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Work History
Education
Skills
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
02.2022 - Current

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
01.2017 - Current

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
02.2022 - 02.2023

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
09.2014 - 01.2017

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
07.2013 - 09.2014

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
06.2010 - 06.2013

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
02.2009 - 01.2010

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
12.2007 - 12.2008

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
10.2006 - 03.2007

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
05.2011 - 05.2011

Master’s degree from Bank Management
03.2009 - 05.2009

University Overview

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

Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University

Degree from Languages and Economics, Business, marketing
10.2004 - 04.2009

University Overview

management, law

Equilibri
Milan

from International Relations Analysis
11.2005 - 05.2006

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
01.2004 - 05.2008

Skills

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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
02.2022 - Current

Operations Consultant

LIMONI LDA, Restaurant Group
02.2022 - 02.2023

Properties Manager, Owner

ALGARVE BLUE HOMES
01.2017 - Current

Treasury Services Advisor, Senior Associate

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Treasury
09.2014 - 01.2017

Customer Account Specialist

CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC
07.2013 - 09.2014

LCCI London Chamber of Commerce And Industry

Exam And Certificate At LCCI from Administration, Management, Finance, Marketing
05.2011 - 05.2011

Treasury, Treasury and Corporate Cards Advisor

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
06.2010 - 06.2013

Master’s degree from Bank Management
03.2009 - 05.2009

Hedge Funds Accountant

INTESA SANPAOLO BANK, Foreign Services
02.2009 - 01.2010

Treasury Assistant

BARCLAYS BANK PLC
12.2007 - 12.2008

Junior Sales Manager

CITROËN ITALIA SPA
10.2006 - 03.2007

Equilibri

from International Relations Analysis
11.2005 - 05.2006

Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University

Degree from Languages and Economics, Business, marketing
10.2004 - 04.2009

Theatrical and creative writing course with the editor Enrico Ernst
01.2004 - 05.2008
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