Petra Michalkova

Head of Finance Governance Cash and Cost Operations

Bratislava, Slovakia

About

Experience

  • Swiss Re (16 yrs)
    • Head Governance FCF BP BTS
      May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

      I am leading a team of Governance experts within Finance Corporate Functions (FCF). We provide guidance, information and a strong risk & control framework that supports FCF's objectives. - Performing Risk and Control Self-Assessment - Designing new/enhanced controls to address the risk identified - Driving the resolution of issues and observations following control assessments - Reporting and investigating the root cause of Operational Events, identifying actions to prevent such cases - Liaising with internal and external auditors

    • Process&Controls in CoC Finance
      Aug 2010 - May 2021 · 10 yrs 10 mos

      Main responsibilities: - monitoring and assessment of execution of Process Level Controls (PLCs) for Finance GSO processes and oversight of the RCSA process to ensure consistency - maintenance of all process and control documentation within Finance GSO - access rights management for Finance GSO employees, including monitoring of segregation of duties and quarterly reviews - providing management information (KPIs reporting, productivity measures, Value and Efficiency Tracker, ad hoc reports and analysis) - Business Continuity Management - solution design and implementation, documentation maintenance and testing

  • Business Operations Professional at IBM Slovakia
    Jun 2009 - Aug 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Main responsibilities: - management of the processes - including quality assurance, business controls and procedures - coordination of 11 CEEMEA KCFR SOX testers and supporting CEEMEA as a KCFR Focal Point – providing education, reporting and tracking of the progress - performing SOX testing for AS and CRM processes - assessing the compliance with internal processes and project management and identifying deficiency/error in the process itself and its execution - ensuring reliability of financial reporting and compliance with applicable laws and regulations - defining the areas of potential improvements (KCFR = Key Controls over Financial Reporting)

  • Production Manager at Event Production
    Apr 2009 - May 2009 · 2 mos

    Main responsibilities: - managing team of conference producers - organizing and managing own portfolio of international business to business conferences - focus on Middle East and African market - researching new business opportunities and markets

  • Jacob Fleming Group (2 yrs 7 mos)
    • Production Manager
      Aug 2008 - Mar 2009 · 8 mos

      Main responsibilities: - managing team of 4 conference producers - recruiting, training and coaching new conference producers - achieving productivity and commercial targets for the whole team - preparing conference topic pipeline for the whole team - organizing and managing own portfolio of international business to business conferences

    • Assistant Production Manager
      Apr 2008 - Jul 2008 · 4 mos

      Main responsibilities: - managing team of 4 conference producers - ensuring the team achieves set productivity targets - taking part in recruitment process, training and development of new conference producers - assisting in preparation of conference topic pipelines - organizing own portfolio of international business to business conferences and meeting productivity and commercial targets

    • Conference Producer
      Sep 2006 - Mar 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Main responsibilities: - organizing international business to business conferences (researching commercial potential, putting together program and speaker panel) - cooperating and communicating with other departments involved - supporting the training process of new conference producers