Nicola Ricci Email & Phone Number

Formigine, Emilia Romagna, Italia

Bologna Area, Italy

Parma Area, Italy

• Responsible for design, harmonization and implementation of group finance and control processes.
• Implemented a new SAP system, delivered in two main entites and in progress on a third one, defining a unique template ready to be expanded gradually throughout the Group.
• Harmonized cost center structure throughout the Group, in integration with HR systems, aimed to produce personnel consolidated reporting.
• Defined detailed specifications of product standard costing methodology, to be implemented in the frame of presently ongoing product modularization project.Corporate controller, focusing on IT, business transformation.
• Implemented and set up a corporate actual costs consolidation tool interfaced with SAP, substantially reducing the related workload.
• Implemented and set up a global IT, business transformation and communication costs followup, defining a transversal view of such costs across business units, to support centralization of such areas.

Bologna Area, Italy

• Overall responsibility on planning, control, consolidated reporting for the Group and the operating holding, supervising local and affiliates structure,
• Implemented and set up a new harmonized structure for budget and consolidated financial statements, either management or statutory (IFRS), taking care of introduction of newly acquired companies.
• Defined and implemented a consolidated reporting system fully integrated with ERP (BPCS): For sales area (sales and margin analysis, daily basis) enabling profitability recovery actions on critical customers. For.
• Supported Group General Management during a very critical restructuring phase, that required: Definition and monitoring of the business restructuring plan. Rating from Standard & Poor’s. Setup of Investor.

Milan Area, Italy

• Cost accounting managerResponsibility on Cost of Goods accounting (based on US GAAP and italian rules), planning, controlling and reporting.
• Redesigned and implemented cost accounting process within the manufacturing business process reengineering, acting as process owner.
• Performed various financial analysis on new products introduction, production relocations and make or buy choices. Participation to “Benchmarking” among affiliate’s plants.Information systems project leader
• Redefined IT expenses control, supported IT manager in defining IT budget and expenses monitoring
• Control on new commercial system (based on BPCS) implementation project.
• Defined EURO currency compliance requirements for information systems and coordinated adjustment activity.

Potenza Area, Italy

• Plant standard costs and budget definition, variance analysis, financial reporting, reporting to plant finance manager.
• Supported plant departments in understanding financial information and in finding improvement opportunities.
• Performed Plant accounting systems startup and test.

Laurea, Economia Aziendale, 110 / 110 E Lode

• Graduation thesis headline: “Models for the statistical analysis of stock markets: an empyrical study on Milan stock exchange”.

Ragioniere E Perito Commerciale, Istituto Tecnico Commerciale, 60/60