Valdemar Faria
Finance Controller at Sodexo Portugal- Claim this Profile
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French Elementary proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Team Leadership
DUAL - CÂMARA DE COMÉRCIO E INDÚSTRIA LUSO-ALEMÃJan, 2018- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Sodexo Portugal
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Portugal
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Consumer Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Finance Controller
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May 2022 - Present
▪ Elaboration of company's annual budget, quarterly forecast and P&L management ▪ Month-end and year-end closing activities, variance analysis and monthly presentation to the regional CFO (France) ▪ Transformation of business analysis to extract new insights and track KPIs (in collaboration with sales&marketing teams), through Excel development and implementation in BI ▪ Improvement of revenue assurance (invoicing automation and implementation of collections procedures) ▪ Development of clients' payment experience and efficiency, providing a faster and better service Tools: ▪ Excel and PowerPoint ▪ ERP: Navision (Microsoft Dynamics 365) ▪ BI: MicroStrategy ▪ CRM: SalesForce ▪ Reporting: HFM, Tagetik and Essbase
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SEDA International Packaging Group
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Italy
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Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
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500 - 600 Employee
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Controller - Iberian Plant
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Jun 2020 - May 2022
SEDA International Packaging Group is an italian group, a reference in the packaging industry for the food service and food industry sectors, supplying the most innovative sustainable packaging solutions for global brands like McDonald’s, Nestle or Coca Cola, through its 13 manufacturing plants located across Europe and in USA. Main activities: ▪ Month-end and year-end closing activities, reporting to the General Management in Portugal and to the Group's Controlling team in Italy; ▪ Collaboration in the annual budgeting and monthly revenue forecast ▪ Industrial costing, tracking the evolution of the raw materials costs during the pandemic crysis period and its impact on margins at P&L level ▪ Definition of the pricing strategy in colaboration with the commercial team, increasing prices in around 35% in 12 months ▪ Oversee the plant performance through industrial KPIs (OEE, Waste etc), working closely with the engineering teams at the factory Tools: Excel ▪ AS400
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Abreu Advogados
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Portugal
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Law Practice
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Revenue Analyst
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Oct 2017 - Jan 2020
▪ Responsibility has increased for a team leader level (oversee 2 people)▪ Performed monthly and yearly revenue forecast for different portfolios▪ Focus in increase the hourly rate (through operational otimization and contracts renegociation)▪ Month-end and year-end closing activities▪ Developed a relationship of trust with lawyers, higher proximity with clients and restructured several internal processes, which allowed Fee Earners to work more billable hours, generating more revenues for the companyTools:Excel ▪ SAP ▪ Qlik
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Revenue Analyst
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Oct 2014 - Sep 2017
Abreu Advogados provides premium legal services in several practice areas, being consistently ranked in the top5 law firms in Portugal. The firm has presence also in other countries such as Mozambique, Angola, Brasil, China and Timor-Leste.Main activities:▪ Revenue management and profitability analysis, reporting to the local partners▪ Elaboration and tracking of proposals▪ Month-end and year-end closing activities▪ Supported the operational management of the partnerships in Timor-Leste, Angola and MozambiqueTools:Excel ▪ SAP
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Education
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2012 - 2014
ISCTE Business School
Master of Science (MSc), Business Administration -
2009 - 2012
University of Madeira
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
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