Teodora Georgieva
Sofia
Summary
Internal audit and SOX professional with 10+ years of experience in financial controls, ICFR testing, and risk-based audits within international organizations. Strong hands-on experience in SOX compliance, including IT-dependent controls, segregation of duties (SoD) reviews, and basic IT general controls (ITGCs) in ERP environments. Proven ability to collaborate with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders, document control design and effectiveness, and support management in remediation activities. Experienced in working with complex ERP systems and audit tools within global shared service and corporate environments.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Internal Auditor, First point of contact Europe
Tawal
07.2025 - Current
- Led and successfully delivered planned business audits for 2025 for the European entities, assessing compliance with internal policies, delegated authorities, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Evaluated end to end processes, control gaps and improvement opportunities
- Prepared clear, risk-focused audit reports with practical recommendations and supported management through remediation and follow-up activities
- Built strong relationships with stakeholders across Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Operations at regional and local levels
- Acted as Whistleblower Officer for Europe.
Contractor
Various software companies
05.2023 - Current
- Applied changes and modifications to meet requests of designers, owners or inspectors.
- Design of control procedures
Auditor
Ecovis Audit Bulgaria LTD
07.2024 - 07.2025
- Financial audits of entities in compliance with ISA and IFRS
- Planning, execution, draft reporting and follow-up of the findings
- Performed basic IT General Controls (ITGC) testing, including:
User access management (user provisioning, de-provisioning, role changes)
Periodic user access reviews
Evidence-based walkthroughs of IT-supported controls
Senior internal auditor EMEA region, Corporate function
Ingram Micro GBS LTD.
Bulgaria
07.2022 - 05.2023
- SOX projects field work in financial areas Sales and Treasury
- Applying knowledge of financial concepts in executing audit fieldwork and day-to-day activities for SOX
- Executing audit field work for internal audit projects and drafting audit observations and management action plans
Chief accountant, responsible for Ingram Micro SAS, France and Abbakan
Ingram Micro GBS LTD.
Bulgaria
06.2018 - 06.2022
- Group financial reporting and budget procedures
- Month-end/quarterly closing procedures and reviews for the GL function
- G/L accounting overview in compliance with US GAAP
- Leading external audits; preparation of the FS areas for internal audits/SOX reviews on country level
- Building the relationships between the local business teams, Sofia teams and auditors
- Internal Projects - Leading the Current account automation, excellence and compliance project with 30 participants
- People management, coaching and developing the team
- Annual user access review
Chief accountant
Edenred Bulgaria Jsc.
Sofia
02.2017 - 04.2018
- Group and statutory financial reporting
- Month-end/quarterly closing procedures and analysis
- Monthly and quarterly reports to NSSI
- Preparing and deposit business specific reports to Ministry of Finance
- Treasury and Cash management on site in compliance with Group policy
- HR function: administration for the local payroll provider and HR Group reporting
- Planning and Budget: preparing financial data for 3YP and preparing financial data for the budget in compliance with the Group requirements
- Cooperation with external and internal auditors
- Internal policies improvement in Finance function
- Financial software project implementation: local project manager - E-Oracle Business suites
- People management, coaching and developing the team
Senior Accountant
LOP Bulgaria Ltd.
Sofia
09.2015 - 02.2017
- Seven months project replacement in Financial controller position overseas - Aberdeen Asset Management (UCITS and AIFs), Luxembourg
- Preparation financial reporting in compliance with IFRS and US GAAP
- Consolidation projects
- G/L accounting in compliance with IFRS and Luxembourg GAAP for month end close and annual period closing (Fixed TER accruals and preparing the VAT file for EY)
Accountant professional experienced level
Cargill Bulgaria Ltd.
Bulgaria
07.2014 - 09.2015
- Preparation/Review of the Corporate financial reporting on reporting unit level and consolidation level
- G/L accounting in compliance with US GAAP
- G/L processes improvement - consolidation key checks development, intercompany transactions reconciliation
- Transition processes of G/L accounting
Internal auditor, single position for the EAM Group
Easy Asset Management Jsc.
Sofia
11.2012 - 07.2014
- Review of the monthly and annual financial statements of the subsidiaries - Ukraine, Romania, Poland
- Managing and resolving the raised issues for every reporting period
- Organizing the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and review of the consolidated financial statements of the Group for interim and annual periods
- Cooperation with the Legal Departments for share capital cases
- Set up of the accounting system in newly incorporated subsidiary - Czech and Poland
- Perform monitoring of the cash balances of the subsidiaries
- Planning, execution and finalization of the audit assignment supporting the Executives or Managers
- Ensure compliance with internal and external (regulatory) requirements
- Consulting the Oracle developing team for the implementation of the financial statements' consolidation tool
- Documented results using internal methodologies set out in the organization's audit manual.
Audit manager/ Senior auditor
BDO Bulgaria Ltd
Sofia
02.2006 - 11.2012
- Audit of financial statements (individual and consolidated) and group reporting packages under IFRS and local GAAP
- Planning, execution and finalization of all areas of the audit assignment for manager or partner review, seeking input for areas of concern and judgments
- Identifying risk matters
- Ensure compliance with audit methodology and risk management and regulatory requirements
- Cooperate the work for the referred BDO engagements
- Audit of merger transactions
Education
Master's degree in Financial Control -
Bachelor's degree of Accounting and Control -
Skills
Good knowledge of MS Office, Idea, ACL, APT, CaseWare ERP (E-check in-house developed software application under Oracle), JDEdwards, Sage BOB, SAP applications, TRI, Microfocus - Impulse, OneStream, SAP BO, AI tools
Soft skills trainings
- 7 Habits of highly effective people
- Presentation skills
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Data literacy
- 16 personalities types trainings
Accomplishments
My track record includes optimizing financial processes, implementing robust controls, and achieving significant cost savings.
Certification
- ACCA student
- Sarbanes-Oxley Certified Professional Course - 32553 dated 07/28/2023
- InvestPro 1.0 Investments and personal finances - 311-188 dated 07/16/2021
- AI program by SoftUni
Languages
English
Proficient
C2
German
Elementary
A2
Hobbies and interests
- Ski enthusiast
- Yoga lover
- Breast cancer charity events
Timeline
Internal Auditor, First point of contact Europe
Tawal
07.2025 - Current
Auditor
Ecovis Audit Bulgaria LTD
07.2024 - 07.2025
Contractor
Various software companies
05.2023 - Current
Senior internal auditor EMEA region, Corporate function
Ingram Micro GBS LTD.
07.2022 - 05.2023
Chief accountant, responsible for Ingram Micro SAS, France and Abbakan
Ingram Micro GBS LTD.
06.2018 - 06.2022
Chief accountant
Edenred Bulgaria Jsc.
02.2017 - 04.2018
Senior Accountant
LOP Bulgaria Ltd.
09.2015 - 02.2017
Accountant professional experienced level
Cargill Bulgaria Ltd.
07.2014 - 09.2015
Internal auditor, single position for the EAM Group
Easy Asset Management Jsc.
11.2012 - 07.2014
Audit manager/ Senior auditor
BDO Bulgaria Ltd
02.2006 - 11.2012