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MyCompany
- Free-lance Finance & Organization Consultant - LATAM
2015 - maintenant
I am pleased to bring in leadership & experience to any company in need of interim management and implementation or reengeneering projects, at a more affordable price than "classic" consulting firms. Missions all around LATAM / US / Western Europe, focused on organization, finance processes, implementation of IT tools. As examples of former projects successfully achieved.
TECHNICOLOR (Paris, FR / Atlanta, GE / Guadalajara, MX): reengineering of Connected Home (CH) Division operations & reporting systems to match Division reorganization in Europe / North America & Asia. Perimeter: >20 legal entities, 2,000 employees, turnover 3,000 MEUR / year. As Project Manager, I drove the migration of Supply Chain, HR, T&E, Purchasing and Accounting systems onto the new organization structure (55 profit centers, 3,000 cost centers).
TECHNICOLOR (Guadalajara, MX): implementation of a brand-new FSSC of 80 people, taking over all North American Finance activities for 20 legal entities (> 70 reporting units) in 3 Divisions. On the HR side: review and analysis of business specifications, definition of job descriptions, recruitment, integration & training of the team. On the real estate side: review & analysis of the business needs, selection of the site and negotiation of the lease, validation of the architectural project, direction of construction works. Project was concluded with 15% savings on budget and well within deadline.
SAS Automotive (Puebla, MX): payroll implementation. Management of the project team (HR / Accounting / external system vendors), reengineering of flows, unit tests, correction of initial specifications when needed. Payroll started on-time and within allocated budget.
SAS Automotive (Puebla, MX): year-end accounting audit of revenues, cost of sales & inventories, review of consolidation packages; organization and IT audit leading to new ERP implementation; payroll implementation:
G-USHIN (Irapuato, MX): past due credits recovery (VW, Ford)
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Faurecia Mexico
- Country CFO
2012 - 2015
Perimeter: 13 plants, 2 tech-centers, sales 2,000 MUSD / year, 4 legal entities, 3 Divisions. Supervision of Finance Shared-Services Center team of 80 people, reporting to North America Regional CFO & Group Accounting VP.
Main responsibilities: Accounting & Reporting, A/P & A/R, Treasury & Banks Relationship, Legal & Tax, International Trade, Internal Control. Legal representative of the 6 Mexican Faurecia legal entities. See less
Edit position SAP Finance Project Manager
TitleSAP Finance Project Manager
Dates EmployedJan 2011 – Jun 2012
Employment Duration1 yr 6 mos
LocationAuburn Hills (USA) - Puebla (Mexico)
Perimeter: SAP implementation in Faurecia US (3 legal entities) & Faurecia México (2 legal entities), including plants, tech centers and all accounting & finance activities.
Responsibilities: leadership of the FI / CO SAP project, monitoring progress of external consultants team (R3D) & coordinating the key users activities, reporting to Central SAP team VP / CIO / Accounting VP.
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Faurecia
- Project Manager SAP FI/CO
2011 - 2012
Perimeter: SAP implementation in Faurecia US (3 legal entities) & Faurecia México (2 legal entities), including plants, tech centers and all accounting & finance activities.
Responsibilities: leadership of the FI / CO SAP project, monitoring progress of external consultants team (R3D) & coordinating the key users activities, reporting to Central SAP team VP / CIO / Accounting VP.
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FAURECIA
- Internal Audit Manager
2007 - 2010
Perimeter: covers the whole Faurecia Group, assignments in Europe, Eastern Europe, US, China
Main realizations: design & deployment of Internal Control Basics methodology, systematization of Accruals Review and Security of Electronic Payments audit programs. Leader of a 5 auditor team.
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FAURECIA
- Group Reporting Manager
2004 - 2007
Perimeter: schedules & organizes financial reporting of around 500 Faurecia Business Units, produces business analysis for Group CFO / CEO (consolidation on business and regional axes). Participation in IFRS implementation & OPERA project (migration Hyperion to Magnitude consolidation tool), aimed at segregating accounting from controlling activities.
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Faurecia Brésil
- CFO Seating Division
2002 - 2004
Perimeter: Accounting, Controlling, A/P & A/R, Treasury, Legal, Tax, International Trade, IT. In charge of a 20-people team, reporting to Seating Division Finance VP.
Main realizations:
Normalization of relationship with Central Bank (compliance with BACEN exchange rate control rules & with customs & SISCOMEX external trade regulations). Successful litigation in the frame of the “newcomers” legislation, avoiding a 5 MUSD penalty.
Merger between Seating & Interior Systems activities, ERP migration from an “exotic” system to BPCS and creation of Brazil Finance SSC
Implementation of a hedging policy EUR / BRL.
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Faurecia Portugal
- Finance Deputy Officer
2001 - 2002
Main realizations: accruals reviews (6 plants), inventories control, training to plant Controllers
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Pouyet Argentina
- CFO / CEO
1993 - 2001
Perimeter: Pouyet Argentina (Telecom connectors) – Sales 20 MUSD / year - CFO until 1999, then CEO
Main responsibilities (as CFO): Accounting & Reporting, A/P & A/R, Treasury & Bank Relationship, Legal & Tax, International Trade, IT, HR (team of 9 people)
Main realizations: Tax optimization (VAT refunds, special importations regimes), implementation of long-term financing credit lines to Telecom, creation of a Brazilian subsidiary.
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Renault
- Corporate Accounting Manager
Boulogne-Billancourt
1992 - 1993
Corporate Accounting Manager in charge of Accounting procedures 1993 - Design of unit costs system for the Novo Mesto plant, Slovenia
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Renault Argentina
- Controlling Deputy Director
Boulogne-Billancourt
1990 - 1992
Controlling Deputy Director in Renault Argentina (Buenos Aires) 1990 - 1992. Main actions aimed at reporting processes improvement and analysis of financial results in an hyper-inflationary context.
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Renault
- Controller
Boulogne-Billancourt
1987 - 1989
Controller Africa / Middle East 1987 - 1989 (5 subsidiaries, 3 plants – job based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
