Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Do you want to strengthen and optimize your administrative and financial management to improve your economic steering and support your development?

I act as a part-time Administrative & Financial Director for SMEs, Business Units of international groups, and foundations/organizations.

My interventions notably cover:

Support for the management committee
Financial steering (budget, P&L, cash flow, KPIs, reporting/KPIs)
Management control and reliability of administrative and financial processes
Banking relations, partnerships, and audit supervision
Support for strategic projects (linked to the company's strategy)
Management and structuring of teams

My added value: combining financial rigor, strategic vision, and the ability to mobilize teams in international and multicultural environments

Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Management methods are used as levers for economic performance, cost control, and organizational maturity.

Objective: to structure, secure, and make the organization more efficient and better adapted to current challenges.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
German
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

MISSION - Établissement d'enseignement superieur
Administrative and Financial Director
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
October 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)
Steer the operational strategy and financial governance of the institution, including the orchestration of a major institutional project (> €3 million):
• Manage cash flow, audit, budget, KPIs, management control, profit and loss (P&L), manage teams
• Optimize internal processes, banking relations, forecasting, strengthen strategic partnerships, and lead fundraising in France and internationally
• Structure the economic and organizational model to support the growth of a private higher education institution (Protestant Theology Faculty - FLTE.fr).
• Results: Be a trusted partner of the Management Committee, regular reporting to the Board, +17% in enrollment, >80% of financial funds secured for the project
Gestion financière Audit financier Reporting financier Planification, budgétisation et prévision Profit & Loss
GROUPE SAPPI
Organizational Development & Operational Excellence Lead
January 2019 - May 2024 (5 years and 4 months)
Europe Café & Grill, Tenafly, NJ, USA
Guide local teams in the transition to new working methods to ensure competitiveness:

Agile: Deliver solutions iteratively and faster to clients with cross-functional and multicultural teams (since 2021)

Lean & SixSigma: Improve quality and client/employee satisfaction, reduce costs by optimizing processes

Change Management: Prepare managers/teams to adopt and then drive necessary changes

Project: Establish a Lean culture and successfully delivered projects, and help achieve strategic objectives
Sappi Europe
Operational Excellence Manager
January 2018 - January 2019 (1 year)
Bruxelles, Belgium
Improve performance in an end-to-end approach.

Lean Six Sigma: Develop a European-wide concept in line with Sappi's strategy. Collaborate with sales, supply chain, finance, and plant teams to improve performance in a structured way, using Lean-Six Sigma and Change Management tools.

Training-Coaching: Involve managers/teams in a continuous improvement culture through targeted training and coaching