Paolo Biscaro

Background

About Paolo Biscaro

I am a Finance Director, MBA, with more than 25 years of experience in multinational, PE-backed company, family business and listed company. I have worked with different types of products such as clothing, electronics, mechanics, sanitary ware & fittings, vehicle workshop equipment, consolidating a strong and good competence in Finance and IT- AREAS of EXPERTISE - Financial Business Partnering with all company functions and contact person for local entity vs Parent Company HQ - Business decisions support by using dashboards, models, analysis - Reporting and communication of performances (financial and non-financial KPI)- Ability on working efficiently and effectively under stressful environment and highly restricted deadlines - Strategic planning, even in contexts of strong decrease in demand or cost competitiveness - Creation of operational plans, budgets and forecasts, in line with the strategy - Performance analysis vs budget, forecast and previous years, variances & root cause analysis and corrective actions planning and monitoring - Periodic and annual financial statement for reporting and statutory purpose (IT & US GAAP); relations with external auditors; A/P and A/R coordination - Financial and data modelling (Pricing and PVM analysis)- Project lead on legal entities merger - Project lead and team development for the optimization of Information Systems/ERP, management & general accounting processes and reporting - Strong involvement in company’s separation from parent company - Turnaround project / plant’s closure: financial planning and monitoring with focus on investments and saving, support on outsourcing of production, trade union relations - Risk Management - Negotiation with external stakeholders: ICT suppliers, Auditors, PMO - Reduction of spending and control of capex / inventories in contexts of continuous improvement or turnaround - implementing effective SG & A cost control process - Cash flow management - Leading IT projects roadmap - Supervise Tax, Internal Audit and Treasury area - Capex assessment based on generated saving and payback - Validation and monitoring of cost inflation, productivity,'make or buy' projects and product engineering improvement - New and existing product portfolio optimization through cash flow, NPV, ROI and project Payback analysis - Control and optimization of opex and capex in the R&D area - Implementation and improvement of the Management Control process and system- Organizational development and hiring new resources - Team management and development in multinational context