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You found the easter egg.
You and I are going to get along just fine.

Fun fact: Simone once stress-tested an IRR model at 3am for a €300M greenfield approval. The model held. The deal closed.
Open to BD & Finance opportunities

Hi, I'm
Simone Carretta

Finance meets Commercial. I build investment cases that move capital, go-to-market strategies that close deals, and financial models that hold up under scrutiny — from AWS data centers to startup pitch stages.

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Simone Carretta
Finance & Business Development
Available DCF / IRR / NPV AWS EMEA MiCo Milan — Top Recognition
Frankfurt, Germany
simo.carretta@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/simonecarretta
+39 366 135 8105

Finance background.
Commercial instinct.

I come from a finance background but I've always been drawn to the commercial side — understanding what makes a business grow, not just how to model it.

At AWS, I worked on multi-hundred-million investment decisions where I learned to partner across teams, move fast with incomplete data, and build cases that convince senior leaders to act.

Before that, I built a startup's entire go-to-market from scratch and pitched it to investors at MiCo Milan — earning top recognition for financial narrative clarity.

I'm looking for a Business Development role where I can combine commercial thinking with analytical depth to drive real growth.

simone@portfolio ~ — type 'help' for commands
$ whoami
Simone Carretta — Finance × BD
$ cat mission.txt
Drive growth at the intersection of numbers and narrative
$ echo $SUPERPOWER
Building models that convince. Pitches that land.
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Where I've worked.

Three roles, three very different environments — one consistent thread: turning ambiguity into action.

Financial Analyst — DC Investment Strategy EMEA
Feb 2026 – Aug 2026
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • Built IRR/NPV models with stress-tested downside scenarios — used by leadership to approve multi-hundred-million greenfield projects, accelerating the EMEA regional roadmap.
  • Partnered with real estate & engineering to redesign scope on two expansion sites exceeding estimates by ~15% — recovered the overrun and compressed delivery timelines.
  • Deep-dived into OpEx line items across power and network, identified redundant contracts and maintenance overlaps — drove run-rate cost reduction and improved EBITDA margins.
  • Built a unified governance framework aligning finance, ops, and engineering across 4 teams — adopted as the standard process for all EMEA CapEx decisions.
IRR / NPVCapEx ModelingEMEAGreenfieldOpEx OptimizationGovernance
Business Developer (Venture Builder)
Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
Enactus Italy · Milan, Italy
  • Built the full go-to-market from zero — market sizing, customer segmentation, pricing, competitive positioning — structured into a pitch-ready commercial plan.
  • Created a three-statement model and DCF valuation from scratch projecting ~€40M enterprise value in 3-5 years — unit economics held up under investor scrutiny.
  • Pitched at MiCo Milan to a panel of investors and judges — earned top recognition for financial narrative clarity and go-to-market realism.
Go-to-MarketDCF Valuation3-Statement ModelInvestor PitchMiCo Milan
Financial Analyst Intern
Sep 2023 – Sep 2024
Arduino (acquired by Qualcomm) · Turin, Italy
  • Prepared due diligence materials and integration reports during the Qualcomm acquisition — became primary decision documents for setting post-merger priorities.
  • Led IFRS training for 15+ colleagues across 5 subsidiaries during the transition — first reporting cycle closed with zero errors, weeks ahead of deadline.
  • Redesigned stakeholder reporting format — adopted by group leadership as the new standard for consolidated trends, risks, and recommendations.
M&A Due DiligenceIFRSIntegrationStakeholder ReportingTraining

What I bring to the table.

A blend of analytical rigor and commercial instinct — with the tools to back it up.

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Commercial & BD

Go-to-market strategy
Market sizing & segmentation
Partnerships & investor relations
Competitive positioning
Stakeholder management
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Financial Analytics

DCF & 3-statement modeling
IRR / NPV / capital allocation
Unit economics
M&A due diligence
Scenario & sensitivity analysis
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Tools & Tech

Excel (advanced)
PowerPoint (advanced)
Python
SQL
Oracle NetSuite
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Languages

ItalianNative
EnglishFluent
FrenchBasic
SpanishBasic
GermanLearning

Side bets that paid off.

Outside of work — self-initiated projects that sharpen the edge.

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Investment Club Co-founder

Designed governance, risk limits, and training for a 50+ member investment club from scratch. Delivered quarterly board-style packs with P&L, IRR, drawdown analysis, and capital allocation proposals.

Portfolio Management IRR Governance 50+ members
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Intercompany Fiscal Structuring

Designed intercompany fiscal structures using R&D credits and Patent Box to optimize tax position — hands-on work mirroring real commercial partnership structuring.

Tax Optimization R&D Credits Patent Box Fiscal Structuring
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MiCo Milan — Startup Pitch

Built and pitched a full venture case at MiCo Milan: market sizing, 3-statement model, DCF projecting ~€40M EV. Earned top recognition from a panel of investors and judges for financial narrative and GTM assumptions.

Pitching DCF €40M EV MiCo Milan

Three countries. One degree.

BSc Economics & Finance with a double Erasmus — AACSB + FT Top 10 schools.

🇮🇹 Home University

Università degli Studi di Torino

B.Sc. Economics & Finance
Graduating April 2027
🇩🇪 Erasmus Exchange

ESB Business School

Reutlingen, Germany · AACSB Accredited
Exchange semester
🇫🇷 Erasmus Exchange

EDHEC Business School

France · Financial Times Top 10
Exchange semester

Let's talk
growth.

Whether you have a BD role, an interesting deal, or just want to debate IRR vs. MOIC over coffee — I'm always open to a conversation.

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