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Lisbon, Portugal

San Francisco, California, US

• Implemented the Procure-to-Pay process globally, resulting in over 90% pre-approved spend and increased visibility over expenditures.
• Rolled out a global Expense Management tool, streamlining processes and enhancing controls.
• Managed company acquisitions in Poland and the US, ensuring legal and accounting compliance.
• Developed global cash flow forecasts and managed cash flow, increasing controls and business predictability, providing valuable insights to the executive team.
• Conducted monthly global P&L and Balance Sheet reviews, ensuring the accuracy of financial data.
• Prepared monthly reporting packages to advise and support executive decision-making.

San Francisco, California, US

• Oversee operations in Portugal, establishing local processes in Finance, HR, and Legal, and growing the team from 0 to over 115 employees.
• Built and currently lead the accounting team in Portugal.
• Facilitated the integration of relocated employees (over 50) by securing Tech Visa, Social Security benefits, and Startup Certification.
• Manage relationships with tax authorities, immigration services, banks and other stakeholders.
• Secured R&D tax incentives, resulting in significant tax savings.

San Francisco, California, US

• Established the Polish subsidiary, defining local processes in Finance, HR, and Legal, and growing the team from 0 to over 100 employees.
• Managed the relocation of over 100 employees to Poland.

Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

• Co-Founder of website dedicated to share news about television;
• Coordination of the freelancer journalists’ team (10 - 20 team members) as well as organization of several initiatives, such as contests, awards and others;
• Daily writing of articles related to television;
• Achieve strong social media presence across multiple platforms while developing effective marketing strategies to drive new traffic to the website; Facebook: +157K Likes; Instagram: +31K Followers; Twitter: +9.3K.
• Manage performance analytics of content and identification of new channels to optimize website visibility;
• Strong recognition and visibility in the entertainment industry.

Lisbon, PT

• Main responsibilities:
• Team Leadership: planning, coordination and supervision of the finance team;
• Controlling & Accounting: P&L review vs Budget and Forecast; cash flow management; financial statements preparation; audit management;
• Legal & Fiscal: fiscal optimization in countries Uniplaces operates in (UK, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany); Contracts' review; R&D Tax incentives secured, resulting in significant tax savings;
• Financial Reporting: forecast preparation (Cash flow, P&L and Balance Sheet); monthly report analysis;
• Data Science: ad hoc analysis using MySQL to support operational decision making and optimize processes.

Lisboa, PT

• My role at ITEN Solutions involved mainly the following areas:
• Team Leadership: promoting the motivation and team spirit fundamental for the objectives to be met on time and ensuring the quality of the financial information delivered to the stakeholders;
• Processes' Optimization: redesigning and automation of processes in the areas of Financial Control and Contracts/Projects' Analysis, ensuring a significant increase in efficiency and an improvement on the financial.
• Controlling & Reporting: Contracts/Projects Analysis; development of reporting layouts; implementation of analytical procedures to financial information; monthly reporting to Heads of BUs and areas' Managers; KPI.
• Budget & Forecasting: Participation in the Annual Budgeting process; monthly monitorization of Actuals versus Budget and Forecast.

Valby, Copenhagen, DK

• My role at Lundbeck Portugal involved four main areas, namely:
• Controlling & Reporting: daily monitorization of market data, through different platforms, and reporting to Country Manager; KPIs analysis; Sales forecast; monthly reporting to headquarters, Infarmed, Apifarma and.
• Distribution & Logistics: Management of the stock and sales entire process, from stock entries to invoicing and including returns processing;
• Accounting: routine transactions booking, accruals calculation and period closing procedures; accounts and stock reconciliations;
• Treasury: receipts booking; accounts receivable collection; ageing analysis.

London, GB

• Throughout the years I worked with EY, I had the opportunity of getting involved in a wide range of businesses, and perform financial audits to different companies in different countries (Portugal and Angola). The main.
• Tourism and hospitality sector | Tivoli Hotels, JJW Hotels, Palácio da Lousã;
• Oil and Gas industry | Chevron, Sonangol, BP Portugal, AS 24;
• Airline Corporations | Sonair;
• Technology | Canon Portugal, Siemens Portugal;
• Retail and Industry | Tintas Robbialac, Grupo Monte d’Alva.

Chicago, IL, US

During the three months of the internship with Heidrick and Struggles I was able to develop some skills regarding clients’ relationship management and a commercial attitude that has been important in my career. The main tasks performed were the organization and support of the project called «Prémio Excelência no Trabalho», which involved contacts with.

In the three months of the summer internship with Markbiz, I was able to experience the creation and organization of marketing initiatives, the conception of proposals to present to clients, both in Portugal and Angola, as well as being part in the ideas’ brainstorm and great stimulus to creativity and innovation throughout that period.Furthermore, the job.

Executive Programme, Leadership, Agility And Adaptability

Executive Programme, International Taxation

Executive Programme, Business Administration And Management, General

Msc, Business Administration

Bachelor, Management