Cinzia Pontillo

Director of Finance at Canali
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(386) 825-5501
Location
US
Languages
  • Italian -
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Director of Finance
      • Oct 2019 - Present

    • United States
    • Apparel & Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Finance
      • Sep 2018 - Oct 2019

      Finance & Accounting: • Overview the finance and accounting team (Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Treasury) and manage the financial statement monthly closing and procedures, including AR and AP ageing, receivable and credit management, chargeback/returns and credit collection management; GL accruals and reversals, AP compliance to the corporate policies. • Support the organization’s growth and re-organization: draft and implement new corporate polices (purchase policy, FA policy, inventory control); research and support the implementation of an upgraded accounting software; review, design and implement new accounting procedures suitable to the organization’s structure; • Support the business expansion into the e-commerce retail channel by implementing the proper accounting procedures in compliance to the sales tax reporting; • Coordinate with the external auditors and tax consultants for tax management and preparation of tax return; FP&A: • Budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning and modeling; ongoing business support with actual vs budget variances analysis, marketing and advertising KPIs, production and design KPIs; Tools & technologies: SAP accounting and ERP, Quickbooks, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Blue Cherry.

    • Italy
    • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head Of Accounting
      • Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

      • P&L monitoring for the Americas (4 legal entities), approximate revenue 250 million USD. • Retail and Wholesale “4walls” contribution analysis, cost center reporting, budget and forecast analysis. • Payroll and benefits controls and reporting, 450+ employees. • General Ledger, AP and AR oversight and management. • Intercompany transactions management. • Monthly and Quarterly closings management. • Sales and Use Tax reporting. • Fixed Assets register control and reporting, management of capitalization, useful life and depreciation rules for all FAR. • Treasury, payments, bank reconciliations management. • Cash Flow/Cash Forecast reporting. • Full Financial Statement review and management. • Internal and external audits compliance. • Tax Return and Statutory preparation, in coordination with external consultants.

    • United Kingdom
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Finance North America Region
      • Dec 2014 - Feb 2018

      MAIN RESPONSABILITIES: • Manage a team of three accountants while overseeing all the financial activities and transactions of three legal entities in North America (US and Canada). • Oversight of all the General Ledger bookings and AR/AP accounting. • Comprehensive Trail Balance Management and Control; P&L, Balance Sheet and Fixed Assets analysis. • Revenue and Costs Recognition Management. • Weekly cash flow control and reconciliation and cash flow statement forecast. • Preparation of the corporate reporting requirements (Monthly, Quarterly and Year End closes, and consolidation packages) and coordination of the closing process with the rest of the finance team. • Forecast and Budget elaboration and management. • Internal control compliance requirements (corporate policies compliance, SOX compliance). • Intercompany relationships, agreements and transactions management, ICO reconciliation and compliance with the transfer pricing policy. • Responsible for the Internal and External Audit compliance requirements. • Tax Return preparation and filing, and Tax Planning and forecasting activities, in coordination with the external tax advisors and the group’s corporate finance team. • Providing ongoing support to the local business teams for product performance/profitability analysis and local management reporting requirements. • Managed the merger and integration of the financial and accounting systems of two North America legal entities in 2012 and planned and supervised the restructuring and reorganizational process for all the companies’ departments, in collaboration with the legal and HR teams. OTHER EXPERIENCE -Experience in supporting/managing the integration of the accounting and reporting systems and procedures of the two major companies after the acquisition of Dada Entertainment by Buongiorno USA, including supporting the local CFO in reorganizing internal activities/ reporting

    • Italy
    • Telecommunications
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Finance Controller
      • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

Education

  • Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'
    Master's degree, Business Administration, Economics
    2000 - 2005

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