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Description

Senior financial controller with over 15 years of experience in financial steering, budget construction, and complex project monitoring in the industrial, aeronautical, energy, and defense sectors. Recognized for his ability to transform financial processes and support management in strategic decision-making.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Versailles (up to 50km)

KNDS France
Project Financial Controller
February 2020 - December 2025 (5 years and 9 months)
78000 Versailles, France
- Monitoring of program economic performance: variance analyses, EAC/costs to completion, cash-out, workload, gross margin, recurring costs.
- Preparation and consolidation of monthly and quarterly financial reports (Forecast, Budget, OP, closures).
- Preparation of project reviews in coordination with Project Managers and the core team, highlighting risks/opportunities.
- Implementation, monitoring, and optimization of program KPIs (orders, revenue, expenses, margins, cash flow).
- Preferred financial contact for Program Managers, Product Managers, and Work Package Managers.
- Support for teams in building the RAF (Remaining Work), cost steering, and action plan optimization.
- Raising awareness among operational staff about economic issues and supporting decision-making.
- Contribution to monthly remaining work calculations and technical and economic meetings.
- Implementation and management of steering structures (WBS, CBS, OBS) in Baan / Sciforma.
- Preparation of techno-economic elements for periodic program reviews and external audits.
- Analysis of the consistency of the schedule, progress, and economic baseline compared to budgets and forecasts.
- Guarantee of data quality and consistency between Sciforma / data / Tagetik.
- Development and continuous improvement of reporting and budget monitoring tools.
- Participation in the implementation of digital project steering tools.
- Monitoring of customer invoicing, receipts, deposits, guarantees, and currency hedging.
- Preparation of internal work orders and steering of internal program invoicing.
- Contribution to commercial offers: costing, business cases, financial simulations.
- Implementation of closure processes and RAT (Result to Completion) reporting.
- Optimization of management processes and automation of reports (Excel/Power BI)
Financial Audit Budget Steering Process Optimization
Safran
R&D Project Financial Controller
January 2019 - December 2019 (11 months)
HEC Paris, Saclay, France
- Monitoring and analysis of R&D expenses: project costs, recurring costs, standard costs, resources, equipment, and external services.
- Development and updating of EAC / costs to completion for development projects.
- Analysis of variances between budget, forecasts, and actuals, identification of deviations, and recommendations.
- Active participation in forecasting exercises: annual budgets, re-forecasts, periodic estimates.
- Business Partner for R&D project managers and technical department heads.
- Contribution to project reviews with the Financial Department and Program Directors: performance analysis, risks/opportunities, progress.
- Challenging technical and economic assumptions, proposing levers for cost and resource optimization.
- Creation and steering of R&D performance dashboards (activity, costs, technical margins, engineering KPIs).
SUEZ
Financial Controller
January 2017 - October 2018 (1 year and 9 months)
Gargenville, France
- Steering of accounts for 3 entities (reporting, analyses, closures, Budget-PMT).
- Facilitation of synchronization workshops with Project Managers.
- Management and monitoring of CAPEX in conjunction with site managers.
- Participation in facilitating project reviews with the Financial Department and Site Directors.
- Guarantee of the quality and consistency of financial data used (data quality).
- Participation in budget development and monitoring as well as periodic closures.
- Participation in the reorganization and merger of entities (sites/regions).