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Holder of a Master's degree in Management Control and a Master's degree in Financial Engineering, I have accumulated 8 years of professional experience in several groups as well as in SMEs as a Management Controller / Financial Controller, which have allowed me to master corporate finance and performance management.
I have worked in several sectors, including mass retail, the pharmaceutical industry, and banking, to help leaders define a global economic strategy for the company and improve its financial profitability.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- CNP – Assurance de biens et de PersonnesHead of Social Management Control - FreelanceBANKING AND INSURANCEJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Leading and managing budget processes (budget preparation and multi-standard closing) including:
- Monitoring and modeling of payroll costs (€110 million / + 970 FTEs)- Monitoring operating expenses (€11 million)- Steering monthly, quarterly, and annual analytical closing for personnel costs
- Contribution to the preparation of financial reporting for COMEX performance reviews
- Complete implementation of Anaplan: needs analysis, payroll cost modeling, HR workshop facilitation, development monitoring, testing, documentation, and user support.
- Optimization and redesign of dashboards / KPIs on Excel and PowerBI
- ITV Studios France – Production audiovisuelleHead of Financial ControlSeptember 2023 - Today (2 years and 9 months)• Review of the company's financial statements to ensure their accuracy• Preparation of month-end reports for management, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements• Recommendation of changes in policies or procedures to improve financial performance• Preparation of 3-year Business Plans• Preparation and analysis of budgets• Leading the certification and approval of accounts• Creation and improvement of various analysis and reporting tools
- JIMMY FAIRLY – Lunettes Optiques et SolairesSenior Management ControllerNovember 2022 - October 2023 (11 months)Operational steering (Revenue > €65 million)• Construction and dissemination of operational reporting: Revenue, Margin, Working Capital...• Automation of tools following the deployment of a new checkout solution and collaborative work with IT teams• Performance analysis (volume, value, productivity, price effect, volume effect…etc.) Economic steering• Participation in monthly analytical closings and process improvement (deadline reduction, cutoff reliability).• Contribution to the preparation of financial reporting to the Board and financial partners• Contribution to improving the reforecast + Ad hoc analysis
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Education
- Master of FinanceUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale2015Master 2 (M2), Ingénierie Financière
- Master's degree, Audit et Contrôle de GestionIAE Lille2013Master's degree, Audit et Contrôle de Gestion