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CEO of VSEs/SMEs, do you want tomanage your businesswithout getting lost in the numbers?
I help you transformyour datainto a realgrowth lever**. As a **part-time management controller**, my role is to provide you with **a clear and useful visionto make **faster and more secure decisions**.
Many entrepreneurs and managers feel overwhelmed bydashboardsandfinancial forecasts**. This is where I come in. Using tools like **Power BI and Excel**, I design **custom dashboardsfor you that are easy to read andaction-oriented**. **The objective is simple: improve your operational efficiency, optimize your margins, and boost your profitability.
With my experience and as the founder of CDG DIRECT, I offer anoutsourced management controlservice that isflexible and adapted to your real needs**. I act as a **financial right-hand manwho helps youstructure your management, ensure reliable decisions, and improve your results.
My areas of expertise:
Do you wantbetter visibilityinto your business? Do you wantmore secure and faster decisions?
Contact me. A conversation may be enough to transform the way you manage.
Kabyle
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
French
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Besançon (up to 50km), Dijon (up to 20km), Montbéliard (up to 20km), Pontarlier (up to 20km)
Experience
- CDG DIRECTPart-time Management Controller / FounderAugust 2025 - Today (1 year)As the founder of CDG DIRECT, I act as a financial partner for VSE/SME managers. My goal is to simplify performance management so they can focus on their core business. I transform complex figures into clear and actionable management tools, facilitating decision-making.**Key missions for my clients**:
- **Performance Management**: Creation of custom dashboards, implementation of budgeting processes, and monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs).
- **Analysis and Strategy**: Profitability analysis, break-even point audit, and business plan modeling to inform strategic decisions.
- **Cost Optimization**: Cost control, inventory management, and recommendations to improve margins and profitability.
- **Treasury Management**: Financial planning, working capital management, and securing the company's financial health.
- **Digital Transformation Support**: Assistance in selecting and implementing innovative management tools (ERP, data visualization solutions, etc.).
Results and added value:- **Improved Visibility**: Managers have a clear view of their business, enabling them to make decisions more quickly and with greater confidence.
- **Optimized Profitability**: Identification of key levers for cost and margin optimization.
- **Informed Decisions**: Access to reliable and simple tools that support decision-making.
- IPCAssociate ConsultantJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 7 months)As a co-founder of IPC, a company specializing in the supply of industrial equipment and consulting for the agri-food, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries in North Africa, I assisted SME managers in structuring and implementing high-stakes industrial projects.This entrepreneurial experience gave me direct exposure to the financial, operational, and strategic challenges of SMEs.My rolefocused on the following dual mission:
- **Business Management**: I actively managed strategic partnerships with international manufacturers (Akaypacking Makina, ASKA MAKINA, etc.) and drove the company's growth, from strategic vision to operational management.
- **Strategic Consulting for Clients**: I supported clients in implementing their industrial projects, which involved developing business plans, providing organizational advice, and offering business development support. This approach allowed me to develop valuable expertise in profitability analysis and strategic planning.
Key achievements:- **Growth Management**: I designed and implemented the necessary management tools for our company's growth, demonstrating mastery of internal management processes.
- **Financial Analysis Skills**: Developing business plans for client projects allowed me to build solid expertise in financial modeling and growth lever analysis.
- **Understanding Client Challenges**: I gained a 360° view of SME challenges (working capital needs, process optimization, investments) by supporting them from project conception to completion.
- FrancéclatManagement Controller & Financial AnalystLUXURY GOODSSeptember 2019 - June 2025 (5 years and 9 months)Besançon, FranceI held a dual role at Francéclat: management controller for the main structure and financial analyst for its subsidiary Allium Finance, dedicated to the development and financing of companies in the sector.Management Controller – Francéclat
- **Digitalization of Financial Processes**: Managed the deployment of the Sage FRP 1000 ERP to automate financial and operational processes.
- **Management Accounting**: Implemented a costing system with the technical department to measure the actual costs of services.
- **Dashboard & Reporting**: Designed automated dashboards (Excel), produced monthly reports for senior management and operational departments.
- **Data Reliability**: Regular control of accounting entries, securing financial data used for decisions.
- **Tax Compliance**: Assisted the finance department with monthly (TVA CA3) and annual (DAS2) declarations.
Financial Analyst – Allium Finance (subsidiary)*Analysis of company accountsto assess their financial strength.- **Structuring financing applications**: Equity investments, current account advances, bond issues, bank loan guarantees, precious metal guarantees.
- **Operational management of dedicated funds**: Guarantee Fund, Young Company Fund, Emergence Fund.
*Compliance auditwithin the framework of the Label Joaillerie de France.
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Education
- Master 2 (M2), Corporate FinanceIAE Franche-Comté2019Master 2 (M2), Finance d'entreprise
- Master 2 (M2), Audit and Management ControlUniversité Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou2016Master 2 (M2), Audit et Contrôle de gestion