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Vincent Baillon

External CFO – SMEs €1-20M Revenue

€750/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Vincent

PRESENTATION
Manager of an SME with revenue between €1M and €20M: you have an accounting team, perhaps a management controller.
But no one to translate your figures into decisions, anticipate your cash flow issues, or prepare a solid banking file.
This is precisely what I provide – without the cost of a full-time position, without the rigidity of a permanent contract.
What I have concretely delivered for my clients:
— +€500k cash secured in 6 months (13-week cash flow plan + operational arbitrages)
— +5 points margin (repricing and profitability management by activity)
— −15 days DSO (working capital requirement action plan with monitoring rituals)

How I intervene:
I implement a 13-week and 12-month visibility on your cash and P&L, actionable KPIs on margin and working capital requirement, and management rituals adapted to your pace – weekly operational, monthly executive committee.
The reporting produced is readable by your financial partners: banks, funds, statutory auditors.
I don't just produce deliverables – I integrate into your executive committee for the duration of the mission, with the associated responsibility.

My background:
20 years of experience in corporate finance: Deloitte (audit and transaction services), FIDUCIAL (M&A, acquisitions in France and Switzerland), ACIES Consulting (innovation financing, large accounts), CERFRANCE (branch management, 450 SME clients).

Since 2021, exclusively on external CFO assignments – industry, real estate, agri-food, services, consulting · SaaS

Areas: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes · Île-de-France · Remote
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Paris (up to 10km), Lille (up to 10km), Grenoble (up to 50km)

Experience

  • AVIGNON CERAMIC
    Part-time CFO
    January 2026 - March 2026 (2 months)
    Financial reporting audit and improvement,
    Procedure audit,
    Support for existing CFO
    Building the financial agenda
    Reporting financier Formation LBO
  • CEDDIA Groupe
    Part-time CFO
    REAL ESTATE
    November 2025 - March 2026 (4 months)
    Lyon, France
    (Lyon), Real Estate Development

    Cash flow situation audit, Training - coaching of internal CFO.
    Implementation of treasury management tool
    Business Plan construction
    Bank relations
    Trésorerie / Cash flow treasury
  • Alpes Menuiserie Dépannage
    Part-time CFO
    ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING
    September 2025 - Today (11 months)
    Grenoble, France
    Implementation of cash / margin / working capital management: 13-week cash plan + 12-month rolling forecast

    Performance optimization: profitability by activity, margin improvement & cost control

    Monthly executive committee meetings
    Reporting financier Accompagnement CODIR Optimisation du BFR Optimisation des marges

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Education

  • ICN Business School Diploma
    ICN Business School
    2001
    Diplôme ICN Business School
  • Business Administration, General
    Université Laval
    2001
    Administration et gestion des affaires, général

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