Giovanni Carlesso
Finance Manager
Madrid,Madrid
Summary
Highly motivated Finance Manager with extensive Financial Analysis and Financial Forecasting experience. Outgoing professional with track record of driving balanced growth, efficiencies, and very strong stewardship.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Finance Manager - LA Grooming Forecasting
Procter & Gamble
Panama City, Panama
08.2021 - Current
- Create, submit, and deliver the monthly E2E forecast for LA Grooming with a +/- 3% accuracy
- Working with multifunctional teams to ensure all inputs are properly taken into consideration
- Scenario planning to ensure we have sufficiency to deliver our fiscal year targets minimizing the overall forecast risk profile
- Generate recurrent and one-time reports to illustrate the Forecast and Fiscal Year To Date (FYTD) Actuals figures to enable and influence decision making of local & global top management
- Construction of upcoming Fiscal Year first perspective based on by market sales input, global FX & commodities, and cost assumptions
Finance Manager - LA Oral Care
Procter & Gamble
Panama City, Panama
09.2019 - 08.2021
- Delivered the sales growth, profit growth, and efficiency targets for Oral Care in Argentina, Central America, and the Caribbean (40+ islands)
- Focused on sales acceleration via new product launches as well as margin improvement to have a balanced top & bottom-line growth
- Managed the MSA (Marketing & Selling Expenses) budget for LA Oral Care delivering the -1% reduction in the budget achieving our efficiency target without compromising brand exposure. Focused on non-productive & low ROI investments to successfully achieve the target
- Created and delivered the LA Oral Care EDS (Economic Data Sheet) which details the profitability of each SKU-Country combination. Provided very clear and actionable insight to top management twice per year to improve the profitability on the most vulnerable segments.
Student Intern - Dairy
Nestle Central America
Panama City, Panama
04.2017 - 08.2017
- Analyzed the performance of the Dairy SKUs using Excel
- Generated a report and presentation signaling the most profitable per country and region
- Analyzed market share data for each country and for the Central America Region
- Economized the packaging and minimized the size of the labels of each SKU of the category to drive margin expansion
- Created and successfully launched the NIDO + Animal Planet sales promotion in Central America, and the KLIM + Animal Planet sales promotion in Panama to drive sales acceleration
Student Intern
Copa Airlines S.A
Panama City, Panama
04.2016 - 08.2016
- Creation of a revenue dashboard using Excel to enable & simplify management´s decision making
- Analyzed the key performance indicators (KPIs) using Excel and presented findings to take choices on the high risk segments
- Standardized all communication from Copa Airlines to the customers to drive a strong brand image
- Analyzed the business life cycle using SAP and Excel
- Redesign of the email and web check-in templates using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to drive a strong brand image
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Marketing
Florida Institute of Technology, College of Business
Melbourne, Florida, USA 08.2014 - 12.2018
Skills
Forecasting and planning
Timeline
Finance Manager - LA Grooming Forecasting
Procter & Gamble
08.2021 - Current
Finance Manager - LA Oral Care
Procter & Gamble
09.2019 - 08.2021
Student Intern - Dairy
Nestle Central America
04.2017 - 08.2017
Student Intern
Copa Airlines S.A
04.2016 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Marketing
Florida Institute of Technology, College of Business
08.2014 - 12.2018