Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Founder ofCymbals Consulting**, I support clubs, labels, organizers, and federations in structuring their financial management. I don't ask you to choose between **passion and management: I align both.

🎯My promise: Bring the rigor of large corporations and entrepreneurial agility to secure your margins and finance your growth.

🎹 My 5 intervention steps

**Strategic Management (Outsourced CFO)**: Budgetary rituals, Business Plans, and clear financial navigation to anticipate seasonality.

"Sprint" Missions:Flash audit, accounting cleanup, or crisis management in 4 to 8 weeks.

**Operations & Cash (P2P / O2C)**: Optimization of purchasing and sales processes for healthy and predictable cash flow.

Strategic Management (Outsourced CFO):Budgetary rituals, Business Plans, and clear financial navigation to anticipate seasonality.

**Data & AI**: Implementation of dashboards (Power BI) and pragmatic adoption of AI to automate reporting.

**Infrastructure (Tools Stack)**: ERP implementation, expense management, and workflow digitalization.

💿 Key Achievements & Expertise

Data Architecture:Deployment of Business Intelligence solutions (Power BI) for real-time visibility on margins and commitments.

Automation (AI):Reduction of repetitive manual tasks to focus teams on analysis (automated reports, AI expense agents...)

Workflow Structuring:Audit and optimization of complex financial processes (Ticketing, Merchandising, Royalties, Event Flows).

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km)

Radio France
Project Manager Financial Transformation
CULTURE
September 2025 - Today (9 months)
Paris, France
Financial Transformation & Digitalization (SAP / Power BI)
Sector: Media & Public Service

The challenge:Modernize the financial managementof the leading French radio group and prepare for regulatory deadlines (CSRD, **Electronic Invoicing**).

Achievements:

📊 **Reporting Modernization**: Overhaul of tools (Power BI / SAP BO) for more dynamic management.

🤖 **Innovation**: Deployment of AI solutions for the automation of recurring tasks.

🌱 **Regulatory Projects**: Management of Electronic Invoicing and CSRD initiatives.

🤝 **Change Management**: Support and training of financial teams on new tools.

Technical Environment: SAP, Power BI, AI, CSRD.
Microsoft Power BI Financial Reporting Finance AI Agent AI Automation
NOLA GOLD RUGBY (USA)
External CFO
SPORTS
April 2025 - December 2025 (8 months)
Creation of the financial department (External CFO)
Sector: Professional Sports (MLR - Major League Rugby)

The challenge: "Strengthen the financial pack". Structure the finance of a rapidly growing American professional club, starting from basic management.

Achievements:

🏗️ **Financial Architecture**: Complete implementation of the framework (P&L, Cash Flow Plan). Communication with the shareholder board.

✅ **Reliability**: Implementation of a monthly closing process (D+X).

🇺🇸 **Recruitment**: Sourcing, recruitment, and onboarding of the permanent CFO in New Orleans.

Key Result: An autonomous and structured department in less than 6 months.
Finance Business Plan Recruitment Google Sheets QuickBooks
DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM
Finance Project Manager
SPORTS
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
La Motte-Servolex, France
Financial Transformation & Budgetary Control
Sector: High-Level Sports (Cycling World Tour)

The challenge: **"Shift into a higher gear"**. Secure the financial commitments of an internationally operating team with tight cash flows.

Achievements:

👁️ **Cash Visibility**: Implementation of 100% real-time tracking of expenditure commitments.

🛡️ **Security**: Reliability of supplier payments via Yooz and management of working capital requirements.

📈 **Skill Development**: Training operational teams in budgetary culture.

Technical Environment: Treasury Management, Commitment Tracking.
Budgetary Management Yooz Management Control Microsoft Excel Change Management & Project Governance