EVA CAROLINA BRZEZINSKI

ARLINGTON, VA
703-568-5924
VAVS13@GMAIL.COM

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/EvaBrzezinski
Trilingual Management and Financial Professional with more than 20 years of both domestic and international
experience. Serving as CFO, presided over extraordinary expansion resulting in a greater than 4 fold growth in
revenue without incurring debt and minimum tax impact. Created and implemented financial control systems such as
cost accounting systems, long term budgeting tracking processes, and internal and external financial reporting
systems. MBA in Financial Management and BA in International Economics
HIGHLIGHTS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

EXPERT FINANCIAL MANAGER: Controlling costs, minimizing tax impact, maximizing shareholder returns, exceeding regulator
requirements, creating, implementing and improving control processes.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING: Extensive knowledge of FAR, AIDAR, GAAP and all US government contracting and accounting
regulations as well as in depth knowledge of US and European insurance and finance regulations. Experience with business regulatory
agencies in Latin America, Africa and Asia and proven track record of DCAA audits.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT: Experienced in location and relocation of office space and staff as well as management of facilities and
facilities staff both large and small in the US and abroad. Experience in all phases of facilities management from, procurement of
spaces to designing, planning, building and furnishing, to establishing controls and maintenance systems.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Fluent in English, Spanish and French. Citizen of Spain as well as US, facilitating ability to work in
any EU nation. Successful track record of employment and contract work in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
SUCCESSFUL MENTOR AND M ANAGER: Very successful at creating, mentoring and motivating teams in the financial, facilities and
contract environments. Experience extends from building teams from the ground up to restructuring and reenergizing existing teams
that have become inefficient or lost their purpose. Proven track record in improving efficiency and creating strong team bonds that can
successfully navigate extreme change, high growth and/or cultural and regulatory challenges.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
M ANAGEMENT SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. WASHINGTON DC
Director of Business Services
Jan 2013 Mar 2016
Manage the team responsible for maintenance of 25 locations and 250 staff including maintenance of the office and auxiliary
equipment, offsite warehousing and exceptional situations such as offices on boats and floating barges.
Created, documented and implemented industry standard processes for all functions that ensured consistent high quality services to
the customers and improved the productivity, morale, and unity of the team.
Oversaw entire relocation process of the company to one high-rise building over one weekend with no interruption of work.
Leader in the design, construction, furniture procurement and coordination of all teams throughout the transition to new office space.
Consultant
Apr 2009 Dec 2012
Pre-audit review of documents.
Created and implemented a document archiving and control system for offsite storage of all accounting and technical documents
providing cost savings and efficiency gains from prior methods of archiving.
Chief Administrative Officer, Lima, Peru
Oct 2008 Feb 2009
Responsible for the setup of a 24 month MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) funded, USAID managed Anticorruption project.
Within 30 days an office was located, contracted, furnished and staffed with 24 employees.
By the 4th month the company and project were legally registered in country, all major administrative and contractual set up elements
had been preliminarily established and were being guided through the corporate channels.
Responsible for the development of all procedure manuals (operations, procurement, personnel, and emergency procedures),
negotiation and set up of all employee agreements and benefits and their approval with USAID, fine tuning of subcontractor roles and
billing processes and establishment of a good working relationship with the client.

Chief Financial Officer

Jan 2001 Nov 2007
Responsible for all the financial aspects of the company and member of the Board of Directors during a period of four fold growth and
expansion from two countries and long term USAID projects to 35 while maintaining competitive indirect costs, minimal tax liabilities
and no debt from shareholders or financial institutions.
Responsible for compliance and reporting to the DCAA and other regulatory agencies. Oversaw all audits with no adverse findings.
Prepared all financial statements and reporting for the company.
Staff of 10 accountants in office and 100 overseas.
Assistant Controller
Responsible for Accounts Payable, Payroll, Tax filing and collections.
Prepared all the billing to the US government.
Responsible for Cash Receipts and Treasury.
Responsible for all financial reporting both internal and external.
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT TO NGOS IN PANAMA
Consulted with local organizations regarding accounting for their international activities.
Audited controls on all costs incurred.
Reviewed compliance on vouchers for more $200 million in government contracts.
Developed training programs on US Government contracting and accounting standards.

JAN 1990 FEB 1993

JUL 2008 DEC 2012

ABT ASSOCIATES, INC. BETHESDA, MD

NOV 2007 JUN 2008
International Controller
Responsible for all accounting for international activities of the company.
Responsible for maintenance of controls on all costs incurred overseas. Over 200 million in government contracts in over 40 countries.
Responsible for all reporting to the DCAA and other regulatory agencies.
Staff of 10 accountants in office and 200 overseas.
ARRIBA INCORPORATED S. L., M ADRID, SPAIN
Director
Provided financial consulting to various companies.
Obtained financing and venture capital for qualified projects and companies.
Prepared and translated business plans.
Provided financial planning advice to individuals.

JAN 1998 JAN 2001

PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL ESPAA S.A., M ADRID, SPAIN

FEB 1994 JAN 1998
Investment Administration and Internal Financial Controls
Responsible for the accounting of all financial operations and the booking of returns on investments for all pension plans.
Controlled all cash and treasury functions.
Responsible for all internal and external financial reporting, as well as financial reporting to the home office.
Designed and implemented a cost accounting system.
Managed internal financial controls
CIGNA BOND SERVICES, INC., PHILADELPHIA, PA
Surety Bond Underwriter
Maintained current financial risk analysis of bondholders.
Prepared monthly reporting to management and regulatory agencies.
Determined the financial strength and risk of new bond applicants.

JUN 1989 JAN 1990

APPLICATIONS Deltek GCS Premier, Cost Point, Oracle, Word, Access, Outlook, Excel (pivot tables, vLookup)
EDUCATION
1994; MBA, Financial Management and Control
El Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain
1989; BA, International Economics
American University of Paris, Paris, France
LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Spanish, and French