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Work History
Education
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Book published in 2022
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Laura Pulita

Treasury Specialist
Laura Pulita

Summary

Hard-driving Treasury Specialist successful in managing clients relationships for both corporate and financial institutions with a focus in compliance, AML, OFAC sanctions and frauds.

Background in treasury accounts management for different regions and with attention to specific laws and requirements.

Experienced in leading new projects, seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation and supervising operational structures, increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service experience.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
10
years of post-secondary education
6
Languages

Work History

PRENOTASYST
, Portugal

Project Manager, Owner
2022.02 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Designing of booking management software for restaurants
  • Invoices, deposits, KYC and CRM
  • Turnover and forecasts
  • Developed and initiated projects with ad-hoc solutions, enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.

ALGARVE BLUE HOMES
, Portugal

Properties Manager, Owner
2017.01 - Current (9 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Properties sales and purchases, rental development business
  • Marketing and social media
  • Contracts, invoices, deposits
  • Owner of stock and booking management software
  • Relationship with guests

LIMONI LDA, Restaurant Group
, Portugal

Operations Consultant
2022.02 - 2023.02 (1 education.year_Label)

Job overview

  • Restructuring of the overall business for a restaurants group in Portugal
  • Operations consultant for booking and invoicing system, increasing efficiency and effectiveness and improving quality of overall services
  • Reduce operating costs and processes
  • Increase customer service experience and loyalty
  • Recruitment process for the group

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Treasury
London

Treasury Services Advisor, Senior Associate
2014.09 - 2017.01 (2 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Managing financial institutions and NBFI clients for treasury products
  • Responsible for Tier 1 clients in Europe. Specialisation by region
  • Responsible for supporting clients with their treasury accounts and products
  • Score cards and proactive services (STP, payments, MT103/202 analysis)
  • Sales activities, rebates
  • Cash management and financial products
  • Compliance, Fraud, KYC, AML and OFAC sanctions
  • Account closures and mergers, SEPA process, liquidity structures

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
London

Customer Account Specialist
2013.07 - 2014.09 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Responsible for Tier 1 corporate clients and financial institutions
  • Current spend, trends and credit availability analysis
  • Card programs management, new implementations, card products and solutions
  • Declined transactions, frauds, merchant category codes, disputes, AML, compliance
  • Training and ongoing support for new and existing clients on Commercial Cards systems
  • Fraud SME for the Team in London, mentoring program on frauds and disputes
  • File delivery implementation and maintenance

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Bromley, London

Treasury, Treasury and Corporate Cards Advisor
2010.06 - 2013.06 (3 education.years_Label)

Job overview

  • Managing EMEA clients for Corporate Cards and Treasury products
  • Compliance, KYC, AML reviews
  • Responsible for supporting clients by servicing their treasury accounts
  • Internal audit for the Team, responsible for the Team during manager's absence, creation of new procedures and processes
  • Assessing new candidates in different languages for the MBNA Customer Service

INTESA SANPAOLO BANK, Foreign Services
Milan, Italy

Hedge Funds Accountant
2009.02 - 2010.01 (11 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Management of global Hedge Funds all Tier 1 financial institutions
  • Client orders, subscriptions, stock transfers, redemptions
  • Reviewing and drawing up of legal and commercial documents, AML laws
  • Cash flows and Month End NAV Account Settlement

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
Milan, Italy

Treasury Assistant
2007.12 - 2008.12 (1 education.year_Label)

Job overview

  • Financial deals and clients management for loans and mortgages
  • Swaps (IRS, plain vanilla swap) and securitisations
  • Charges, rebates and cash flows
  • Treasury deals management for financial institutions in EMEA

CITROËN ITALIA SPA
Milan, Italy

Junior Sales Manager
2006.10 - 2007.03 (5 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Management of Citroen car retailers in Italy
  • Contacts with suppliers, customers and the French headquarters in Paris (PSA Services)
  • Use of the MM form (Materials Management) of the management software SAP to make transactions for the purchase process
  • Estimates on new purchases, delivery and shipping orders
  • Invoices and disputes
  • Accounts settlements with PSA bank

Education

LCCI London Chamber of Commerce And Industry
London

Exam And Certificate At LCCI from Administration, Management, Finance, Marketing
2011.05 - 2011.05

Master’s degree from Bank Management
2009.03 - 2009.05 (2 education.months_Label)

University Overview

Financial system, Retail, private, corporate. Planning and control, strategy.

Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University

Degree from Languages and Economics, Business, marketing
2004.10 - 2009.04 (4 education.years_Label & 6 education.months_Label)

University Overview

management, law

Equilibri
Milan

from International Relations Analysis
2005.11 - 2006.05 (6 education.months_Label)

University Overview

Scholarship. Analysis, Political, social, cultural dynamics, Resources and economics, Defense and security, International cooperation

Theatrical and creative writing course with the editor Enrico Ernst
2004.01 - 2008.05 (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)

Skills

Banking systems

Project planning and development

Advanced problem solving

Cash handling expertise

Bank security expert

Relationship building and management

Book published in 2022

"Powder 89. Planes fly in the sky". 

It is in course of translation into English for a charity project.

Interests

Martial arts, writing, travelling

Timeline

Project Manager, Owner

PRENOTASYST
2022.02 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)

Operations Consultant

LIMONI LDA, Restaurant Group
2022.02 - 2023.02 (1 education.year_Label)

Properties Manager, Owner

ALGARVE BLUE HOMES
2017.01 - Current (9 education.years_Label & 5 education.months_Label)

Treasury Services Advisor, Senior Associate

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Treasury
2014.09 - 2017.01 (2 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)

Customer Account Specialist

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
2013.07 - 2014.09 (1 education.year_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

LCCI London Chamber of Commerce And Industry

Exam And Certificate At LCCI from Administration, Management, Finance, Marketing
2011.05 - 2011.05

Treasury, Treasury and Corporate Cards Advisor

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
2010.06 - 2013.06 (3 education.years_Label)

Master’s degree from Bank Management
2009.03 - 2009.05 (2 education.months_Label)

Hedge Funds Accountant

INTESA SANPAOLO BANK, Foreign Services
2009.02 - 2010.01 (11 education.months_Label)

Treasury Assistant

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
2007.12 - 2008.12 (1 education.year_Label)

Junior Sales Manager

CITROËN ITALIA SPA
2006.10 - 2007.03 (5 education.months_Label)

Equilibri

from International Relations Analysis
2005.11 - 2006.05 (6 education.months_Label)

Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University

Degree from Languages and Economics, Business, marketing
2004.10 - 2009.04 (4 education.years_Label & 6 education.months_Label)

Theatrical and creative writing course with the editor Enrico Ernst
2004.01 - 2008.05 (4 education.years_Label & 4 education.months_Label)
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