Valeriy Kosovan

Valeriy Kosovan is an international finance executive and transformation leader with more than twenty years of experience spanning corporate finance, SaaS, logistics, ERP implementation, international tax structuring, operational finance, strategic planning and business transformation. His career demonstrates a rare combination of high-level strategic finance leadership and deep operational execution.

His professional profile is especially attractive for technology companies, SaaS businesses, logistics groups, founder-led scale-ups and international organisations that require not only financial oversight, but also the ability to design scalable systems, implement operational discipline, improve reporting visibility and support long-term strategic growth.

One of the defining characteristics of Valeriy’s career is his ability to build finance functions from the ground up. Throughout his work with different ventures, he has operated in environments where rapid growth outpaced existing financial structures. In these situations he has been responsible for creating the financial architecture required to support scaling businesses — accounting systems, management reporting, budgeting processes, treasury operations, procurement controls, payroll systems, banking infrastructure, tax planning frameworks and internal financial governance.

In senior finance roles, including Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance, Valeriy’s responsibilities included oversight of accounting operations, financial planning, budgeting, tax strategy, banking relationships, compliance, cash-flow management and investor-facing financial reporting.

His achievements include implementing international corporate structures aligned with long-term strategic objectives, maintaining efficient tax structures, initiating and completing external audit processes, creating group-wide management and tax accounting systems, establishing budgeting procedures and building specialised financial functions including treasury, accounts payable, accounts receivable and procurement.

What makes these achievements particularly important is the complexity of the operating environment. Valeriy has been heavily involved in designing and implementing international corporate structures across several jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Cyprus, China, Georgia, Bulgaria, Estonia, Czechia and Ukraine. These structures were created as part of a deliberate long-term strategy to support investor readiness, separate operational risks, optimise tax exposure, improve banking transparency and create scalable foundations for future growth.

Importantly, his involvement has extended beyond high-level planning. He has managed practical implementation challenges including banking relationships, payment providers, VAT compliance, legal coordination, operational setup and financial infrastructure. His expertise in international structuring and cross-border finance includes holding-company design, withholding tax optimisation, UK–Cyprus structures, IP migration strategies, dividend and royalty flows, corporate residency considerations, investor-friendly structures, cross-border compliance and long-term tax-efficient planning.

Another major strength is finance transformation and ERP implementation. Recent projects demonstrate leadership in migrating complex organisations from fragmented spreadsheet-based financial management into scalable ERP-driven finance operations. One significant example involved migrating a large organisation from Google Sheets into Odoo Accounting.

The transformation work demonstrates several executive-level competencies: ability to lead change in complex organisations, understanding of operational finance beyond accounting, experience managing ERP implementation risk, process redesign capability, stakeholder management across departments and practical understanding of how systems affect business decision-making.

Work in gross profit forecasting and operational financial planning also shows a finance leader focused on forward-looking business management. This includes profitability analysis, KPI development, budgeting frameworks, operational forecasting and financial modelling designed to support strategic decision-making.

Overall, Valeriy Kosovan can be described as a modern strategic CFO and transformation executive with strong international exposure and deep operational capability. His experience goes beyond traditional accounting leadership: building and scaling finance functions, designing international corporate structures, implementing ERP and operational finance systems, improving reporting and financial visibility, supporting growth and investment readiness, optimising tax and operational structures, managing cross-border operations and acting as a strategic adviser to business leadership.