Riccardo Perosino

Experience

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  Tribe Africa Giftware

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2011

  Operations Manager

  • Improve operational systems, processes and policies. Formulating new policies to maximise output, and monitoring performance of company policies.• Manage and increase effectiveness of production, through applicable process engineering.• Long-term financial planning and annual budgeting, including the utilisation of financial data to improve profitability and inventory management.• Oversee overall financial management; preparing and controlling operational budgets.• Participate in recruitment and placement of new staff members, and establishing work schedules.• Staff supervision including the monitoring and evaluation of staff performance and payroll management. • Coordinating and monitoring warehousing, pricing and distribution of manufactured goods and an active engagement quality management.• Monitoring and managing the support services such as IT, Accounts and Human Resources.• Organise equipment maintenance and provide technical support if required.• Regular meetings around fiscal planning and strategic plans for operational activity.• Supervise and coach factory supervisor. Show less

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  Bidvest Bank Limited

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Corporate Foreign Exchange Account Manager

  • Market and sell various Foreign Exchange products and services.• Establish sound working relationships.• Prepare client credit applications.• Analyse and keep abreast of market trends.• Deliver world class customer service excellence while ensuring legislative compliance at all times.• Prepare client’s financial needs analysis.• Preparation of monthly reports.

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  TransUnion

  Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Compile product strategy recommendations to management, including execution and implementation of product strategy across multiple business units.• Initiate industry and product research and evaluate research results in order to recommend options to explore in new product development.• Product management related to revenue, profitability, pricing, product life cycle, distribution channels, positioning, and promotion strategy.• Manage projects associated with the development and product launch activities related to product line extensions and enhancements consistent with product portfolio strategies, including product launch plans and sales tools such as internal training materials, presentations, features and benefits. • Engage other business units on functional specifications. • Represent the business unit at sales meetings, customer meetings, or cross-organizational internal meetings.• Plan costs for projects; monitors actual expenses according to projections and keep department expenditures in line with budgetary plans.• Lead product development beginning with concept initiation through product delivery and establish and manage the overall timeline for small, mid-size and large development efforts.• Identify and evaluate the viability of new and existing products through monitoring performance of product lines and identifying growth opportunities. • Liaise with other departments to plan maintenance and development and ensure appropriateness of all touch point interactions. Define delivery mechanisms required; support sales; create publicity and promotion and provide pricing recommendations and guidelines• Review complex business processes to identify areas or improvement. I have developed a level of understanding of processes and technology, enabling a cross-functional perspective on product/process opportunities Show less • Liaise with stakeholders to elicit, analyse, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information and information systems.• Actively participate and interact to understand business needs, identify the best solution. • Prepare and participate in the development of business cases and proposals, including identifying alternatives and cost/benefit analysis.• Assist in the analysis and design of new business processes around requirements definition, information gathering, and consistent documentation methodologies.• Facilitate Business Requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders and subject matter experts, developing high-level and detailed business requirements as needed to support enhancements to business processes, systems and/or applications. Develop clear and concise functional requirements for the technical developers .• Develop Functional Specifications for system enhancements that meet the business requirements. • Consult and work closely with technical team members to ensure all requirements have been accurately addressed as well as support the technical group during the design and development activities• Coordinate updates to supporting documentation (such as training, processing procedures) as part of the Systems Development Lifecycle• Develop test plans, testing of changes and reviewing the results. • Participate in quality management reviews as outlined in the project work plan, and in reviews of the designs, prototypes and other project work products to ensure they fulfil the requirements.• Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and make recommendations for solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. Show less

  • Product Manager

    Jun 2014 - Apr 2015

  • Business Analyst

    Apr 2013 - May 2014
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  Tradesure

  May 2015 - now

  Finance and Operations Manager

  Accurate financial forecasts and cash flow managementRevenue projections, forecasts and budgetsManagement of financial accounting, reporting and monitoring systemsLiaising with external auditors and ensuring adherence to statutory requirementsPayroll, debtors and creditors managementLeadership of the finance departmentAssistance with development and implementation of operational/accounting systems and processesOperations statistical analysis and action plan developmentLoss ratio analysis and reportingIT platform governance and information systems managementTrend analysis and early warning model development to identify potential risks and/or losses to increase profitabilityEnsure proper change management and training for change initiatives Show less