FRANCESCO LEPRI

Experience

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  PwC

  Oct 2002 - Sept 2015

  Main industry:- Aerospace & Defence- Appliances- Asset Management/Renewable- Automotive- Commodities- Chemical- Agriculture- Energy and Gas- Food and Beverage/ Retail - Hospitality- Software- Luxury/Retail- Mining and construction- Pharmaceutical and Life science- Medical devices- Real estate/Infrastructure- Telecommunication- Transportation- Manufacturing IFRS, US GAAP, Italian GAAPSettori principali: Farmaceutico, Trasporti, Cartario, Real Estate Group Leader in PwC Uxbridge.Core Audit, including Sox auditBusiness development with focus in Pharma and Renewable

  • Senior Manager

    Jul 2011 - Sept 2015

  • Manager

    Jul 2008 - Jun 2011

  • Senior

    Oct 2002 - Jun 2008
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  PwC UK

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2021

  External Audit • Main GAAPs (IFRS, US, UK, ITA, France, German, HK, Singapore, Swiss, Dutch, Russian) and GAAS (PCAOB, ISA International). • SSC audit (Pharmaceutical and construction companies).• SOX audit (Pharmaceutical, including audit of internal controls) and post implementation review.• Complex business combination review.• Project management experience managing till 20 people (including specialist) in project till 13.000 hours per year.• Preparation of Statutory financial statements and support in the local Tax compliance and governance.• ERP implementation and data migration for consolidated financial statement.• Direct tax, VAT, withholding tax, transfer price.Other• Italian Desk: set up and business development. Organization of Events, Networking with Embassy, Chamber of commerce and Italian Networks in UK, coordination with Italian firm. Support to Italian Start up (journey to IPO or other exit strategies). • Green industry practice: set up and business development (organization of events, Networking inside and outside the firm, mainly with investment funds in infrastructure, Publication of researches, business plan preparation, business intelligence), focus on transaction services opportunity (see investment funds).• Pharma practice: business development (organization of events, Networking inside and outside the firm, Publication of researches, business intelligence).• External training (speaker in several event at Dottori Commercialisti, CONI and FIGC, PwC sponsored events) on Local and International accounting principal, SOX, Internal control, company Governance, industry accounting and business issues. Show less Internal Audit • Audited Corporate governance and regulation compliance.• Audited Internal procedures (Purchase to pay, order to cash, Payroll, Capital expenditures, Treasury, Stock, Financial Statement/ Reporting).• Internal audit in PwC Network, on audit quality (so called ECR, mainly PCAOB and TICE accounts) and on single local firm compliance with PwC Network procedures (so called QMR) in several different countries (France, UK, Russia, Italy, Malta, Kazakhstan, Romania, Poland).Transactions Services, Deals and Corporate finance • Finance due diligence (Pharma, Retails, Manufacturing).• Identification of core/non core portfolio assets• Operation, IT, HR and commercial due diligence• Carve out of Financial statement preparation.• Preparation of valuation model (DFC, Multiple from observable transactions) and data analysis.• Analysis of Technical, legal and tax due diligence report.• Assessment of future cash/EBITDA/Revenue projections.• Share purchase agreement and price adjustments.• Group structure after acquisitionAdvisory• Project leader in implementation of Consolidation (process implementation including control procedures integration, support in the preparation of Consolidated financial statement, preparation of accounting manuals and accounting policies, support in implementation and post implementation review).• Accounting advice Pharmaceutical and Life science, including medical devices (complex long-term contracts, R&D, IFRS 15/9, consolidation accounting), Investment funds and subsidiaries (IFRS 16, complex revenue contracts, investment accounting including IFRS 10 for SPVs, EPC and SPA contracts, Share based payment accounting treatments).• IFRS Transition projects, mainly in Pharmaceutical and Life science, Manufacturing, Luxury, TICE and Food and Beverage. • Preparation of accounting manuals and accounting policies Show less

  • Associate Partner

    Jun 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Senior Manager

    Sept 2015 - Jun 2019
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  RSM Italy

  Feb 2021 - Apr 2023

  Audit &Advisory Partner RSM
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  Baker Tilly

  May 2023 - now

  Audit Partner

  Audit and advisory Partner in charge of the Italian/UK desk Team

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  MHA

  May 2023 - now

  Audit Partner

  Audit/Advisory Partner, Leading the Italian/UK Desk Team, operating cross border in Baker Tilly Network