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Alexandre GaillardAG

Alexandre Gaillard

Treasury Director

€1,250/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Alexandre

20 years of experience in Corporate Treasury (Cash management, Foreign exchange risk, Trade Finance, Treasury IT systems)

Diverse background at the headquarters and subsidiaries of large groups (annual revenue from €5 to €10 billion) and mid-sized companies (€500 million in revenue), primarily in industry (Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Metallurgy) but also in retail.

I am seeking interim management assignments in my area of expertise and am ready to start on day one at the client's premises.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

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

Experience

  • Zadig & Voltaire
    Director Financing & Treasury
    RETAIL (SMALL BUSINESS)
    December 2023 - April 2025 (1 year and 4 months)
    Paris, France
    • Rebuild & Lead a Team of 3p. within adverse environment

    • Weekly and Monthly Treasury report providing Stakeholder Management with global overview on debt, covenants, group liquidity, free cash flow generation, treasury forecast, and financial risk management follow-up

    • Post restructuring liquidity centralization, and debt refinancing preparation

    • Side business strategic reallocation and alignment with pool of lending banks

    • Restating FX risk exposure and risk management, unwinding significant FX legacy exposure (USD, GBP, CHF)

    • Redefine Kyriba design setup with a 100% Swift core model, and EBICS switch-off implemented

    Scope : 15 banks, 20 countries, 30 entities, 250 bank accounts, 30 users

    • Cleaning of various Interco Position legacy

    • Dealing with various Payment Service Provider : Adyen, Paypal, Riskified, Alma
    Cash Flow Forecasting Trade Finance Financing Banking Relations Kyriba
  • OPmobility
    Head of Treasury & Information Systems
    AUTOMOBILE
    February 2018 - December 2023 (5 years and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    • Building & Leading a Treasurer team of 2p. responsible for treasury, liquidity management, administration, maintenance of treasury management system (KTP) and Group swift banking platform (CashPooler) including various interfaces for payroll, SAP supplier payment files, bank account statements integration, treasury accounting entries, and bank reconciliation

    • Sponsor for global payment process securization project reducing overall fraud risk with zero manual payment's target
    • Leading global coordination of SWIFT Payment platform roll-out as a worldwide group's standard core model

    • Leveraging bank account master data standardisation and harmonisation between treasury and accounting systems Key figures : 15 banks, 25 countries, 65 entities, 350 bank accounts, 400 users, €500Mn payroll, €5Bn supplier payment / year

    • Digitalisation of FX transaction dealing and confirmation process with HQ bank & counterparties for a $15Bn deal flow / year

    • Reviewing Group treasury's rules policy and processes, responsible for its application by local finance team in liaison with Internal audit team and in respect of our procedure of internal controls

    • Dealing with various Interco financing position (Borrowing, loan, dividend, capital injection…)

    • Involved in RFP for Second Party Opinion for CIE PO's ESG rating, and a Sustainable Financing Framework (SFF)

    • M&A : Coordination of 4 closing deal for treasury stream and further post-closing integration (2022), dealing with Transitional Service Agreement, and Advising Division CFO in treasury organisation prior SULO's spin-off with CIE PO (2019)
    KTP Cash management Trade Finance Project Coordination
  • Vallourec SA
    Public listed leader in premium tubular solutions, Treasurer
    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
    September 2008 - February 2018 (9 years and 5 months)
    Paris, France
    In charge of 5 different roles in 10 years :

    - Financial Controller for Europe & Africa – 6 months (Jul. 2017 / Feb. 2018)
    - Financial Controller & Treasurer @ Vallourec Middle East FZE – 18 months (Sept. 2015 / Jun. 2017)
    - Middle East Regional Treasurer @ Vallourec Middle East FZE – 4 years (Sept. 2013 / Jun. 2017)
    - FX Dealer, @ Corporate Group Treasury – 2 ½ years (Jan. 2011 / Sept. 2013)
    - Cash Manager, @ Corporate Group Treasury – 2 ½ years (Sept. 2008 / Dec. 2010)


    o Long term financing
    o Working capital financing
    o Trade finance
    o Financial market risk management
    o Cash & liquidity management
    o Finance projects management and implementation : Swiftnet, SEPA, Cashpooling
    o Finance and treasury information system
    o Credit management
    o Financial controlling
    o Internal control
    o Credit management
    Bloomberg Reuters Corporate Finance

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Education

  • Master of Finance - Corporate Treasury
    Institut de Gestion de Rennes
    2004
  • Third degree of Finance
    University of Exeter
    2003
    Third degree of Finance

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