About Yann
French
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English
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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Experience
- SofiapFinancial DirectorBANKING AND INSURANCESeptember 2022 - June 2025 (2 years and 9 months)Financial Services: Mortgage Lending30K clients, €0.5 billion lent/year, €2.7 billion credit portfolio▪ CFO and member of the Executive Committee of the JV between La Banque Postale and SNCF▪ Scope:Leadership of 4 teams:- Accounting (5 people): General accounting, taxation, regulatory- Management Control and Treasury (4 people): Budget preparation and updates, analytical monitoring of activity and performance- ALM: operationally outsourced to La Banque Postale▪ Key actions and initiatives I led:- Arrived as a transition manager to explain the sharp drop in operating margin, I identified and resolved the error (index gap), and strengthened controls.- Definition with the Management Board of the recovery strategy in a context of real estate crisis and high interest rates- Restructuring of teams: outsourcing of Accounting and ALM.- Implementation and automation of dashboards and financial tools (Budget, ALM, accounting statements, financial margins) in Powerbi- Launch of digitalization projects (Sage ERP, Datawarehouse, Powerbi, E-invoicing, Procure-To-Pay, expense report management)- Strengthening of procedures with the implementation of training videos for tasks▪ Keywords:Digital Transformation | Management | Strategy | Process Improvement | Budget and Forecasting | Data Analysis | Accounting & Management Control | Results-Oriented
- Add PopulumCEO / FounderE-COMMERCEJanuary 2015 - Today (11 years and 7 months)Plérin, FranceFinancial and Digital Consulting, as well as interim management / Freelance missionsTechnical Skills:▪ Budget and Forecasting ▪ Digital Transformation ▪ Financial Process Improvement ▪ Management ▪ Strategy ▪ Data Analysis ▪ Accounting ▪ Management Control ▪ Communication ▪ Risk Management ▪ Reporting ▪ Project Management ▪ Internal Controls ▪ Treasury ▪ Cost Control ▪ ConsolidationBehavioral Skills:▪ Leadership ▪ Ingenuity ▪ Adaptability ▪ Problem Solving ▪ Integrity ▪ Results-Oriented ▪ Crisis Management ▪ EntrepreneurshipKey sectors:▪ Banking▪ Insurance▪ Digital▪ Services▪ Real EstateKey achievements:▪ Creation of a financial report in Powerbi from Pennylane (sportech sector)▪ Startup investments and support: Financial Sector (Chip / Cuvva), Sportech (Smatchy), Foodtech (Consentio / Tranché), Real Estate (Joole / Coliving / So New BCN)▪ Creation and backend development (laravel, php, mysql, aws) + frontend (html, javascript) of a pan-European online price comparison site for toys (operational between 11/2019 and 06/2023, +50K visitors/month)▪ Creation of an online B2B/B2C marketplace for services (+900 services, 3M professionals, qualified lead generation)▪ 2 studies on data acquisition (bakery and fresh produce sectors)▪ 2 pre-closing due diligence for company acquisitions (sectors: daycare, satellite)▪ Financial support and Pre-seed funding campaign (sportech sector)▪ Interim management: Interim Financial Director (CFO) for 7 months for a financial companySkills: Finance · Strategy · Entrepreneurship · Interim Management · Digital · Project Management · Financial Reporting· Backend and Frontend Programming
- Xfera Consumer FinanceFinancial DirectorBANKING AND INSURANCEJanuary 2019 - January 2022 (3 years)Madrid, SpainFintech | Telco NeobankFrom 0 to 250k customers.▪ As CFO and member of the Executive Committee of this Spanish digital neobank founded by Masmovil (Spanish telecommunications group) and Cetelem / BNP Paribas Personal Finance, I participated in its creation, launch and growth.▪ Missions:- Participation and valuation of the startup's strategy- Manage relationships with the Bank of Spain, auditors, and shareholders- Ensure liquidity and solvency- Budget and update preparation- Implementation of financial processes, policies, manuals, controls- Management of pricing and profitability of financial products- Monthly preparation of financial statements and analytical closing and performance monitoring- Treasury management- Management of supplier and partner contracts▪ The main activities and initiatives I led were:- Manage financial documentation for the Bank of Spain's authorization to operate as a financial entity- Operational and financial reporting to stakeholders and quarterly presentation to shareholders, the board of directors, and the Bank of Spain (Spanish central banking authority) - Solvency and liquidity management including the execution of 3 capital increases (total of €16 million), subordinated loan (€2.8 million), and revolving credit line (€170 million)- Outsourcing of the Financial team to Cetelem- Creation of detailed and semi-automated Business Plan models by channel x product x origination process▪ Key company achievements in the last 2 years:- 250K customers acquired- €120 million lent- €90 million outstanding▪ Keywords:Digital Transformation | Management | Strategy | Process Improvement | Budget and Forecasting | Data Analysis | Accounting & Management Control | Results-Oriented | Communication | Entrepreneurship
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Education
- Digital MBAThe Power MBA2020Principaux modules: Leadership ▪ Innovation & stratégies entrepreneuriales ▪ Marketing digital ▪ Entrepreneuriat & financement ▪ Finances & comptabilité ▪ Lean Startup
- MBADom Cabral Foundation (Brazil)2013Programme spécialisé. Principaux modules: Leadership ▪ Innovation ▪ Gestion de la connaissance ▪ Finance ▪ Management de la performance ▪ Stratégies d'entreprise ▪ Gestion avancée de projets ▪ Gestion du changement