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Description

CFO with 20 years of experience in finance (management control, accounting, IT systems) in companies of various sizes and sectors (industry, pharmaceuticals, retail, consulting, etc.). I work with SME managers to structure the finance function and secure company management.

Specializing in financial structuring, performance management, and transformation contexts, I support managers in implementing reliable reporting, improving profitability, and monitoring cash flow. Operational and dynamic, I implement concrete, quickly actionable solutions.

My skills:

Strategic & Financial Management:

• Business plan, Budget, Forecast, Landing forecasts

• Performance management (financial reporting, KPI monitoring, variance analysis)

• Decision support & business partnering

Transformation & Structuring:

• Structuring the finance function

• Implementing processes and tools

• Supporting growth and transformations

Cash & Financing:

• Seeking financing / banking relations

• Cash management, working capital optimization

Management Control:

• Cost analysis (industrial / multi-site)

• Profitability improvement (EBITDA)

• Implementing performance indicators

Accounting:

• Supervision of general and management accounting

• Closings and production of statutory and consolidated accounts

• Relations with statutory auditors / auditors

Information Systems:

• ERP: Sage X3, SAP BFC, Oracle HFM, Odoo, Pennylane

• Digitalization of financial processes (automation and reliability)

Personnel Administration and Payroll Management

Team Management

I participate in the development of financial strategy and objectives, and develop the tools for company management.

Dynamic, enthusiastic, and proactive, I am immediately available for interim positions.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 30km), Courbevoie (up to 20km)

Ritme informatique
Financial Director
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
April 2024 - Today (2 years and 2 months)
Paris, France
- Strategic management: supporting the CEO in defining group objectives, budget development
- Management control: consolidated monthly reporting (4 countries), performance management (KPI), corrective actions
- Accounting and taxation: internalization of accounting (Odoo), financial consolidation
- Treasury: cash and financing monitoring, improving management decision-making
- Information Systems: ERP change
- Management & HR: supervision of the group's finance function, administration of employees in France
Strategic Management Organizational Transformation Financial Structuring CFO Reliability of Financial Reporting
AIRCOS
Financial Director
PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
October 2022 - March 2024 (1 year and 5 months)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Industrial subsidiary of a multinational group (ANJAC)
- Structuring of the finance function, group reporting management
- Improvement of industrial management control: monitoring production costs, corrective recommendations
- Central management control, accounting, and communication with the shareholder (ANJAC)
- Project for managing the ERP migration to Sage X3
- Management and development of finance teams at headquarters and sites (Ardon and Romorantin)
Impact: reliability of financial reporting to the shareholder and better control of industrial costs.
Financial Structuring Performance Management Cost Control Management Support Accounting and Treasury
HANK Restauration rapide vegan
CFO and HR Director (Manager of
January 2021 - January 2022 (1 year)
• - Financial management: business plan development, monthly objective monitoring, investor relations
• - Management control: profitability analysis, cost optimization, budget variance monitoring
• - Accounting: supervision of entries, contact person for the accounting firm and statutory auditors
• - Treasury: fundraising, daily management, development of a forecasting tool
• - HR Functions: HR structuring, personnel administration (50 people), payroll management (Payfit)