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France

Levallois-Perret, France

• Conducted performance evaluations and professional development plans for assigned staff, being responsible for establishing and monitoring individual goals to 3 direct reports.• Led the finance community in France, 17 colleagues, through regular meetings and events increasing communication and best practice sharing.• Handled successfully the divestiture in 2020 of the construction chemicals business, carving out this activity and determining business value.• Key member of the management team that successfully completed the sale of BASF performance products entity to new ownership.• Merged the performance polyamides entity within BASF France entity, determining the goodwill and harmonizing the processes.• Completed successfully Internal audit held in 2021 for BASF Health and Care.• Coordinated the computation of the risk assessment documentation for BASF France in 2021 adding control measures where necessary.• Completed fiscal audit held in 2021 with no significant findings.• Implemented an online training increasing awareness about payment fraud prevention.• Designed and implemented cost-saving initiatives and productivity tools, including streamlined internal audit procedures, automation of tax declaration computation, ensuring time saving, better communication, accuracy and efficiency.• Collaborated extensively with the top management team being an active member of the digital committee, bringing to the table a concrete strategy and roadmap to handle digital transformation.• Offered proactive thinking and actions around the transfer of finance activities to the shared service center in Germany. Monitoring the knowledge transfer and coaching the shared service members.

Cesano Maderno, Italy

• Managed successfully a team of 5 people in an international context ensuring efficiency increase.• Conducted accurate financial statement computation in Italian GAAPs.• Best practice nomination by the BASF group for introducing the idea of using RPA (Robotic Process Automation) in segregation of duties controls. • Conducted Italian training sessions to all employees on payment fraud prevention increasing awareness on fraud tactics.• Computed the transfer price documentation of BASF Construction Chemicals Italia, year 2019 and 2020 in Italian. describing the activity and analyzing the EBIT level according to the ranges.• Digital Ambassador nomination for introducing to the finance department, tools such as power automate, teams, forms, Bizagi. • Designed and implemented digital projects within the finance department such as VAT controls with robotics saving one full time employee effort. • Implemented IFRS16, ensuring trainings to all parties involved and technical setup into SAP.

Levallois

• Managed the finance local team composed by 5 members, ensuring development of employees.• Coordinated financial statement and reporting computation in local GAAP and IFRS for multiple group entities.• Integrated two new acquired entities with sales amounting respectively 75 million and 60 million.• Upgrading financial systems in SAP.• Computed tax reporting and local tax declarations such as VAT.• Prepared income tax assessments in collaboration with the fiscal head.• Supervised payroll accounting ensuring good set-up of the payroll posting when new legislation. • Supervised the shared service center team overseeing their activities and sharing knowledge, expertise and good practices.• Designed and implemented the cost center structure and expense allocation methodology in one subsidiary of BASF France using Navision tool.

Levallois-Perret, Île-De-France, France

Ville De Paris, Île-De-France, France

Fontenay-Sous-Bois, Île-De-France, France

Mba Finance, Control, Audit, Finance, Accounting, Audit, Obtained With Distinction

Master'S Degree In Economics, International Economics