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Edoardo Terra

AI Project Manager & Cloud Contract Manager · Google Cloud

01 / Profile

Regulated execution

Contracting, compliance and process transformation for environments where accuracy and traceability are not optional.

An AI project management, cloud contracting and data-driven operations profile with hands-on experience in commercial agreement execution, compliance operations, automation and AI-enabled workflow design. At Google Cloud, Finance Optimization Office, I combine project management with delegated signing authority for Google Cloud Italy commercial agreements, coordinating execution across Sales, Legal, Finance and Compliance. My broader background spans finance, risk modelling, ERP operations, Power Platform delivery and process transformation across cloud, banking, energy and luxury environments.

Core identity: a contracting, compliance and process-transformation specialist for regulated environments, where accuracy, traceability, policy interpretation and stakeholder alignment are not optional. The value proposition is consistent across sectors: reliable execution, stronger controls, less manual work and operational data converted into decisions.

5Academic hubs
360+Academic credits
4Automation ownership tracks
+8Recommendation letters

Method Four steps, applied in every sector

  1. I

    Map

    Interview process owners, document the as-is workflow end-to-end, and surface the pain points that owners have normalised: rework, waiting, manual hand-offs, undocumented exceptions.

  2. II

    Control

    Identify the control points that a regulated environment actually requires: where evidence must exist, who owns each step, and what compliance needs to be able to reconstruct afterwards.

  3. III

    Automate

    Build the automation layer with the lightest tool that does the job (Power Automate flows, digital forms, VBA macros, structured trackers), designed around the controls, not despite them.

  4. IV

    Measure

    Convert the running process into dashboards, KPIs and execution standards, so improvement is visible, ownership is clear and the next bottleneck is identified with data rather than opinion.

Delivered in practice: AI project delivery, commercial agreement execution and quarterly sales-close contracting support at Google Cloud; 5 end-to-end automation projects owned at Q8, with 36 flows, 20 digital forms, 13 macros and 2 monitoring dashboards; 5+ strategic re-engineering projects at Iccrea; and an AP cycle at Fendi handling 8,000+ invoices a year at over 98% accuracy.

02 / Experience

Career record

From 2018 to today, across cloud, energy, banking, luxury and quantitative finance, with one constant thread: making regulated execution more reliable, efficient and traceable.

2026to present

Google Cloud · Finance Optimization Office

AI Project Manager & Cloud Contract Manager

Jul 2026 — PresentRome, on-site

Authorized Company Signatory for Google Cloud Italy, responsible for the execution, governance and operational oversight of commercial agreements. Trusted to exercise delegated signing authority on behalf of the company while driving contracting excellence, compliance and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Act as the Authorized Company Signatory for Google Cloud Italy, executing commercial agreements under delegated signing authority on behalf of the company
  • Own the end-to-end contract execution lifecycle, ensuring compliance with internal policies, governance standards and business requirements
  • Lead the coordination of contracting operations across Sales, Legal, Finance and Compliance, supporting high-volume commercial transactions and quarterly sales close
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for complex contracting matters, including policy interpretation, execution delays and non-standard signature requests
  • Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, reduce execution risks and optimize contracting workflows
  • Manage projects involving multiple stakeholders, balancing business priorities, operational deadlines and organizational change

Strategic initiatives

  • Contribute to the development and adoption of AI-powered compliance solutions to improve operational efficiency and decision support
  • Support global cross-functional initiatives focused on AI-enabled compliance operations, process automation and governance
  • Collaborate with international teams on strategic transformation projects involving compliance workflows, access management and operational excellence
  • AI Project Management
  • Cloud Contract Management
  • Authorized Company Signatory
  • Contract Management
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Google Cloud
  • Compliance Operations
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Process Optimization
  • Operational Excellence
  • AI Adoption
  • Process Automation
2025to 2026

Q8 · Kuwait Petroleum Italia

Regional Commercial Operations & Data Automation Analyst

Sep 2025 — Jul 2026Rome

End-to-end management of the Purchase-to-Pay cycle in SAP (orders, accruals, payments, credit notes), credit control and reconciliations, and monitoring of regional financial deadlines. Operational support to the commercial network across Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli and Trentino. Led digital automation initiatives.

  • Tech Project Owner: 5 end-to-end automation projects completed, from requirements to delivery
  • 36 automation flows designed and implemented to support data collection, notifications, approvals and operational routing
  • 2 PBIX dashboards developed for process monitoring, operational visibility and management reporting
  • 13 Excel/VBA macros created for data checks, reconciliations and repetitive workflow automation
  • 20 digital forms deployed to standardise field inputs, requests and operational reporting
  • Commercial workflows streamlined through Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, dashboards, macros and digital forms
  • Power Automate
  • Copilot Studio
  • Power BI
  • Power Apps
  • SAP
  • VBA
  • Project Coordination
  • Process Optimization
2024to 2025

Gruppo BCC Iccrea · Banking

Process Re-engineering & Automation Analyst

Oct 2024 — Sep 2025Rome

Process analysis and mapping, impact and risk assessment, and design of soft-automation and business-intelligence solutions for continuous improvement, in coordination with the implementation team on BPM / RPA / AI technologies. BI dashboards and KPI monitoring; cross-functional liaison between requirements, compliance and business.

  • 5+ strategic projects, including the Loan Origination & Monitoring workflow
  • Project Manager for JST reporting automation: less manual work, higher accuracy
  • Digitalised the commercial credit checklist: improved governance and compliance
  • Power BI
  • Power Query
  • Smartsheet
  • BPM
  • RPA
  • AI
2024Exchange

Goethe University Frankfurt

Visiting Student

Apr 2024 — Aug 2024Frankfurt am Main, GermanyOn-site

Full-time visiting-student term as part of the MSc Money & Finance exchange, with coursework on advanced management, hedge funds and alternative investments, and international and pension finance, plus direct exposure to the Frankfurt financial ecosystem, including a visit to the Deutsche Bundesbank.

  • Coursework: Advanced Management, Hedge Funds and Alternative Investments, Advanced International Finance, Advanced Investment and Pension Finance
  • Institutional visit to the Deutsche Bundesbank (German Central Bank)
  • Workshop: HealthTech Ecosystem, with Dr. Andrea Hanefeld
  • Workshop: Rethinking Innovation in the Digital Age, with Christine Riedmann-Streitz
  • Workshop: Digitalization of Klöckner & Co., with Dr. Ivo Schwartzkopff
  • Hedge Funds
  • Alternative Investments
  • International Finance
  • Pension Finance
  • Professional Writing
  • Soft Skills
2022to 2023

Fendi · LVMH · Luxury

Accounts Payable Associate

Dec 2022 — Dec 2023Rome

Accounts-payable cycle: invoice posting and verification, purchase-order matching, supplier reconciliation and monthly closings. Transaction control on the France–Italy intercompany ERP systems, EU and international AP accounting. Part of the LVMH Inclusivity Lab training programme.

  • 8,000+ invoices a year handled with over 98% accuracy
  • Discrepancy resolution time reduced by 25%
  • Catalogued and digitalised price discrepancies across all Fendi Italia production divisions (2015–2023)
  • SAP ECC
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Esker
  • Stealth3000
2022Internship

Studio Commerciale Dr. Giovanni Lombardo · Accounting firm

Accounting Intern

Apr 2022 — Dec 2022Rome

Cost analysis, tax and accounting research, maintenance of the fee register and analysis of banking flows for SME clients. Support to reconciliations, closings and tax filings.

  • 50+ VAT and F24 tax returns filed accurately and on time
  • Due diligence on new clients in full AML compliance
  • Profis
  • Excel
  • MS Office
2022Competition

Azimut Group · Quantitative finance

Azimut Talent Challenge: Portfolio Optimization

May 2022Rome

National portfolio-optimization competition. Built efficient frontiers using the Markowitz quantitative model implemented in Python.

  • Among the top 30 finalists out of about 600 entrants nationwide
  • Python
  • Markowitz
  • Portfolio Optimization
2018Civic

SOS Children's Villages International

Political Interviewer

Mar 2018Turin

In collaboration with Corriere della Sera, interviewed Luigi Di Maio during the election campaign on the rights of children and adolescents. Read the article ↗

03 / Projects

Selected builds

Twenty-three projects in three collections: professional work first, academic work second, independent research and ventures last. Each title opens the full case study in Project Lab.

Projects

For a deeper look at my projects, visit the Project Lab.

Open Project Lab

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04 / Education

Academic background

A finance, risk and data-oriented education built across Sapienza, Luiss and Stockholm University, with international programmes in Germany, Sweden, France and New York.

2026to present

Stockholm University · Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

MSc Digital Government Technologies & IT Project Management

Aug 2026 — PresentStockholm, SwedenIn progress

A technical and strategic programme focused on designing, architecting and managing large-scale digital systems for complex organizations. Coursework spans ICT architecture and systems integration, requirements engineering, business process management, enterprise systems (ERP), business intelligence and big data, cybersecurity and data privacy, and IT project and change management, with a strong focus on translating technology into measurable organizational impact.

  • ICT architecture
  • Systems integration
  • Requirements engineering
  • Business process management
  • Enterprise systems (ERP)
  • Business intelligence & big data
  • Cybersecurity & data privacy
  • IT project & change management
2023to 2025

Sapienza University of Rome

MSc Financial Risk & Data Analysis

2023 — 2025Finance and Insurance (LM-16)120 ECTS14 exams

Thesis · Quantitative financial modelling The Role of Volatility in Option Pricing Models: Critical Analysis and Developments of the Black-Scholes Model and the Dupire Model

Advisor: Prof. Sergio Bianchi. The dissertation focused on how volatility assumptions influence option pricing, moving from the Black-Scholes framework to local volatility approaches and the Dupire model.

  • Core quantitative area: stochastic processes, mathematics for finance, quantitative financial modelling, time series and financial time series.
  • Risk and forecasting area: risk management, capital requirements, models for risk and forecasting, advanced statistics for finance.
  • Markets and banking area: banking and financial regulation, international banking and capital markets, financial optimization and asset management.
  • Technical component: computational tools for finance and econometrics for financial markets.
  • Derivatives pricing
  • Volatility modelling
  • Risk forecasting
  • Econometrics
  • Time series
2024Exchange

Goethe University Frankfurt

MSc Money & Finance, Exchange

2024International finance and asset management

International academic exchange in one of Europe's main financial centres, adding exposure to German and European financial institutions, market structure and advanced finance topics.

  • Focus areas included hedge funds, pension finance, advanced statistics for finance, financial optimization and asset management.
  • Academic experience connected to the Frankfurt financial ecosystem, including exposure to the Deutsche Bundesbank environment.
  • Complemented the Sapienza MSc with international coursework and applied market-finance perspectives.
  • Frankfurt
  • Asset management
  • Pension finance
  • Hedge funds
2023Boot camp

New York University · Online / New York

ARPM Boot Camp

2023Quantitative finance and risk modelling

Specialist quantitative finance training focused on analytical risk, portfolio management and market modelling.

  • Reinforced Python-based quantitative finance, probability, portfolio construction and risk-analysis concepts.
  • Strengthened the bridge between academic financial modelling and practical data-driven implementation.
  • Quant finance
  • Risk modelling
  • Python
  • Portfolio analytics
2023Winter school

Audencia Business School · Nantes

Winter School: International Finance

2023International finance

Short international programme designed to broaden the finance curriculum with an international business-school perspective.

  • Added exposure to cross-border finance, international financial decision-making and comparative academic methods.
  • Strengthened the international profile alongside the Frankfurt and Örebro academic experiences.
  • France
  • International finance
  • Business school
2021to 2022

Luiss Guido Carli · Rome

MSc Finance

2021 — 2022One-year master's programmeFinance, markets and regulation

Specialised programme focused on corporate finance, market finance and quantitative finance, with a strong applied component across valuation, financial statements, asset pricing and market regulation.

Master's thesis · Market law and regulation Legal and Financial Analysis of High-Frequency Trading: Phenomenic Limits towards a Regulatory Framework

Advisers: Prof. Carmine Di Noia and Prof. Paola Lucantoni. The thesis connected the financial mechanics of high-frequency trading with regulatory responses in Europe and the United States, covering trading strategies, market quality, flash-crash dynamics and regulatory frameworks.

  • Coursework included Financial Statement Analysis, Asset Pricing, Quantitative Methods for Finance and International Finance.
  • Additional focus on Bloomberg, Market Law and Regulation, Asset Management and Advanced Corporate Finance.
  • Positioning: valuation, financial markets, regulatory context and investment decision-making.
  • Asset pricing
  • Corporate finance
  • Bloomberg
  • Market regulation
2020Exchange

Örebro Business School · Sweden

BSc Business Administration, Exchange

2020 — 2021Management, marketing and operations

International exchange period within the bachelor's degree, focused on business administration from a Northern European academic and managerial perspective.

  • Coursework aligned with management, marketing and technology in production stages.
  • Developed an international academic mindset and experience working in English-language environments.
  • Added a broader organizational and operational view to the economics and management curriculum.
  • Sweden
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Operations
2018to 2021

Sapienza University of Rome

BSc Economics & Management

2018 — 2021Business Sciences (L-18)183 ECTS22 exams

Undergraduate foundation in economics, management, accounting, law and quantitative methods. The degree created the base for later specialisation in finance, risk analysis and data-driven operations.

Bachelor's thesis · Insurance markets and cyber risk The New Frontier of Cyber Risks in Insurance Markets

Advisor: Prof. Giuseppina Capaldo. The thesis examined the legal and financial foundations of insurance markets, with attention to insurance contracts, civil liability, regulatory authorities and the emerging role of cyber risk within insurance products and prudential supervision.

  • Quantitative foundation: mathematics, basic statistics, financial mathematics and economics of financial intermediaries.
  • Business foundation: business administration, accounting, business and management, management, marketing, business organization and industrial organization.
  • Legal and regulatory foundation: public law, private law, commercial law, labour law and business tax law.
  • Language component included English B2 and English C1 academic modules; English proficiency is also certified through the Cambridge English C1 Advanced (CAE) certificate.
  • Economics
  • Accounting
  • Law
  • Management
  • Statistics
05 / Skills

Technical stack

Commercial contracting, compliance operations, AI adoption and process transformation, supported by automation, business intelligence, ERP and quantitative analysis.

Contracting & compliance
Contract Management, Contract Administration, Commercial Contracts, Google Cloud, Compliance Operations, Risk Management
Operations & stakeholders
Business Process Improvement, Process Optimization, Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Project Coordination, Operational Excellence
AI & automation
AI Adoption, Artificial Intelligence, Process Automation, AI for Finance, GenAI agents, Copilot
Automation & RPA
Power Automate, Power Apps, Copilot Studio, RPA
Business intelligence
Power BI, Power Query, Dashboards & KPIs, Data modelling
Programming & data
Python, SQL, VBA, Applied statistics
Systems & ERP
SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, Esker, Stealth3000, Smartsheet
Web & cloud delivery
Supabase, Cloudflare Pages, HTML / CSS / JS, Edge Functions, SEO & structured data, applied in independent platform builds (HireWatch.eu)
Operations & method
Project Management, Agile, Lean, BPM, IT Procurement, Supply Chain, Risk assessment
Finance domain
Purchase-to-Pay, Accounts Payable, Reconciliations, Credit control, Supervisory reporting, Option pricing & volatility modelling, Portfolio optimisation (Markowitz, PCA)

Languages Working languages, certified where applicable

ItalianNative
EnglishC1 · Cambridge CAE
FrenchA1 · DELF
06 / Certifications

Verified credentials

Credentials across finance, markets, Python, AI, strategy, process improvement, intellectual property and languages. Certificates are not downloadable; select an ID to copy it for verification.

CFI certifications

CFI · Business Intelligence & Data Analyst (BIDA)™Business intelligence, dashboarding, data analysis and decision-support credential from the Corporate Finance Institute.
CFI · Capital Markets & Securities Analyst (CMSA)®Capital markets, securities analysis, market instruments and investment-industry foundations.
CFI · Financial Planning & Wealth Management (FPWM)™Financial planning, wealth management and client-oriented advisory foundations.
CFI · FinTech Industry Professional (FTIP)™FinTech ecosystem, digital finance, innovation trends and technology-driven financial services.

Quantitative finance & markets

ARPM · Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Quant BootcampSpecialist quantitative finance training focused on portfolio analytics, risk modelling and market applications.ID not shown on certificate
Bloomberg · Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)Core market concepts across economics, currencies, fixed income and equity markets.
Bloomberg · Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)Credential focused on ESG data, sustainability indicators and responsible-investment analysis.
J.P. Morgan · Markets Virtual ExperiencePractical modules on client profiling, market analysis, investment opportunities and the post-trade cycle.

Python, data & programming

Python Institute · PCAP™ Certified Associate Python ProgrammerAssociate-level certification within the Python Institute general-purpose programming track.
Python Institute · PCEP™ Certified Entry-Level Python ProgrammerEntry-level certification validating Python fundamentals, syntax, data types, functions and control flow.
HKUST / Coursera · Python and Statistics for Financial AnalysisApplied Python and statistics course for financial-analysis workflows and quantitative data interpretation.

AI, cloud & digital

Oracle · Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified AI Foundations AssociateFoundation-level credential on AI concepts and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI foundations.
Google Career Certificates · Google AI Professional CertificateSeven-course professional certificate covering AI for brainstorming, research, writing, content creation, data analysis and app building, including a vibe-coded custom AI solution.

Strategy, legal & languages

The Council for Six Sigma Certification · Lean Six Sigma Black BeltAdvanced process-improvement credential covering Lean and Six Sigma methodologies for project leadership and operational excellence.
McKinsey & Company · Forward ProgramProfessional-development programme covering problem solving, communication, adaptability and digital toolkit foundations.ID not shown on certificate
EUIPO Academy · European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) in a NutshellIntroductory course on EU trade-mark principles and the European Union Intellectual Property Office framework.
Cambridge English · C1 Advanced (CAE) CertificateCertified Cambridge CAE English qualification at CEFR C1 level, covering reading, use of English, writing, listening and speaking.
DELF · French A1 CertificateCertified DELF A1 French language proficiency, covering basic communication, introductory vocabulary and elementary comprehension.ID not provided
07 / Research

Publications & awards

Published books and quantitative research applied to markets.

BookHigh-Frequency Trading: Overpassing the LimitsAmazon · 2024
BookAccounting Concepts and PrinciplesAmazon · 2023
ResearchGeneral Statistical Analysis of the S&P 500, 2000–2025GitHub · 2025
ResearchPricing Analysis of Options in Leading European BanksGitHub · 2024
ResearchTheoretical Pricing vs. Real Markets ValuationGitHub · 2024

Awards & scholarships

  • Certificate of Merit (Copper Medal), AVIS 2023
  • Erasmus+ Scholarship, Sapienza 2023
  • Erasmus+ Scholarship, Sapienza 2020
08 / References

Letters on request

Recommendation letters, written feedback and professional references for academic, consulting, finance operations and automation contexts.

+8
Recommendation letters and feedback references

Letters are available upon request for selected professional and academic contexts, including automation delivery, finance operations, data analysis, project ownership, academic research and international teamwork.

Documents are not downloadable. They are shared through a controlled request process, depending on the purpose, recipient and required format.

Automation delivery
End-to-end project ownership, from requirements collection to operational delivery, with a strong focus on traceability, standardisation and execution quality.
Context: Q8, digital automation projects
Finance operations
Timely, precise and professional management of finance operations, reconciliation workflows and process-control activities in structured business environments.
Context: Q8, Iccrea, Fendi
Data & analytics
Ability to translate operational complexity into dashboards, controls, KPIs and automation layers that support faster decisions and better governance.
Context: Power BI, Power Query, Excel, Smartsheet
Academic & international profile
Quantitative finance background, international academic exposure and collaborative project experience across finance, regulation, AI and supply-chain topics.
Context: Sapienza, Luiss, Örebro, Goethe

How to request a letter

  1. 01 · ContextSpecify the target role, institution or application process requiring the letter.
  2. 02 · FocusChoose the relevant angle: automation, finance, analytics, operations, academic research or leadership.
  3. 03 · DeliveryIndicate the deadline, the recipient and whether a signed PDF, an email reference or LinkedIn-style feedback is preferred.