Paweł Popławski
FinTech specialist with expertise in corporate finance, strategic communication
Information Technology
Cybersecurity
Market Analysis
Financial Management
Systems Engineering
Professional Status
Freelancer
Available
About Me
A FinTech entrepreneur with international experience in corporate, academic, and public-sector operations on four continents. Author of several scientific publications.
Visiting Scholar
Griffith University
July 2017
to May 2018
- Built data integration and verification algorithms
- Analyzed network operations in the internet of things
- Participated in current activities as a member of the Machine Intelligence and Pattern Analysis Laboratory team within the Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems.
Financial Analyst
Bank BPH
January 2013
to January 2014
- OPEX Coordination
- Coordinated general OPEX budget execution
- Developed OPEX models for stress tests
- Reported the costs of sourcing projects
- Coordinated general OPEX budget execution
- Sourcing and Purchase-Based Savings
- Reviewed purchase-based saving initiatives
- Modeled the budget impact of purchase-based savings
- Prepared budget estimates
- Reviewed purchase-based saving initiatives
- Budgeting
- Prepared budgets for the IT department
- Budgeted the costs of IT services and applications
- Prepared budgets for the IT department
- US GAAP Reviews
- Reviewed and analyzed Bank BPH's US GAAP performance
- Led monthly reviews of financial results
- Reviewed and analyzed Bank BPH's US GAAP performance
- Reporting
- Prepared and filed reports for SEC, Fed, FSA, NYSBD
- Reconciled FX, revenue, and accruals in the general ledger
- Calculated US GAAP adjustments
- Booked US GAAP adjustments in the general ledger
- Prepared and filed reports for SEC, Fed, FSA, NYSBD
- Policy Making
- Adjusted policies of Bank BPH to comply with GE Capital's
- Analyzed and mapped the US GAAP adjustment processes
- Drafted missing policies, e.g. for affiliate transactions
- Participated in OPEX councils, executive board meetings
- Adjusted policies of Bank BPH to comply with GE Capital's
- Skills Development
- Oracle Discoverer, Oracle RDBMS
- Content management in PHP (Drupal)
- Bloomberg Terminal, Thomson Reuters Eikon
- SAP Business Objects, IBM SPSS Modeller, PSPP
- Oracle Discoverer, Oracle RDBMS
Financial Management Program
GE Capital Europe
January 2013
to January 2014
- Business roles: Controllership, US GAAP team; Bank BPH S.A.; Gdańsk, Poland; FP&A, OPEX team; Bank BPH S.A.; Warsaw, Poland
- FMP coursework: Foundations (London, UK), Operations (Paris, France)
- Managed the taskforce for the intranet community service of GE Capital Europe FMP using HTML, SQL, and Ruby on Rails
- Carried out financial simulations in cross-business teams
Management Consulting Trainee
KPMG Advisory
October 2012
to December 2012
- Industry focus: renewable energy, telecommunications, supply chain management (postal services)
- Country focus: Poland, Slovakia, Romania
- Analyzed pricing policies and modelled cash flow
- Carried out regulatory analysis and audited operational activities
IT Project Manager (CEMS Intern)
EDP Soluções Comerciais
May 2012
to July 2012
- Structured CAPEX, OPEX investment budget control for subsidiaries in Portugal and Spain
- Reviewed and proposed roles and responsibilities in operations, IT, and business support units
- Created methodologies for cost modelling, intangible assets value assessment
- Streamlined project portfolio management
Summer Intern
POLITYKA
July 2008
- Researched and fact-checked for Mr Jacek Żakowski
- Analyzed government solutions and social security policies in Europe and post-Soviet countries
- Participated in technical training at Poland's major weekly magazine
IT Specialist
State Food Safety and Veterinary Inspectorate of the Republic of Armenia
July 2006
to December 2007
- Built and administered a computer network for the TACIS project EuropeAid120651/C/SV/AM
- Provided a series of workshops for the local staff of the project in database management and IT
- Managed communication with the Armenian State Food Safety and Veterinary Inspectorate
- Coordinated and provided technical support to day-to-day activities of the project
Volunteer
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Warsaw
February 2007
to March 2007
- Managed social media communication
- Organized the Francisco de Miranda Open Library
- Prepared briefings and press reviews
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English
Expert
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Spanish
Expert
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Polish
Expert
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Russian
Expert
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French
Expert
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Portuguese
Advanced
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Italian
Advanced
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Portfolio Management
Expert
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Financial Modeling
Expert
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Forecasting
Advanced
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Budgeting
Advanced
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Financial Reporting
Advanced
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Competitive Analysis
Expert
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Strategy Analysis
Advanced
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Regulatory Analysis
Advanced
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Market Research
Advanced
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Public Relations
Advanced
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Media Planning
Advanced
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Web Development
Advanced
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Content Management
Good
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Social Media
Good
Thesis "Financial Stability in Central and Eastern Europe: The Impact of Foreign Investment" written under the supervision of Prof. Michal Brzoza-Brzezina
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B.A., Quantitative Methods in Economics and Information Systems
Warsaw School of Economics
September 2007
to July 2010
Thesis "A Socioeconomic Analysis of the French Immigration Policy: 1995-2009" written under the supervision of Prof. Irena E. Kotowska (Warsaw School of Economics) and Marek Kupiszewski, Ph.D, D.Sc. of the Central European Forum for Migration Research, the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences
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Summer School; Mexican History, Arts, and Literature
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
August 2016
to October 2016
Exchange Program; Geointelligence for Natural Resources Evaluation and Sustainable Management
MINES ParisTech
March 2016
to May 2016