Daria Kozerska, Resume

1. DARIA KOZERSKA
Contact: dkozerska@yahoo.ca, mobile: +41 79 820 3981
Address: Grundhofstrasse 15, 8704, Herrliberg, Switzerland
Nationality: Canadian & Polish
Marital Status/Birthday: Single, 13 October 1979
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Objective
To lead projects in a global and dynamic environment with opportunity for professional advancement.
Highlights
- Extensive experience in serving multinational and global clients, as well as in managing multinational teams in
executing financial reporting and internal controls audit engagements
- Proactive, reliable, energetic, organized, hands-on and methodical in project management and leadership
- Possessing strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Certified Canadian Chartered Accountant with over eight years of professional experience in financial
reporting under Canadian GAAP, US GAAP, Swiss Law and IFRS
- Extensive professional experience in internal controls reporting under SOX 404 and Swiss Law
- Proficient in English and Polish; very good spoken French; learning German
Professional Experience
Ernst & Young, Kitchener, Canada & Geneva/Zurich, Switzerland, 2002 – Present
Senior Manager
Switzerland
Oct 2007 - Present
Client serving
- Serving global and listed companies operating in a number of industries, including fashion
wholesale and retail, professional staffing, consumer products, industrial products and
clinical research
- Leading communications with clients’ executive management in presenting audit strategy,
providing interim updates and audit results
- Coordinating ongoing client service, including monitoring and actively managing client
satisfaction
- Managing communications with component serving teams, including managing resolution
of technical matters, and audit/accounting related issues
- Actively managing involvement of specialists, as well as evaluating results of specialists’
reports in income tax, transfer pricing, valuation and information technology
- Assuming responsibility for overall audit strategy and project economics
Other activities
- Supported a winning audit proposal to a global non-for profit organization
- Member of the EY Capital Markets group, supporting EMEIA projects
- Audit Quality Reviewer, reviewing EY audits to assess appropriateness in application of
internal EY policies, external reporting requirements and audit strategy
- Trainer and coordinator at US GAAP and professional development training
- Expert in EY audit methodology, holding responsibility to teach methodology updates and
supporting methodology related questions
- Member of the EY Diversity Program

2. DARIA KOZERSKA
Contact: dkozerska@yahoo.ca, mobile: +41 79 820 3981
Address: Grundhofstrasse 15, 8704, Herrliberg, Switzerland
Nationality: Canadian & Polish
Marital Status/Birthday: Single, 13 October 1979
DARIA KOZERSKA, dkozerska@yahoo.ca, Page 2/2
Ernst & Young, 2002 – Present, cont
Manager
Switzerland
Oct 2005 – Sep 2007
- Developed and coordinated overall financial statement and internal controls audit strategy
- Assumed lead in communications with clients’ executive management, presenting audit
planning, interim updates and results
- Supported a project to develop internal controls systems in accordance with Japan SOX
Senior
Switzerland, Apr 2005 –
Sep 2005
Canada, Jan 2003 – Mar
2005
- Coordinated client communication, as well as developed the strategy and planned audits of
small to mid-size clients operating in industries including software development,
automated systems, high technology lenses, manufacturing
- Supported a financial reporting restatement project of a listed company
Assistant
Canada, Internship, 4
months Jan – Apr 2002
- Planned and managed general audit procedures, including testing of the financial statement
close process and journal entries
- Assumed responsibility for completion and reporting of assigned sections
PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Kitchener, Canada, 2000 – 2001
Assistant
Internship, 8 months
- Performed detailed and analytical procedures to evaluate positions within the balance sheet
and profit and loss statement accounts
- Acquired international experience in working for a US team based in Chicago
Victoria Star Motors, Mercedes-Benz Dealership, Kitchener, Canada, 1998 – 2000
Customer Service - Contacted customers for service quality feedback
- Assisted with accounting functions
Wally’s Shop Ltd, Kitchener, Canada, 1998-2002
Accountant - Assumed responsibility for all accounting functions and banking
- Prepared financial statements for tax reporting
Education/Professional Certifications
Eligible for registration in the USA as a Chartered Accountant
In 2009, passed Canadian IQEX exam permitting for certification in the USA.
Canadian Chartered Accountant
Certified with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since Oct 2004.
Wilfrid Laurier University School of Business and Economics, Waterloo, Canada, Sep 1998 – Dec 2002
Bachelor of Business Administration, Honors with co-operative option.
Interests/Hobbies
Canadian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Elected Secretary in Jun 2010; member since Oct 2009.
Sports & Other, Among others, skiing, running, Pilates, travel and books.