Ariola Cela

Over 13 years of proven experience in finance, financial audit, advisory projects, risk management and strategic planning, in external audit and financial sector. Ms. Çela was promoted as Finance Director in April 2018 after 3 successful years as Group Accounting and Reporting Manager and Risk Management Director, with focus on delivering a comprehensive accounting and financial service, ensuring that all financial actions within the organization are performed in accordance with financial regulations.

2015 – 2018 She joined NOA in January 2015 as Group Accounting and Reporting Manager, after 10 years of experience in external audit, financial audits and advisory projects, seamless group accounting, consolidation and reporting function which allowed effective analysis of the business. Simultaneously she held the position of Corporate Secretary of the Steering Committee and Member of the Internal Audit Committee of NOA.

2006 – 2014 She started her early career at Deloitte Albania as an audit assistant being promoted over the years to several senior positions. She successfully performed financial audits and advisory projects focusing on internal controls and IFRS compliance for many local and international companies operating both in Albania and Kosovo becoming a business partner for those businesses. She also managed successfully to assess internal controls and procedures and internal audit function in banking industry as well as in other financial institutions. She was promoted as Senior Supervisor, Audit Department in 2011. During this period, she has facilitated trainings in relation to best practices in following audit framework and methodology; documentation; ethics standards, governance, identification of fraud.

Ms. Çela graduated in “Finance and Accounting” at Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, in 2005. Membership Certificate at Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK – ACCA.