Vladimir Sobolev

2022 - present HSE Department of Planning Management, Graduate School of Business

Professor

12.1992 - 08.2021 Procter & Gamble LLC

9.2021 - 07.2022 KPMG

2022 - 2024 Head of finance and planning department GSB HSE

Work experience

October 2022 -- present time GSB HSE Moscow, Russia

Professor of Practice at the GSB HSE Financial Management Department
 Courses: Corporate finance management, Financial management, etc., Magistracy and Baccalaureate.
 Honoured with of "Best HSE Teacher" for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years.
 High level (4.6/5) of student teacher assessment (SOP).

 October 2022 – June 2024 HSE Moscow, Russia
Head of the Planning and Finance Department of the Graduate School of Business of the Higher School of Economics
Responsibilities: Management of the Financial Department of the school. Creation, coordination and management of the financial budget execution. Financial efficiency management of educational programs, project work and school activities. 

September 2021 – June 2022 KPMG Moscow, Russia
Deputy Director, Practice of Consulting Services on Strategy and Operational Efficiency
 Responsibilities: managing the work of consultant groups on the implementation of projects in the field of consulting on strategy and operational efficiency, as well as process/organization transformation.
 Initiated and led the development of a new service focused on the needs of enterprises in a new environment. The service is presented at the KPMG Forum for Financial Directors.
 Conducted negotiations and led a project on the implementation of CSR for a large Russian company (oil and gas sector).
 Developed and conducted a seminar on current trends in the development of GBS/CSO for the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, MBA program).

2015 – 2021 P&G GBS Global Moscow, Russia
Group Director, Head of the Shared Services Russia (RASC), Global R2R Projects Portfolio Manager
 Responsibilities: Lead the reorganization and operational functioning of the OCO and its divisions. A team of up to 70 people. Lead the reorganization of Global Project Portfolio Management.
 Developed and implemented a new vision and strategy for the re-structured RASC organization, based on which he successfully restructured the team, including the transition of roles between 10 different teams in several countries, while significantly improving the employee satisfaction in the organization.
 Developed and implemented a new portfolio management process for global projects, ensured transparent and objective prioritization of projects for financing.
 Identified the need, developed and agreed with global Management on a long-term vision for global forecasting, accounting and reporting services.
 Initiated and led the formation of Global Programs to achieve a new vision.

1992 – 2015 P&G Moscow; Brussels; Geneva
Various analytical and medium/senior management positions in all areas of Finance and accounting (including the roles of Regional Finance Director, Global Project and Program Manager Responsible for Regional Strategic Planning)
 Responsibilities: Analysis, planning and operational management of various groups (up to 20 people organizationally, more than 100 people project-wise) in different regions (globally, CEEMEA, WE, EE), business areas (PS F&A, Category Finance, Treasury, Forecast, SOX compliance, etc.) and projects.

Academic Director of the PC program "Management Accounting, Budgeting, controlling"

Work experience in DPO

October 2018 – present time of the Higher School of Economics                        Moscow, Russia
Visiting lecturer in the HSE DPO system

• The author's course "Practical controlling". 
• The course "Corporate Finance and Business Value Management"
• The course "Financial Analysis"
• Master class "Interaction of internal control and internal audit systems"
• Master class "Leadership Practice 5B (5E)"

1992 – 2021                                                        P&G                                         Moscow, Russia
Qualified trainer of the corporate training system at P&G

>10 proprietary trainings, including

• Project Management (Including Flexible Methodology)
• Practical leadership
• Time management
• Introduction to Lean Processes-6 Sigma (LSS)

External Corporate Teaching, including

• Project Management (Delloite)
• Practical controlling (Delloite)
• Income and expense planning: possible approaches and problems (master-class, MIIT)