ALSU's CV
ALSU MARDIEVA
Treasury, Accounting & Financial Reporting Specialist
Profile summary
Strategic Treasury, Accounting and Financial Reporting Specialist with 15 years of experience shaping financial operations, cash management and compliance outcomes across international markets including GCC region. Trilingual in Russian, English and Arabic, bringing cross-cultural team leadership and deep expertise in bank reconciliations, multi-currency payments, variance analysis and regulatory filings. Committed to maintaining rigorous internal controls, audit readiness and operational precision across multi-entity corporate structures.
Career highlights
Financial Operations Management: Processed daily accounts receivable inflows of USD 1 to 5 million at peak season while managing multi-currency reconciliations and SWIFT payments.
Financial Analysis and Recovery: Identified and recovered over 2,000,000 in misallocated expenses through detailed variance analysis and reduced accounts receivable collection time down to 30-60 days.
Regulatory Compliance and Advisory: Manages 7 active client accounts simultaneously, navigating company registration across 12 UAE regulatory authorities and preparing KYC and AML documentation packages.
Professional Certification: Completed specialized professional development including the 72 hour Finance and Accounting for Finance Managers program at the Virginia Institute of Training.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directs operational activity for small and mid-sized entities, steering regulatory compliance, banking facilitation, and financial operations across Mainland and Free Zones.
- Manages 7 active client accounts simultaneously, with full support from company registration through bank account opening and ongoing compliance.
- Develops and maintains KYC and AML documentation packages in line with UAE regulatory standards and individual bank requirements, keeping clients audit-ready.
- Manages the full company registration cycle across 12 UAE regulatory authorities, including DMCC, DIFC, ADGM, JAFZA, DTA, RAKEZ, MEYDAN, IFZA, DED, DMA, MOFA, and FTA.
- Prepares structured compliance roadmaps, regulatory filing trackers, and dashboards for all client accounts.
Managed banking operations, treasury functions, and accounts payable and receivable workflows for a luxury travel business operating across the UAE, the Maldives, and the Seychelles. Built a finance team of 3 from scratch to support high-volume international transactions.
- Processed daily accounts receivable inflows of USD 1 to 5 million at peak season, generating invoices of USD 50,000 to 450,000 per day across 80 to 120 international tour operators monthly.
- Executed accounts payable payments exceeding AED 500,000 per transaction on a weekly basis to luxury partner hotels across multiple international destinations.
- Executed multi-currency reconciliations, SWIFT payments, and cash position monitoring across international accounts while engaging daily with 50 tour operators, hotel partners, and banks.
Reported to the leadership team while managing financial operations, treasury workflows, and strategic stakeholder relationships across multiple organizational units in a regulated academic and corporate environment.
- Identified and recovered over 2,000,000 in misallocated expenses through detailed variance analysis and reconciliation protocols.
- Reduced accounts receivable collection time from 150-180 to 30-60 days, cutting accumulated overdue debt by 70%.
- Restructured departmental spending following a mid-year 400,000 budget cut approved by the Board of Trustees.
- Identified and resolved a 150,000 budget discrepancy by auditing contractor rates against established agreements.
Shaped financial operations and accounting strategy across manufacturing and community organizations in Melbourne, steering banking and treasury functions, monthly reporting cycles, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
- Executed monthly period close procedures, posting journal entries and reconciling complex cost centres while maintaining general ledger accuracy.
- Managed daily banking operations, processing transactions, multi-currency accounts, and currency conversions.
- Contributed to KYC, anti-money laundering, and internal control frameworks while supporting audit documentation.
- Manages seven to eight active client accounts simultaneously, overseeing full support from company registration through bank account opening and ongoing compliance.
- Builds KYC and AML documentation packages aligned with UAE regulatory standards and individual bank requirements to keep client portfolios audit-ready.
Education
recognised in Australia as equivalent to a Bachelor's degree
Certifications
Languages
Russian · Professional
English · Professional
Arabic · Intermediate