Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Passionate about Innovation and how that can contribute to improve people’s lives. Reliable and solid Business Partner with strong experience in forecasting, budgeting and supporting strategic decisions. I bring 14+ years of experience working in different financial roles within complex multinational environments and 7+ years as Team Leader. I strongly believe in collaborative leadership as the best way to foster engagement, responsibility and maximization of results. Experience in management and development of cross cultural and cross functional teams. Strong SAP knowledge developed as project manager. Qualified Six Sigma expert in Business Improvement. Robust educational background including Master in Corporate Finance and Bachelor Degree in Finance & Accounting; employed by major multinationals with USGAAP and IFRS exposure.
CFO of Roche Diabetes Care Italy responsible for leading the financial results of the Country (sales (€100M)/costs/operating profit/net-working capital). Main Business Partner of the General Manager and member of the Country Leadership Team supporting the achievement of both short and long term goals by providing relevant financial and non-financial information, business insights, out of the box ideas that helps to take critical trade-off decisions. Controller of all financial aspects of the company strategy, including partnership with Third Parties. Leader of a team of 18 people (Finance, Business Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, CQ&R) with a collaborative leadership approach to foster inclusion and promote accountability. Member of the Board of Directors.
Partnering with the EMEA HS&P (Corporate Accounts and Digital Solutions) Director to lead and develop the overall organization, define strategic initiatives, drive execution and communicate achievements internally and externally; Coordinating preparation and review of cross-divisional deal analysis and business cases for innovative partnerships with Corporate Accounts and ensure alignment of key internal stakeholders; Leading quarterly business and financial results reporting and analysis, monitoring and measuring account/deal performance KPIs; Developing tools and automated solutions to model complex deals and monitor the execution; Coordinating planning/forecasting (Strat Plan and AOP) activities for HS&P; Managing and developing the HS&P Finance Team; Driving ownership and accountability for budget management and adherence to T&E policy and “Smart Spending” principles; Establishing and management of core processes and procedures to ensure compliance with BSC policies and data/information accuracy;
Financial oversight for $100M Service business across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and India with responsibility on both P&L and Cash flow items; Making recommendations to the General Manager of EMEA Service BU for optimizing financial performance and attaining financial targets; Proactively ensuring the delivery of profit through the support of commercial plans, investment decision, innovation agenda and the alignment of supply chain network strategy; Preparing management power point presentations for the BU review with the WW General Manager and Finance Director of the Service BU; Managing the planning process (Monthly & Quarterly reviews and Yearly Budget preparation) across EMEA with the local finance and sales teams providing insightful commentary and analysis of results, identifying drivers, trends and gaps; Managing the Finance Team (2 direct reports) supporting EMEA Service; Reviewing Service Contract Terms and Conditions; Supervising the closing reviews to ensure results are appropriately accounted for under GAAP;
• Project Manager for the implementation of the SAP Material Ledger Module (MM - conversion to Standard Costing, Implementation of Stock Transport Order functionality) for HCIS (Healthcare Information Solution) Business Unit; • Project Manager for the review of the Trade Product Return process followed at WW level. This required the documentation of the current state, the design of the new solution and finally the implementation of the SAP Advance Return Management Module at WW level (Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification); • Coordination of cross-functional teams including Finance, Controllers, Tax Team, Sales Operations, Supply Chain and Customer Care people located in all the subsidiaries at WW level; • Participation to the project team that reviewed the overall Company Chart of Accounts; • Training activities provided to Cross-functional teams located in all the subsidiaries at WW level.
• Financial oversight for $80M HCIS (Healthcare Information Solution) business • Responsibility on both P&L and Cash flow items. • Analyzing and communicating monthly HCIS operating and financial results during WW MOR meetings. • Preparing executive level presentation of results, identifying drivers, trends and forward issues • Consolidating and analyzing monthly and quarterly forecast information. • Identifying fluctuations between budgets, estimates and actual results. • Completing monthly MOR packages by coordinating and soliciting input from regional finance team (10 people). • Consolidating and analyzing ASR & AOP information. • Reviewing Contract Terms and Conditions and coordinating the VSOE calculation. • Participating in closing reviews to ensure results are appropriately accounted for under GAAP. • Leading, financials-wise, the WW development & implementation of Planview (Portfolio & Resource Management Tool).
• Analyzing companies financial accounts (income statement, balance sheet, cash-flow statement) and business plans. • Analyzing companies cost of funding and debt structure. • Preparing companies profiles and information memorandum. • Supporting the financial valuation of investments and companies (mainly through the DCF, Multiples and Transaction Multiples methods). • Supporting geographical and industrial researches aimed at taking out potential strategic targets or bidders for M&A deals. • Supporting the creation and implementation of economic models for the organization of leverage buyouts (LBOs) and debt restructuring operations.