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Natalia Ursachi

Finance
Mellieha

Summary

Detail-oriented with financial data and careful to follow accounting best practices and regulatory requirements. Helps drive financial improvements with reliable, accurate and compliant records for forecasting and business planning.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
36
36
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Accountant and Treasury Officer

Granturo Services Ltd
03.2024 - 04.2026

Preparing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements

  • Maintain accurate general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations
  • Leading month-end and year-end close processes
  • Ensuring compliance with IFRS/GAAP and company accounting policies
  • Managing daily cash positioning and short-term cash forecasting
  • Overseeing bank accounts across multiple currencies and jurisdictions
  • Executing and reviewing payment runs (vendors, payroll, royalties, refunds)
  • Monitoring liquidity to ensure sufficient funds for operational needs
  • Liaising with banks and payment service providers on account setup, limits, mandates, and documentation
  • Reconciling bank statements, settlement accounts, and payment gateways
  • Supporting accurate revenue recognition linked to cash collections
  • Supporting onboarding and management of payment processors and wallets
  • Maintaining strong internal controls over cash, banking, and payments
  • Supporting KYC/AML and compliance requirements with banks and partners
  • Preparing treasury-related schedules for internal and external audits
  • Monitoring fraud risks and unusual cash movements
  • Supporting VAT/GST, withholding tax, and statutory filings related to cash and revenue
  • Coordinating with auditors on banking, treasury, and revenue processes
  • Ensuring compliance with local financial and regulatory requirements
  • Improving and automate banking, treasury, and reconciliation processes
  • Maintaining treasury and accounting systems accuracy
  • Implementing new tools, banks, or payment solutions

Senior Accounatnt

Rootz Ltd
Gzira, Malta
10.2021 - 03.2024

Prepare and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements

Ensuring accurate general ledger maintenance and reconciliations

Leading month-end and year-end close processes

Ensuring compliance with IFRS/GAAP and company accounting policies

Reviewing work prepared by junior accountants

Providing guidance, coaching, and technical support to team members

Ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of accounting deliverables

Handling accruals, provisions, prepayments, and estimates

Managing fixed assets, depreciation, and capitalization

Overseing revenue recognition and cost allocation

Accounting for leases, foreign currency, and intercompany transactions

Coordinating external and internal audits

Prepareingaudit schedules and respond to auditor queries

Maintaining and improve internal controls and accounting processes

Ensuring timely tax filings and statutory compliance (VAT/GST, withholding tax)

Maintaining and improving ERP/accounting systems

Supporting automation and efficiency initiatives

Assisting in implementing new accounting standards or system upgrades

Overseeing Banking & Cash Operations

Monitoring Payment Platforms & Transaction Operations

Coordinating Revenue & Settlement Operations with Payment Product team and other teams within the company

Maintaining Controls, Compliance & Risk over banking activities

Accountant

Rootz Ltd
Gzira, Malta
10.2019 - 10.2021

Maintaining general ledger, journal entries, and account reconciliations

Managing month-end and year-end close

Handling VAT/GST and digital services taxes

Supporting statutory filings and regulatory compliance

Assist with internal and external audits

Managing accounts payable and receivable

Monitoring cash flow from multiple currencies and regions

Reconciling payment processors and wallets

Maintaining internal controls to prevent fraud

Monitoring refunds, chargebacks, and suspicious transactions

Ensuring accuracy across high-volume transaction data

Senior Accountant- Controller

Moneymatrix Limited
St. Julians , Malta
04.2018 - 09.2019

Downloading and analyzing reports from various operational backends (Payments related);

Running the daily reconciliation of payment transactions activity;

Investigations of reconciliation discrepancies;

Manual Corrections monitoring;

Liquidity reporting;

Banking relationship - opening new accounts, liasing with banking managers, other relationship issues;

Update and Maintain day to day accounting records: Bank, Trade Payables/Receivables, G/L entries,

Accruals and Prepayments;

Bank reconciliations;

Supplier reconciliations;

Monthly Intercompany Reconciliation;

Assisting in FX Management;

· Processing payments (for supplier invoices);

· Assisting with the completion of VAT returns;

· Generating Accounting records from Operational data reports;

· Assist with the preparation of regular management accounts;

· Prepare other ad hoc reports to the Finance Manager;

· Internal control policies and procedures related to finance;

· Assisting in preparation of Regulatory reporting; Working closely with such frameworks as Banking Act, MFSA Guidances, Circulars and other legislation related to a licensed financial institution.

Audit Senior Associate

3A Malta Limited
Msida, Malta
11.2018 - 03.2019

Performing statutory audits in accordance with international standards on auditing.

Manage the audit process as well as assisting clients in the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAPSME or IFRSs;

Ensuring audit conclusions are based on a complete understanding of the process, circumstances, and risk;

Identifying issues raised and offering recommended solutions relevant to business and risk;

Knowledge of current accounting principles and auditing techniques, including international accounting standards;

Group Accountant

Continvest Holdings Limited
Luqa, Malta
04.2017 - 10.2017

Supporting in the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS);

Preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRS;

Assisting in analysis and preparation of monthly/quarterly financial and management data reporting packages, budgets of subsidiaries and other related correspondence;

Assisting the Group’s external auditors with periodic audits of consolidated financial statements;

Providing support to the Group’s subsidiaries on questions related to the preparation of reporting packages and IFRS related matters;

Contributing to the enhancement of quality, efficiency and effectiveness of group financial reporting processes as well as to the implementation of improvement initiatives;

Supporting the identification, reduction and prevention of errors and irregularities;

Various ad-hoc involvements in group-wide coordination tasks.

Audit senior

HLB Falzon & Falzon
Floriana, Malta
02.2010 - 03.2017

Advising on to clients' maintenance and keeping of accounting records;

Leading and executing audit engagements from planning to completion

Develop audit plans, risk assessments, and audit programs

Ensuring audits are performing in accordance with IFRS/GAAP and firm methodology

Reviewing financial statements and disclosures for accuracy and compliance

Identifing audit issues and propose practical solutions

Drafting audit reports and management letters

Acting as the main point of contact for clients during audits

Communicating audit findings and recommendations to management

Building and maintaining strong client relationships

Junio Audit Assistant

HLB Falzon & Falzon
Floriana, Malta
12.2008 - 01.2010

Communicating with clients to obtain required information

Maintaining professional relationships with client staff

Participating in on-site or remote audit engagements

Preparing and maintaininging working papers

Ensure audit files meet firm quality and documentation standards

Following audit methodologies and checklists

Preparing bank, AR/AP, and balance sheet reconciliations

Performing data analysis using Excel or audit software

Assisting with confirmations (bank, customer, supplier)

Accounts Clerk

Triton Diving Services Ltd.,
Balzan, Malta
10.2008 - 11.2009

Verifying and posting transactions up to general ledger.

Filing.

Handling transactions with foreign companies.

Bank reconciliation.

Managing accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Generating invoices and monthly statements for clients.

Office manager, translator, Clerk

I.I “Account-Timbal'', Chisinau (Moldova)
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
01.2002 - 02.2004

Book keeping with strict attention to detail,

Verified and posted transactions up to general ledger,

Generated monthly statements and invoices for customers,

Communicated with customers to address inquiries and resolve issues.

Education

Bachelor degree in Banking and Brokerage - Banking and Brokerage

Free International University of Moldova
Chishinau
09.1996 - 06.2021

Equivalence to Advance Diploma in Accounting and A - Accounting and Audit

ACCA
Malta
12.2008 - 01.2020

Skills

Risk analysis

Balance sheet management

Critical thinking in finance

Financial analysis

Results-Oriented mindset

Payroll processing

Management accounts production

Holistic view

Corporate accounting

Financial software literacy

Fraud detection and prevention

Audit coordination

Ethical conduct

Staff development and mentoring

Profit and Loss Analysis

Account reconciliation

Fixed asset monitoring

Debt recovery strategy

Audit procedures

Bank reconciliations

Cost-reduction strategies

Management accounting

Languages

English
Fluent
Romanian
Native
Russian
Native
Italian
Elementary

Communication skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Confident, articulate, and professional speaking abilities (and experience)

 Empathic listener and persuasive speaker.
Writing creative or factual.
Speaking in public, to groups, or via electronic media.
Good presentation and negotiation skills

Timeline

Senior Accountant and Treasury Officer

Granturo Services Ltd
03.2024 - 04.2026

Senior Accounatnt

Rootz Ltd
10.2021 - 03.2024

Accountant

Rootz Ltd
10.2019 - 10.2021

Audit Senior Associate

3A Malta Limited
11.2018 - 03.2019

Senior Accountant- Controller

Moneymatrix Limited
04.2018 - 09.2019

Group Accountant

Continvest Holdings Limited
04.2017 - 10.2017

Audit senior

HLB Falzon & Falzon
02.2010 - 03.2017

Junio Audit Assistant

HLB Falzon & Falzon
12.2008 - 01.2010

Equivalence to Advance Diploma in Accounting and A - Accounting and Audit

ACCA
12.2008 - 01.2020

Accounts Clerk

Triton Diving Services Ltd.,
10.2008 - 11.2009

Office manager, translator, Clerk

I.I “Account-Timbal'', Chisinau (Moldova)
01.2002 - 02.2004

Bachelor degree in Banking and Brokerage - Banking and Brokerage

Free International University of Moldova
09.1996 - 06.2021
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