Lorenzo De Ferrari Email & Phone Number

Greenwich, CT, US

New York, US

• Handling FP&A for several Business Units:
• Merger of 3 BU’s;
• Implementation of Financial Shared Services:
• Implementation of new ERP system;

New York, US

• Leading the finance function (8 direct reports) of one of the Business Units.
• Substantial overhaul of the financial statements;
• Process improvement on billing, collections, AP, sales tax mgmt.

Long Island City, NY, US

Set up of accounting and reporting systems.Design and implementation of new management processes and control tools.Temporary management. Expertise in elevators, manufacturing, multinational environments.Main assignments:CFO at Keystone Iron & Wire Works o 33% ownership in a Company making metal parts for the elevator industry;o supervising all financial.

Morristown, NJ, US

Member of the Team that established the Major Projects Department, to manage projects with a price above $1M. (defined the role of Project Manager – created financial tools for estimating, cost collection, forecasting, change order management – defined and promoted benchmarks for performance improvement and risk mitigation – created incentive plan for.

Morristown, NJ, US

• Performed standard financial activities for the product lines (monthly reports, budgets, cost variance analysis)
• Managed the program providing customers with financing options to support their Modernization plans
• Developed programs to understand and mitigate negative cost variances
• Coordinated the activity of two financial analysts

Morristown, NJ, US

• Leading a team of 7 people. Reporting to the CFO.In charge of accounting, reporting, financial analysis, year end closing (under IFRS principles), relations with auditors, capital investment management, for Schindler.
• re-organized and re-staffed the office (hired 2 people to replace 4 who had left just before my appointment);
• Handled the 2010 year end closing, with full approval by Ernst & Young auditors;
• Supported the company re-organization with a full re-engineering of the cost center structure (closing >300 cost centers; creating 15 new; re-organizing the cost center hierarchy).

Morristown, NJ, US

Reporting to the CFO, dotted line to the Product Line VPs.Focus of the position was to analyse the performance of the product lines, identifying strengths andweaknesses and promoting process improvements throughout the organization.By leveraging on my background of Region Manager, I was also active in improving thecommunication flow between Regions and.

Morristown, NJ, US

• Reporting to the Region CFO, dotted line to the Region Vice President. Supported Region Operations ($100M turnover) in improving the business results by increasing financial awareness throughout the organisation and by.
• Implemented new tool for Job progress measurement and calculation of cost gaps (actual vs estimate), leading to a better understanding of root causes and to efficiency improvements (reduction of cost gaps from $5M/year.
• created a forecasting tool that allowed managers to foresee their monthly results, while providing them a better understanding of the financial structure of the business;
• Invoicing: managed contract negotiation and job progress to maximize cash flows.
• Raised the Region from a Net Loss to a profitable position and to achieve budget goals.

Master Of Science, Economics (Equivalent To The Field Of Study Lm-56 - Economics

Several Executive Training Sessions, Management

High School, Scientific Lyceum