MIHAELA MOCANU
Wisdom begins in wonder (Socrates).
PROFILE
Passionate traveller & art lover.
Areas of expertise: financial auditing & assurance, management accounting & controlling.
Soft skills: empathic listening, public speaking, team spirit.
Languages: English (C1), German (C1), Modern Greek (A2), Spanish (B2), Italian (A2), French (B2)
Computer skills: R, Stata, Microsoft Office, basic programming.
EDUCATION
2008 – 2011 Accounting (PhD). The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Faculty of Accounting and Management Informations Systems. Doctoral dissertation: Ethics und Independence in Financial Audit – Concepts and Normalization.
2004 – 2008 Business Administration in German (BA). The Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Faculty of Business Administration in Foreign Languages. Major in German.
2007 – 2008 Study mobility. Vienna University of Economics and Business. Erasmus-Socrates grant for one semester
2000 – 2004 "Mihai Viteazu" National High-School. High-School Diploma. Professional certificate for computer operating skills and average programming skills
Foreign Language Skills
Modern Greek: Certificate of Attainment in Greek (A2)
German: Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung (C1)
English: Certificate in Advanced English (C1); Business English Certificate (Higher) (C1)
Spanish: Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (B2)
French (B2)
Italian (A2)
EXPERIENCE
AUDITING EXPERIENCE
April 2016 - ongoing Managing Director, IKONA AUDIT
Mar. 2012–Feb. 2016 Senior Auditor, UHY Audit CD
Sept. 2008–Oct. 2009 Junior Auditor, ADEVARIS Audit
Jun. – Sept. 2007 Accounting in the Finance Department, BILLA Romania
Aug. – Sept. 2007 Assistant Manager in the Technical Department, BILLA Romania
2006-2007 Internships in different companies, mainly banks
Member of professional bodies
Since 2016 Financial Auditor, Member of CAFR (Chamber of Financial Auditors of Romania)
Since 2012 Chartered Accountant, Member of CECCAR (Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania)
Since 2014 Fiscal Consultant, Member of CCF (Chamber of Tax Consultants in Romania)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 - Ongoing Lecturer PhD
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems
Department of Accounting and Auditing
Previous teaching positions: Teaching Assistant, Ad-Hoc Teaching Assistant
Courses at Master's level:
Audit und Assurance Standards, Teaching language: English
Advanced Auditing, Teaching language: Romanian
Financial Reporting and Analysis, Teaching language: German
Business Accounting, Teaching language: English
Academic Writing, Teaching language: Romanian
Courses at Undergraduate level:
Internal Audit, Teaching language: English
Financial Audit, Teaching language: Romanian and English
Management and Cost Accounting, Teaching language: German and Romanian
Financial Accounting, Teaching language: German
2012 - Ongoing Ad-Hoc Lecturer
Polytechnic University Bucharest
Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages
Courses at undergraduate level: Investment and Corporate Finance
Teaching language: German
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research projects
Title: Operational Risk Disclosure in the Banking System
University of Delhi, Department of Financial Studies, India
Postdoctoral research
Period: January – February 2017
Title: Sustainability Controlling in the Context of Corporate Governance
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Research Project Director, Postdoctoral research
Source of finance: European Social Fund
Period: June 2014 – October 2015
The prize for exceptional research results in the postdoctoral program POSDRU/159/1.5/S/142115 „Performance and excellence in doctoral and postdoctoral research in Romanian economics science domain”, October 2015
Title: Auditor Independence
Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Postdoctoral research
Source of finance: German Academic Exchange Service
Period: August 2013
Title: Independence in Financial Audit – concepts and normalization
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Research Project Director, Doctoral research
Source of finance: European Social Fund
Period: October 2008 – October 2011
Prize „Constantin Ionete“, Journal „Financial Audit“ (Audit Financiar), Chamber of Financial Auditors in Romania, October 2012
Title: Panopticon on the performance connotations in the public sector entities in Romania – creation versus dissemination
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Member of the research team
Source of finance: Ministry of National Education in Romania, 1827/ IDEI II
Period: 2009 – 2011
Title: Research for establishing the way and the programs in order to increase Romania’s capacity of implementing the acquis communitaire on accounting, auditing and corporate governance
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Member of the research team
Source of finance: Ministry of National Education in Romania,140 IDEI-PCE-795
Period: 2007 – 2010
Research stays abroad
2018 The National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain
2017 University of Delhi, Department of Financial Studies, India
2014 Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
2014 University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, Graz, Austria
2013 Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
2011 Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
2010 Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
2010 Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
Conference Speaker
2008 - ongoing
Participant and presenter at 30 international conferences and seminars.
Scientific Reviewer
Reviewer for prestigious journals
Management Decision
Audit Financiar
Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems
Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business
Sustainability
Reviewer for prestigious conferences
International Conference Accounting Management Information Systems, Bucharest, Romania (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017)
International Conference Global Rules and Local Use, Prague, Czech Republic (2017, 2019)
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