Andrea Sasso
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy
Toptal member since June 29, 2021
Andrea is a fractional CFO working with early-stage startups. She is an expert in financial modeling and strategic growth initiatives, having gained experience in almost all areas of corporate finance. Andrea has held executive-level corporate development positions and is an entrepreneur-in-residence for Techstars.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Expertise
- Controlling
- Corporate Development
- DCF Valuation
- Early-stage Venture Capital
- Financial Analysis
- Fundraising
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
Work Experience
Fractional CFO
augheo
- Supported startups to maximize the potential of their finance function to improve decision making, running of the business, and communication.
- Helped clients design and implement suitable, scalable, and sustainable business development strategies to take their business to the next level.
- Mentored more than 20 early-stage startups through accelerator programs.
Manager Strategy and Corporate Development - Americas
Guardian Industries
- Managed five-year strategic plan development for a region with annual revenue of $1.2 billion, laying the groundwork for the region’s strategic growth.
- Led vetting and execution of investment opportunities and M&A activities above regional vice president’s capital authority ($5 million - $1 billion).
- Brought plant extension investment of $65 million to board approval, the most significant strategic investment in the US in 20 years.
- Mentored junior analysts in transaction excellence, financial analysis, economic thinking, marginal analysis, and decision-making processes.
Corporate Development Lead Analyst
Guardian Industries
- Delivered financial and economic analysis globally for capital projects above $5 million, supporting decision-makers (CEO, board) in evaluating alternatives to maximize the risk-adjusted value of the business.
- Drove implementation of transaction excellence capability and financial analysis standards and best practices, ensuring alignment with management framework of the new owner (Market-based management® by KOCH Industries).
- Mentored junior analysts in transaction excellence, financial analysis, economic thinking, marginal analysis, and decision-making processes.
Shared Service Centre (SSC) Manager / Cash Manager
Guardian Industries
- Led complete reorganization of transactional processes (such as accounts payable and receivable, end-of-period accounting entries, and reporting), increasing accuracy and efficiency.
- Increased system entry matching from 60% to 90%, achieved overtime reduction (on average two hours per person per day).
- Expanded SSC’s responsibilities to function as a back office for treasury, ensuring effective segregation of duties, without adding headcount.
Accountant
Guardian Industries
- Supported operations through financial analysis, controlling, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Assisted in month-end closing, income statement, and balance sheet accounting.
- Streamlined the inventory and obsoletes evaluation process.
Education
Master's Degree in International Business Administration
Vienna University of Economics and Business – WU Wien - Vienna, Austria
Certifications
ACCA | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
ACCA | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Skills
Finance
DCF Valuation, Fundraising, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Revenue & Expense Projections, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), CFO, Valuation, Valuation Modeling, Budgeting, Series A, Three-statement Modeling, Lifetime Value (LTV), Profitability Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Venture Funding, Corporate Finance, Seed Fundraising, Startup Funding, Controller, Private Company Valuation, Series B, International Finance, Accounting, Risk Analysis, Cash Management, Cash Pooling, Corporate Treasury
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word
Industry Expertise
Early-stage Startups, Venture Capital
Geographic Expertise
Europe, United States
Data & Analysis Software
Financial Data
Other
Management, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development, Strategy Development, Leadership, Financial Analysis, Scenario Analysis, Startup Consulting, DCF Modeling, Fractional CFO, Finance, Financials, Financing, Startups, SaaS, Excel 365, Business Planning, Business Plan Consulting, Software as a Service (SaaS), Excel Expert, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Interim CFO, Growth Strategy, FPA, Manufacturing, LTV:CAC, Controlling, Strategy, Opportunity Assessments, Early-stage Venture Capital, Management Reporting, Early-stage Funding, Unit Economics, eCommerce, Fundraising Consultant, Pitch Decks, Pitch Deck Consultant, Technology Trends, Smart City Technology, Startup Growth Strategy Development, Reporting, Business Models, Business Modeling, eCommerce Platforms, Part-time CFO, Business Strategy, Investments, Business Development, Investment Cases, Opportunity Identification, Transactions, Treasury, Impact Analysis, Economic Analysis, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Monthly Close Process, Audits, Plant Accounting, Operations, Angel Investing, Stock Market, Platforms, Post-merger Integration, Subscriptions, Cohort Analysis, ERP Implementation
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