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Description

With over 20 years of experience as an Administrative and Financial Director, I have learned that the financial function goes far beyond producing accounts: it supports transformation, underpins strategy, and secures decisions.

Convinced that performance stems from a solid organization, I enjoy playing this role of strategic partner to senior management. The human dimension is at the heart of my work: managing teams (up to 18 people) has allowed me to develop leadership based on collaboration and skill development.

What I bring concretely to your company:

Expertise in major transition projects: Successful internalisation of payroll for 800 employees (automotive sector) and 12 autonomous establishment accounts (hotel sector).

Mastery of complex flows and budgets: Management of Supply Chain and logistics budgets up to €20 million.

Impeccable field expertise: From multi-company accounting to successful tax audits, including the deployment of customized reporting for operational staff.

Beyond finance, I master the entirety of the Payroll & HR scope. Within Scapmarée (E.Leclerc), I managed this entire area, leading structuring modernization projects: implementation of payroll slip dematerialization, switch to meal voucher cards, management of the training plan, and implementation of a time clock to optimize work time tracking.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (up to 50km)

SCAPMAREE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
July 2006 - July 2025 (19 years)
General & Third-Party Accounting: Supervision of accounting records, management of customer/supplier cycles, reconciliation, account reviews, and bank reconciliations.

Closings & Financial Statements: Management of monthly, quarterly, and annual closings, booking of inventory entries, preparation of tax returns and financial statements.

Taxation & Declarations: Management of all current tax declarations (VAT, CVAE, CFE, Corporate Tax) and regulatory compliance.

Management Accounting: Construction of analytical plans, allocation by cost centers, calculation of costs and margins per activity.

Treasury Management: Daily cash flow monitoring, preparation of projected cash flow plans, and banking relationships.

Audit & Internal Control: Main interface with Statutory Auditors (CAC), implementation of control procedures to secure company flows.

Budgetary Control & Strategy: Preparation and deployment of the annual budget in full alignment with the General Management's strategic choices.

Logistics Performance: Implementation, monitoring, and fine-tuning of logistics costs for a scope of €20 million.

Business Intelligence: Design and implementation of customized financial reporting and dashboards, aligned with the company's growth objectives.

Supervise personnel departments (payroll, employment contracts, personnel files). Ensure compliance with social obligations and current legislation.

Sponsorship of Cross-Functional Projects: Strategic scoping, profitability assessment, and governance of major projects (Finance, IT, Logistics).

Arbitration & Risk Management: Alignment of investments with the overall budget trajectory and securing allocated budgets.
Payroll Management Project Management Accounting Tax Audit Business Continuity Plan
SEGULA INGENIERIE AUTOMOBILE
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
January 2005 - January 2006 (1 year)
Major Project Management: Full management of the payroll internalisation project for a scope of 800 employees.

Transition Management: Data migration, technical system configuration, and process validation to ensure a 100% secure and seamless transition.

Change Management: Recruitment and skill development of the internal payroll team, and support for operational managers.
Payroll Management PROJECT Accounting Management Accounting Team Management
LES HOTELS DE PARIS
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
January 2002 - January 2004 (2 years)
Financial Internalisation: Full management of the repatriation and internalisation project of accounting for 12 autonomous establishments (previously outsourced to accounting firms).

Transition & Structuring: Audit of accounting history, data migration to the new internal system, creation of organizational procedures, and recruitment/training of the internal accounting team.

Global Management & Treasury: Supervision of all accounting cycles for the hotel portfolio and daily management of complex cash flows in close collaboration with the CFO.

Business Intelligence: Design and deployment of a customized monthly financial reporting system for Hotel Directors to monitor their profitability.

Crisis Management & Compliance: Full management of a tax audit from A to Z
Reporting Accounting Treasury Project Management Team Management