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You think you know your financial problem.
Most of the time, it's not the right one.
A manager contacts me about a margin problem.
In reality, his cash wasn't where it should be. He was financing his clients… and his other companies.
Implementation of a structured follow-up process: customer delays reduced by 50%, DSO shortened by 12 days.
Another thinks he's calculating his prices incorrectly.
The problem was elsewhere: productivity and hidden costs.
Reorganization of schedules, harmonization of travel: +5 margin points.
My role: find the real problem.
Not comment on the one you bring me.
Here's what happens when you correct the wrong diagnosis.
Food distribution – 20 employees.
Tight cash flow, declining revenue.
The real problem: poorly calculated margin and a team that had stopped selling.
→ recalculation of margins, commercial re-mobilization
→ +2 margin points
→ €50 K overdraft eliminated
→ +10% monthly revenue for 8 consecutive months
Veterinary clinic – 12 employees.
Actual variable costs 50% estimated at 40%.
Break-even point wrong by €150 K.
→ complete recalculation
→ price adjustment
→ reduction of fixed costs (-5%)
→ healthy cash flow
→ 2 recruitments possible
I don't comment on your figures.
I correct them and we decide from there.
CFO and certified public accountant.
20 years alongside SME managers.
I know what it's like to make decisions under pressure with imperfect figures.
And to have to own them.
You manage a company with 5 to 50 people.
If you are preparing for a sale in 3 to 5 years, the financial clarity you build today determines its price.
Specifically.
Minimum 6-month support.
Initial diagnosis
Weekly meeting.
Voluntarily limited number of assignments.
You think you've identified your problem.
My job is to prevent you from spending 6 months working on the wrong one.
Send me a message.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 40km)
Experience
- COPILOTYSFounder Copilotys - Outsourced CFOCONSULTING AND AUDITSJune 2022 - Today (4 years)92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, FranceOutsourced CFOSupport for VSEs/SMEs and startupsBusiness partner for performance while maintaining daily operational efficiency.-> Group restructuring (Universal asset transfers, creation of a VAT group (single taxable person), capital reorganization, ...)-> Subsidiary creation-> Integration of acquired companies (external growth)-> Transition from a passive holding company to an active holding company-> Monitoring of LBO-related banking ratios-> Treasury optimization and digitalization-> Turnaround of one of the Group's companies
- Acron Group, Acron FranceAdministrative and Financial DirectorIMPORT AND EXPORTJune 2019 - July 2021 (2 years and 1 month)Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceDistribution subsidiary (wholesale, import/export of fertilizers) of an international industrial group. French turnover: €83 million, 6 employees - Group: $1.7 billion, 11,000 employees.• Built the accounting and financial team, selected software, implemented accounting (general and management) and financial procedures.• Accounting translation of goods flows between Russian plants, storage sites (Estonia, France, Belgium) and the logistics chain (ports, freight forwarders).• Accounting, financial, and tax management for opening B2B markets in Belgium/UK/Portugal/Spain. Liaised with the tax advisors of the respective countries.• Supported growth from €0 to €83 million.• Supervised accounting, inventory & incoterms. Optimized and validated reporting and statutory accounts under French and international standards.• Actively participated in the SAP implementation project within the Group (identified the French subsidiary's needs and transmitted them to the group, assisted in internal group meetings via videoconference, etc.).• Performance management: Implemented and improved management tools (KPIs), margin analysis, followed up and updated forecasts, financial reporting to headquarters, managed and prepared budgets and forecasts through data analysis, transfer pricing negotiation.• Established management control.• Managed treasury (working capital optimization), foreign exchange, factoring, and credit insurance.• Liaised with banks, the factor, and the Group's accounting and financial departments.• Managed the accounting and financial team.
- ALEXANDRE TELLIER CONSULTINGExternal CFO / Certified Public AccountantCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2018 - May 2019 (7 months)Île-de-France, FranceExternal CFOManagement tools (reporting, budget, treasury monitoring, KPI implementation and analysis, ...)Support and advice for businessesBusiness planSocial, tax, and legal assistance
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Education
- Outsourced CFOHEC Paris2022DAF externalisé
- DEC, Diploma in Accounting Expertise, Accounting and FinanceConseil de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables2011DEC, Comptabilité et finance