Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

❓ Are you lacking visibility on your financials — and is that slowing down your decisions (hiring, investments)?

❓ Are you preparing for a funding round, a Business Plan, or an acquisition… and want a solid model + a credible financial story for investors?

I am a CFO with15 years of experience**: I support **startups, SMEs, and mid-cap companieswith their financial challenges, with a background in bothtech (SaaS, leading Finance teams)andindustrywithin large international groups. Highly international profile, I work in **French, English, German, and Spanish**.

Specifically, I can help you with:

*Part-time Finance Director, Fractional CFO, **interim management:team leadership, KPIs, reporting/board, structuring the Finance function.

**Business plan & modeling**: 3–5 year BP, scenarios, drivers, cash plan, and hiring plan.
**Fundraising**: strategy, data room, financial storytelling, due diligence, and negotiation (equity / debt / non-dilutive).
**M&A**: valuation, modeling, due diligence (buy/sell-side), and post-deal integration.
**Cash management**: rolling forecast, runway, working capital optimization, payments/collections.
**Finance Processes**: closing, AP/AR, internal control, tooling (ERP/FP&A/billing), and automation.

Tell me where you are (stage, revenue/ARR, main challenge) and I will propose a simple, prioritized action plan.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Native or bilingual
Portuguese
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km), Rennes (up to 50km)

Kenjo - HR Tech SaaS - HR Software to manage SMB workforce
VP of Finance
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
September 2024 - September 2025 (1 year)
Berlin, Germany
Scope: ~€3-5M ARR | 55 FTE | DE/ES | team of 3.
• Monthly rolling forecasts: forecast error ~15% → 5%, enabling +6 months runway via hiring/spend governance.
• Driver-based planning (Product → Revenue/Cost): improved budget ownership; cut annual budgeting by 3 weeks.
• Implemented Abacum: reforecast cycle 10 → 3 days; scenario planning in hours.
• Board reporting upgrade (unit economics/cohorts/cash bridges): improved decisions on pricing/quota/payback; kept burn multiple controlled.
• GDPR ownership: maintained DPA/SCCs, TOMs, ROPA + incident/DSAR process; security questionnaire time −60%, 0 incidents.
Kenjo
Head of Finance
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
July 2021 - August 2024 (3 years and 1 month)
Berlin, Germany
• €16M Series A: owned model, data room, diligence responses, investor materials; closed with top-tier VCs.
• €1.3M non-dilutive (IBB loans/grants): runway extension; covenant/reporting ownership.
• Installed budgeting + monthly reporting, multi-entity consolidation; month-end close to 5 business days.
• Pricing & packaging governance with Sales/Product: quarterly cadence; +30% ARPA uplift.
• Cash & treasury: improved DSO from 15 → <5 days.
Kenjo
Senior Finance Manager
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
September 2020 - June 2021 (9 months)
Berlin, Germany
• First finance hire: built AP/AR, payroll, accounting coordination and core controls to support scale.
• Implemented cash monitoring (incl. 13-week cash forecast), spend control and reporting to protect liquidity during growth.