Catherine BLANCHARD

En résumé

Entreprises

• Sterling Commerce SARL - Finance manager WER SER

  2007 - maintenant Being an affiliate of AT&T,I am responsible of the French,Belgium,Spanish and Italian entities.
  I report to the EMEA financial manager based in Germany and manage 5 people.
  My main tasks are the following:
  Assist in Software revenue recognition under US GAAP and ensure all possible revenue is booked within this policy
  Check and sign off contracts and ensure that they are within all revenue recognition rules.
  Produce the monthly reporting within deadlines to meet company requirements.
  Produce financial statements in accordance with Local and US GAAP and liaise with local advisor in Spain and Italy.
  Liaise with auditors, legal advisors.

• WebMethods France SARL - Finance Manager South Europe

  2002 - 2007 WebMethods is the leading provider of integration software. The headquarter is in Fairfax USA.
  Being an high tech company,WebMethods has offered me the opportunity to broaden my technical skills on various application and taught me to maximize and combine them with my accounting knowledge. I report to the EMEA finance director based in the UK and supervise 3 people.
  My main task are the following:
  Produce monthly reports to meet company requirements
  Produce the annual statutory books in accordance with French and US GAAP
  Work closely with the European financial controller, assisting to provide added value information and meet corporate objectives.
  Reconciliation and accuracy of monthly forecast
  Ensure the software revenue recognition under US GAAP
  Follow up accuracy of commissions accruals and payments
  Forecast cash-flow on a weekly basis
  Manage opening two representative offices in Spain and Italy
  Implement SOX rules and ensure the robust financial controls exist throughout business

• J.D.Edwards Ltd UK - Revenue supervisor

  1998 - 2001 I work in the Financial Shared Service Center based in High-Wycombe(UK).
  I really appreciate working in an international environment and sharing knowledge with all my European colleagues.I supervise 3 people.
  I was responsible to ensure that all contracts for the following region-France,Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa-were following the SOP97 rule and they were booked within company policy.
  Supervise and sign off on financial accounting for software revenue with strict reference to the contract and record accurately and on a timely basis.
  Ensure the maintenance revenue stream is invoiced in the same manner as software.
  Responsible for design and implement standardized processes and high level controls to monitor accuracy.
  Deal and assist on a daily basis with sales, credit control and operations.

• T2A - Account Manager

  1993 - 1998 I was responsible for the general accounting for a group of 4 companies. I supervise 4 people and report to the Financial director
  Produce monthly reports
  Manage invoicing process,Account payable, account receivable and collection.
  Ensure payroll department.

• Salustro Reydel - Audit Senior

  1990 - 1993 Salustro Reydel was one of the main French Audit Company
  I did work for different areas:Public services, Pharmaceutical industry, cinema.
  Plan and carry out audits in many different companies all over France.
  Prepare consultancy documents and final accounts reconciliation.
  Train and manage audit team.

• STP La Concorde-Djibouti - Account Manager

  1989 - 1989 I had the opportunity to work during a year in Djibouti for a local company and was in charge of all their accounting and the payroll.

• Price Waterhouse-Libreville-Gabon - Training period

  1988 - maintenant 5 months training period for an international Audit company

Formations

• ICS Bégué (Paris)

  Paris maintenant

• ICS Bégué

  Paris 1983 - 1988

Réseau

• Denis CORDEL

• Franck GAUTHIER

• Frédéric MAI

• Guillaume CAVELIER

• Nadine DOUX

• Thomas CORDEL

• Yannick CORDONNIER