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Simone Pietro Barutta

Senior Business Controller/Chief Data Officer
Caslano,Ticino
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Simone Pietro Barutta

Overview

33
years of professional experience
4
Language
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Cornèr Bank
Lugano, Switzerland

CHIEF DATA OFFICER
06.2014 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • Starting June 2014 I oversaw the building from scratch of the Bank Enterprise Data Warehouse based on Oracle technology and designed the related Logical Data Model
  • During the following 4 years, the Data Warehouse was gradually released in production with multiple Business Intelligence dashboards to support the User Business Analytics Information requirements
  • I was also in charge of creating and implementing the necessary Data Governance Framework.

Cornèr Bank
Lugano, Switzerland

HEAD OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
01.1997 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • For more than 25 years I have been responsible for most part of management reporting activities of the Bank, including Profitability Analysis, Performance Management Analysis, Pricing Analysis, KPI’s Calculation and for the Management’s Information production, trough realization of specific ad hoc software tools integrated with the Bank’s Core System
  • I had under my direct supervision a Team of 7 employees, and I could count on support of various personnel from IT Department
  • Between 2018 and 2022 I took part in the migration of Accounting and MIS software solutions, built on Bank Legacy Core System, to the New In-house built Core System connected with new SAP Accounting and General Ledger solutions (S4 Hana + Bank Analyzer)

Cornèr Bank
Lugano, Switzerland

JUNIOR CONTROLLER
10.1993 - 12.1996

Job overview

  • During this period, I was employed in the new-built Controlling function of the Bank with the function of Cost Controller and Business Analyst for Standard Costs calculation
  • In this function I had the opportunity to develop my management accounting skills and to use my knowledge of banking processes and database management to improve a tool acquired by the Bank from KPMG for Standard Cost Calculation of Banking Products (This tool was developed on Claris File Maker Pro technology).

Cornèr Bank
Lugano, Switzerland

JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER
10.1990 - 09.1993

Job overview

  • My first tasks were related to the redesign and management of the authorization process of User’s permissions requests on Bank Legay Core System
  • I was also employed to support the project management function, in Payments Transfer (New SWIFT messages standards adoption) and Card Management (Internal procedural manuals creations) projects
  • After these experiences I was asked to take the Project Manager role in the Nostro-Loro Account’s Automatic Reconciliation project, and I was deeply involved in the realization of the First Management Accounting Solution of the Bank with focus on the Cost Accounting area.

Education

HSG Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen

10.1988 - 10.1990

Scuola Cantonale Di Commercio
Bellinzona

Swiss Federal Employee of Commerce from Maturità Commerciale
09.1984 - 07.1988

Skills

  • Performance Management Measurement
  • Pricing Management
  • Standard Costs Analysis
  • Management Accounting
  • Planning and Budgeting
  • Treasury
  • Project Management
  • Data Governance
  • Data Warehousing
  • Business Analytics
  • Data Mining
  • Customer satisfaction Analysis
  • Data Monetization
  • Business Strategy Definition

Accomplishments

  • Full implementation of Group Management Accounting Solution with full-costing method and more than 80 Cost centers units model.
  • Definition of standard costs per unit sold for more than 50 banking products and services with Activity Based Costing methodology
  • Full review of bank products and services pricing structures and conditions for Private, Retail and Commercial Banking.
  • Realization of the monthly Profitability report for each client of the Bank
  • Design and realization of new integrated Planning and Budgeting solution for 5 Bank Divisions
  • Calculation of financial interest margins for all Balance Sheet Products with the Mark to Market Method for Treasury Committee
  • Design of the Conceptual Enterprise Business Data Model with more than 60 Information Hubs
  • Development of the Enterprise Bank Data Warehouse based on internal User Stories and requirements
  • Development of the Business Analytics Layer of the DWH for Bank's User Self Service Reporting Activities. (more than 200 solutions realized)
  • Realization of a full working pilot project for client's investments recommandation program for Asset Management and Private Banking Areas

Summary

Skilled Senior Business Controller bringing 33 years of experience working with Financial organizations. Proven leadership and success in leading teams in achieving financial goals. Accomplished in working with executive leaders to develop business, financial and growth strategies.

Affiliations

Swiss Association of Bank employees (ASIB)

Work Preference

Work Type

Contract WorkFull TimePart Time

Work Location

HybridRemoteOn-Site

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany Culture

Software

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Power BI

Oracle Analytic Services

Oracle SQL Developer

File Maker Pro

Banana Accounting

SAP FI/CO

Board MIT

Corel Draw

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Powerpoint

Tableau

Languages

Italian
Native language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
French
Advanced (C1)
C1
German
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Interests

History

Reading

Philosophy

Cinema

Arts

Sports

Photography

Travel

Hiking

Cooking

Timeline

CHIEF DATA OFFICER

Cornèr Bank
06.2014 - 12.2023

HEAD OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Cornèr Bank
01.1997 - 12.2023

JUNIOR CONTROLLER

Cornèr Bank
10.1993 - 12.1996

JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Cornèr Bank
10.1990 - 09.1993

HSG Sankt Gallen

10.1988 - 10.1990

Scuola Cantonale Di Commercio

Swiss Federal Employee of Commerce from Maturità Commerciale
09.1984 - 07.1988
Simone Pietro BaruttaSenior Business Controller/Chief Data Officer