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Thomas Kieffer

Part-time CFO | Internal Audit and Control

€1,000/day
5 projects
Colombes, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Thomas

Engineer trained in accounting, management, and finance with 14 years of experience, I support all types of structures (listed groups, LBO groups, SME family offices, companies) in roles and projects related to or involving the financial department.
This dual training, as an engineer and an accountant, guarantees you a perfect combination of regulatory and normative obligations with the reality of your operations to produce efficient and tangible results, integrating all the underlying issues of the mission (tax, social, technical, environmental, financial, human…).


Accustomed to collaborating and managing projects of complex and cross-functional dimensions, I am comfortable in multi-site and/or multi-lingual environments, capable of working with French, foreign (US GAAP, CH GAAP, DE GAAP), and international (IFRS) accounting standards, with teams from IT, HR, Legal, EHS, CSR, Sales, Purchasing, etc.

I can help you to:
- improve the readability of your profitability (margin, return on investment) through dashboards adapted to your business
- build your forecasts (cash, financial, extra-financial), business plans
- assist with balance sheet projects (acquisition, divestiture, transformation, spin-off)
- manage your financial team during the absence of your CFO/Finance Director
- optimize your processes and gain efficiency
- rethink your organization
- change tools (ERP, accounting software) (from defining needs to user training)
- document and implement the adoption of new obligations (IFRS standards, GDPR, reliable audit trail, ...)

I do not perform accounting entries or prepare tax and social declarations, as these are regulated activities and prohibited for professionals not registered with the Order of Chartered Accountants.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

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

Experience

  • Antipodes Médical
    Malt logoOn Malt
    Development of dynamic dashboards, monthly updates, and strategic projections
    August 2022 - September 2022 (1 month)
    Paris, France
    Improvement of the previously built dashboard. Articulation of the impacts of invoicing and expenses on cash flow forecasts. Simulation of scenarios by varying business-specific parameters (e.g., customer receivable collection rate).
    Budget Management Financial Control Management Control Forecast ERP Software Reporting
  • ASWO
    International Administrative and Financial Director
    E-COMMERCE
    January 2022 - April 2022 (4 months)
    Bd Périphérique, Paris, France
    Took over the financial management after 6 months without a CFO

    Routine tasks:
    - Annual closing
    - 2022 Budget
    - Coordination of experts (chartered accountants, lawyers) for legal closing procedures
    - Tax declarations
    - Collaboration with statutory auditors
    - Forecast for the new profit-sharing agreement

    Specific contextual actions:
    - Transition from EBICS to EBICS TS for banking operations
    - Implementation of internal training for the accounting team
    - Review of key processes: supplier payment campaigns, customer liquidity risk management, expense report management...
    - Simplification of monthly liquidity reporting
    Accounting Accounting Closing Budget Team Management
  • Groupe Victor Hugo
    Administrative and Financial Director
    February 2021 - December 2021 (10 months)
    Bd Périphérique, Paris, France

    - Creation and coordination of the group's function (Financial Controller and accounting teams in each subsidiary)
    - Rationalization and deployment of accounting and financial processes and best practices
    - Acceleration of closing deadlines, improvement of closing quality
    - Holding company accounting, coordination with chartered accountants and statutory auditors
    - Budget construction
    - Monitoring and planning of cash flow and cash needs
    - Tax audit management
    - Social management (hiring, bonus and variable pay calculation, termination of employment contracts) and coordination with experts (labor law attorney, payroll provider)
    - Study of external growth opportunities, coordination of experts (lawyers, accounting firms), financing structuring, and bank negotiation

Reviews

5.0

Out of 2 ratings

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Yacine

Antipodes Médical

Reviewed on 12/19/2022

Y

Yacine

Antipodes Médical

Reviewed on 9/23/2022

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Education

  • CIA, Internal Audit
    Institute of Internal Auditors
    2018
    CIA, Audit Interne
  • Chartered Accountant Diploma (intern), Accounting and Finance
    Conseil de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables
    2014
    Diplôme d'expertise comptable (stagiaire), Comptabilité et finance

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