Veronica Licciardello

Build and coach AP & AR team (Lead 2 direct and 3 indirect reports)

Reduce unapplied cash

Bad debt review, accrual and reduction

Implement SOX, approval matrix, accounts reconciliation in blackline and new T&E and Bank provider, cashflow improvements.

Bank access management.

• Company Overview: (Via Kelly services)
• Support on setting up contracts, ensure compliance on master data changes, maintain price changes templates.
• (Via Kelly services)

• Analyze good receipt/invoice receipt discrepancies for all Western Europe entities and follow up with business owner and/or vendors for discrepancies resolution.
• Review aged items and follow up on clearings with local business owner involvement where needed.
• Support Production sites (MTO) integration activities from Service Center in Switzerland to India.
• Coach AP leader (based in India) on invoice processing/follow up and AP Team on accounts reconciliation and open items follow up.
• Chairing regular meetings with local General and Finance Management.

• Manage three associates and develop them further in order to prepare for the SAP implementation and Go live.
• Analyze and Reconcile data extraction of AP sub ledgers for SAP Implementation, ageing clean up.
• Cutover plan activities identification and follow up (e.g., purchase order mapping, accruals review for PO and no PO invoices).
• SAP AP super user.
• Review and improve KPIs: e.g., payment terms review in partnership with procurement, invoice-processing timing review.
• Balance sheet reconciliation review and approval (GR/IR, transitory accounts, AP GL Vs Sub ledger).
• Roll out and chairing regular meetings with local General and Finance Management.
• Support Go Live and KPI further development and review.

• Company Overview: (CH)
• Perform closing calculations and postings (e.g., budget Vs actuals energies, workings hours posting).
• Ensure timely and complete financial statements submission.
• Settlement of maintenance work orders, internal orders, and production process orders statuses check.
• Analysis of differences on the closing activities within sites and standardization of them, according to internal costing manufacturing guidelines and Management decision (e.g., budget file, work orders review, calculation and posting of budgeted energies quantity and working hours versus actuals).
• Follow up on blocked/parked invoices and purchase order (PO) creation with business owners and accounting team.
• Perform Purchase Price variance checks for Raw and Pack and follow up with counterparties (AP, Procurement, controller, planning).
• Support budget review of engineering department (CAPEX).
• Fixed asset depreciation review within the sites and harmonization of it according to manufacturing cost guidelines.
• Fixed asset agglomeration/simplification.
• Analyze purchase price variances.
• Provide supporting documentation to auditors.
• (CH)

• Unique SPOC of AP & T&E processing in Nespresso Switzerland, managing team of 8+ employees based in Ukraine.
• Support transfer of activities from Headquarter to Service Center NBS in Ukraine.
• Ensure timely payment to suppliers and employees.
• Ensure internal controls according to AP procedures and guidelines, provide documentation to external and internal auditors.
• Lead and support implementation of new tool (T&E with Concur, impact on +400 employees, E-Invoice with Tungsten, Reverse Factoring with positive impact on net working capital).
• Balance Sheet reconciliation and review.
• Develop and support process improvements in cooperation with direct and indirect parties (e.g., Procurement excellence manager, financial controllers, logistic).
• Data Champion and project team member for the SAP implementation at Nespresso Headquarter.

• Company Overview: A Novartis company
• Lead consolidation of financial, reporting and accounting activities following merger of entities with no business interruption and meet compliance requirements.
• Coordinate system migration from JDE to SAP environment.
• Set up business need and Perform change readiness assessment.
• Manage all aspects of cross-country and cross side project e.g.: project plan, change management plan, resource plan and communication plans.
• Prepare risk assessment and mitigation plans.
• Engages all project resources to ensure timely completion of all deliverables, manage and train transition team.
• Prepare and manage meetings, including Steering Committees.
• Ensure delivery of project documentation.
• Ensure compliance (NFCM) is in place during rump up and after go-live in the financial service center.
• A Novartis company

• From Posting to accounts reconciliation as per SOX controls and IFRS guidelines (accruals, deferred tax calculations, IC posting, nettings and reconciliation).

• From Cash collection, cash application, bank reconciliations.
• Trainer for newcomers.