Nicolas Legendre
M & A Manager / Finance Controller
• Versatile and highly accomplished Senior Executive Management Professional offering over 12 years’ experience in all areas of Financial Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Benefit & Growth, Staff Performance Mentoring & Improvement and Due Diligence in numerous sectors including Industrial, Banking, Insurance, Finance, Healthcare, Public Administration, Real Estate, Telecommunications, and Information Technology
• EMBA (Executive Management) qualified coupled with Personal Development in controlling financial arrangements: structured finance & financing projects; securitization, LBO; risk management fundamental; financial maths; M&A: securing operations / transactions; operational risk: fundamental to Basel 2; credit risk: fundamental to Basel 2 and rich exposure to Change Management and coaching teams to support process implementation and improvement
• Skilled in leading Business Transformations and utilizing Finance Management, Strategic Insight and Sharp Planning Skills to manage Business Operations and meet top line and bottom line objectives
• Outstanding track record in developing and implementing strategic financial plans to ensure company growth; putting in place cost reduction programmes and strong robust systems and procedures to support rapid growth
• Recognized for hands-on experience in providing leadership, management and oversight to the operational team & financial analysis group focusing on the development of the organization
• Implementing and executing successful strategies leading to effective operational excellence and improved work ethic, culture & performance
• An excellent communicator fluent in English & French and conversant in Chinese and a top negotiator with the ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, time sensitive environments. Proven ability to interact effectively with people of diverse nationalities and comfortable working in a multi-cultural set-up
Core Competencies
Project Cost Control & Profitability, Strategic Financial Planning, Financial Operations Management, Senior Management Liaison, Process Development & Continuous Improvement, Risk Management, Business Development, Organizational Benefit & Growth, Financial Analysis Problem Solving & Troubleshooting, Team Management, Business Performance Analysis, Budget Management & Corporate Governance, Due Diligence and Industry Best Practices
Key Achievements related to deliverables across Career Span
• As a Consultant working at BBL Bank / ING Barings / ING Groep: led to €930K cost savings through enhanced management (implementation and management of an internal call center, management of IT support teams level 1 and 2, keeping track of opening tickets until complete resolution and building-up call center competencies) and IT internal quality improvement (managing project for the standardization of the workstation operating system)
• As a Consultant working at Unibail-Rodamco: reduced cost by €80K in single year by managing project for the standardization of workstation operating system
• As a Business Developer / Sourcing Consultant with ASSOGES: opening of a permanent office representation in Zhonglou Municipality to ease relations between Chinese and French companies
• As a Project Manager at Generali France: enhanced personal computer quality and cost reduction, saving over €10M by reducing the number of computer models, standardization of the operating system, changing and adapting existing processes, adding new processes, changing work organisation and duties of the workstation engineering team, strengthening relationship between workstation engineering, administration and support teams
• As a Project Manager at Generali France: increased printing solutions and enhanced quality while reducing costs by €3M by reducing the number of local printers, reducing the number of models (from 80 to 10), offering new services to users with network copiers (scanner, copier, colour printing)
94 contactsLed Security Committee in computer security, managing team of 12 and implementing LEAN management processes (5S, Kanban, Kaizen, and Six-Sigma). Directed personal computer operating systems convergence and standardisation project, designing corporate intranet for hardware and processes. Constructed solutions for User Support Direction and created KPI and SLA for personal computer engineering team.
Accomplishments:
• Enhanced personal computer quality and cost reduction, saving over €10M.
• Increased printing solutions and enhanced quality while reducing costs by €3M.
2009 - 2099Conducted business meetings with foreign trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau of Zhonglou District and Governor / Vice-Governor of People’s Government of Zhonglou District to develop renewable and green energy agreements between China and France. Participated in meetings with Director of Administrative Committee of China Yixing Industrial Park for Environmental Science and Technology for environmental protection, photovoltaic technology, and water cleanup cooperation. Met with Vice President of Sumec Group Corporation and Board Chairman of Phono Solar, Nanjing to develop business relationships between China and France in photovoltaic technology. Additionally, approached People’s Government of Shenzhen Municipality on behalf of Beaver International for starting cleanup business in Guangdong.
2002 - 2002Designed, established, and managed operations for computers and peripheral hardware validation. Additionally, managed recasting and standardisation of processes for computer engineering team at Generali France.
1999 - 2002Managed setup and operations of call centre, overseeing human resources and recruitment, as well as identifying training courses to build up required competencies. Coordinated IT with Barings - London, England and ING Groep - Amsterdam, Netherlands. Performed level 2 team management for two teams of 8 staff. Provided high-level training on Microsoft Office and provided systems / network expertise on workstations, servers, and network. Managed overall inventory and procurement, in addition to standardising workstation master. Led software validation for IPQP (ISO 9000) certification and oversaw all bids / tenders.
Accomplishments:
• Reduced cost by €80K for Unibail-Rodamco in single year by managing standardisation of workstation operating system master.
• Led €930K cost savings for BBL Bank / ING Barings / ING Groep through enhanced management and IT internal quality improvement.