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With 8 years of experience in international groups in the industry, trading, and luxury sectors, I support financial management in steering their performance and ensuring the reliability of their strategic reporting tools.
Recognized for my adaptability, analytical skills, and clear communication, I now work as a freelancer to strengthen financial decision-making and optimize management processes within organizations.
Areas of Expertise:
- Monthly closings & consolidated reporting
- Budget forecasting and forecasts
- P&L, margin, and performance indicator tracking
- Internal control & process audit
- Improvement of financial management and tracking tools
- Financial communication to management, banks, and investors
- Strategic support for international development
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Neuilly-sur-Seine (up to 10km), Paris (up to 10km)
Experience
- Mazarine GroupeFinancial ControllerLUXURY GOODSNovember 2023 - June 2025 (1 year and 7 months)Paris, FranceInternational communication, marketing, and event agency in the luxury and fashion industry. Responsible for the financial management of international entities (China, USA, Middle East), Mazarine Digital, Mazarine Stories, and La Mode en Images.
Monthly Closing Activities
- Supervised the monthly closings of the subsidiaries and group consolidation.
- Produced the monthly consolidated reporting for management and investors.
- Analyzed and justified variances between results, budget, forecast, and previous year.
- Developed the annual budget process and monthly forecasts.
**Impact**: Improved the reliability and clarity of group reporting in a multi-entity context.Performance Monitoring
- Ensured weekly monitoring of margin evolution with operational teams.
- Presented performance indicators and trends by entity to the president each week.
- Supported international entities in their development: profitability tracking, break-even points, costs, recruitment, and process implementation.
**Impact**: Strengthened financial management and short- and medium-term decision-making.Restructuring
- Managed and modeled a restructuring plan aimed at returning a loss-making entity to profitability.
- Split the entity into three distinct structures to isolate and analyze the sources of loss.
- Created management and performance tracking tools at a global and project-by-project level.
- Built differentiated budgets and supported cost reduction, particularly payroll.
- Analyzed the microeconomic profitability of projects to identify operational efficiency levers.
**Impact**: Significant improvement in profitability tracking and better visibility on the actual performance of each activity. - TraxysFinancial ControllerRAW MATERIALS INDUSTRYSeptember 2019 - November 2023 (4 years and 2 months)Luxembourg, LuxembourgInternational group, a world leader in metals and minerals trading (annual revenue: USD 3.7 billion).Responsible for the financial control of three departments: Copper, Lead, and Zinc.
Monthly Closing Activities
- Supervised accounting and provision recording.
- Prepared consolidated monthly results by department.
- Calculated internal financing (based on the average weighted cost of capital by currency) and external financing (based on monthly valuation of pledged stocks).
**Impact**: Reliable monthly reporting, improved forecast accuracy, and better visibility on consolidated multi-product results.Internal Control
- Analyzed the position and exposure on the London Metal Exchange for the three departments.
- Controlled monthly budgets and forecasts.
- Conducted monthly internal audits of physical inventories.
**Impact**: Reliable monthly reporting, improved forecast accuracy, and better visibility on consolidated multi-product results.Development and Support
- Improved financial and logistics systems to simplify processes and increase reporting capacity.
- Supported sales teams in weekly activity monitoring, forecasting, and budgeting.
- Acted as a liaison between risk, tax, treasury, and sales departments to streamline information exchange.
**Impact**: Optimized interdepartmental communication and improved the quality of financial forecasts. - FPL FoodFinancial AnalystAGRICULTURESeptember 2018 - July 2019 (10 months)Augusta, United StatesNinth largest player in the US in the beef slaughter, processing, and production industry (annual revenue: USD 300 million).
Data Processing and Analysis
- Controlled and analyzed monthly results compared to forecasts.
- Reconciled raw material costs with daily sales revenue.
- Conducted ad hoc studies for management on performance indicators (e.g., comparison of gross margins by cattle breed).
**Impact**: Improved accuracy of margin forecasts and optimized profitability tracking by production type.Consolidation
- Built daily consolidated reporting including daily production, cost, meat quality, and origin.
- Developed daily tracking of raw material and finished product inventories (e.g., average tracking of ±1,200 cattle slaughtered per day).
**Impact**: Reliable production reporting and strengthened traceability of costs and inventory.
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Education
- Master in Accounting, Control, and AuditASE Bucharest2018Formation approfondie en analyse financière, contrôle de gestion, audit et reporting, axée sur la performance des organisations et la fiabilisation des processus comptables.
- Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Management, International TrackIAE-IEMN2016Formation pluridisciplinaire en économie et gestion – parcours international (enseignement renforcé en anglais, mobilité à l’étranger, outils de modélisation financière) : acquisition de compétences en analyse économique, gestion d’entreprise, contrôle de gestion, finance et pilotage dans un contexte global.