AUDITOR ADVISOR – WHO AM I
I have gained my professional experience during almost 30 years of activity in a number of different positions, including work on supervisory boards of companies – in accounting, finance and Internal Audit in the Heineken Group, a company involved in the production and sale of products in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumption Goods) segment.
I have implemented projects in a number of programs aimed at transforming a state-owned company into a joint-stock company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. I have managed many initiatives – first, as the Chief Accountant of the Holding, and then as the Financial Director in the Holding of 15 distribution companies, the commercial part of the Group.
During this time, I have introduced in the Group, among others, a coherent accounting and financial reporting policy according to IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and a management accounting system (Planning & Controlling).
In 2000, I obtained the qualifications of a statutory auditor of the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors.
In 2001, I began building an internal audit in accordance with IIA standards, also introduced in the Heineken Corporation, as the Internal Audit Director in the Polish branch of the Group. At that time, I participated in a number of development business projects concerning all areas of the company’s operations, acting as an advisor, business control coordinator and internal auditor.
The role of an auditor in a company suited me perfectly. My partners were
usually managers, for whom I became a trustworthy, independent auditor, business partner,
advisor, consultant and expert. I have always demonstrated loyalty and confidentiality in
relations with clients – which, by the way, results from my character and the values I profess.
Nothing groundbreaking, because these should be the sine qua non of every auditor advisor.
This attitude was ultimately the basis for my change of job when I refused to break these
rules under pressure from my superior in the name of his particular dishonest interests.
As an auditor, I assess a given company, its control system and business risk. If it falls within
the scope of my assignment, I conduct a ratio-based financial analysis of the company – its
economic liquidity or the structure of working capital in the company. I also assess the
company’s going concern.
Performing the function of an internal auditor in a company is in line with my personal
ambitions – gaining experience as a business advisor, but also as a certified auditor. It is not
often, as it was in my case, that a person performing an internal audit of a company also has
the qualifications of a statutory auditor and uses his/her possibilities as a business advisor to
the company.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME
The professional values I adhere to are primarily solidity, customer loyalty, diligence, honesty and business ethics.
An important feature of an auditor business advisor is confidentiality. I believe that independent internal auditor’s integrity creates trust that helps build reliance on his suggestions and opinions.
My professional values are primarily reliability, loyalty to Clients, company managers, diligence, honesty and business ethics. A very important feature is the confidentiality of the auditor of the company’s business advisor. I believe that the honesty of an independent internal auditor creates trust, which provides a basis for relying on his opinion and judgment.
Important principles of an auditor advisor are objectivity and professionalism in collecting, assessing and providing information on the audited activity or process.
My need is to develop, share my ambitions and knowledge with others.
I follow the principle: YOUR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS IS MY JOY
Privately, my most important success in life is the fact that despite many years spent in a corporation, working with full dedication and commitment, at the expense of my personal life, I still have a home and a family: a wife, two sons, grandchildren who give us much joy.
