Matilde Legnani
Summary
An adaptable individual who is competent in three spoken languages with an excellent multilingual communication skills and practical experience in Finance and Accounting. I've gained extensive experience working in several industrial sectors including business to business and consumer environments.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounting and Finance Analyst
Gesnext - Avenida de Bruselas 20, TIWS II SL
Madrid
12.2017 - 12.2020
- Responsible for 4 European Countries: Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Hungary and Latam.
- Responsibilities include prepare and record Accruals entries related to Services and Expenses.
- Approve Suppliers Payments done by batch.
- Approve Billing Reports- Approve Payment allocations and Remittance Advice Payments to be sent to Customers.
- Approve Vat Return Sent Auditors requests Download reports from Suppliers portal and to submit them to the Mediation Tool in order to bill the services.
- Produce with monthly management reports budgets, business plans, commentaries, and financial statement.
- Financial Forecasting.
IBM
08.2008 - 12.2017
- ISC, Sta Hortesia 26-28 - 28002 Madrid.
Analyst and Team coordinator
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Motivating the Team, driving towards achievement of all targets.
- Be a role model for the team and acting as first point of contact for advice to the team on AR issues.
- Reporting individual team member's status against targets on a weekly basis and assist collector in performing gap analysis.
- Acting as center of competence for the Team on AR and related processes and systems, and pro-actively sharing skills and knowledge.
01.2008 - 01.2015
- Dealing directly with the biggest customers in the Country negotiating favorable financial settlements and of liaising with the relevant Financial Director to come to repayment agreements Reducing Debts and DSO to a Target Minimum per month.
- Ensuring all receipts and credits are correctly allocated Performing administrative and clerical tasks such as data entry, sending bill reminders, filing paperwork, and contacting clients to discuss their accounts.
- Review accounts, client payments, credit history, and develop new or better repayment terms.
- Generating reports and statements for internal use.
Credit Control Manager
Alivini Company Ltd
05.2002 - 02.2004
- Responsible for reconciliation of all account receivable general ledger accounts for the month end close process.
- Developing credit review and collection strategy to reduce delinquency.
- Coaching team on best practices to reduce delinquency.
- Assisting with monthly management report.
- Establishing and maintaining Great Customer Relationships to maximise Account Performance Reason for leaving: Want to start university studies.
Office Manager
Foodhouse (UK) Ltd
02.1998 - 05.2002
- Planning organizing and controlling the entire office administration.
- Perform bookkeeping process and organize the storage of data Arranging the authorisation for the payment of invoices posted and reconciled to supplier statements.
- Assisting with weekly and monthly supplier payment runs by cheque and BACs.
- Assisting with monthly management report, variance analysis and profitability analysis by product.
- Reason for leaving: Want to progress.
Accountant
Bertolino Dr. Salvatore, Milano
09.1983 - 01.1998
- Responsibilities included preparing accounts and VAT and Tax returns.
- Processing and managing the creditors and debtor's ledger including credit control and bank reconciliations.
- Auditing financial information.
- Assisting with monthly management reports budgets, business plans, commentaries, and financial statement.
- Analysing accounts and business plans.
- Financial forecasting and risk analysis.
- Managing the team workloads and deadlines.
- Reason for leaving: Moved to London.
Education
BA - History and Spanish and Latin America Studies
Metropolitan University
2007
Diploma - Accounting
1982
Skills
- Professional Software and Specifics (SAP- Intermediate Level, Sage Line 100, Lotus notes)
- Email and Web Browser (Chrome, Explorer, Safari)
- Microsoft Office
- Language Skills
- Italian - Mother tongue
- Other language(s)
- Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
- European level (
- Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
- English C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user B2 Independent user C1 Proficient user C1
- Proficient user
- Spanish C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C1 Proficient user B2
- Independent user
- French A2 Basic user A2 Basic user A2 Basic user A2 Basic user A2 Basic user
- Social & Organizational Skills
- Team Spirit
- Detail Oriented
- Accruals, Forecasting, Risk analysis
- Administrative, French, Sage
- AR, General ledger, SAP
- Auditing, Explorer, Settlements
- Bank reconciliations, Italian, Spanish
- Basic, Latin, Strategy
- Billing, Ledger, Tax
- Bookkeeping, Listening, Translation
- Budgets, Lotus notes
- Business plans, Director
- Clerical, Managing
- Coaching, Mark
- Credit, Mediation
- Clients, Microsoft Office
- Client, Negotiating
- Data entry, Office administration
- Detail Oriented, Organizing
- Driving, Organizational Skills
- Economics, Processes
- Email, Progress
- English, Speaking
- Filing, Reading
- Financial, Reporting
Personal Information
Open Minded
, Sociable in interpersonal situation
Time Management
Problem Solving
Ethical Behavior
Humility to learn new knowledge from everyone in an organization
References
References
Available on request.
Timeline
Accounting and Finance Analyst
Gesnext - Avenida de Bruselas 20, TIWS II SL
12.2017 - 12.2020
Analyst and Team coordinator
01.2015 - 01.2017
IBM
08.2008 - 12.2017
01.2008 - 01.2015
Credit Control Manager
Alivini Company Ltd
05.2002 - 02.2004
Office Manager
Foodhouse (UK) Ltd
02.1998 - 05.2002
Accountant
Bertolino Dr. Salvatore, Milano
09.1983 - 01.1998
BA - History and Spanish and Latin America Studies
Metropolitan University
Diploma - Accounting
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