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Lisbon, Portugal

At PAYARA group I reported to the CEO.I was responsible for the Finance and Operations of the PAYARA group (UK, US and PT companies).The role was 100% remote and I worked with people all over the world.My role was about managing and supporting the Finance & Operations team with care, empathy, and truth. Our teams role was about giving attention to numbers, and financial and operational processes. It was to provide certainty about what is happening, about real data, to clearly show where we are. It was also about concluding about our objectives, where we want to go, and when. And, finally, our daily focus was on what we can do to move the needle and get where we want to go.Main tasks:* Design and prepare accurate monthly financial reporting with real, budgeted, and forecast data (controlling);* Changed our on-premises Accountancy software to SaaS software (XERO and TOCOnline)* Designed and prepare the weekly treasury report with real and forecast data;* Manage the relationship and negotiations with banks;* Manage the contacts and relationships with our external lawyers;* Use the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework to define and track objectives and outcomes. Knowing what we want to achieve, it is easier to align initiatives with outcomes. It is also important to know where we are. It is like coaching: point A (where we are) and point B (to where we want to go).* Work in internal processes with the following goal: make sure Payara runs smoothly.

Lisboa, Portugal

In darwinLabs I reported to the CEO and I was one of the three Board of Director's members.Main tasks:* Design and present an accurate monthly financial reporting with real, budgeted, and forecast data (controlling);* Design and present the weekly treasury report with real and forecast data (13 weeks);* Manage of the relationship and negotiations with banks;* Manage with an external supplier the PT2020 application;* Design and present HR database and HR metrics;* Respect budgets and deadlines.

Lisboa E Região, Portugal

In RUPEAL group (KWAN, invoiceXpress, and ClanHR), a Group with 180 employees, I reported to the CEO and I was one of the three Board of Director's members.I had a team of 9 people.We created, restructured, internalized, and centralized processes in order to achieve the following results:* a culture focus on people;* a better cash flow;* better profits;* giving certainty and confidence to our Board of Directors and to all RUPEAL people.Main tasks:* Designed and prepared an accurate monthly financial reporting with real, budgeted, and forecast data (controlling); * Designed and prepared the weekly treasury report with real and forecast data;* Managed the relationship and negotiations with banks;* Managed the external audits;* Managed the relationship and negotiations with suppliers;* Designed and prepared HR database and HR metrics;* Managed the contacts and relationship with our external lawyers;* Worked daily in the mindset, processes, and procedures in order to have HR focus on people;* Team Leadership. I gave feedback, confronted, recognized, worked side by side, in order for them (and me) to grow, to learn, to feel happy with us;* Used the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) framework to define and track objectives and outcomes;* Respected budgets and deadlines.

Lisboa E Região, Portugal

Main tasks:* Microsoft Office 365 implementation in PEEP and the Youth Start - Entrepreneurial Challenges project (project management and reporting through SharePoint online);* Financial analysis;* Budget projects management and financial reporting preparation; * Implementation of new administrative procedures and improvement of others.PEEP - Educar para Empreender (Associação), is a not-for-profit association that has as its mission to help in the development and implementation of programs related to entrepreneurship education and training, accomplished through research projects, capacity building, and public policy development.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I reported to Finance and HR Director and I managed two people.Main tasks:* Financial analysis;* Balance sheet analysis; * Income statement analysis; * Budget deviation analysis;* Compliance with legal and tax obligations; * Monthly and annual financial close;* Budget management; * Preparation of financial and operational reports; * Implementation of processes optimization; * Configuration and parameterization of ERP system;* Collaboration and support to other departments, including analysis and optimization of processes.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Reporting to Finance Director and in-charge of a team of 11 people, responsible for performing Banking tasks for the Best Buy Europe Group Companies located in the following markets: Germany, Ireland, Portugal (The Phone House), and UK (The Carphone Warehouse).Main tasks: * Team management and assessment;* Daily tasks monitoring and review; * Ensure the timely and accurate accomplishment of SLA's and the reporting to local teams and other departments;* Identification of solutions to address existing problems;* Management of new projects; * Enforcement of the best practices introduction; * Implementation, verification, and improvement of the internal procedures controls (SOX);* Analyze, control, and report of the accountancy accounts under Banking responsibility;Management of a professional and commercial relationship with the customer (Best Buy Europe Companies).

Responsible for monitoring project investments integrated and related to the Renewable Energy Sector.MCO2 - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário, S.A. - Management investment funds Company, as the New Energy Fund (NEF) and the Luso Carbon Fund (LCF).

Lisbon Area, Portugal

I reported to the client manager and I managed teams between one to four members.Main tasks:* Analysis based on the financial accounts framed in the accountancy legislation (IFRS/IAS, local GAAP's) and fiscal legislation in force;* Review and preparation individual and consolidated financial statements and its annexes;* Preparation of audit reports; * Analysis and documentation of the internal procedures control, risks identified, and improvements recommended (SOX); * Diagnosis and evaluation of the Sistema de Normalização Contabilística (SNC), the Portugal accounting standard in force.Main responsibilities: * Team management and assessment;* Responsible for coordinating the audit fieldwork; * Responsible for reporting the findings of the fieldwork to the audit manager;* Responsible for the communication and preliminary discussion of risks, improvement points, and audit points to the client; * Management of a professional and commercial relationship with the customer. Most relevant projects:* Audit Senior: Lusoponte Group, Lafarge Group, NAV Portugal, Hoya, FCC Logística, Mitsui andsome Nutrinveste Group Companies.* Member of the audit team: Cepsa, Endesa Portugal, Procter & Gamble, Provimi and Repsol Polímeros.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Traineeship framed in the graduation, specifically in the Innovation of Economics Seminar.The qualification awarded from the stage evaluation and the stage report evaluation was of 16 values (16 in 20).