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François Lacaud

CFO, Strategic Finance, Fundraising & Restructuring

€1,055/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About François

With 10 years of experience (PwC Transaction - approximately 25 Due Diligence for corporates and funds - and financial management at Younited & Gojob, two French Tech scale-ups), I have acquired relevant expertise to support your strategy, particularly for growing technology companies (Series A and beyond), while remaining open to collaborations in various contexts and sectors.

My approach combines solid consulting and in-house experience to address your financial challenges pragmatically and effectively, whether forone-off assignmentsor apart-time CFO role.

My support includes (but is not limited to):
  • **Strategic Business Plan (5 years)**: Development of a comprehensive financial model (P&L, Cash Flow, Balance Sheet) aligned with your objectives, with flexible parameterization for "what-if" analyses and integration for actual tracking. A robust tool for decision-making and investor communication.
  • **Annual Budget Process**: Facilitating the definition of the target P&L with management, structuring the "bottom-up" data collection from teams, coordinating steps, and rigorous consolidation for an operational N+1 budget.
  • **Fundraising Support (Seed, Series A+, Debt)**: Process management (investor, investment bank interface), preparation of key documents (Teaser, Info Memo, Financial Due Diligence).
  • **Strategic Financial Consulting**: Expertise in Restructuring (strategic pivot, cost/margin optimization), identification of essential KPIs, structuring finance teams for growth, cash management and financing solutions, selection and implementation of financial tools.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Biarritz (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Gojob
    Chief Financial Officer
    HUMAN RESOURCES
    December 2021 - Today (4 years and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    Gojob is an impact company, a member of French Tech 120 (a government support program for the 120 highest-performing French startups)


    -> Scope (France & USA): Financing, accounting, management control & investor relations, credit/cash management, Finance Data.
    -> Recruitment and then management of about ten people to scale the finance team
    -> Participation in several fundraising rounds: drafting Info Memo with the investment bank, managing due diligence and related Q&A sessions, etc.
    Accounting Financial Modeling Management Control Corporate Strategy
  • YOUNITED
    Manager - Strategy
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    December 2020 - December 2021 (1 year)
    Paris, France
    Younited is a French unicorn, listed on the Paris stock exchange since January 2025

    -> Preparation and presentation of ad hoc reports (financial and strategic analyses) for top management and shareholders (including BPI France, Goldman Sachs, Bridgepoint, and Eurazeo).
    -> Full management of the 3-year financial planning process in direct collaboration with the co-founders, country CEOs (5 countries), CFO & CTO.
    -> Participation in due diligence work for a fundraising round ($170m).
    Fundraising Corporate Strategy Business Plan Benchmarking Project Management Mergers and Acquisitions Roadmap
  • PwC Advisory
    Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions / Transaction Services
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    May 2018 - December 2020 (2 years and 7 months)
    Paris, France
    -> Execution of +25 financial due diligence projects for investment funds and corporates in an international context
    -> Analysis and restatement of target company's financial history: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and KPIs.
    -> Preparation of aggregates for company valuation: recurring result (normalized EBITDA), Net Debt / Equity, normalized Working Capital.
    -> Critical review of business plans (P&L and projected Cash Flows)
    -> Supervision and training of junior staff (teams of 2 to 4 people).
    Business Model Modeling Financial Analysis Data Visualization Mergers and Acquisitions Fundraising Investment

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Education

  • Master in Corporate Finance (Grande École program)
    Neoma Business School
    2015
  • CFA Level 1
    CFA Institute
    2017

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