Amine Saoudi-Hassani
Directeur Administratif et Financier, Splendia.com (Barcelona)
- Currently Chief Financial Officer (based in Barcelona, Spain) at Splendia.com (Sales of M€ 46 in 2010, >4500 distributed hotels, Headcount >90), in charge of Finance, Planning & Controlling, Legal, Tax, HR & Admin for the offices of Barcelona, Hong Kong, Miami and Paris.
- Prior experience in both External (5 years) and Internal Audit (3 years) in an international environment, primarily within industry and manufacturing environments.
- Previously held the position of Sara Lee Financial Audit Manager, in charge of businesses outside the Americas. Sara Lee Corporation is a Chicago based manufacturer of brand-name products in the food, beverage, and household & body care businesses in 58 countries and reported revenues of $16 billion.
- Languages: French (native), Arabic (native), English (bilingual), Spanish (Fluent, Spanish resident since September 2003)
84 contactsChief Financial Officer of Splendia Group, based in Barcelona.
- Splendia.com is a luxury hotel brand that provides the ultimate on-line reservation service for the discerning leisure and business traveller. Since launching in 2004, the group has grown rapidly (Sales Volume of M€ 46 in 2010, Global Headcount >90), and now provides access to more than 4500 hand-picked luxury & character hotels in the world's top destinations.
- I am in charge of Finance, Legal, Tax, Planning & Controlling, HR & Admin related topics for the Group (offices and subsidiaries in Barcelona, Hong Kong, Marrakesh, Paris and Miami).
- Set up of operations in Hong Kong in (ePayment, billing, Tax Structure etc), subsidiary set-up in Miami (USA), Raised Funds (M€ 3 / Credit Agricole Private Equity) in FY08, managed various HR restructuring plans, Investors relationship management, Due Diligence with M&A firms
2003 - 2007- Sara Lee Corporation is a Chicago based manufacturer of brand-name products in the food, beverage, and household & body care businesses in 58 countries and reported revenues of $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2006.
- Manage financial audits of operating entities’ reporting in US GAAP in all business lines of the group in Europe and Africa and at Corporate level (Consolidation): business performance analysis, US Gaap compliance and reporting appropriateness.
- International exposure with audits performed in 14 countries.
- Manage Special Audits at Corporate (Buyer and Vendor Due Diligences, Restructuring operations) and business (Frauds) levels.
- Manage Sarbanes Oxley audits at operating entities and Corporate levels. Responsibilities include understanding the strategic nature of business transactions and Corporate initiatives to adequately address risks, assess internal control adequacy and SOX section 404 compliance
1999 - 2003Auditeur Senior Expérimenté (Chargé de mission expérimenté).
• Missions d'Audit et de Commissariat aux Comptes, dans les secteurs de l'Ingénierie industrielle, Câbles électriques, Fibre optique, Contrats long terme, Hôtellerie, Industrie papetière, Electroménager, Confiserie etc.
• Audits d’acquisitions (Due Diligences, valorisation, élaboration et revue de business plans, stratégies d’investissement) et autres missions « spéciales » (fraude etc…).
1998 - 1998Stage de 3 mois
Financial Analyst au sein du département CBD Finance (Customer Business Development), en charge de:
• La mise en place d'un programme d'optimisation de profitabilité auprès des pricnipaux grossites du groupe au Maroc (ABC Costing & ECR methodologies);
• Réalisation de Benchamrks et d'analyses concurrentielles
1997 - 1997Stage de 3 mois, dont deux à Paris et un à New York
Société Générale Energie, filiale de la Sociét´Générale opérant sur le marché pétrolier.
Assistant Trader en Front Office/Salle de Marché: suivi des positions clients, gestion d'instruments de couvertures (Futures, Forwards, Swaps), études du marché pétrolier (cotation NYSE & LSE), réalisation de base de donnnées et de graphiques d'analyse technique.