Teaching at the International Master in Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Management

Leading Planning & Control Department for the Diagnostic Division in Europe, Middle East & Africa, covering over 60 countries through 13 affiliates and distributor partners.Continuous growth: annual Revenue from €150M to €250M and +27% CAGR in EBIT over five years.Business Partnering. Key stakeholder in the Regional Commercial Organization for strategic decision-making, achieve targets and protect margin (management presentations, performance review, business cases, contract review, due diligence).Lead Regional Planning Processes (budget, periodical forecasts, long-range plan), assisting with financial guidance and advice to be aligned with Division’s strategy and meet productivity initiatives.Liaise with Shared Service Center & Transfer Pricing teams for monthly closing to comply with local statutory & Sox Act.

Preparation and monitoring weekly/monthly/quarterly forecasts as well as annual budget including variance analysis for Business Units in Italy, France, Romania and Albania for over $50m annual RevenueResponsible for overseeing local statutory and US GAAP accounts once consolidated in USPreparation of financial models in order to determinate financial viability of investments, profitability and risk analysis when bidding for RFP. Accountable for approval for those up to $1m annual RevenueCash-flow and cost analysis to asses projects/clients profitability analysis comparing it against financial models approvedManaging and controlling SG&A expenses and CapEx approvalsDesign and implementation of new financial analysis metrics and reporting

Providing support to the Investment Department of AXA (operation, accounting, treasury, reporting) and involved in the implementation of SAP ECC for Mediterranean Regions

ASSISTANT MANAGER (Mar 2008 – Aug 2009) Supervision and assistance of the daily activities related to funds valuation with over $1 Billion NAV. Monitoring Financial Accountants in preparation of monthly Financial Statements. Main point of contact for our NY/London/Dublin-based hedge fund clients, responding their enquiries in efficient manner and within SLA ensuring a first class service. Responsible of files and packages for quarterly and semi-annual audits. Leading a team of 4/8 Financial and Senior Financial Accountants, always willing to train and coach them.SENIOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT (Feb 2007 – Mar 2008) Preparation of cash flow projection to determine plan feasibility. In contact with Custody department/sub-custodian, brokers and client to ensure settlement of securities transactions and on-time delivery of high quality information. FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT (Jan 2006 – Feb 2007) Performing monthly NAV valuation and weekly cash/stock/FX reconciliation of offshore custody hedge funds to ensure client satisfaction, including corporate action and security pricing by using Bloomberg. Preparation of Management reports and Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP and IFRS.

Responsible of the general administration in the Office (Accounting, Invoices, Services, etc.).Preparation of budget, cash flow projection and capital expenditure planning with periodical reviews.Negotiation of term and conditions of payments with clients and suppliers.Plan and control of delivery routes in order to meet clients’ requirements.