Francois-Xavier Lacroix

Business unit CFO and business partner to general managers running international businesses ranging from €300 million to €600 million in annual revenues.

Business Planning:
-Strategic Planning, budget and estimate processes management,
-Developed financial reporting package for operating departments, CEO, HQ,
-ROI, COGS, Products/Clients P&L,
-Monthly reporting to the Group (D+4)

Accounting:
-Implementation of a Share Service Unit delivering back-office services for 5 business units over 4 countries in order of costs optimisation, service concern improvement (Service Level Agreement) and processes alignment.
-Cash-Flow and Working Capital KPIs monitoring

Internal Control:
-Led Sarbanes-Oxley compliance project,
-Implementation of risks management tool,

IS/IT :
-Financial impact analysis of ERP (SAP) implementation on South Europe countries business units (Espagne, Portugal, Italie)
-SAP implementation in Hungary
-DSS (Essbase) implementation

Organizational Development:
-Demonstrated capabilities to identify, hire and develop talents in different cultural environments (Management of a multi-location team -70 people
-Capability to motivate and involve a team with a target oriented management,
-Direct, business oriented management style based on adaptability and proximity

Industry: Consumer Goods

Industry: Consumer Goods