned as well as executed new IT solutions and improved process efficiency at stores by leading analysis and design of new processes.

Provided high-level of administrative support and personal assistance to CFO by managing sensitive/complex calendars and liaising between internal/external associates. Led four major horizontal deals from strategy evolution to post-acquisition integration and audit. Assessed, revised, and summarised miscellaneous reports/documents, including competition, macroeconomic, and financial statement analysis, whilst overseeing Strategic Dialogue and Financial lifecycle. Planned and executed share capital increases through ATHEX (Athens Stock Exchange).

• Successfully managed transition from Local GAAP to IFRS by co-ordinating financial activities.
• Played a key role in maximising organisation’s rapid organic growth, including 100+ stores and more than three distribution centres within eight years through M&As.
• Oversaw implementation of SAP FI/CO (transition from AS400 to SAP) as well as execution of EDI for invoice posting, resulting in improving process efficiency and productivity.
• Identified organisation’s investment needs by conducting and monitoring the sign-off of bond loans and syndicated loans from inception to repayment.
• Enhanced business process design, whilst serving as business architect within P2P/O2C and directing the implementation of SAP ERP.