Finance and passion always in fashion for 175-year old company

21/01/2025 49 min Episodio 143
Finance and passion always in fashion for 175-year old company

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Episode Synopsis

Evgenia Elezova, Head of Regional Finance, Lindström joins us to talk about FP&A and finance transformation at the 175-year old textile giant.  Helsinki-based Lindström is one of Europe’s leading textile service companies employing over 5000 people in Europe and in Asia with turnover of 496€ million in 2022. Elezova herself has transformed the finance function during 14 years, during which time she’s driven M&A initiatives, to leading finance projects. Highlights include a two year development program for business controllers at Lindström, designed to move finance from back office roles to strategic co-pilots for management. 
In this episode: 

Being responsible for M&A Due diligence and integration 
Experience in successful M&A
Business Partnering at Lindstrom
Focusing on future scenarios  
HowControl assists strategy at Lindstrom 
Our two-year long finance training Lindstrom Finance Business Development Program
Moving from back office in finance to having impact on business 
Lindstrom’s approach to budgeting/target setting 
Core KPIs in a global textile company 
Seeing change in controller work 
Coaching finance leaders

Connect with Evgenia at https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgenia-elezova-513ba12/

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