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Emiliano Carrero

Accounting - PMP
Whitby,Ontario

Summary

Seasoned Senior Manager with +15 years of cumulative experience and commitment to ensuring quality, timely and cost-effective deliverables; skilled at project management, with strong financial acumen to drive operational growth and efficiency

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
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1
Certification
2
2
Language
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

IT PMO Analytics - Senior Manager

Scotia Bank
Scarborough, Ontario
04.2021 - Current
  • Manage the IT Portfolio spend within stablish targets of ~$70MM P&L and ~$140MM Cash Flow for the fiscal year 22 by:
  • Hold weekly meetings with IT Areas core leaders, IT project managers to re-assess and challenge current performance and spend projections aiming for new opportunities, cascade senior management directions around the IT portfolio, and allow for dynamic interactions to maximize cooperation and the IT portfolio health.
  • Maintain frequent interaction with senior management to showcase the portfolio performance and financial plan per IT area, and determine areas of improvement if/as needed.
  • Develops a monthly deck for the senior management around financial performance, business cases asking for approval, as other relevant topics
  • Facilitate, and manage any financial reporting requirement coming from Finance, Enterprise Business Investment, and other stakeholders
  • Facilitate and manage the IT budget planning cycle from end to end with all IT stakeholder.

Manager Business Cases for IT&S Finance

Scotia Bank
Scarborough, Ontario
09.2017 - 04.2021
  • Managed ITS finance team in charge of controlling the IT spend under different funding sources as Fixed Capacity , IT SIP Envelope, Fixed Asset pool which resulted in operational and cost saving improvement to the IT team
  • Acted as the financial officer for all new initiatives asking for approval under IT portfolio, which ensured all business cases were reasonably presented, with a clear funding strategy, fairly estimated, and following bank best practices
  • Improve stakeholder engagement through communication management for multiple Technology area as: ITPMO, GTS, IS&C, Scotia Digital, IB, CB, among others
  • Manage financial reporting for 4th technology divisions around bottom-line results(P&L), and for all the financial cycles as Budget, Forecast, Month-end, among other ad-hoc requirements.
  • Created new spreadsheets and process improvement using Microsoft tools for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
  • Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.

Billing Quality Disputes Coordinator

General Electric
Markham, ON
07.2016 - 09.2017
  • Managed the teams in charge of credit card transactions, invoicing, and collecting
  • Ensured billing claims were resolved in time to improve cash collection by applying root cause, cost-benefit analysis, and problem-solving techniques
  • Controlled the account receivables for several regions (ASIA, LATAM & North America) to improve collections/cash in-flow, by analyzing key KPIs, and working through communication management
  • Managed doubtful accounts by tracking account receivables, running financial models and risks management tools as past dues, foreign exchange trends, customer credit lines, among other drivers.

Project Financial Coordinator

General Motors Venezolana
Valencia, Carabobo
06.2006 - 01.2014
  • Controlled project executions through applying financial models, variance analysis, and other tools for time, resources, and cost
  • Worked to identify, and exploit the existing business opportunities through understanding, and following the company business plan, long-term strategies, and financial KPIs
  • Provided financial analysis, and insight to the company CFO, and top management to develop the company portfolio of ~$25MM, under a P&L basis, as other ongoing business operations
  • Ensured financial reports required by headquarter were prepared accurately and on time
  • Analyzed, prepared, and controlled budget and forecast for different processes as company warranties, marketing campaigns, and capital expenditure
  • Coached many stakeholders around financial information needed to comply with the reporting lines and to exploit those areas with potential growth, or possible risk
  • Improved the stakeholder engagement through coordinating, communicating, and preparing business reports, group presentations, others.

Assurance Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Valencia, Carabobo
03.2003 - 06.2006
  • Delivered third-party audit services at client locations, keeping operations in compliance with regulatory requirements and ISO standards
  • Completed timely quality reports highlighting deficiencies and recommending corrective actions.
  • Audited the physical inventory process of several manufacturing companies
  • Worked on the stakeholder engagement to guarantee all offered services were provided with the highest quality, and to expand the customer relationship
  • Contributed to the growth and development of the overall Engagement of the Financial Services Practice through active involvement and initiatives with the many customers.

Education

ITIL Intermediate Certificate in IT Continual Service Improvement - IT

PeopleCert @Axelos Global Best Practices
Toronto, On
05.2018 - 05.2018

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management - IT

PeopleCert @Axelos Global Best Practices
Toronto, On

Postgraduate Diploma - Management Strategy Accounting

Centennial College
Toronto, Canada
09.2015 - 06.2016

Postgraduate Diploma - Project Management

Centennial College
Toronto, On
01.2015 - 08.2015

Project Manager Professional Certificate - Project Management

Project Manager Institute
Toronto, Ontario
12.2015 - 12.2015

Accountant Bachelor - Accountant

Universidad De Carabobo
Carabobo, Venezuela
06.2001 - 06.2005

Skills

Robust expertise in building/reviewing business cases following PMP standards and Scotiabank best practices, policies and tools

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Additional Information

  • Controlled and enhanced the business case review process for ITPMO and its reporting function for IT&S Finance, ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives were executed in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures
  • Became a key contact for IT&S areas that are looking to understand best practices and policies around projects, financial modeling and contracts, thus improving financial acumen and customer relationships. It is reinforced by achieving in 2 consecutive years FY19 and FY20 BNS “Best of the Best” recognition
  • Supported the process creation, management and control of the Fixed Capacity projects to be part of the Bank SIP policy, worth of ~$40MM annual basis which ultimately goal is to deliver new or enhance assets to the bank, and in compliance with Accounting standards
  • Worked as part of a cross-functional team to create a related company, which purpose was to consolidate and manage the inventory for an entire region, and to maximize profit/tax opportunities for General Motors Corporation

Certification

Project Manager Professional Certificate

Interests

Sports

Reading

Travel

Timeline

IT PMO Analytics - Senior Manager

Scotia Bank
04.2021 - Current

ITIL Intermediate Certificate in IT Continual Service Improvement - IT

PeopleCert @Axelos Global Best Practices
05.2018 - 05.2018

Manager Business Cases for IT&S Finance

Scotia Bank
09.2017 - 04.2021

Billing Quality Disputes Coordinator

General Electric
07.2016 - 09.2017

Project Manager Professional Certificate

12-2015

Project Manager Professional Certificate - Project Management

Project Manager Institute
12.2015 - 12.2015

Postgraduate Diploma - Management Strategy Accounting

Centennial College
09.2015 - 06.2016

Postgraduate Diploma - Project Management

Centennial College
01.2015 - 08.2015

Project Financial Coordinator

General Motors Venezolana
06.2006 - 01.2014

Assurance Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers
03.2003 - 06.2006

Accountant Bachelor - Accountant

Universidad De Carabobo
06.2001 - 06.2005

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management - IT

PeopleCert @Axelos Global Best Practices
Emiliano CarreroAccounting - PMP