YULIYA POLOZHENTSEVA, CFA
Spain, - , --SUMMARY
Finance manager with 15 years of experience in corporate finance, planning, management consulting, investments and banking.
Skills: CFO, financial modeling and analysis, financial planning and analysis, unit economics, capital budgeting and FP&A,
investment due diligence, startup and fundraising consulting, strategy development and processes optimization.
Citizenship- Kazakhstan. Current residence permit in Spain, until 2027. Fluent in English, native in Russian, Spanish B1.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sapakara Fun Parks, amusement parks
Barcelona, 05/2024- now
Fractional CFO, (contract)
Consulting on Group equity and organization structure, intercompany asset transfer, fundraising, and accounting supervision.
Valuation and management of the company’s growth in 2 new locations. Financial and tax consulting.
Almak Capital, Investment Fund
Venture Partner (remote)
European VC deals sourcing for MENA and Asian investors, due diligence, investor relations.
Spanish startups scouting and analysis, EU grant programmes.
Dubai, 05/ 2023 – now
EA Ventures, family office PE and VC fund
Almaty, 09/ 2021- 04/ 2023
Investment Director
Launched VC fund, placed USD10m in early-stage deals, managed USD5m in PE legacy;
Defined investment strategy and thesis of the Fund, chaired investment committee, and managed international LP/ GP relations;
Investment analysis, financial analysis, due diligence, both legal and financial, and portfolio management.
Structured the planned features and rails for a new fintech product in the EU.
Kazakhtelecom, national telco
Almaty, 01/2020- 08/2021
Senior CAPEX manager
Due diligence of USD150m annual CAPEX budget, including M&A. Optimization and gate keeping of Capex oversubscription.
Drafted and approved the new capital budgeting policy of the incumbent with 20,000 FTE at Management and BoD levels.
Ensured the strategic levers were implemented in CAPEX on par with financial, ensuring strategic growth and country’s security.
Proprietary consulting and academic teaching
Online, 01/ 2017- 12/-+ clients coached for consulting competencies, 4 got offers to MBB.
Financial consulting, modeling and valuation of SME and private businesses.
Lectured finance courses for under-/ post- graduate students in leading universities of Kazakhstan.
McKinsey & Company
Astana, 01/2014- 04/ 2015
Senior business analyst
Developed and implemented strategic innovation with management and business teams across energy sector, banks (process and
cost optimization), telecom (strategy), mining (value chain and product expansion), IT sector (M&A transaction in Finland).
UniCredit Graduate programme
Rotation across trade finance, transaction valuation and credit tracks.
Milan, 10/ 2012 – 10/ 2013
HSBC Bank Kazakhstan
Almaty, 01/ 2010- 09/ 2012
Wholesale credit risk
Managed portfolio of USD300m AUM for the quality of investments, risk analysis, prudential and Group HQ reporting.
Portfolio impairment and stress testing, threshold ration calculation. Risk Management Committee secretary.
Due diligence of credit requests, financial analysis of borrowers and stress -testing;
EDUCATION
CFA Charterholder, CFA Institute
USA, 2019- now
UniCredit graduate programme
Master in Banking and Entrepreneurship
Milan, Italy-
University of Birmingham
BSc Urban planning and public policy
KIMEP University, an American- style university in Central Asia
BSc Finance and Accounting, Summa cum Laude
Birmingham, UK-
Almaty, Kazakhstan-
