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Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

We develop energy solutions to help our customers achieve a zero-carbon footprint and enable a sustainable transition to a carbon-free economy worldwide.

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Consulting SMEs and free-lancers on a variety of matters (business modelling, digital transformation, operational improvements, etc.) with the priority of improving the health of the company without the need for large investments or traumatic renovation processes.

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain

Assisting the company with their sales and costs strategies by assessing their financial situations and making recommendations.

Madrid Area, Spain

- Managed a team of 5 to build a reliable financial department from the ground up: allocated clearly established ownerships, success criteria & collaboration workflows with a special focus on the Controlling function and the creation of a robust hands-on model.- Defined the KPIs of the company and utilized them to build a live executive and operational dashboard with Microsoft PowerBI, resulting in improvements in Company' targets achievements (10% deviation compared to 35%) and better resource allocation.- Designed more efficient operational processes which resulted in a more efficient treasury management (reduced deviation error in estimations to 5% from a rolling average of 35%) and a procurement policy aligned with the Internal Control guidelines of the Company.- Implemented fast close procedure for Monthly Closings consolidated figures at D+3, resulting in a high-level variance analysis and the creation of customized reports.- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced atmosphere, offering friendly and efficient service to all customers.- Supervised monthly closings and executed quarterly reporting packages.- Coordination of the planning processes (annual Budget, monthly Forecast, Cash forecast).- Managing of all requirements with auditors and preparation of statutory accounts.

Madrid, Spain

- Member of the Steering Committee and direct report to the new General Manager: onboarded the executives after the acquisition of the Spanish branch with strategic decision-making and advisory.- Launched a cross-functional digital transformation program, adjusting the CRM to the billing system, and reducing fixed cost (-1 FTE).- Setup a task force to review the sales funnel from a CX perspective, boosting event registrations by 37%.- Partnered with IT, sales, and operations leadership to develop robust financial business plan (Budget) with monthly forecast reviews, continuously adjusting marketing & sales strategies.- Managed day-to-day accounting operations and reached a zero-overdue payment: accounts payables and receivables, monthly closings, fiscal obligations, etc. within 3-person finance department for more than 200 events (large scale and smaller training courses). - Liaised with HR to recruit, interview and hire new employees for the entire company and in the salespeople commissions' calculations. Partnered with HR external consultants for the definition of the new compensation model.

Arlington, Virginia, Usa

Hired with the goal of transferring corporate know-how to improve strategic planning:- Introduced a more granular cost center structure, increasing cross-department synergies and enabling analytical grant evaluation.- Managed cash forecast and presented monthly results to CFO and Finance Senior VP: improved net monthly activity forecasting and recommended account payables' best practices to better estimate the down flow of the fiscal year, increasing banking’s line of credit to monthly $50M.- Advised on the company's planning model and policies towards a zero-budgeting process, with an estimated cost cutting of $5M.- Consolidated month-end process, forecast, and budget variance in a new reporting framework.

Milan, Italy

- Reporting to the Head of Finance, responsible for the Holding of EON Group in Italy, supervised the entire controlling function in preparation of monthly flash report, quarterly closings, annual budget, and mid-term planning.- Identified operational inefficiencies and implemented new approach to planning processes, enhancing analytical accuracy and effectiveness in quarterly performance reports, in respect of deadlines with HQ in Dusseldorf.- Boosted compliance rates by 85% through the renewal of all the shared service level agreements contracts (amongst EON Italy and all the subsidiaries).

Madrid, Spain

- Coordinated operational transition during the creation of the wind on-shore branch (Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal);- Provided business support to operation teams in respect of contracts (e.g. maintenance full service contracts negotiation with 5m€ saving);- Coordinated SAP project involving merger of 20 companies: established new controlling project view achieving cost controlling accuracy;- Dealt with monthly and quarterly reporting package, quarterly forecast, cost controlling, closing activities, variance analysis and ad hoc analysis of financial data; - Developed cash flow projections, net financial position monitoring for monthly review with CFO.

Milan, Italy

- Budget, mid term planning, quarterly performance reports; - Monitoring investments and business metrics interfacing with Dusseldorf, Germany; - Provided support in the Power Purchase Agreement negotiation with minority shareholder; - Conducted ad hoc market analysis and regulation analysis enacted by Italian and European regulators.

San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

- Responsible for enumeration of tariffs;- Provided recommendations for new investments and performed impact analysis of regulations;- Represented the group and acted as the point of contact with the Italian regulation authority.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Managment And Economics Of Energy And Environment (Medea - Scuola Mattei)

Activities and Societies: Finance, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy, Regulation in public.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics