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Milan, It

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

- Shared CFO for small&medium business and start-up companies. Supported clients operating in: cosmetic testing, real estate training, e-commerce consulting and digital communication.

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

- Consulting on set up and development of Finance function, including processes, measurements, analytics and controls.- Financial performance issues consulting: pricing, revenue improvement, profitability.

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Member of Board of Directors with overall responsibility for finance and administration of the local entity, including legal compliance:- Managed and reviewed annual budgets, monthly forecasts, profit, operating results, various financial reports, and ensured that all transactions are accurate and comply with US GAAP and local statutory requirements.- Developed finance function, including definition of processes, operational KPIs and analytics, development of people- Supported and advised on strategic decisions- Ensured and strengthened internal control and audit posture- Managed strategic business partner relations, local procurement, facility management, bank and factoring relations, contract management, sales operations management and health and safety compliance.- Ensured effective implementation of all accounting, financial and operational activities for the shared service centers (based in Budapest, Hungary and Cebu, Philippines).- Provided guidance to HR.Achievements- Slashed operating expenses (car lease, mobile, rent and external consultants) by 20% by negotiating pricing and fees while ensuring continuation and enhancements of services.- Improved cooperation and synergies with shared services centers as part of one extended team.- Reinforced local procedures in HR area to strengthen overall integrity and improve work & life balance (travel and company car policies, smart-working, online attendance tracking, electronic ticket restaurant, online healthcare fund).

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Managed overall P&L responsibilities for business of $150M revenue per year: - Planned, directed and monitored division's performance.- Coordinated, overseen and updated any short or long-term business planning.- Developed credibility for the finance function by providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports, and business trends to assist executive team in targets achievement.- Deployed KPIs tracking of contract profitability to improve financial performance and overall internal controls quality.- Enhanced and implemented division’s policies and procedures to improve effectiveness of overall operations.- Reviewed critical business opportunities and strengthened deal approval framework to prevent profit dilution and low value service offerings.- Overseen division’s annual budget and business plan.- Managed and coached countries finance and shared services centers teams.Achievements- Ensured continuous profitability improvement, mid-single digit growth, while keeping budgets under control. - Implemented early warning for trouble contracts to enable timely detection and correction of potential issues generating a profit improvement of cca $1M.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Russia and CIS countries Finance management covering following main responsibilities: - Provided leadership and coordination of division financial planning, budget management and operations functions.- Worked with executive team on the strategic vision.- Designed and rolled out financial and cross-functional processes.- Responsible for internal control and audit posture, including SOX.

Greater Milan Metropolitan Area

- Participation in and organization of audit engagements across Europe.- Audit of process compliance and design in several processes including financing, procurement, sales incentive plan, solution design & delivery.- Review of financial statements and processes.- Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) procedures review.- Identification of risks and evaluation of internal controls.- Maintaining relationships with executive stakeholders.- Coaching new colleagues.

Milan Area, Italy

- Revenue and cost analysis and reporting.- Consolidation of countries performance reporting.- Variances analysis: delta actual vs budget and forecast.- Budget and Forecasting cycles preparation.- People management – team of 7 people in Italy, plus coordinating 5 colleagues in other countries.

Milan Area, Italy

- Customer contract profitability evaluation and financial risk coverage.- Analysis of financial impact of non standard terms and conditions and penalties.

Rome Area, Italy

Pallacanestro Virtus Roma basketball team of Italian League- Designing the website.- Content writing and editing.- Managing contacts with press.