Rocco Abbenante (EMBA)

Intrum is Europe’s leading credit management company with over 10,000 employees in 25+ countries As Head of Finance / Deputy CFO, I am responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the finance function across two Swiss entities. In close collaboration with the CFO, I ensure financial stability, scalability, and future readiness, contributing to Intrum’s mission of building a healthier economy.

• Management, supervision and leadership of the team in annual and consolidated financial statement audits in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER, OR, IFRS and US GAAP of family-run to listed companies, as well as mentoring and professional leadership of younger colleagues through internal trainings • Strategic advice in the area of accounting for national and international companies

• Management, supervision and leadership of the team in annual and consolidated financial statement audits in accordance with HGB, IFRS and US GAAP of family-run to listed companies, as well as mentoring and professional leadership of younger colleagues through internal trainings • Transaction project: Support in the review of locked-box accounts used for the sale of a well-known European shipping fleet. (Sales volume: EUR 225 million) / Specific implementation of IFRS 5 „Assets held for sale”

• Support of the team in annual and consolidated financial statement audits according to HGB, IFRS, US-GAAP of family-run to listed companies • Process and control analyses as well as taking over or running through all audit activities within the scope of the annual and consolidated financial statements audit incl. the audit of the functionality of the internal control system

Institution: IW Junior / Deloitte Foundation Position: Business Mentor Result: 1st Place national competition Project: Supporting the students as mentors in setting up the business in all subject areas as well as negotiating with suppliers and credit institutions and preparing the business report.

• Supervision of financial accounting as well as the preparation of annual financial statements and tax returns in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) • Support for company and social security audits as well as tax and economic advice • Projects: Merger projects (M&A), purchase and sale projects (due diligence) • Process optimisations: Introduction of Unternehmen-Online (digitalisation and low process costs), development of interfaces for payroll accounting (short processing times)

Project: Support of two cultural associations in Bielefeld in the area of recruiting members of the support group and association

• Analysis and evaluation of key business figures as well as target/actual comparisons, budget planning and project work • Planning, management and control of operational performance processes for process optimisation

• Checking and evaluating application documents and attending interviews • Master data management and the analysis of personnel developments

• Contributions to financial accounting, analysis of market data, target/actual comparisons, support of project work

Master thesis: The revolution of the financial markets: Possible transformation of the existing financial system through decentralized finance (DeFi) based on blockchain technology.

Bachelor thesis: The challenge for investors in the current low interest rate environment of the European Central Bank. An analysis of investment strategies in the current field of tension.