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Abir HelaliAH

Abir Helali

Financial Transformation & IT Budget Management

€850/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Abir

In mid-sized and large companies, each team operates with its own figures, its own rules, and its own scopes. More time is spent aligning on what is measured than on decision-making.

I intervene to rebuild a common source of truth — aligning tools, processes, and responsibilities around IT budget management and project portfolios.

Concrete results:
  • Validated figures without defensiveness in steering committees,
  • Budgets reallocated during the year,
  • Deviations detected before they surface,
  • Autonomous teams.

Clients: CFOs, CEOs, CIOs — Mid-sized and large companies (Sanofi, Rexel, MSF).
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 30km)

Experience

  • Freelance
    Corporate Finance Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    March 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    Specialization: friction points in complex organizations — data, processes, governance
    • **Methodological Formalization**: diagnostic framework with 4 maturity levels
    • **Retail/E-commerce Missions**: profitability diagnostics, analytical product structuring, budget management — 15% variance identified in 3 weeks, automated tracking model
    • In parallel:consulting offering development— market positioning, sales structuring
    Budget Management Budget Tracking Budget Control Cost Reduction
  • Médecins Sans Frontières
    Project Governance & Cross-functional Management
    CIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
    October 2023 - April 2024 (6 months)
    Paris, France
    International NGO — 3 parallel missions on project governance, inter-departmental collaboration, and critical project knowledge capitalization

    *Modeled a cross-functional Project Management Officefor an NGO with strong departmental subcultures: 18 interviews, 6 departments, benchmark of 3 NGOs

    *Refocused the need for an abuse reporting toolthrough a feasibility study: the envisioned tool was underperforming in subsidiaries, real problem identified: clarification of roles and processes (€400K saved)

    *Conducted the lessons learned (REX) of a major project in difficulty(+€10M, 40 participants): 20 recommendations structured into 5 categories, including cross-functional management
    IT Project Management Feasibility Study Project Management Project Management Office (PMO) Knowledge Management
  • Rexel
    IT Management Control & Performance
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    July 2021 - September 2023 (2 years and 2 months)
    Paris, France
    IT Department — portfolio >€10M, 300+ external resources. Unreliable data, overly cumbersome processes, poorly informed decisions.

    *Established consolidated budget governancefor a portfolio of interdependent IT projects managed in silos: rebuilt tools, roles, and processes — 98% reliable data (+18 pts)

    *Audited the PMO and revealed the structural gap between theoretical practices and field reality— maturity score of 16% across 50 analyzed services, 30+ prioritized actions plan with a maturity progression trajectory

    *Structured the community of 90 project managers to mitigate silosand build a common project culture — established shared standards, participation ×10
    Project Management (PMO) Budget Tracking Budget Management Budget Control project-management-office

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Education

  • Master in Project Management and Leadership (MS MDP), Project Management and Leadership
    CentraleSupélec
    2024
    Mastère Management et Direction de Projet (MS MDP), Management et Direction de Projet
  • Master of Science
    Université Paris Nanterre
    2010
    Master 2 Science de Gestion, Gestion

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