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🎯 My mission
I support the leaders of SMEs and growing, transforming, or restructuring startups in structuring, digitizing, and strategically managing their financial function.
With over 20 years of experience in finance, management control, treasury, management, and digitalization, I act as a true business partner to the leader.
My approach combines financial rigor, strategic vision, and operational pragmatism to offer RAF-level management, flexible and part-time.
🧠Areas of expertise
• Complete financial management: budget, forecast, reporting, performance analysis, treasury
• Structuring and digitalization: audit, internal control, deployment of tools (ERP, SaaS)
• Transformation and change management: creation or reorganization of the finance function
• Transversal management: HR, IT, legal, administrative
• Multilingual communication: French, English, Spanish, Italian
🏆 Some achievements
• Reduction of DSO from 110 to 40 days in a digital agency (40 people)
• Complete digitalization of the finance function (Spendesk, Lucca, Furious Squad ERP)
• Creation and structuring of finance teams within multi-entity SMEs and associations
• Treasury optimization and obtaining bank financing (PGE, development loans)
• Support for international companies (Austrian group, European export SMEs)
⚙️ Tools & technical environment
Microsoft 365 · SAP · Oracle · Spendesk · Furious Squad ERP · Power Query
🤝 Intervention modalities
• Part-time (1 to 3 days / week)
• Occasional missions (diagnosis, structuring, digitalization)
• Remote or on-site support, in France and internationally
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational
Italian
Conversational
Can work on-site
Nantes (up to 10km)
Experience
- IntuitiAdministrative and Financial ManagerApril 2020 - April 2024 (4 years)Nantes, FranceIn this SME (digital marketing agency) without a structured finance department, I created the finance department, digitized processes (ERP Furious Squad, Spendesk, Lucca), managed budget, treasury, and reporting, established a management culture, and reduced DSO from 110 to 40 days, optimizing profitability and securing bank financing, while supporting change and participating in the Management Committee.🏆 My missions:
- Transformation of the agency's finance function: internal audit, creation of the CFO position and building the finance team, revision of internal processes, and awareness training
- Digitalization: benchmarking and deployment of Spendesk, Lucca, Furious Squad ERP
- Change management support: KPIs, management tools, and profitability analysis
- Management control
- Revision of the sales model and 64% reduction in DSO
- Management and liaison for IT, HR, legal, and administrative matters
- Member of the management committee
- VenetisAdministrative and Financial ManagerJanuary 2018 - April 2020 (2 years and 3 months)FranceSeconded from an employer group to create and structure the administrative and financial function within two small businesses, ADN Ouest and Ecolive France. The mission aimed to support their growth and secure their financial strategy. I implemented management tools (budget, treasury, forecast), defined management accounting, developed a three-year plan for financing, and structured internal and HR procedures.🎯 Common missions for both SMEs:
- Creation of Administrative and Financial Manager positions
- Internal/external liaison (statutory auditors, banks, insurance, legal, etc.)
- Development of management and monitoring tools: treasury, forecast, budget
1st SME: ADN Ouest (Association of Digital Decision-Makers of Greater West - 550 members and 2500 individuals) Revenue €1.2M- In charge of the 3 ADN digital entities: Solidarity Fund, Association, and Innovative Startup Accelerator (ADN Booster)
- Financial monitoring of public contracts, preparation of General Meetings
2nd SME: Ecolive France (outsourced sales force agency) Revenue €1M- Financial support for strategy and growth
- Implementation of management accounting to determine the profitability of new foreign markets
- Construction of the 3-year plan for obtaining development loans
- Vienna HouseDeputy Finance DirectorMarch 2015 - October 2017 (2 years and 7 months)Paris, FranceSME belonging to an Austrian groupRecruited as Deputy Finance Director in a context of high turnover and digitalization of the Austrian group, I stabilized the finance team (12 people) in 8 months, strengthened skills, and made reporting reliable. I turned around the aged debt, supported the deployment of the Infor BI, integrated the group budget, and conducted an internal process audit to reduce risks and improve financial performance.🎯 My missions
- Budgets, forecasts, reporting, KPIs, administrative and accounting management, internal audit
- Digitalization: deployment of BI in 2 entities (Western Europe)
- Treasury, accounting closings, tax declarations, tax returns
- Recruitment and team stabilization
- Turnaround of aged debt and resolution of major disputes
- Creation of the cost controller position and implementation of menu engineering
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Education
- Bachelor's Degree, ManagementUniversité Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée2010Licence, Management
- DCG, Finance, GeneralConservatoire National des Arts et Métiers1999DCG, Finance, général