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Skills:

Finance Manager in Training 04/2023 - 10/2024
Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Industry: Hospitality
- Supervised a team of four and assisted the DOF with department management during the ADOF's maternity leave - Wrote Excel VBA scripts to automate the Income Auditor's tasks and minimize manual entry errors - Developed the 2024/25 budgets for the F&B and SPA departments, ensuring financial efficiency and alignment with strategic goals - Implemented a semi-automatic forecasting/budgeting tool leveraging on historical data, probability models, and projected occupancy - Assisted ADOF/DOF with everyday tasks and provided coverage for the Credit Manager and Income Auditor in their absence
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Sales & Marketing Assistant 12/2022 - 03/2023
Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Industry: Hospitality
- Prepared proposals, group resumes and banquet event orders - Assisted in conducting site inspections - Supported Director of Revenue with preparing various data analyses - Handled various sales communications and maintaining multiple databases (Delphi-Amadeus, Golden)
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Finance Assistant 09/2022 - 12/2022
Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Industry: Hospitality
- Performed daily reconciliation and produced Daily Revenue Report - Overlooked smooth pre/post-stay transient and group billing operations while ensuring timely payments - Verified and investigated payment discrepancies; resolved billing issues - Assisted in the preparation of month-end reconciliations
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Reservations Agent 02/2022 - 09/2022
Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay, Ibiza, Spain
Industry: Hospitality
- Achieved €22 million target budget in 4 months (3 months before the target) - Identified trends, recommended growth efforts, monitored progress of set selling strategies - Managed all internal and external communications before hotel’s opening - Supported and supervised other less experienced reservation agents
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Sales Representative 07/2021 - 02/2022
Sterkel Concierge Club, Frankfurt, Germany
Industry: Tourism
- Established connections between CIS-region travel agencies and upscale European properties (B2B) - Managed and maintained upscale customer relationship with high-net-worth clientele (B2C) - Represented exclusive Mediterranean Villas, including those in the French Riviera, Balearic Islands, and Greek Isles
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Assistant Corporate Client Manager 06/2019 - 08/2019
Swedbank, Vilnius, Lithuania
Industry: Banking
- Took part in €1 million loan contract signing process with the client - Generated Client Risk Assessment Reports (OCDD and ECDD), and presented to credit officers - Worked closely with Legal Deparment writing Financial Guarantees and managed payments on the Line of Credit
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Bocconi University 09/2018 - 07/2021
Milan, , Italy
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Economics
Minor:Finance
- Thesis title: “Overcoming Profitability Conundrum in Luxury E-commerce: The Case of Multi-brand E-tailers” (Thesis Grade 4/4)

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