André Bittencourt
Data Analyst with Financial Expertise
Data geek with experience in automating and optimising financial processes and reports, fostering a corporate culture of data-driven decision-making and tangible results.

Email: andrecalissi@gmail.com

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Data Analyst - Gnomon Capital Ltd.

November 2022 - Present

Vaduz, Liechtenstein
  • Managed the ETL that extracted data from all companies in the group, cleaned the data according to the CFO specifications, and stored the financials in the group's SQL database for consumption.
  • Maintained the P&L and Balance Sheet on a Tableau server for our investors, enabling them simple and quick access to the latest financial developments in the group.
  • Implemented and designed the security logic for accessing the financials on Tableau, PowerBI and Excel.
  • Managed the chart of accounts of the group, modifying accounts logic to make our reports scalable.
  • Automatized financial processes and reconciliations on Excel for our controllers.
  • Provided ad-hoc reports for specific teams in the group, creating KPIs for specific areas and storing the report in a Tableau server, enabling instant insights for our business partners.
  • Provided technical support and consulting to companies and teams across the group, especially for the product teams.

Finance Analyst - Amazon EU SARL

November 2021 - October 2022

Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • Coordinated operational financial planning at European level and consolidated regional reports.
  • Served as interface between worldwide leadership and European regions.
  • Tracked plan execution and reported financial performance on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis for variable and fixed costs, as well as capital expenditure projects and depreciation.
  • Allocated operational costs to specific products' profit & loss statements.
  • Developed business relevant KPIs to enhance the report's story and facilitate decision-making for different stakeholders.
  • Designed SQL and Python based stored procedures to automate business processes and reports, as well as to centralize business processes across regions.
  • Performed reconciliations across different data systems and corrected eventual discrepancies.
  • Reclassed accounts between different European subsidiaries.

Finance & Global Business Services Internship - Amazon

March 2021 - September 2021

Paris, France
  • Analysed labour input drivers and validated the integrity of reports to influence strategic decision-making and planning.
  • Delivered weekly/monthly performance reviews. Used financial systems and advanced MSExcel functions to work with large data sets, as well as SQL querying.
  • Resolved, improved, automated, standardized or simplified finance processes with Python.
  • Implemented a labor controlling bot with Python in France, England and the United States.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - University of St. Gallen

September 2017 - March 2023

Economics with Specialization in Data Handling and Visualisation

Relevant Coursework:

  • Money, Banking and Finance
  • Data Analytics I and II
  • Fundamentals of Computer Science, Statistical Programming
  • Micro- and Macroeconomics I, II and III
  • European and International Capital Markets Law
  • Accounting, Controlling and Auditing


Final Grade: 5

- Rounded credits-weigthed average of all courses taken on a scale of 1 (worst) to 6 (best)



Thesis

- Negative Interest Rate Policy: Analysing Deposit Variations Across Different Client Segments in Switzerland. Supervised by Professor Martin Brown

Faculté des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) Lausanne

February 2021 - June 2021

Exchange Semester at the University of Lausanne


Relevant Coursework:

  • Empirical Research in Economics and Management
  • Judgement and Decision Making
  • Corporate Sustainability


Final Grade: 5.75

- Rounded credits-weigthed average of all courses taken on a scale of 1 (worst) to 6 (best)

Abitur (Ergänzung ausländischer Hochschulreife)

June 2016 - June 2017

Studienkolleg at the University of Hamburg


Topics Covered:

  • Foundations of Economics
  • Foundations of Statistics and Calculus
  • German and English
  • Sociology and Law


Final Grade: 1.2

- German Grading System: Scale of 1 (best) to 6 (worst)



Achievements:

  • Elected course representative by my fellow students
  • Won best student's award at the graduation ceremony

Volunteering

Tutor Start Week 2020

September 2020

University of St. Gallen
  • Conducted informative sessions for over 30 newcomers and hold presentations about the university services (in person and over Zoom).
  • Coached the new students for the creation of an AI-based project in a fictive contest to solve a real-world issue. Out of 60 competing groups, we arrived in second.

Student Union (SHSG) IT Services

September 2018 - September 2019

University of St. Gallen
  • In a team of four we re-created and optimized the design of the student's union website, implemented new functions and an online-based voting system.
  • Created the budget for the IT committee, analysing options available for web storage and content writing platforms to adapt our activities in the budget given by the university, facilitating the takeover for future members who are not familiar with programming.

Skills

Computer-Based Skills

Statistical Modelling

Python
R
Gauss

Data Handling and Visualization

Python
Tableau
PowerBI
PowerPivot
R
QuickSight

Databases

Exasol
Azure
MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL

Quantitative Markdowns

LaTEX
R Markdown

Web Development

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Python

MS Office

Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Outlook
Teams

Communication Skills

Languages

Portuguese
Italian
English
German
French
Spanish

Interests

Theater

Former member of the Theatre Club at the University of St. Gallen

Skiing

Enthusiastic skier, always trying to practice on a regular basis

Politics

Constantly following major events all over the world and making predictions

Philosophy

Fierce debater with deep interest in human nature, behaviour and moral