Matteo Romano Email & Phone Number

Zürich, Zh, Ch

Baar, Zug, Switzerland

- Responsible for analysis of and commentary on business performances, including reporting to the Group Management and Board- Responsible for defining, organizing and coordinating the forecasting, budgeting and Financial Mid Term Plan processes within the Group- Responsible for analysis and reporting of Sales indicators, pricing methodologies and commercial models- Responsible for ensuring access to high-quality data for effective group planning and operation

Greater Zurich Area

- Finance business partner for growth markets (Finland, Belgium, Italy, Eastern Europe, Middle East Asia, South East Asia and Australia) and OEM business- Responsible for planning and driving strategical initiatives (market penetrations, portfolio offering, G2M strategies)- Leading a team of 12 dispersed across Europe, Asia and Australia- Full responsibility of Finance for the aforementioned countries, including but not limited to: controlling, budgeting, cash management, accounting, auditing, mid term planning- Responsible for the digitalization of BI reports across the whole organizationMain achievements:- Leading country profitability reviews to identify opportunities and seeking to implement a more structured sales force strategy.- Implementation of a Financial shared center in Malaysia for the APAC regionRollout of new digital clinical product in Eastern Europe

Greater Zurich Area

- Financial partner to DACH Managing Director and direct reporting to CFO- Full responsibility of Finance DACH (>50m business), including but not limited to: controlling, budgeting, cash management, accounting, auditing- Responsible for all the DACH reporting to the group Board of Directors, CXO executives as well as DACH management (Managing Director, Heads of)- Responsible for ERP implementation and development for the Finance module- Member of Board of Directors for Italian legal entityMain achievements:- Implementation of organizational-wide KPIs and BI reports for monitoring and steering, while leading the DACH organization to a >20% YoY growth- Optimization of the Customer Care operations toward a more proactive and customer-focused approach, achieving a +10% growth in Revenue

Zürich Area, Switzerland

- Preparation of strategic and operational reports to CXO level and Board of Directors (Monthly reporting deck, Mid Term Plan, Sales Flash, …)- Controller for all global functions (HR, Legal, Logistics, Group Marketing)- Coordination and engagement of regional controllers and regional directors for reporting, budgeting and forecasting activities- Member of Board of Directors for Italian legal entityMain achievements:- Design and implementation across all entities of monthly rolling forecast, with the aim of increasing financial control and easing Budget process- Implementation of new reporting tools and procedures that allowed savings in the global controlling team (from 4 to 2 employees) as well as speeding up the reporting process

Zürich Area, Switzerland

- Sales and Marketing controller, Business partner to Chief Marketing and Sales (CSMO)- Ad hoc analysis for CXO and Board of Directors (sales reporting and forecasting, Mid Term Plan)- Support the Head of Controlling in monthly reporting to CXO and Board of DirectorsMain achievements:-Migration of CRM database into cloud SQL database and creation of PowerBI dashboards to effortlessly present live reports to Ascom top management, saving weekly manual workload of senior managers

Lucerne Area, Switzerland

- Financial analysis, forecasting and reporting of Balance sheet, P&L and Cash flow for all flight costs (accounting for a value of 200M+)- Development of new statistical models (SQL/QlikView/PowerBI) aimed at improving financial forecast accuracy- In charge of Financial planning, Financial statement, Rev Rec, Bank reconciliation Main achievements:- Creation and development a new P&L statistical forecast model based on SQL databases & PowerBI dashboards that allowed to increase forecast accuracy (from 3% to less than 1% variance one year out) as well as to reduce the forecasting process from two weeks to less than three days

Lucerne Area, Switzerland

Analysis, forecasting and reporting of P&L for specific cost items (taxes and departure fees, 100M+), deviation analysis- Creation and use of statistical models for budgeting and forecasting purposes - Project manager in IT developments with internal and external (Amadeus) stakeholdersMain achievements:- Development of a QlikView-based BI solution aimed at cost savings by individuating cheapest fares available on the market (estimated savings per year ≅200k CHF)

Coldrerio, Switzerland

• Analysis and forecasts of sales aimed at decision support (wholesales, retail, outlet and e-commerce)• Price analysis and definition in the Shoes and Leather accessories department

Milan Area, Italy

• IT PMO over a Mobile project (analysis of requirements, management, control and reporting)• Monitoring and reporting (weekly presentations to senior management) of several CRM and IT projects developments

Master In Management Engineering, Management Economics And Industrial Engineering, 110 Cum Laude

The thesis focused on the development of a forecast model of indicators of Sustainability (economical, environmental and social), based.

Management Engineering - Bachelor Degree, Management Engineering