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Axel VANCRAEYNEST

PARIS

En résumé

Inspire treasury, share vision, be best in class. Always stare at the next level

Mes compétences :
Gestion de projet
Recherche de financement
Gestion des risques financiers
Management
Cash management
Business Process Management
Administration système
Conduite du changement
Contrôle interne
Restructuration d'entreprise

Entreprises

  • Curium Pharma - Group Treasurer

    2015 - maintenant Radiopharmaceutical industry / International environment /600 M € revenues / 1700 employees / LBO

    Within four years, IBA Molecular - 150 M € revenue EU group under primary LBO with a single group treasurer and no treasury systems - evolved into Curium: a worldwide 600 M € revenue group, under secondary LBO with state of the art treasury management:
    -Full range of reporting and cash management systems,
    -Fx and off balance sheet monitoring systems
    -Centralized treasury management
    -Continuous improvement processes.

    MY STRENGTHS
    -Ability to work autonomously in a fast growing, fast paced and demanding environment,
    -Capability to develop and maintain high level of efficiency and control across all main treasury aspects,
    -Used to driving change management,
    -Customer oriented, system oriented, flexible and capable to adapt.

    MANAGEMENT
    Reporting to Group CFO. In contact with shareholders, advisors, bankers, steering Co's.
    Direct reporting line: 4 corporate treasurers at head office and Prague SSC. Doted reporting line with treasurers in subsidiaries.

    RESPONSIBILITIES
    -Policies, procedures, internal control, treasury transfer pricing
    -Administration of debt documentation, LBO debt and bank covenants, bilateral debt raising, in charge of bank relationships
    -Cash-pooling, intra-group flows, dividends, investments
    -Hedging policies, interest rate hedging, Fx hedging, fraud
    -Treasury reporting, forecasting & budget, off balance sheet commitments

    MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS
    -Implementation of the group TMS (Diapason), forecasting and budgeting tool (Taiga), Fx trading system (Fx-All), Off balance sheet monitoring system (Fairways Guarantee)
    -Implementation of group multi-currency cross border cash-pooling
    -Implementation of pan-European non-recourse factoring and a US AR securitization program
    -4 acquisitions, 1 divestment, 3 refinancing: financing, closing mechanism, funds flow, full treasury integration, restructuring post-closing
  • Famar - Head of Treasury and Financing

    Paris 2012 - 2015 Pharmaceutical industry / International environment / 420 M € revenues / 3500 employees / LBO

    -Liquidity management with tight cash headroom, cash pooling
    -Group treasury report, 13 weeks forecast, budget
    -LBO debt and bank covenants supervision, hedging, debt restructuring, sale and lease-back
    -Bank relationships, raising of new financing, negociation of stand-alone facilities
    -Treasury procedures

    Main achievements:
    -Creation of the corporate treasury department - implementation of: all treasury processes and standards, group reporting and forecasting tools, group TMS (Diapason), cash-pooling scheme
    -Refinancing of bilateral debts into a centralized LBO debt, implementation of a Pan-European factoring program (Incl. an in-house « factoring- factory »)
  • Polyconcept - Group Treasurer and Global Cash Manager

    2005 - 2012 Promotional products industry / International environment / 600 M € revenues / 2800 employees / LBO

    -Debt daily management, bank (tight) covenants monitoring, debt restructuring, interest and Fx hedging, negotiation of stand-alone blank facilities
    -Weekly reporting, weekly forecasting, contribution to budgets, month-end closing and consolidated financial statements
    -Relationship with bankers, working capital controlling, supervision of group cash-pooling

    -Main achievements: implementation of cash Mgt software (Sage), reporting software (HFM), non-recourse pan-European factoring program and reverse factoring program, set up of a cross-border cash pooling.
  • Groupe Flo - Group Treasurer

    Paris La Défense 2002 - 2005 Catering / France / 570 M € revenues / 270 restaurants / 6000 employees

    -Daily cash pool balancing, negotiation of bank fees
    -Daily management of the debt
    -Contribution to debt restructuring and interest rate hedging
    -Set up and follow-up of the cash budget
    -Treasury reporting and budgeting, controlling, month-end closing

    -Main achievements: organization of physical cash collections within restaurant network, streamlining of bank reconciliations
  • Dassault Aviation - Junior treasurer

    Saint-Cloud 2001 - 2001 Internship - management of daily cash balancing and treasury reconciliation

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