About Me

07/2024-11/2024               Accountant a.i. EMEA Content Accounting Team at Netflix in Amsterdam. ERP: Workday. GAAP: US, Dutch.

·      Set up of content license contracts for 18 entities in contract management system with focus on License Fees and Payment Terms assignment.

·      Review of content license agreements for 18 entities, which includes interpreting contractual terms and understanding the application of Netflix accounting policies.

·      Monitoring and reporting monthly launches both for owned and licensed contents.

·      Monthly Estimated Final Costs reporting for both owned and licensed contents.

·      Roll forward of monthly and quarterly accounting closing checklists.

·      Stakeholder Management: tax, legal, production finance teams.

 

12/2023-05/2024               Sr. Accountant a.i. Indirect Tax at Netflix in Amsterdam. ERP: Workday. GAAP: US, Dutch.

·      Preparation of Manual Journal Entries for Tax Accruals, Foreign Exchange Rates differences (booking to realized gain/loss for differences among the VAT filings in functional currencies and payments in EUR/USD), reconciling journals (such as corrections and rounding write offs).

·      Blackline Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliations and reconciliation process optimization.

·      Lead and coordinate the month end process for the months of Apr-2024 coordinating activities among team members and part-time contractors to ensure meeting deadlines for the EMEA entities.

·      Accounting induction training for junior team members focused on Foreign Exchange (concept and purpose) differences and Digital Service Tax Accruals.

·      Manuals: Manual Journals Entries; Balance Sheet Accounts Reconciliations Excel and Blackline, Workday Financials and Reporting.

·      Onboarding of new Indirect Tax team members (for the accounting part).

·      Stakeholder Management: corporate accounting office specifically on month end closing and Blackline matters.

 

 

08/2023-11/2023               Accountant a.i. at Provalliance Netherlands in Rotterdam. ERP: Exact. GAAP: Dutch.

·      Account Payables invoices and employees expenses bookings for the assigned entities;

·      Resolve cost allocation issues related to compound invoices for utilities costs etc.;

·      Updating and maintaining the Basecone invoices templates seeking efficiencies for the whole Account Payables process (from invoice receipt to clearing after payment);

·      Onboarding and training of finance team new member.

·      Stakeholder Management: operational teams and third parties specifically on payments matters.

 

04/2023-07/2023               Financial Accountant a.i. at Yellowbrick International (Flowbird Group) in Amsterdam. ERP: AFAS. GAAP: Dutch.

·      Account Payables invoices bookings, preparation of payments forecasts, funding of bank accounts, payments to third parties and intercompany partners;

·      Raising and journalizing manual Account Receivables invoices;

·      Bank entries in the general ledger (including FX entries) and bank reconciliations;

·      Month end closing and reporting activities following instructions from Sr. Financial Controller and CFO;

·      Writing accounting process narratives and manuals;

·      Onboarding and training of finance team new member.

·      Stakeholder Management: customer care teams specifically on customers’ refunds matters.

 

05/2022-01/2023               Treasury and AP Accountant a.i. at LVMH Financial Services in Amsterdam. ERP: SAP. GAAP: Dutch.

·      Daily bookings in SAP for incoming and outgoing payments for CD Netherlands and Christian Dior Luxembourg (stores and e-commerce) together with clearing of corresponding Customers/Vendors accounts and FX manual journal entries;

·      Booking of third parties Vendors’ invoices for Bulgari and bookings of expenses reports for Bulgari BV employees in SAP;

·      Clearing in SAP of cash in transit Accounts;

·      Update and maintenance of Treasury excel files for Christian Dior Netherlands and Christian Dior Luxembourg with balances reconciliations at month end;

·      Biweekly 3rd party Vendors’ payments preparation and execution for Bulgari BV;

·      Maintaining existing standard operating procedures for the above tasks and creating new manuals for new processes onboarded such as Adyen payment service provider in housing for Christian Dior Netherlands new store in Amsterdam Dam square.

·      Stakeholder Management: internal audit and control teams specifically on Christian Dior new store project.

 

02/2021-03/2022               GL Accountant a.i. at the Payment Accounting Dept. of Booking.com in Amsterdam. ERP: SAP. GAAP: US.

·      Preparation and execution of Month End Accounting closings;

·      Balance Sheet Reconciliations (Banks, Deposits, Cash in Transit; Suspense Accounts; City Tax Accruals Accounts, Cost Accruals Accounts and others);

·      Clearing in SAP of Cash in Transit, Suspense Accounts and FX entries;

·      Follow up on technical issues creating accounting differences (tickets’ creation and follow up together with the Data Team);

·      Execution of Audit critical tasks to validate transactions flows from Booking application to SAP (Sox/Non Sox Capture Reconciliation tasks);

·      Onboarding and training of new team members.

·      Stakeholder management: IT teams specifically on Sox Capture Reconciliation tasks.

 

03/2020-08/2020               Accountant a.i. at the Finance Services Dept. of Cboe (EuroCCP) in Amsterdam. ERP: Exact. GAAP: US and Dutch.

·      Prepaids, Cost Accruals, Fixed Assets journal entries and reporting;

·      Invoices payments and AP aging checks;

·      Treasury: bank transfers and FX manual journal entries and reporting;

·      VAT monthly reporting and payments;

·      Ad hoc queries regarding suppliers’ invoices bookings;

·      Interest rates data entry in AS400;

·      Collateral and Liquidity reporting;

·      Audit support.

·      Stakeholder Management: contractors specifically on accruals calculation matters.

 

11/2019-01/2020               Accountant a.i. at the Finance Services Dept. of ICU Medical in Houten. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: Mainly US but not only.

·      General Ledger Accountant for Belgium, France and UK;

·      Month End Closing Activities for Belgium, France and UK;

·      Blackline Balance Sheet Reconciliations;

·      Fluctuation analysis for Belgium, France and UK (Trend files);

·      Statutory and US GAAP reporting activities;

·      Audit support.

 

05/2019-08/2019               Fixed Assets Analyst a.i. at the Finance Shared Services Dept. of Stryker in Amsterdam. ERP: SAP. GAAP: Mainly US but not only.

·      Processing of Assets creations, disposals for the 2 main German business units both in SAP (Freiburg) and Quadriga (Kiel);

·      Leading the project of construction in progress outstanding balance reduction as per corporate instructions (Freiburg);

·      Creation and maintenance of the Fixed Assets operations archive in compliance with SOX;

·      Fixed Assets Q2 reporting (US GAAP and Statutory);

·      Daily support of Controllers and Project Managers on Fixed Assets queries and analysis;

·      Follow up together with Corporate IT of Fixed Assets Job Router issues.

 

10/2018-01/2019               Accounting Consultant a.i. at the Finance Dept. of Bulgari International in Amsterdam. ERP: SAP. GAAP: Dutch.

·      Intercompany balances analysis and review;

·      Inventory Accounting with focus on Inventory buy-back/staff sales/destruction;

·      Updating the operating manual regarding the Inventory buy-back;

·      AP invoices booking.

 

02/2018-08/2018               GL Accountant a.i. at the Finance Services Dept. of Kao Brands in Amersfoort. ERP: SAP. GAAP: US and UK.

·      Balance Sheet Reconciliations for Molton Brown Limited facilitating full transition to Blackline platform;

·      P&L fluctuation analysis and Balance Sheets reviews with strong focus on proactive feedback to simplify accounting operations;

·      Preparation and execution of Month End Accounting closings updating/amending operational checklists;

·      Lead of conference calls with the London Molton Brown Headquarter to share strategies for streamlining all Molton Brown accounting and reporting activities.

 

06/2017-12/2017               GL Accountant and Reporting Specialist a.i. at the Finance Services Dept. of Converge an Arrow Company, in Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US and Dutch.

·      Bank Accounts Reconciliations: monthly preparation and analysis for improvements;

·      Intercompany Accounts Reconciliations;

·      FOM Event AR Invoicing;

·      Audit preparation for Payroll Accounts fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2016;

·      Audit preparation VAT Accounts fiscal year 2014;

·      Review and digital archiving of all Arrow entities Financial Statements years 2010/7;

·      Set up of flash reporting for monthly Emea Region Sales;

·      Set-up of macros for automatization of reporting tasks in Excel;

·      Overall Oracle consultancy on basic user end inquiring tasks.

 

 

12/2016-05/2017               GL Accountant a.i. at the Finance Services Dept. of UBM, in Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Weekly Sales Reporting preparation and analysis of all Pharma products;

·      Journaling of accruals and prepayments, both for revenues and costs following US GAAP;

·      Reporting the product P&L results of Pharma products at month end;

·      Reconciliation and analysis of the accruals and prepayments balances so that it is clear for every balance sheet review what makes up the balances;

·      Work in determining the risks / upsides from the balance sheet to the P&L on a monthly basis. Execution of actions as agreed with the FM/ FC to be taken to resolve discrepancies/ investigate and resolve issues in a timely manner;

·      On a monthly basis reviewing the cost ledgers for all Pharma exhibition products and the update of product cost trackers accordingly;

·      The investigation and timely resolution of accounting transactions for Pharma products;

·      Assist for Audit FY 2016 Inquiries;

·      Support the FM, FC and FD with any other tasks as and when required.

 

08/2016-10/2016               Cash Accountant a.i. at the Financial Services Dept. of Uber International, in Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Reconcile transactions in Oracle Cash Management (CM);

·      Create accounting journals following US GAAP (i.e. FX manual journal entries, etc.);

·      Prepare, research outstanding items, and complete bank reconciliations to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the General Ledger;

·      Identify and work to execute/implement process simplification, standardization, automation or other efficiency opportunities;

·      Proactive communication and follow up with headquarters personnel, regarding the timely resolution of outstanding exceptions and outstanding cash reconciling items.

 

04/2016-07/2016               Accounting and Reporting Specialist at the Financial Services Dept. of Eni International. ERP: SAP. GAAP: Dutch and US.

·      Responsible for the General Ledger reporting activities of 9 Eni entities seeking efficiencies and reducing overtime;

·      Analyze Balance Sheet and P&L;

·      Prepare and submit management reporting in Hyperion for the companies assigned to following IFRS, US GAAP, Eni’s procedures;

·      GL accounting in SAP including accruals and FX manual journal entries in accordance with Dutch IFRS and GAAP;

·      Analyze and report the financial position;

·      Manage day to day financial position of the subsidiary and branches’ cash requirements;

·      Sox Controls;

·      Liaise with other departments to ensure that for each charge there is an agreement or contract and monitor for each charge the budgeted costs (variance analysis);

·      Perform the VAT reconciliation and claim for the companies outside the holding fiscal unity;

·      Agree intercompany service charges with HQ and the subsidiaries and perform the reconciliation.

 

02/2015-11/2015               Accountant at the Finance and Accounting Dept. of Boeing, Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US and Irish.

·      Responsible for US GAAP Accounting for Ireland and Dubai ensuring that day to day activities and controls are performed to foster a smooth and efficient month end closing seeking efficiencies and reducing overtime;

·      Preparation and filing of Financial Statements and Audited Accounts for Ireland for fiscal year 2014 – Irish GAAP;

·      Presentation of the Irish Financial Statements and Audited Accounts to the Board of Directors;

·      Management accounts and fluctuation analysis for Ireland and Dubai;

·      Balance sheet accounts’ reconciliations and follow-up on reconciliations items;

·      Facilitation of outsourcing project for moving transactional accounting to business partner in India.

 

08/2014-12/2014               GL Accountant at the Accounting Dept. of ServiceNow, Amsterdam. ERP: SAP. GAAP: US.

·      Responsible for US GAAP Accounting for France, Spain, Belgium and Turkey ensuring that the reporting packages provided by LSPs (i.e. Local Services Providers – Accounting Firms) are compliant with SOX requirements and company internal policies;

·      Fluctuations analysis for France and fluctuation analysis review for Spain, Belgium and Turkey;

·      Quarterly preparation of VAT return for France;

·      Yearly preparation of Income Tax calculation for France;

·      Validation of monthly Payroll journals for France, Spain, Belgium, and Turkey performing pre-posting matching among payroll journals and payroll internal data.

 

06/2014-07/2014               Accountant at the Finance and Accounting Dept. of Boeing, Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Responsible for US GAAP Accounting for Spain and Luxembourg ensuring that day to day activities and controls are performed to foster a smooth and efficient month end closing seeking efficiencies and reducing overtime;

·      Monthly reporting package for Spain and Luxembourg (Management Accounts, balance sheet reconciliations).

·      Quarterly preparation of VAT return form for Luxembourg;

·      High level controls and checks on the financial statements for Spain and Luxemburg facilitating the sign-off by the relevant financial leaders and consequent distribution/filing to/by the relevant parties (Auditors, Chamber of Commerce).

 

11/2012-03/2014               General Ledger Accountant & Reporting Analyst at the Accounting to Reporting Dept’ of Mattel Europe SSC, Amstelveen. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Responsible for US GAAP Accounting for the Italy and France ensuring that day to day activities and controls are performed to foster a smooth and efficient month end closing seeking efficiencies and reducing overtime;

·      Payroll accounting for Italy and France: payroll journal validation and processing facilitating the transition to a new corporate payroll provider;

·      Monthly reporting package for Italy and France to report high level controls (Hyperion/Oracle tie-outs, balance sheet reconciliations, month end closing controls documents for FA, Treasury, AP, AR, Project Accounting).

·      Oracle testing to support the IT team in delivering Oracle’s improvements and fixes;

·      Ad-hoc exercises to support Italian accounting manager in the Italian subsidiary; internal and external audit support; planning & forecast support.

 

09/2009-01/2011               Financial Controller at the Finance Dept. of Eurocommercial Properties SSC, Amsterdam Provide assistance to the Finance Director Italy, travel on a monthly basis to Italy. ERP: SAP; CODA. GAAP: Dutch and ITA.

·      Prepare and monitor the monthly, quarterly and annual accounts upload and consolidation of the European subsidiary accounts into the Dutch holding books using CODA Financials;

·      Assist in the budgeting, planning and forecasting activities and perform the income statement fluctuation analysis per shopping center for the Italian group companies;

·      Supervise and prepare the monthly group cash portfolio (management reporting tool to report cash flow and third party financing resources together with hedging derivatives (i.e. IRS, interest rate swaps);

·      Assist in audits performed by internal/external auditors.

 

06/2007-08/2009               Finance & Accounting Supervisor at the Accounting to Reporting Dept. of Mattel Europe SSC, Amstelveen. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Leading a team of 3 people providing accounting services to 10 European Business Units ensuring that all financial transactions are recorded properly, timely, auditable and in line with generally accepted working methods;

·      Initiate, guide and process the month end closing to ensure timely submission;

·      Prepare and submit quarterly reporting packages for Mattel Europe Headquarter and follow up on inquiries from Mattel Controllers Office;

·      Ensure timely preparation and sign off of month end reporting packages and audit files fully compliant with SOX Internal Audit guidelines;

·      Assist with special finance and accounting projects (budgeting and forecasting for several budget centres within the European Headquarter organization).

 

12/2006-05/2007               Business Analyst & Planning Coordinator EMEA at Starbucks Coffee, Amsterdam. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US.

·      Facilitating budgeting and forecasting process for assigned business unit or product lines;

·      Fluctuation analysis for assigned business unit and product lines including sales analysis and business channel key performance indicator (KPI’s);

·      Developing and distributing required business unit or product line reports;

·      Preparing and making presentations to communicate program or product effectiveness.

 

06/2005-11/2006               General Ledger, Fixed Assets and Project Accounting Oracle 11i Implementation Professional, Mattel Global Transformation Center Department, Amstelveen. ERP: Oracle. GAAP: ITA and US.

·      Compiling Service Level Agreement for Journal Entries, Accounts Reconciliation Responsibilities, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Reporting;

·      Reviewing legal entity structure of “Mattel Italia S.r.l.” subsidiary in Oracle;

·      Understanding and Engineering Set of Books Structure in Oracle;

·      Converting from Legacy Systems to Oracle GL and FA modules.

 

04/2003-05/2005                Country Finance & Accounting Coordinator at the Finance & Accounting Department of Unisys European Shared Service Center (SSC), Amsterdam; ERP: Oracle. GAAP: ITA and US.

Providing accounting service to the countries assigned to – Italy, UK – in accordance with the responsibilities centralized within the SSC, ensuring compliance with the standard processes and Service Level Agreement. Principal Accountabilities: Maintenance of Account Receivable with focus on Bad debt reserve calculation; maintenance of Accounts Payable with focus on month end AP accruals and reclasses; maintenance of Fixed Assets.

 

01/2002-04/2003                Accounting Analyst at the Finance & Accounting Department of Unisys European Shared Service Center (SSC), Amsterdam for the countries assigned (initially UK and then Italy). ERP: Oracle. GAAP: US, ITA, and UK. Principal Accountabilities: Balance sheet reconciliations, Prepaid and Accruals entries.

 

10/2000-06/2001                Internship at “Eaton Automotive – Monfalcone plant”: Continuous Improvement department. I collaborated in a team project aimed at improving employees’ participation in company goals (growth, “zero defects” and cash flow return on gross capital).