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Ioana Leca

Ioana Leca

Dubai,United Arab Emirates

Summary

Ioana Leca is an accomplished controlling consultant with extensive experience across pharmacy, manufacturing, food & chemicals, and tobacco industries. She has led SAP S/4HANA FI-CO implementations, integrating cost accounting, product costing, and profitability analysis into business operations. With a deep understanding of financial controlling, she specializes in management accounting.

As a Manager, she has successfully led global template rollouts, provided technical leadership, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to align finance, supply chain, and production processes. Ioana has a strong analytical mindset, ensuring cost efficiency, transparency, and strategic financial decision-making for multinational companies.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Manager

PwC
09.2023 - 02.2025
  • Led the end-to-end implementation of SAP S/4HANA CO, ensuring that financial controlling processes were aligned with business requirements.
  • Spearheaded the design and deployment of new functionalities for product accounting, cost accounting in the UPA environment, and the ICMR tool, enhancing financial transparency and operational efficiency.
  • Optimized material ledger functionalities, ensuring accurate inventory valuation, cost tracking, and period-end closing procedures.
  • Led the architecture of SAP CO processes, including month-end closing, product costing, and cost center management, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Developed a standardized approach for cost allocation, indirect cost absorption, and variance analysis, improving financial visibility across multiple business units.
  • Oversaw integration of master data structures across Finance (FI), Production Planning (PP), Materials Management (MM), and SD, ensuring consistency and eliminating data redundancies.

Manager / CO Team Lead

Deloitte
04.2019 - 09.2023
  • Led the architecture of SAP CO processes, including month-end closing, product costing, and cost center management, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
  • Implemented automated cost allocations and profitability tracking mechanisms, increasing reporting accuracy and decision-making agility.
  • Established governance models for financial master data, reducing errors and enhancing data-driven decision-making.
  • Analyzed, tested, and implemented system enhancements in response to evolving business needs, ensuring scalability and process efficiency.
  • Led user acceptance testing (UAT), managing defect resolution and continuous process improvements within SAP S/4HANA CO.
  • Collaborated with IT teams to develop custom Fiori apps and automation tools, improving end-user experience and financial reporting accuracy.
  • Designed and conducted key user training programs, equipping finance teams with in-depth knowledge of SAP CO functionalities, system utilization, and cost control methodologies.
  • Led executive training workshops, ensuring leadership teams could effectively leverage S/4HANA CO for strategic decision-making.

Global Functional Expert Consultant

Oracle
12.2018 - 04.2019
  • Managed end-to-end activities surrounding integration, maintenance, and enhancements of the revenue allocation process
  • Participated in testing, collaborating with various process and system owners, ensuring consistent global business documentation for SSP and revenue allocations

Senior Controlling & SAP Specialist

British American Tobacco
06.2014 - 12.2018
  • Led the stabilization of SAP Material Ledger across multiple international markets, ensuring accurate inventory valuation, cost tracking, and financial reconciliation.
  • Developed error resolution frameworks to address price discrepancies, material valuation inconsistencies, and cost roll-up issues impacting financial reporting.
  • Ensured compliance with IFRS, GAAP, and local statutory reporting requirements, minimizing financial risks and audit discrepancies.
  • Conducted cross-system reconciliations between SAP FI, CO-PA, BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation), and BI (Business Intelligence) to identify and resolve data inconsistencies.
  • Implemented automated reconciliation processes, reducing manual intervention and improving financial accuracy in intercompany transactions and profit center accounting.
  • Developed budgeting and forecasting models integrated into SAP FI, ensuring real-time cost visibility and financial planning accuracy.
  • Enhanced cost center budgeting methodologies, allowing businesses to track overhead costs, allocate resources effectively, and align financial planning with corporate goals.
  • Designed IFRS-compliant financial reports leveraging SAP Report Painter, Report Writer, and SAP BW/BI tools, ensuring alignment with global financial reporting standards.

Education

Master’s Degree - Audit, Accounting and Management Information Systems-ACCA certified

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting and Management Information Systems (taught in English)

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Skills

  • Controlling
  • Finance
  • S/4HANA Private Cloud
  • SAP Controlling
  • SAP Finance
  • Integration & Rollouts
  • SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud
  • SAP ECC 60
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira tool
  • Confluence
  • Signavio
  • HPQC
  • SOLMAN
  • Power BI
  • Aris IP5
  • MS Office

Languages

English
Fluent
Romanian
Native
Spanish
Elementary

Certification

  • 2020, SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP S/4HANA for Management Accounting Associates (1809)
  • 2018, Budgeting and Variance Analysis (BPP)
  • 2017, Management Accounting (BPP)
  • 2016, IFRS Advanced (BPP)
  • 2015, ACCA (F1–F8 Certified)
  • 2014, Presentation and Public Speaking Skills

Timeline

Manager

PwC
09.2023 - 02.2025

Manager / CO Team Lead

Deloitte
04.2019 - 09.2023

Global Functional Expert Consultant

Oracle
12.2018 - 04.2019

Senior Controlling & SAP Specialist

British American Tobacco
06.2014 - 12.2018

Master’s Degree - Audit, Accounting and Management Information Systems-ACCA certified

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Bachelor’s Degree - Accounting and Management Information Systems (taught in English)

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Ioana Leca