Limoges2008 - maintenant• CFO, LEGRAND GROUP UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Annual sales: M£ 69,4; Production plants: 2; Employees: 527; Employees in Financial Dept.: 26
Supervision of general ledger and cost accounts
- Produce reliable management information on a timely basis (ex. Sales reports, Monthly management reporting schedules, Group package, statutory accounts, …)
Business control
- Analyze financial results, forecast/budget variances
- Set up an efficient management information system (statistics, management information schedules, etc.) to monitor the performance of the various functions within the unit (sales and marketing, production, administration, etc.)
- Calculate and monitor cost prices
- Select and monitor capital spending projects
- Manage inventories
- Identify potential sources of efficiencies and cost-savings
Cash Management, currency management and financing
- Routine management and identification of opportunities to reduce costs and exposure
Internal control
- Oversee compliance with Group procedures, training, communication
- Initiate measures to enhance the company’s internal organization in order to increase the effectiveness of internal controls and act as a driving force to promote simplification in processes.
- Ensure that the internal and external auditors’ recommendations are implemented
Taxation issues, Legal affairs and Insurance
- Manage local tax affairs
- Identify local tax planning opportunities and potential tax savings for the Group as a whole
- Identify potential legal risks and issues requiring legal advice
- Deal with real estate matters
- Monitor insurance compliance with Group rules
Personnel Administration
- Supervision of the payroll
- Deal with contracts/legal issues
Legrands SAS
- Senior Internal Auditor
2004 - 2007Operational and Financial Internal Audit focused on internal control and subsidiaries’ organization
- Type of missions: general reviews or audits of particular processes (e.g. sales, purchases, inventories, …), audit of fraud, audit of particular thematic (e.g. Top Management salaries, Exports payments, …); respect of Group’s procedures
- Draw-up of the final report after the presentation of the key issues to the subsidiaries’ management
- Follow-up of the implementation of the action plans in the subsidiaries
- Carrying-out of “support” missions for the subsidiaries
- Due diligences (e.g. seller side)
Internal control certification project – Sarbanes Oxley 404
- Responsible of the implementation of the Questionnaire Approach covering 35% of the Group activity
- Manage, support and follow-up of the subsidiaries (33 units) involved in the Questionnaire Approach
- Identification of major weaknesses and suggestion of action plans
- Quality review and audit of the questionnaires
Arthur Andersen
- Experienced Senior Auditor
St. Charles1999 - 2003Due Diligences in M&A and “Financial Consultant”
- Activity sector : fashion and luxury goods, communication, transports – long term contract; power – long term contract); countries: Italy, UK
- Target of the audited companies in terms of revenues: M€ 4 – M€ 2,400
- Organization and participation to Data – Room (both seller than buyer side)
- Audit of financial statements and Business Plans
- Review of production, organization and distribution structures of the company
- Auditor in Internal Audit missions
Assurance Audits mainly for major French Groups
- Activity sector: High-Tech, steel industry, automotive, distribution, communication and multimedia
- Target of the audited companies in terms of revenues: M€ 60 – M€ 660
- Coaching and training of junior and experienced assistants
Esedra
- Controller
1997 - 1999Responsible for the implementation of the Controller function and Head Controller, ESEDRA S.p.r.l., Brussels, Belgium, European Commission Subcontractor.
- Planning and implementation of the Controller function
- Identification of the inefficiencies, analysis of causes and proposal of solutions
- Monthly draw-up of the monthly reporting and analysis compared to the budget
- Member of the GTQ (Quality Task Force) for the ISO 9001 running improvement
- Supporting of the Human Resource Manager for the running of the Human Resource Department
- Supervisor of the accountancy (outsourced)
- Responsible of financial flows
