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Steven Collard

✅ Expert Finance | Strategy | Business Plan | CFO

€1,000/day
2 projects
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 12 hours

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About Steven

🚀 Your expert in finance, strategy, and business management!

✅ Proven Expertise: With a successful career in renowned financial institutions (Executive in Investment Banking) and leading several companies (Real Estate, E-Commerce, and Digital Marketing Agency), I bring you concrete expertise in corporate finance, strategy, and management.
✅ Personalized Approach: Every business is unique. That's why I tailor my advice to your specific context, ensuring customized solutions that precisely meet your needs.
✅ Tangible Results: My goal? To help you generate growth, optimize your cash flow, and improve your administrative efficiency.

Services Offered:
🔹 Detailed Financial Analysis: Better understand your financial situation and identify growth drivers.
🔹 Structuring Your Business Plan: Convince investors and banks with a solid financial plan.
🔹 Cash Flow and Financial Performance Optimization: Maximize your resources and increase your investment returns.
🔹 Fundraising Support: Find the right financial partners to support your growth.
🔹 Financial Diagnosis and Restructuring: Evaluation and restructuring of your financial structures for increased efficiency.
🔹 Training and Coaching: Customized training sessions to strengthen your team's financial skills.

📥 Contact me now to discuss your goals and how I can help you achieve them.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)

Experience

  • YIELD STUDIO
    Malt logoOn Malt
    Financial Reporting & CFO Support – Yield Studio
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    October 2025 - December 2025 (2 months)
    • Initial audit: understanding the business, objectives, and challenges.
    • Review of accounts, debts, and cash flow.
    • Implementation of a monthly P&L on an accrual basis, with simulation capabilities.
    • Implementation of a monthly cash flow view with projection scenarios.
    • Creation of a project tracking system: down payments, margins, delays, excess margins, revenue recognition.
    • Analytical structuring: Group, Activity 1, Activity 2.

    • Dashboard creation (P&L, margins, cash flow) and presentation with analysis.
    • Strategic recommendations and presentation for ongoing support.
    Financial Restructuring Cash Management Corporate Finance CFO Chief Financial Officer
  • CashFlowBoost
    Malt logoOn Malt
    Financial Director
    February 2025 - May 2025 (3 months)
    Paris, France
    White-label interventions for CashflowBoost clients: financial analysis, cash flow modeling, financing plan development, and strategic support on their growth challenges.
    Management Controller Financial Analysis Corporate Finance Business Strategy CFO Financial Modeling Corporate Finance Treasury Finance Consultant Business Plan Development Business Plan Business Plan Development Management Control Operational Management Control CFO Business Strategy Consultant Financial Management Finance Reporting
  • Mercova
    Founder
    March 2014 - Today (12 years and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    I leverage my expertise in strategy and finance to assist executives, CFOs, and founders with:

    • Defining and managing growth: developing business plans, identifying levers, and structuring KPIs
    • Modeling and optimizing cash flow: financial scenarios, custom reporting, and cash flow management solutions
    • Supporting fundraising & M&A: valuation, data room preparation, negotiation, and closing
    • Structuring governance: advisory and mentoring for board setup and capital raising preparation.

    My approach combines long-term vision with operational pragmatism. I also act as an investor and board member alongside entrepreneurs to enhance value creation.
    Strategy Consulting Transition Management Executive Coaching

Reviews

5.0

Out of 2 ratings

JamesJ

James

Co-founder - YIELD STUDIO

Several weeks project

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Reviewed on 1/20/2026

Steven is an excellent partner for supporting financial matters for growing companies, and also a great sparring partner for strategic issues.
C

Chantal

CashFlowBoost

Reviewed on 5/12/2025

Steven demonstrated remarkable expertise in strategy and finance: clear in his analysis, proactive in his recommendations, and always results-oriented. His support enabled us to optimize our clients' cash flow, establish reliable reporting, and strengthen our financial vision. A trusted partner I recommend without reservation!

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Education

  • MSc in Management, "Grande Ecole Program", Major in Corporate Finance
    emlyon business school
    2016
    MSc in Management, "Programme Grande Ecole", Major in Corporate Finance
  • Master of Science
    Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München
    2016
    Master of Science (M.Sc.)

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