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Work History
Education
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Interests
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Claire Papazidis

Accounting & Financial Reporting, Accountant
Claire Papazidis

Summary

Focused Accountant & DeFi advocate with 10+ years of delivering outstanding results in financial analysis, reconciliation & regulatory reporting (US GAAP /IFRS) including monitoring & control of $million business with a passion for rapidly evolving blockchain.

Overview

21
years of professional experience

Work History

Giveth.io
Remote

Support: Web3 Onboard & Cryptocurrency Offramp
01.2022 - 07.2023

Job overview

  • Find optimal solutions & coach non-profits to fundraise in Crypto, onboard to Web3, offramp funds with DeFi transactions
  • Networked to find potential new clients, maintained relationships, provide clients with thorough support & guidance
  • Develop analytical aptitude to understand, evaluate and monitor Blockchain transactions
  • Conducted research, produced insightful report to develop strategy to improve client satisfaction, improve product & service, identify efficiencies
  • Understand on-chain voting, staking and tokenomics; participate in Web3 DAO governance

Shop WithOut Packaging
London

Co-founder, Business And Finance Director
01.2018 - 09.2020

Job overview

  • Established efficient foundational processes for business operations: I set-up ERP for sales, purchasing, stock, employee & customer management, KPIs, financial monitoring & tracking
  • Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition, identify advantageous trends, pricing & stock costs
  • Contributed to financial and operational risk reduction by evaluating effectiveness of controls and subsystems, especially managing business through COVID.

GRACEaid (Reg. Charity)
London

Co-Founder, Trustee Treasury
10.2015 - Current

Job overview

Established foundational processes for charity operations, set-up Accounting structures, mapping, systems & integrations, manage leases

Manage all aspects of cryptocurrency fundraising & DeFi transactions on Blockchain (GRACEaid)

Treasurer role for last 2 years: responsible for Regulatory submissions & audit

National Australia Bank
Glasgow

Management Accountant & Financial
02.2003 - 10.2005

Job overview

  • Developed technical understanding of accounting principles to transition reporting from and change General Ledger mapping to migrate from UK GAAP to IFRS at NAB
  • Ownership for financial reporting function of $multi-million revenue for Securities & Primary Capital Markets; preparing consolidated financial statements under US GAAP and autonomy managing internal controls and reconciliations (Morgan Stanley)
  • Manage and build new budget internal controls, scenario-modelling 70 cost centres with summary roll-ups for internal control and financial planning (NAB)
  • Successfully set-up ERP system: account mapping, stock management, employee and resource planning; leverage system for ongoing process improvements (SWOP)
  • Manage all aspects of cryptocurrency fundraising and DeFi transactions on Blockchain (GRACEaid)

Morgan Stanley
London

Management & Financial Accountant
10.2005 - 05.2013

Job overview

  • Autonomous responsibility for $multi-million revenue Business units: prepare consolidated financial statements under US GAAP; manage internal controls, reconciliations; ensure compliance, mitigate reporting risk (Morgan Stanley)

Education

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
London, UK

CPA Equivalent - CIMA

Coventry University
UK

Master of Science from Information Technology For Management
04.2001

Birmingham City University
UK

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Business Administration
04.2001

BA (Hons) from Business Administration

University Overview

GPA: 2:1, Upper Second Class

Skills

    Analytical Aptitude

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Accomplishments

  • Achieved "Award for Excellence" as project lead for in/outbound deployment projects to transition functions to Service Centres
  • Achieved transition from UK GAAP to IFRS reporting & remapped general ledger accounts as part of technical project team
  • Achieved efficiency, cost saving, new internal controls procedures: created scenario-modelling reports to evaluate business drivers for 70 cost centres (NAB)

Interests

Blockchain analysis & Web3 conferences

Community initiatives/volunteering

Hiking, swimming, yoga, electic guitar

Timeline

Support: Web3 Onboard & Cryptocurrency Offramp

Giveth.io
01.2022 - 07.2023

Co-founder, Business And Finance Director

Shop WithOut Packaging
01.2018 - 09.2020

Co-Founder, Trustee Treasury

GRACEaid (Reg. Charity)
10.2015 - Current

Management & Financial Accountant

Morgan Stanley
10.2005 - 05.2013

Management Accountant & Financial

National Australia Bank
02.2003 - 10.2005

Coventry University

Master of Science from Information Technology For Management
04.2001

Birmingham City University

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Business Administration
04.2001

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

CPA Equivalent - CIMA

BA (Hons) from Business Administration
Claire PapazidisAccounting & Financial Reporting, Accountant