Carolina Colombo

Experiences

Monitoring of the group industrial performance through the collection and consolidation of the data (including Total Cost at Factory and Industrial Variances) coming from the different plants.
Preparation of the industrial reporting according to the monthly controlling cycle: pre-flash, flash, actual, forecast.
Analysis of technical KPIs and benchmarking for improving the performance of the different production plants.
Elaboration of ad hoc analysis of profitability to support the top management.
Preparation of market review and preliminary analysis necessary for the elaboration of the annual Management Plan.

Month-end closing activities at local level.
Support to subsidiaries for the month-end closing activities.
Budgeting: collection and set up of budget files both for Italy and other subsidiaries.
Gap Analysis: identification, analysis and explanation of main variances both for Italy and other subsidiaries.
Local and consolidated reporting.

Budgeting: collection and set up of budget files to provide global coherence.
Reporting: data retrieving and reporting of monthly statistics; elaboration of several reports
Gap analysis related to main objectives previously defined.
Sales and Margin analysis: price and volume/mix variances.
Customer Profitability: development of a P&L by customer to analyze customer profitability.
Supply Chain: backorders analysis showing the main issues and provide recommendations.
Balance sheet analysis: main ratios analysis; DSO and DIO analysis; cash flow analysis.

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Budgeting and data consolidation for the annual financial statements.
Daily sales reports, weekly cash flow analysis, quarterly hard close and reporting, quarterly forecast.
Reporting, budget deviations analysis.
Documents, tables and reports development for internal and external auditing.
General accounting: incoming invoices and payment receipts registration.

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General accounting.
Accounting documents analysis, particular attention to daily accounting transactions control and to quarterly hard close process.
Reporting and financial data analysis.
Invoicing.

Education

Relevant courses: Strategy, Corporate Finance, Supply Chain, Leadership, Business Communication.

Cems Business Project with Hilti: Exploring the Digital World of Web-portals for e-procurement.

Relevant Courses: Strategy, Corporate Finance, Performance Measurement, Business Analytics, Economics, Organization, Marketing.

Relevant Courses: Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Controlling, Supply Chain, Marketing, Mathematics, Private and Corporate Law.

Thesis: "Controlling as a main source of Competitive Advantage: NPI Italia Srl case".

Exchange Program: Fall semester

Skills

English: Full Professional Proficiency. IELTS: 7.5

IELTS certificate: 7.5 overall

Advanced
French: Full Professional Proficiency. DELF 90.5/100

DELF certificate: 90.5/100

Advanced
Italian: Mother Tongue

Mother tongue

Expert

Leadership
Public Speaking

Used to do "consulting style" presentations in public
Organization
Team Work

Worked on many group projects both at University and Internships

MS Office

Excellent knowledge of MS Excel and MS Power Point.

Excel
Data Analysis
Data organization
Budgeting
Reporting
Fixed Costs analysis
Cash flow analysis
Balance Sheet analysis
Gap Analysis

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Student CEMS MIM, Bocconi University

Junior Industrial Controller

Junior Service Controller

Financial Controller Intern

Financial Controller Intern

Administrative Assistant Intern

Master of Science Cems MIM

WU (Vienna, Austria) & Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

Master of Science in International Management

Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management

Bocconi University (Milan, Italy)

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management

ESSEC Business School (Cergy, France)

Scientific High School Diploma

Collegio Ballerini (Seregno, Italy)

Languages

Team Work

IT: ECDL certificate

Controlling and Finance