OMAR SCAFURO, GENERAL MANAGER

OMAR SCAFURO

GENERAL MANAGER

PIERALISI ESPAÑA

Location
Italy
Education
Bachelor's degree, ECONOMICS
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

GENERAL MANAGER at PIERALISI ESPAÑA
  • Spain
  • March 2012 to May 2015

• Responsible for Spanish and Portuguese markets.
• Growing the revenues from 25 to 40 million euro in 3 years.
• Increasing profitability (achieving net profit starting from very heavy losses).
• Creating new business.
• Giving a new and winning image to the Company in the market.
• Making new and successful marketing campaigns.
• Giving a new impetus to a historical brand.
• Efficiency in the post-sale.
• Improving customer satisfaction.
• Reducing costs and improving efficiencies.
• Respecting budget and objectives.
• Cash management and treasury efficiency.
• Restoring a climate of trust in the Company and motivating staff.
• Improving relations with the unions, the government and local authorities
• Set-up of the new branch in Jaén.
• Obtaining funding and contributions from the European Union to promote research and development.

COUNTRY MANAGER at PHARMA FACTOR SA, BRAZIL - UNIFINANCE GROUP
  • Brazil
  • February 2004 to January 2012

• Set-up and manage of the local subsidiary in Brazil.
• Responsible for local Financial Statement in accordance to the local GAAP.
• Budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting to the headquarter in accordance to the Group accounting principles on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Cash management and treasury administration, including swaps transactions to cover the Company from the risk of change.
• Head of Human Resources and Legal Affairs.
• Creating new business.
• Lending and buying receivables, collections and recovery.
• Creating securitisation transactions.
• Assisting pharmaceutical companies in the activity of debt collection by the government
• Relationship with the Major Clients, Public Authorities, Legal Advisors, Auditors and Third Parties.
• Structuring new financial projects for Italian and Brazilian Capital Markets joint to local and foreign Investment Banks.
• Preparing applications for Central Banks.
• Investor relations, including reports in accordance with US GAAP.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER at DINERS CLUB EUROPE - GTP HOLDING GROUP
  • Italy
  • January 2000 to November 2003

• Responsible for the preparation of the consolidated financial statements on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis on both LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL GAAP..
• Responsible for the preparation of Bank of Italy filings of quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Responsible for planning, budgeting and control.
• Analysing the monthly reporting packages of pan European subsidiaries for trend analysis.
• Responsible for the pan European treasury, including negotiations of terms and conditions with banks for credit lines and transactions.
• Responsible for corporate finance activity.
• Investor relations, including reports in accordance with US GAAP.
• Responsible for fiscal and legal departments.
• Managing Director in the follows subsidiaries: France, Germany and Benelux.
• Chairman in Diners Club Switzerland and Dinet (Diners Club Europe website and portal).
• Responsible and direct contact for Bank of France and Bank of Italy.
• Responsible and direct contact with auditors, legal firms and consultants.
• Direct responsible of 15 FTE and indirect responsible for 60 FTE.
• SAP implementation at European level (cost savings and better comprehension).
• Restructuring of part of the Group to improve a better efficiency on VAT and on other Tax issues.
• Reducing FTE to create a better efficiency in the Financial department.

AUDIT MANAGER at ARTHUR ANDERSEN - PWC
  • Italy
  • September 1996 to January 2000

• Planning of audits for approximately 15 clients of different size of business, mostly middle market or large (active in different fields, with main focus on Banking, Insurance and Capital Market).
• Maintaining contacts with the clients.
• Coordinating the audit and other activities related to the audit engagements.
• Knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Performing audits (assessing on internal control systems, combined risk assessment, designing an additional audit plan, analysing financial information, reviewing work from other members of the audit team).
• Discuss findings with manager or/and controller.
• Mentor to assistant auditors or trainees including yearly assessments of the skills and development of assistant auditors and trainees.
• Involved in the application procedure for trainees.

Education

Bachelor's degree, ECONOMICS
  • at UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA
  • July 1996

LAUREA IN ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO

High school or equivalent, ACCOUNTING
  • at ITC ENRICO DE NICOLA
  • July 1988

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Control
Finance
Administration
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING
FINANCE
ADMINISTRATION
CONTROL
PLANNING
TURNAROUND
MERGER & AQUISITION
SUPPLY CHAIN

Languages

Italian
Expert
English
Expert
Portuguese
Expert
Spanish
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

BANK OF ITALY
  • CREDIT BROKER
  • June 2006

Hobbies

  • FOOTBALL