You're seeing this page as if you were . The main menu is still yours, though. Exit from immersion
Pauline-Hélène MedinaPM

Pauline-Hélène Medina

Transition Financial Manager

€1,150/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

Freelancer profile translated to English.
Back to original language

About Pauline-Hélène

– OPERATIONAL transition manager in Financial Department –

With a strong sense of customer service and good organization, I support my clients in their transformation challenges, the execution of their finance projects, and their crisis situations. Optimistic and sociable, I motivate and unite teams by focusing them on the common project and the target situation.

My 23 years of experience, including 3 positions as Financial Director, and my technical skills allow me to work in roles such as Financial Director, Financial Controller, Management Controller, and Accounting Pilot - both in terms of production and management, control, and improvement.

For my next assignment, I would like to work in one of the following sectors: energy, industry, Defense, construction; banking and financial sector, public or private.

- Fluent English, 13 years of international experience
- Production and control of financial statements, by entity and by BU (management accounting)
- Management of accounting closing and financial reporting
- Management and production of BUDGETARY processes, forecasts
- Standards: IFRS, US GAAP, French GAAP
- Software: SAP, HFM/Oracle, Sage, Ciel, AFO, SUN, Primavera

- SOX Controls: good experience in implementation and monthly production
- Specialist in financial modeling on Excel, deployment and programming of BI systems (AFO/SAP, Power Query, Tableau, ...)
- Construction and improvement of monitoring and decision-making tools, automation of financial statements, reporting, and control
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Portuguese

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 20km)

Experience

  • Freelance
    Administrative and Financial Manager
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    June 2018 - Today (8 years)
    Paris, France
    Finance Transition Manager: Financial Director / Financial Control / Management Control / Accounting / Taxation

    >>> Assignments at Siemens, Volvo, Lazard Bank, Caceis, Crédit Agricole, asset management companies

    - Production, reconciliation, and automation of financial statements and periodic controls on accounts; French GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP – Budgets, Forecasts, Business Plans, Cash-flow forecast

    - Management control, production of forecasts and budgets; variance analysis; procedure writing and team training; Conflict management

    - Production and reconciliation of accounting; process analysis and optimization; justification and analysis of balance sheet accounts; identification and optimization of accounting schemes

    - Implementation of the tax and regulatory compliance calendar, electronic declarations and payments, determination of tax result and calculation of corporate tax, management of tax risk

    - Assistance in the context of accounting and management system changes
  • Rovuma Consultores
    Founder and Managing Partner
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    February 2013 - Today (13 years and 4 months)
    Mozambique
    I founded ROVUMA CONSULTORES, an accounting firm, legal consultancy, and financial due diligence provider – 15 employees – 40 clients including: KPMG, Technip, Total E&P, SPIE, SMP, Vinci Group, Louis Dreyfus, CMA-CGM

    > Specialization in oil accounting (upstream/E&P and downstream/distribution); construction accounting (completed contract method, percentage of completion method); management accounting

    1. Outsourced financial and HR functions: outsourced accounting and payroll, tax compliance, preparation and submission of annual reports and tax returns, Group reporting

    2. Creation of legal entities, subsidiaries of large French and other groups; legal secretarial services; obtaining business licenses

    3. Service provider for KPMG, Transaction Services department: conducting acquisition due diligence, risk analysis; writing a procedure for KPMG: “Good Accounting Practices for Due Diligence”
  • Chambre de Commerce France-Mozambique
    Co-founder and Honorary President - Economic Diplomacy
    CIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
    January 2014 - Today (12 years and 5 months)
    Maputo, Mozambique
    Co-founder of the French Chamber of Commerce in Mozambique, then Chairman of the Board of Directors (2 years) – Since 2017: Honorary President

    - Advice on establishment and development provided to members and prospects
    - Analyses and presentations made for the French Embassy in Mozambique for delegations of French companies and institutional representatives
    - Speaker at the Senate in Paris in 2015: Conference dedicated to Mozambique organized by the French Embassy in Mozambique and Business France Paris (French state agency); speaker at the Geopolitics Festival in Grenoble in 2016: “African Dynamics”

    - Foundation of the association from scratch, including: drafting statutes and obtaining authorization from the Ministry of Justice
    - Structuring of the legal, commercial, and financial environment
    - Development of institutional links with France and Mozambique

Recommendations

Be the first to recommend Pauline-Hélène

Help this freelancer shine by sharing your experience working together.

These freelancer profiles also match your criteria

AgathaA

Agatha Frydrych

Backend Java Software Engineer

4.7

(3)

2

BaptisteB

Baptiste Duhen

Fullstack developer

4.6

(4)

5

AmedA

Amed Hamou

Senior Lead Developer

4

(2)

7

AudreyA

Audrey Champion

Web developer

4.3

(3)

4

Education

  • Upstream Oil Accounting and Standards
    IFP Training (French Institute of Petroleum)
    2016
    - COMPTABILITÉS PÉTROLIÈRES: Cycle de l'Exploration-Production - Comptabilité contractuelle - Comptabilités sociales et fiscales - Comptabilité consolidée de la maison-mère - SPÉCIFICITÉS DE LA COMPTABILITÉ & DU REPORTING DANS L'EP: Statut de l'exploration - Réserves : règles de comptabilisation et de présentation - Amortissement - Contrats de partage de production - NORMES COMPTABLES & LEUR APPLICATION DANS L'EP: IFRS, US GAAP - Actifs, passifs et provisions - Traitement comptable de l'exploration - Traitement comptable des réserves - Droits miniers - Immobilisations corporelles - Valorisation des stocks - Impôts - Provisions et passifs éventuels, remise en état des sites et obligations de démantèlement, engagements de retraite - COMPTABILITÉS CONTRACTUELLES: Comptabilité des contrats de partage de production - Décalages d'enlèvement, portages, farm-in et farm-out, Sole risk
  • ESC Bordeaux, specialization in Finance and Financial Engineering
    Kedge Business School
    2000

Certifications

  • Prince2® Practitioner Certificate - Agile Project Management
    PEOPLE CERT - AXELOS
    2018

Skill set

Categories