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Description

CFO / Finance Director available immediately — I intervene on assignments to secure, structure, or transform your finance function. What I concretely bring you: complete financial management (reporting, treasury, budgets, consolidation), structuring a finance department from scratch, multi-currency treasury management, banking relations, internal control, and audit. I have managed entities of €150 million across 81 sites in 12 countries, with teams of up to 45 people. My profile is operational and hands-on — I take charge quickly, even in degraded or high-pressure environments. Experience in financial recovery, digital transformation (ERP), multi-country environments in Africa and Europe. Trilingual French / English / Arabic — a strong asset for assignments with an international, African, or Middle Eastern dimension.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Strasbourg (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Nantes (up to 50km)

Télem Maroc – Groupe ONET
Finance and Operations Director
May 2025 - December 2025 (7 months)
Casablanca, Morocco
Assignment — operational and financial recovery of the Moroccan subsidiary — clients in industry, airport services, security.
– Strategic and financial management: supervision of local teams, validation of commercial offers, economic monitoring of projects, analysis of margins and turnover in progress.
– Treasury and receivables management: implementation of reliable forecasts, payment prioritization, cash flow tension management.
– Process structuring: redesign of internal procedures (purchases, sales, projects), internal control, skills development of teams.
➤ Improvement of receivables — stabilization of treasury — relaunch of operations — re-establishment of dialogue with the head offices in Marseille and Madrid.
Studios de Cinéma / Médias
Finance and Administration Director — Transition Management Assignment
January 2025 - May 2025 (4 months)
France
– Global management of the finance function: accounting, treasury, closing, group reporting — implementation of the annual budget process.
– Strategic support for management in a transformation context — coordination with subsidy departments (CNC) and institutional stakeholders.
CIS Catering International Services – Cieptal
Finance and Administration Director
February 2017 - December 2024 (7 years and 10 months)
Algeria
Integrated Services Operator for Oil & Gas (facilities management, fuel, waste, vehicles, catering) 81 sites, 4,500 employees, €150 million turnover — Management of 27 staff.
– Complete financial management: budgets, forecasts, monthly/quarterly/annual consolidated reporting, performance indicators per site transmitted to headquarters.
– Treasury & Free Cash Flow: cash forecasts, working capital requirements, multi-currency cash management (DZD/EUR/USD), credit lines, and bank guarantees.
– Trade finance: issuance of import letters of credit (LCs), documentary collections, bank guarantees — 1 to 2 operations/month — BEA, Citibank, BNP Paribas.
– Structuring of management control: deployment of measurement and correction tools per site, implementation of procedures, internal control, regular audit of the 81 sites.
– Algerian taxation: monthly/annual declarations, tax return, local and expatriate payroll (CNAS, DAS, IRG).
– Digitalization and IT system optimization: deployment of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Navision ERP, harmonization of intra-group reporting tools.
➤ Complete structuring of the finance department — optimized multi-currency treasury — 150+ trade finance operations executed — reliable group reporting over 8 years.