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Finance & Sales Administration Expert | Administrative Support & Excel
With over 25 years of experience in financial management and sales administration (ADV), I support companies in optimizing their profitability and securing their Cash Flow.
My career, primarily within large groups such as Akkodis (Adecco Group), has allowed me to develop in-depth expertise in complex areas, covering up to €45 million in revenue and 400 employees.
What I bring to your organization:
- Performance Management: Development of budgets, forecasts, monthly closings, and detailed variance analysis to recommend concrete corrective actions.
- Cash & Working Capital Expertise: Optimization of the Order-to-Cash process, reduction of DSO and outstanding invoices (FAE), and rigorous management of customer disputes.
- Business Partnering: I don't just produce numbers; I collaborate closely with sales teams to ensure the profitability of initiated projects.
- Management & Processes: Proven experience in supervising ADV teams and implementing national control processes.
- Complete management of the billing cycle and processing of credit notes.
- Audit and cleanup of customer accounts (Reconciliation, clearing of unpaid accounts).
- Data entry and updating of your management tools (ERP/CRM).
- Implementation of administrative tracking spreadsheets on Excel.
Systems and Languages:
ERP Expert: 15 years of experience with Everwin SX and proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics.
Excel: Advanced proficiency for creating management and reporting tools.
Bilingual Portuguese: Ideal for assignments with international subsidiaries or partners.
Rigorous, analytical, and results-oriented, I am ready to take on your operational management control, ADV transition management, or financial analysis assignments.
Portuguese
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Akkodis (Groupe Adecco),Management ControllerDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)69100 Villeurbanne, France
- Management of monthly closings
- Development of budgets and forecasts
- Variance analysis and recommendation of corrective actions
- Monitoring of performance indicators
- AKKODIS (Groupe Adecco),Head of Sales AdministrationDIGITAL AND ITJuly 2021 - Today (4 years and 11 months)Lyon, FranceManaged a team of 5 ADV staff:
- Scope of €45 million in annual revenue / 500 invoices per month
- Objectives: Reduce credit notes, reduce DSO, and reduce outstanding invoices (FAE)
- Business partner for sales teams to ensure project profitability
- MODIS FRANCE,Management Controller ADVDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2014 - June 2021 (7 years and 5 months)Lyon, FranceManaged a scope of €20 million in annual revenue:
- Coordinated the unpaid account recovery team in Lyon (3 people): payment term achieved = 60 days
- Implemented national credit note control processes
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Education
- Master's in EconomicsUniversité Clermont Auvergne1996Maitrise de Sciences Economie
- University Diploma in Technology in Business Management and Administration (GEA)Université Clermont Auvergne1994DUT GEA