Daniel Costa

Preparation of all accounting information sent to outsourced accounting services. Control and analysis of accounting entries and the periodic report of financial statements to the Group CFO. Control, analysis and reporting of production KPI's, construction site costs (kitchens, vehicles, accommodations) and overhead costs both to CFO and CEO. Preparation of several forecasts and analysis demanded by company decision makers. Treasury planning and control.

Scout of foreign investment opportunities and support foreing investment projects.

International Internship Leonardo da Vinci at Financial Back-Office of Sonae Sierra in Madrid where I performed tasks in order to support the Accounting, Tax, Collections and Treasury teams in carrying out the responsibilities of the financial department. My main responsibilities were: Reconcile and review balance sheet accounts; Assist the monthly closings and preparation of financial statements; Prepare the relevant documentation and forms, as required by local accounting and tax legislation; Etc.

Internship where I performed tasks in the Planning and Management Department such as: The collection and compilation of accounting information;Support the development of budgetary process for some of Group Companies mainly by the forecasting and budget deviation analysis by business unit; Sales analysis and sales variances analysis by business unit; Analysis and reporting of KPI's by business unit; Another punctual daily department tasks.

Summer internship where I performed tasks in order to support the counter activities.

Accounting for Economic Groups; Financial Reporting; Portuguese Tax System III - IRC; Taxation; Taxation of Financial Products; Accounting for Complex Entities; Accounting for Financial Instruments; Portuguese Tax System I - IRS; Portuguese Tax System II - VAT; Tax Management.

Planning and Management Control; Financial Accounting; Management Accounting; Budgeting Control; Internal Transfer Pricing; Balanced Scorecard Application.

Financial and risk economics; Economics of the institutions and financials systems; International strategy; Corporate strategy; Strategical marketing. Final thesis called: "The importance of budget variances analysis in the organizations".

During this period I attended an Intermediate Italian Course B2 at Centro Linguistico di Ateneo from the University of Trieste.