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Aggreko Australia pacific
- Chief financial officier
2013 - maintenant
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Aggreko
- Head Of finance North Africa West Africa
Saint Michel
2010 - 2013
Turnover North & West Africa: 180 Millions $, 600 Employees, 31 countries (14 active in 2012)
Head of Finance North and West Africa
• Analyses the financial results of the Company to identify variances, problems, trends or opportunities and reports to Area and Regional Management .
• Ensures timely and accurate financial reports are prepared and distributed to company management.
• Close involvement and ownership of monthly forecasts, the annual budget and evaluations and proposals which involve business opportunities and capital projects.
• Maintains detailed systems which track, physically control, and report the status of the inventory and fixed assets of the company. Responsible for maintaining control of capital expenditures against the capital budget.
• Coordinates with the Tax Manager - Africa and Regional Head of Tax to ensure all Federal, State and local returns covering income, sales and use, property and franchise taxes are filed on a timely and accurate basis. Assists in managing audits by various taxing authorities.
• Involved in the opening and setting up of depot businesses in NAWA including dealing with the agents on an ongoing basis on financial and commercial aspects
• Involved in monitoring and following up on receivables including direct interaction with clients and government agencies in the process.
• Supervises the receipt, custody and disbursement of Company funds. Responsible for financial procedures that ensure the proper handling of all funds.
• Manage the activities of various accounting and financial control personnel who participate in the accomplishment of the primary responsibilities of this position.
• Identifies and reports KPIs to help analyse business performance trends in managing the business effectively and improve profitability and ROACE.
• Reviews business systems and processes and makes recommendations for improvements to business efficiency, reduce costs, maximize competitiveness and strengthens and maintains strong systems of internal financial control.
• With H.R department ensures that all finance staff receive appropriate training & development in order to maximize performance.
• Plans and ensures adequate staffing for the finance function taking into account changes in the business.
• Ensures all offices, projects and depots are complying with the latest financial procedures and risks so that all AI locations receive good audit reports
• Embraces Orange Excellence and champions continuous improvement in the finance function and broader organisation
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Aggreko France SARL
- Directeur financier
2007 - 2013
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Aggreko
- Continental Business Analyst Europ
Saint Michel
2007 - 2010
• Creating and managing the processes for budgeting and forecasting: timing, tools, rules, reporting format, analysis at Continental level. Implementation of Cognos planning.
o Collaborates with the local finance managers who have to deliver the budget/forecast,
o Ensures accuracy of consolidated figures compared to local figures,
o Analyses the Continental pictures for management team and challenges the business,
o Follows up of the reporting structure and its changes and ensures compliancy by local finance team: allocation of people and businesses to proper business centres.
o Ensure that sufficient focuses is given to balance sheet budget and forecast.
• Consolidates and reviews in collaboration with the Finance director and the local Finance managers & Local management, P&L and agrees on revenue and cost accruals.
• Consolidates weekly “flash” reports for revenue and costs and attend to weekly calls with Europe;
• Produces and analyses performance data, KPIs, related to assets management in relation with the S&A manager: price/KVA, price/node, ROCE/Node, Fleet review.
• Supports Finance managers to provide to Continental AGMs assistance, training, reports, analysis, on finance and management accounts matters
o Return on investment related to rental assets
o Key ratios
o Recovery rates (Freight, fuel, Rehire, Services)
o Study opportunities to implement fiscal warehouses in Spain
o Rates Analysis kVA KW per Nodes sizes per industries (Rate Checker)
• Provides to Continental management ad hoc analysis on finance and management accounts matters
• Leading the Planning PCAT project (aim to achieve level 5 in 2010)
• Develops knowledge of Movex, Cognos and BI tools and ensures training to local finance and business teams;
• Responds to Europe Business unit and head office group questions and requests in relation to the above matters
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AXELIUM
- Responsable contrôle de Gestion
1997 - 2007
AXELIUM paper distributive firm subsidiary of an Australian group
PAPERLINX (Preceding property of BUHRMANN a Dutch company)
Turnover: 120 Millions €, 200 employees, 5 national branches
Controlling
• Installation and follow-up of dashboards and tools for piloting (Logistic, Finance, HR data)
• Installation and follow-up of key performance indicators (KPI) like Turn and Earn, Gross profit per Clients
• Building year end Budget, Rolling Forecast , business plan for 3 years, Follow-up of the variations versus Budget and Forecast
• Budget follow or personnel costs and operating cost and recommendations
• Analyze customer risk and installation of tools of follow-up
• Analyze profitability per branches, regions, customers
• Reporting according to standards' IFRS towards the head office
• Comment of the monthly results (in English) towards the head office in Amsterdam
• Managing 2 people
Audit
• Procedures of management and organization, related for instance to note of expenses, fixed assets
• Realization of mission of audit for the chairman, presentation of the report and recommendations at the Management committee (for instance gratification and bonuses paid, logistics, fixed assets)
• Feasibility study of project (Logistic, Financial, Acquisition of company)
• Controlling the application of the Sarbanes Oxley laws
Legal and social
• Annual report of management
• Follow-up of the contracts (Hiring, car’s fleet)
• Installation of tools of follow-up of Full times employees per month and per categories
• Several missions on implementing a restructuring plan (follow-up provisions, calculating provision for redundancies costs
Project management
• Merger of database in logistics and commercials
• Installation of procedures for fixed assets (inventory and follow-up) according to the group policy
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SMINOR
- Comptable
1994 - 1997
Accountant and quality auditor
• Management of the General ledger and analytical ledger on a monthly basis
• P&L and Balance sheet
• Fiscal and social declarations
• Follow-up the fixed assets of the company
• Quality audit within the framework of a certification ISO 9001
