Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Available from July 1, 2024.

25 years of experience in Finance, including 12 years abroad in major public, family-owned, or CAC40-listed groups, Euronext, NYSE, and NASDAQ:

- 7 years in Industry (Plastics, packaging, and Oil & Gas),

- 10 years in Transport & Logistics (Port handling, Maritime & Air freight, Warehousing, Express Courier, Rail Infrastructure...)

After 7 years as a Financial Director in subsidiaries, I now specialize in transition management for groups exceeding 1 billion in turnover. I have completed:

- 4 freelance assignments in Mozambique,

- and 5 assignments (Mazars, EIM, and X-PM) in France as a financial controller, accounting manager, and free cash flow/debt analyst with significant IT project components.

My search focuses on 3 areas:

1. Cash flow analysis, investment control, and business plan development.

2. Interim roles in management control, general accounting, consolidation, or financial control with an international scope,

3. Team management in accounting, management control, and financial control in a change management role (Restructuring, PSE, IT system implementation, outsourcing, mergers...)

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French, IFRS, and US GAAP standards

Fluent in French, English, and Portuguese.

Microsoft Office

Power BI – Power Query / Power Pivot

Anaplan - Hyperion – Business Object – HFM/Essbase

SAP (FI/CO, MM, SD, and AM modules) – Sage – Navision – BFC – Oracle Cloud

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 10km), Lyon (up to 10km)

Saretec
Accounting & Finance Transformation Manager
BANKING AND INSURANCE
July 2024 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
Créteil, France
- Interim Accounting Manager
- Transfer pricing documentation (Master & Local files)
- Support to the Management Control department in Forecast/Budget phases
- Assistance in integrating companies joining the scope (external growth)
- Deployment of GAC Immo (lease, contract, and maintenance management for 80 sites)
- IT Projects: Sage FRP 1000, Electronic Invoicing (Sales & Purchase cycles), Business Central (P2P)
Yooz Sage 1000 Transfer Pricing Claude Cowork
L'Oréal SA - L'Oréal France
IT Financial Controller
FASHION AND COSMETICS
March 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)
Clichy, France
- Analytical Reporting, Budget, and Forecast for the global scope
- Responsible for calculating full costs of IT projects (Opex, Capex, Cash-out, and Build/Run)
- Member of the project team responsible for improving the global IT full cost calculation module
SAP FICO Power BI Power Query Anaplan SAP BFC
FEDEX EXPRESS FR
Accounting & Controls Manager
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
October 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 5 months)
Lyon, France
- Monthly closings by D+2 under US GAAP
- Context of SAP to Oracle Cloud migration
- Successful accounting merger project of 3 entities
- Monitoring of taxes and duties: corporate income tax, property taxes, CFE, CVAE, construction effort, VAT filings
- Responsible for payroll and claims entries, monthly analyses & comments, account reconciliations, SOX controls
- English documentation of general accounting and reporting processes to support the transition to two Accounting & Finance Shared Service Centers
- Creation of an accounting database (general & analytical) using Power Query to facilitate monthly expense analyses and balance sheet item variations
Tax Filings US GAAP Shared Service Center Oracle Power Query Power Pivot SOX