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)

CONTACT

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