EDUCATION
2013 Master of Science in Financial Economics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy
Major: Market Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial and Credit Derivatives, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, M&A and Investment Banking, IFRS.
Graduation thesis in Financial Markets Law: “The Role Of Cassa Deposits And Loans In Italy: Analysis And Perspectives“.
Final grade: 107/110.
2010 Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Bari, Italy
Major: Economics, Accounting, Banking, Macroeconomics, Statistics.
Graduation thesis in Economics and Management of Financial Intermediaries: "Hedge Funds: Analysis Of The Italian Market".
Final grade: 108/110.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY |
2021 Jan- Present Bank of New York Mellon – Remote role (United Kingdom)
Interim Client Services Representative
2020 July – Dec Deutsche Bank - London (United Kingdom)
Interim Client Services Account Administrator – Trust and Agency
Main Tasks:
• Contacting clients in order to collect financial statements and certificates of compliance.
• Preparing audit reports for clients.
• Making payments on behalf of clients.
• Contacting clients for callbacks and updating the database of callbacks.
• MIS reporting activities.
• Accepting SWIFT messages for proxy votes.
• Opening new accounts on behalf of clients.
• Producing bank statements to be sent to clients.
2020 Jan – July Hult International Business School - London (United Kingdom)
Business Intelligence Intern – Global Marketing Department
Main Tasks:
• Preparation, standardisation and cleaning of data to upload to the systems.
• Uploads of data to the CRM systems (Salesforce, Marketing Cloud).
• Reviewing data journeys and data integrity.
• Extracting analytics reports from Salesforce.
• Liaising with various groups of stakeholders.
2019 July – Nov Wyelands Bank - London (United Kingdom)
Interim Operations Assistant – Operations Department
Main Tasks:
• Supporting the Treasury Front Office team by preparing documents for position keeping, hedging and cash management purposes.
• Bank reconciliations (nostro accounts and margin accounts) in various currencies on a daily and monthly basis.
• Posting journals and entries (payments, fees, dividends, interests, account sweeps).
• Processing and settlement of trades and transactions (FX Swaps, money market funds, bonds, commercial papers, retail deposits).
• SWIFT (MT 103, MT 200, MT 202, MT 300, MT 541, MT 566) and CHAPS payments.
• Collateral management (margin calls, journals, payments, reconciliations).
• Updating FX rates and bond prices in the banking system.
• Reporting activities.
• Liaising with the Treasury, Accounting and Credit Analysis departments.
2018 Dec – 2019 Jun Career break
2017 Dec – 2018 Nov European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – London (UK)
Loan Administrator - Banking Operations Department
Main Tasks:
• Disbursement and rollover of loans.
• Rate-fixings, prepayments, waivers, inputting new loans/guarantees in the system.
• Creation of SWIFT messages for payments (MT 103, MT 202, MT 199).
• Interpretation of loan documentations.
• Preparation of billings for borrowers for invoicing purposes.
• Input of journals in SAP for receipts of funds.
• Preparation of audit reports requested by clients.
• Responding to queries of internal customers and external clients.
2017 Apr - Sept GSK (Contractor via Randstad) - London (United Kingdom)
Interim Finance Analyst – Treasury Department
Main Tasks:
• Posting of financial transactions (journals, allocations).
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Bank reconciliations.
• Cash flows forecasting for the assigned entities.
• Requiring intercompany loans/buying commercial papers.
• SOX controls (64, 81, 229, 231).
• Weekly/monthly reporting activities.
• Executing payments (payrolls, social security, severance pays, refunds).
• Responding to queries.
2016 Apr - Dec Citibank - Warsaw (Poland)
Interim Asset Servicing Senior Specialist – Custody Department
Key player in the migration of the department from Dublin to Warsaw. Trained for one month in the Dublin office.
Main Tasks:
• Processing of corporate actions: reconciliation of SWIFT messages (MT 564, MT 566) and payment of interests, warrants, cash dividends to investment funds and hedge funds.
• Settlement of claims and compensations.
• Tax checks for the financial instruments to process.
• Booking FX rates for clients receiving payments in different currencies.
• Preparation of KPI's and KRI's for the assigned markets.
• Control of stock lending positions.
• Daily/weekly/monthly reporting activities.
• Responding to client queries.
• UAT testing.
• Training of new staff.
2015 May - Oct Bayer - Barcelona (Spain)
Interim Accountant- LATAM Accounts Payable Department
Main Tasks:
• Control and posting of suppliers' invoices.
• Quality check of invoices posted from other team members.
• Data Maintenance.
• Control and reporting activities.
• Support to the month-end closing activities.
• Communication and coordination with the Purchasing Department.
• Responding to external client queries.
Italy Traffic Manager – Internship in the Broadcasting Department
Won Leonardo scholarship in order to perform an internship in the
Administration Office.
RELEVANT SKILLS |
Languages:
- English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), - Italian (native speaker).
- Achieved First Certificate in English. Taronja Spanish School Proficient Certification.
Computer:
- SAP ERP (FI, CO, BC modules), Salesforce, Marketing cloud, Automation Studio, Journey Builder, SFMC.
- Olympic, Treasury Edge, Aqua, Bankline, Swift Alliance, Cashbook, Ad-Hoc.
- Summit, NCS (New Corporate Actions System), Secore, Action Source.
- IT2 NET, Trintech.
- FactuSOL, ContaPlus, Slip Software.
- MS Office.
- Excel: Vlookup, Match, Index, Pivot Tables, if formulas.
- Mac OS X.
- Achieved European Computer Driving License in 2009.
Very skilled and experienced at working remotely and with remote teams/stakeholders.
Penchant for accuracy, quality and critical thinking.
Analytical and pragmatic mentality.
Flexibility and adaptability, proven by the ability to juggle part time jobs and University courses and working in different European countries.
Interpersonal and communication skills gained and used in various international work environments.
INTERESTS |