About us

CEACALOPOL GABRIEL RADU ARISTIDE (PFA)

Ec∴ Gabriel Radu Aristide CEACALOPOL

Gabriel CEACALOPOL is an economist/financier with extensive professional experience (tax consultancy, complex judicial accounting expertise, financial audits, management consultancy), ISO 9001 certificate, as well as life experience (graduated the Faculty of Psychiatry at IMF Bucharest) whose primary concern is to mitigate the effects of stress on business people.

CURRICULUM VITAE

STUDIES, specializations and improvements:

• Theoretical High School "Matei Basarab" in Bucharest, class of 1969;
• Higher education: A.S.E. Faculty of Manufacturing Economics, Department of Industry, Construction and Transport Economics, class of 1975, Main Profession: economist;
• mandatory ongoing training provided by the law in the field of financial audit, complex national and international judicial and extrajudicial accounting expertise, in the field of tax consultancy and management;
• assessor - National Agency for Privatization and Development – 1992;
• specialist in European institutional problems through the European Commission, the diplomat at the Joint Vienna Institute - 1993;
• postgraduate psychotherapy classes, graduated with a diploma from the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Department of Psychiatry;
• strategic management and accounting and financial management - through an intensive training program held in Vienna in 1996,organized and validated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
• assessing the advantages offered by Romania’s Treaty of Association to the European Union by PERCOMEX Center – Bucharest;
• trainer for trainers – through the graduation of the English intense training program ACAS London, lasting one year and nine months, conducted in 2004-2006.

Professional route:

I am currently working cumulatively as: auditor, tax consultant and active independent forensic accountant, registered at the Bucharest Tribunal - Local Office of Judicial Expertise; Manager of SC Intercont 2001 Expertiză Contabilă SRL;

• between 1993 – 2012 Vice President of the National Council of Employers of Romania (CoNPR) - nationally representative employers' organization; and member of the Executive Office of the Romanian Economic and Social Council, an institution provided in the country’s Constitution;
• between 1990 - 1993 I worked as an expert/adviser to the Romanian Government, Department for Reform and the Department for European Integration;
• between 1981 - 1990 I worked as a senior economist in the Ministry of Labour, where I organized and coordinated subordinate institutions and as an economic director and chief accountant at one of these institutions;
• between 1976 - 1981 I was an auditor and chief financial inspector at the Unique Internal Financial Control Body of the People's Council Ilfov County (cities Giurgiu, Olteniţa, Urziceni and Buftea were in this county);
• between 1971 - 1976 I worked as an accountant and commercial correspondent at the Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade, Bucharest, Department of free currencies –letters of credit, associated with England, Austria, Switzerland.

Professional activity:

between 1993-2016:

• judicial accounting expertise (several hundred) at: the Court of Appeals - Commercial Section, the Bucharest Tribunal - Commercial Division, Court of International Commercial Arbitration, Military Prosecutor’s Office, Police, and other courts settling disputes concerning Romanian and foreign companies, among which: Turbomecanica SA, Bucur Obor SA, CFR Marfă SA, Tutunul Românesc SA, SAAF SA, Thakral SA, INBOD Impex SRL, MIPET Impex SRL, Incomar SRL, Gemita Impex SRL, BETA Impex SRL, Presa Națională SRL, Navitrans SRL, Finnas SRL, Mid Consulting SRL, Pinaris SRL, White Sun SRL, Stryker SA, New Link SRL, RomCan Trade International SRL, as well as APAPS, Credidam, the Compania Publishing House, Bucharest Municipality, Ministry of Finance, General Directorate of Customs, Ministry of Culture, World Trade Center Bucharest, some of which have been audited;
• consulting and auditing (over 100 audits) some of the member companies of the employers' organization CoNPR;
• representing the members of the employers’ organization in the Romanian Economic and Social Council (CES), before ministries and other government institutions and trade unions at national and international events and, as the case may be, before the courts as an expert advisor party;
• representing the members of the employers’ organization in the Romanian Economic and Social Council (CES), before ministries and other government institutions and trade unions at national and international events and, as the case may be, before the courts as an expert advisor party;
• training of trainers and negotiators through short courses;
• specialized technical assistance given annually between 2000 and 2006 to the Romanian delegation at the Palace of Nations, Geneva, during the Congress of the International Labour Organization;
• internal continuing professional education (through various courses and seminars periodically organized by the Chartered Accountants and Licensed Accountants of Romania and the Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania), as well as international education in Vienna, Geneva, Paris, Brussels and London;
• socio-economic assessments of areas in Moldova, Transnistria, the Transcarpathian area, Odessa and Buceag for the Soros Foundation – Romania;
• between 1990-1993: negotiations with trade unions of their main claims and, later, negotiating the collective agreements at a national level;
• identifying ways and means of implementing the provisions on free movement of persons, goods and capital repatriation, provided in Romania's Association Agreement with the European Community;

between 1981-1990: control, verification and centralization of balance sheets, drafting reports on centralized accounting reports at a national level and on the key financial indicators from county departments for labour and social assistance with regard to institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Labour;

between 1976-1981: organization, accounting and financial and economic control for the institutions and economic agents subordinated to the county;

between 1971-1977: bank accounting, letters of credit, clearing and documentary payments.

Other knowledge and skills:

• Pedagogy: University lecturer at the Titu Maiorescu University, training of trainers through short courses;
• Signifiant computer skills in using Word, Excel and the Internet;
• Foreign languages: a good level of English and French, a satisfactory level of German

Member and former member of:

• The Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania;
• The Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania;
• The Chamber of Tax Consultants of Romania;
• The Executive Office of the Economic and Social Council of Romania;
• The National Council of Employers in Romania - vice-president;
• The Association of Tax Payers in Romania - general secretary;
• The Romanian Consultancy Club;
• The Committee on monetary, financial, tax and income policies of the Economic and Social Council of Romania;
• The National Phare Program Coordination Committee, Division for Economic and Social Cohesion, Subcommittee for Human Resources Development and Social Services;
• Inter-institutional Committee for Development of the National Development Plan 2007 - 2013;
• Social dialogue commissions with: the Ministry of Public Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of European Integration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises and the Ministry of Administration and Interior;

EXPERIENCE

In time, we have gained significant experience in these fields in companies and national and multinational organizations, as well as in state institutions, thus having a vast portfolio of clients and collaborators who recommend us and motivate us to continue every day.

Our goal is to provide our clients confidence through the competence and professionalism of our team. We aim to offer the best solutions in financial accounting and management policy so as to offer our partners a solid background andfoundation in achieving their goals.

To meet your requirements to the highest quality standards, we focus on the fundamental ethical principles of the accounting profession throughout our activity. We understand that, in order to offer truly professional services, one must work creatively and profitably in the letter and spirit of the laws that govern our profession, so that:

• we are concerned in particular with informing you properly and promptly with regard to the changes and procedures in the field, as well as the advantages and disadvantages arising from them;
• we are professional and objective in forming opinions and in formulating suggested solutions;
• we act in terms of legality, accountability and fairness, in accordance with the principles of a good partnership practice - subsumed to the purpose of maximizing profit legally;
• contracts guarantee the confidentiality of the information received from or obtained for you, both during your collaboration with us, and afterwards.