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Jean-Francois LefevreJL

Jean-Francois Lefevre

Finance Director, Complex & Regulatory Projects

€800/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Jean-Francois

Finance Transformation & Regulatory Programs (Solvency II, IFRS, LOLF) | FP&A, Data Governance & Risk | ERP & Financial Services Implementation | Project & Program Management | Business Process Optimization | Change Management & Leadership | International Experience – Banking, Insurance & Public Sector

Since my first assignments within public and private institutions, I have always been convinced that the finance function should be more than a compliance center: a strategic lever for transformation. Whether it was restructuring the IT systems of the Ministry of Defense, or refinancing a telecommunications company for €60 million, each project taught me to combine rigor with concrete impact.
At AXA France, I orchestrated the implementation of Pillar 3 of Solvency II for over 30 legal entities, designed complex calculation and reporting tools, and managed communications with the regulator. Then, at BNPP, I built an FP&A Center of Excellence in India, enhancing the quality and efficiency of financial management on an international scale. These experiences have confirmed that combining finance, technology, and data governance is the key to sustainable transformation.
Today, what motivates me is supporting financial and general management in changing environments, bringing both a strategic vision, a structured approach, and the ability to engage teams. I define myself as a manager passionate about change, who believes that finance must be solid, innovative, and human.
  • English

    Fluent

  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Ministère des Armées
    SIROCO Program Director - Creation of the Defense Digital Agency
    DEFENSE AND MILITARY
    July 2024 - Today (1 year and 11 months)
    Paris, France
    SIROCO Program Director (Information System for Operational Recognition of Costs): feeding the work for the definition of the 2024-2030 Military Planning Law; work on consolidating cross-departmental budget envelopes.
    Ministerial decision to establish a single entity and the desire to control the digital aggregate, which is constantly increasing at the risk of unsustainable long-term drift (€18 billion over the Military Planning Law).
    Digital organization contrary to efficiency and unable to provide its full potential.
    Reinternalization of skills and revision of the balance between "outsourcing" and "in-house".
    Bringing system ergonomics closer to the soldier and what they know in the civilian world.
    Participation in working groups on digital governance, organization, and finances.
    Support for implementation.
    Budget Reporting Digital Transformation Transformation Costing
  • Europcar
    Finance Transformation Director
    TRAVEL AND TOURISM
    July 2023 - June 2024 (11 months)
    Paris, France
    Definition and management of the 2023-2026 transformation roadmap.
    Definition of the transformation master plan around 4 major themes: Processes, talents, digital, and organization: mobilizing and uniting all teams for implementation; identifying, challenging, and/or arbitrating new initiatives; managing the execution of various initiatives.
    Maintaining and enriching the group's rule and management repository.
    Supervising the finalization of the Ariba procurement solution and its transfer to the support team.
    Supervising the finalization of the Big Data solution deployment, particularly regarding data visualization and process mining aspects.
    Leading and communicating about finance transformation (seminars, onboarding, internal communication, best practice sharing).
    Organizing and managing the "digital finance awards" event, a participatory challenge that highlights innovative projects.
    Ensuring technological watch, identifying new trends and technological solutions that can contribute to the transformation program.
    Conducting PoCs (proofs of concept) to test these opportunities.
    Digital Transformation Change Management
  • Groupe AGRICA
    Accounting Director
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    September 2021 - June 2023 (1 year and 8 months)
    Paris, France
    Group Accounting Director for AGRICA:
    - Scope: 3 provident institutions, 2 insurance companies (FRPS), SGAPS and social protection group, and AGIRC-ARRCO Professional Alliance.
    - Production of year-end accounts for FY2021, with €3.25 billion in revenue and €9.5 billion in assets under management; managing a team of 20 people.
    - Production of accounts within the framework of the AGIRC-ARRCO federation in a context of accelerated account production (joint project of AGRICA Group, Audiens, B2V, IRP auto, Lourmel, and Groupe ProBTP).
    - Participation in the contribution collection project for the CCMSA delegate following the implementation of the DSN (Declaration Sociale Nominative).
    - Creation of two FRPS: management of tax approval requests.
    - Handling the regulator's (ACPR) review aimed at the profitability of a provident institution.
    - Recapitalization of a provident institution for €50 million.
    - Project for the implementation of the VAT Group.
    - Participation in the work for the implementation of quarterly reporting.
    - Participation in the work for the implementation of the PACTE Law.
    - Management of the overhaul of tax obligations: FICOVIE...
    - Management of relationships with external and internal partners: statutory auditors, regulator (ACPR), joint presidencies, administrators.
    - Presentation of accounts to audit committees and boards of directors.
    Accounting Chief Financial Officer

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Education

  • ESCP Europe Diploma
    ESCP Europe
    1994
  • DESCF
    CNAM-INTEC
    1995

Certifications

  • IFRS Standards
    ESCP Europe
    2012

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