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Description

Graduated with a Master's in Corporate Finance from the University of Paris Dauphine, I have over 15 years of professional experience in finance, management control, and profit center management.

I have collaborated with large groups as well as with SMEs and startups. I have also, in the past, bought, managed, and sold a company personally and therefore have an increased ability to understand and anticipate the needs of a leader.

My clients thus engage me as a part-time CFO and/or COO.

I work with companies in creation/development, startups, and SMEs by leveraging my experience in the following areas:

- Company management and organization: implementation of reporting/KPIs, implementation of an organizational chart with job description writing, support in modernizing or replacing the IS,...

- Working capital management with strong expertise in Customer Collections, writing and managing the collection process

- Business plan / financial valuation and modeling / structuring

- Participation in fundraising (bank debt, public financing, honor loans, etc.)

- Fundraising advice: business model analysis, business plan development, and pitching to investors and banks, legal advice

- Corporate strategy advice: business model analysis and financial analysis, identification of opportunities to improve performance, corporate development (external growth): target definition, search, valuation, negotiation, due diligence, legal advice

Languages

Spanish
Conversational
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Lille (up to 30km)

WCP
Financial Advisor, Buyer's Advisor
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
October 2014 - Today (11 years and 10 months)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Search for targets between €1 and €10 million in turnover, in the Shoes / Leather Goods / Retail / Consumer Goods / Services sectors
- Network building (M&A firms, specialized lawyers, accountants, bankers, ...)
- Advanced study of several acquisition projects
- Personal acquisition of a majority stake in the company Médinox (installation and maintenance of professional kitchens, plumbing, and ventilation):
• Coordination of all stages of the acquisition process: target valuation, negotiation with the seller, business plan construction, financial structuring and P&L preparation, due diligence
• Obtaining acquisition debt of €1.2 million
• Drafting of transaction documents: Letter of Intent, shareholders' agreement, sale agreement, deed of sale
- Advice to an Investment Fund on the stages of acquiring a target: valuation, negotiation with the seller, business plan construction
Negotiation Finance Business plan Fundraising Microsoft Excel Business analysis Business model
Médinox
President of SAS (Turnover: €7 million - 25 people)
CIVIL ENGINEERING
June 2016 - November 2017 (1 year and 6 months)
Seine-Saint-Denis, France
- Management of a team of 11 employees (Sales Admin and Accounting 5 people, Service/Repair 4 people, Site Managers 2 people)
- Operational and administrative management in a context of sustained growth (+12% turnover)
- Management of Working Capital and Cash Management functions for a clientele composed mainly of public authorities:
• Implementation of a debt assignment process with BPI, and a specific process for collecting debts over €10k => improvement of WCR/turnover by +15%
• Improvement of processes: quotes, invoicing/customer collection, and supplier payments
- Management of the Human Resources function (definition of individual objectives, recruitment, ...)
Finance Management Control Team Management Business plan Cash Management Project Management Inventory Management
BNP Paribas Real Estate
Group Management Controller (Turnover: €650 million - 3500 people)
REAL ESTATE
September 2008 - January 2011 (2 years and 5 months)
Paris, France
- Functional management of a team of 15 Business/Subsidiary Management Controllers
- Implementation and redesign of performance and management indicators for commercial units (sales & budget indicators, sales pipeline, assets under management, ...)
- Analysis of results and performance of business units (including identification and analysis of variances between actuals/objectives, actuals/forecasts)
- Drafting of conclusions (dashboards, consolidated reports, summaries, benchmarking)
- Development of recommendations for the relevant units, implementation and monitoring of corrective action plans in coordination and collaboration with all stakeholders
- Support to General Management and Financial Management in external growth operations
Finance Management Control Business plan Reporting Microsoft Excel Cost Reduction Team Management Data Analysis