Guillaume Chevallier
Senior Consultant - Finance & Organisation, Ernst & Young Advisory
Presentation:
I am currently a business consultant working mainly on improving large companies’ financial performances. This demanding but formative job is a good way for me to keep learning after challenging education and what I have experienced abroad. Thanks to my firm’s organized and well-thought-out methods, I can constantly improve my technical and operational abilities concerning business development and financial performance issues while capitalizing experiences and best practices in a great deal of business sectors.
Main Competencies:
Operational and Financial Performance Optimization (Process Optimization - Lean Six Sigma Approach, Post-Merger Integration, Dashboards, Cost Accounting)
Strategy and Business Development (Company Strategic Plan, Benchmark on Financial Strategy, Business Plans Analysis)
Complex Project Management (Budget and Financial Analysis, Reporting to Top Management, Leading Steering Committees, Change Management & Organization, Project Communication)
Main Business Sectors:
Banking & Insurance, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical Industry, Metalworking Industry, Press, Public Sector
Main Business Interests:
Business Development, Partnerships, Investments, Project Funding, Development and Commercial Strategy, Competition/Market Analysis & Benchmarks, Financial Analysis, Project Management, International & Multicultural Environment, Management
142 contacts• Improved financial controlling (KPIs, streamlined cost accounting / Oil and Gas Industry)
• Audited accounting systems (French public entity Cour des Comptes in charge of financial audits of most public institutions)
• Organized financial reporting and project management (major complex project, budget €500m, 600 000 man-days / Banking Sector)
• Lead project management (reporting, change management, organization / Insurance Company)
• Conducted process optimization (Lean Six-Sigma approach, operational and financial performance / Insurance Company)
• Conducted post-merger integration (integration of major finance, HR and legal processes / Metalworking Industry)
• Analyzed business plans (study of entrepreneurial projects as part of a national competition to promote new technologies / French public funding institution OSEO)
• Developed financial strategy and marketing positioning (international benchmark / National Institute of Sports INSEP)
• Conducted company strategic plan (strategy, financial and organizational impacts / Press)
• Conducted process analysis (synergies, subsidiary integration / Oil and Gas Industry)
2006 - 2007• Developed and implemented monthly dashboards to improve performance analysis and financial reporting
• Developed synergies with the Drug Business of the Group (global agreements with suppliers resulting savings over 15%)
• Implemented non-industrial purchases (€2m budget), promotion of the department and training of new internal clients
• Revamped industrial purchasing processes (approval workflows & supplier management mainly) and
purchasing policy for Group compliance
• Led the implementation of a purchasing module of a new ERP system - Microsoft Navision
2005 - 2005• Sold real estate investment programs: 50% of apartments sold in 3 months
• Analyzed competitive market studies and conducted financial analysis (tax gains mainly) for real estate investors