Rita Corda

Company Overview: Global digital assessment present (among others) in: UK, USA, Nordics, DACH, Australia, Portugal, India.

• Restructured the finance team and implemented new ERP and governance systems.
• Trained finance team members (3) on best practices and new regulations, fostering a culture of continuous professional development within the department.
• Monthly consolidation preparation, reducing the deadline from WD10 to WD4 (13 entities, across 8 different geographies).
• Improved cost efficiency through meticulous analysis of financial data and identification of areas for potential savings.
• Coordinated tax planning strategies with experts from relevant jurisdictions to minimize the company's tax liabilities.
• Established policies governing treasury activities to enhance liquidity management capabilities while minimizing exposure to market fluctuations.
• Provided strategic financial guidance to senior management, supporting informed decision-making processes across the organization.
• Collaborate with Auditors to ensure proper compliance with all local regulations and completing the audit on a timely basis.
• Optimized cash flow management with effective forecasting, budgeting, and reporting systems.

Company Overview: Open Commerce startup present in: Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Portugal.

• Auditing the existing Financial Statements and prepare a roadmap to fill the current accounting/systems gap.
• Developing a robust and automated reporting cadence for internal and external stakeholders and owning the group consolidation and quality controlling of group accounts.
• Leading the technical topics (R&D Tax credit, Group re-org) and ensuring that the organisation has the accurate data for the fulfilment of the process.
• Support the corporate fundraising strategy and manage relationships with partners and investors.
• Prepare timely and detailed reports on financial performance on a quarterly and annual basis.
• Support on the setup of the portuguese legal entity from a legal, and people perspectives (benefit, payroll, tax incentives).

Company Overview: American multinational health care company, primarily focused on products to treat haemophilia, kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions.

• Strategic support to Southern Cluster Clinical Nutrition & Pharmaceuticals division (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece) through financial business partnering.
• Key Finance Business Partner for the Business Unit Heads, proactively seeking business insight from in depth analysis to support overall commercial navigation and decision making.
• Interaction with multiple stakeholders from country to VP level mainly across Commercial and Marketing teams, Operations, Commercial Excellence and Finance.
• Active key Member in Cluster Lead team working to develop Annual budget and Forecasts, Long Range Plans, New products launch strategies, business improvement opportunities, etc.
• Active Business partner leader on local initiatives (tenders, new contracts negotiation, value-based solutions, investment business cases, M&A, etc.).
• Leading local finance initiatives in liaison with SSC teams (Accounting, Tax, FP&A).
• Accounts Receivable Manager for Portugal.
• Member of the Portuguese Leadership Team.

Company Overview: Holding company of Entreposto Group, with a diversified business portfolio (e.g. motor vehicle sector, import and retail sale of machinery, real estate) present in: Portugal, Mozambique, Brazil and East Timor).

• Supporting the Finance Manager in all daily activities, such as: i) management of financing and relationship with banks; ii) controlling the accounting process of a group of holding companies; iii) liaison with external auditors.
• Producing management information and supporting BoD decisions through in-depth analysis.
• Monitoring Business Units activity, analysing and controlling the execution of the respective business plans.
• Managing and coaching a team of four.

Company Overview: Holding company with a diversified business portfolio (real estate, tourism, agriculture, healthcare, energy) and presence in several geographies (Southwest Europe, South America and Africa).

• Participating in the creation of Rioforte’s project and boosting the performance of the portfolio (e.g. Turnover increase 09-13: 150%).
• Monitoring Business Units (BUs) activity, analysing and controlling the execution of the respective activity plans and budgets, challenging the BUs’ key performance objectives and identifying opportunities for functional improvements and discussing performance adjustments.
• Coordinating the preparation of annual reports and presentations of the Group’s activity.

• Participating in the Initial Public Offering of an Oil & Gas Company in Euronext Lisbon.
• Coordinating several projects of financial audit on the consolidated and separated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Managing and coaching several multi-member audit teams, being responsible for work allocation and revision, as well as compliance with deadlines.