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Julien SAMSON

Rapperswil-Jona

En résumé

I have started at LafargeHolcim 3 years ago in the Finance department of the Trading entity in Zurich before joining the Group Internal Audit department as a Manager in Paris.

Before, I have worked for external audit firms (Protiviti and Mazars)mainly in the Governance, Risks and Internal Control department.

I have been graduated in 2015 from the DSCG, which is the French equivalent of the ACCA.

Mes compétences :
Audit
Risk management
Management control
Project planning
Internal control
ITGC
ACL
Team management
Microsoft Excel
Visual Basic
Data analysis
Microsoft Word
Business process
SQL
Microsoft PowerPoint

Entreprises

  • LafargeHolcim - Internal Audit Manager

    Rapperswil-Jona 2016 - maintenant • Leading worldwide internal audit assignments with a twofold approach (insurance/compliance and performance/change agent)
    • Management of a team (3 to 5 people) depending on the mission
    • Coverage of different business processes (health & safety, purchasing, sales, logistic) as well as specific Group assignments (Integration & Synergies, Reporting Landscape, Business Model, Contractor Management, Management Cycle, functional costs)
    • Exposition to various type of interlocutors within the Group through interviews and presentation of the audit results
    • Internal Audit point of contact of Group Finance Function and contribution to the internal audit methodology and trainings

  • Lafargeholcim - Finance Manager

    Rapperswil-Jona 2014 - 2016 Controlling:
    • Review and challenge of the consolidated figures of the Local Market Businesses and shipping activity.
    • Financial performance analysis (bunker hedging, stock management, provision follow-up, ageing, SG&A, price over costs…) and production of management dashboards and reports (management report, specific request…).
    • Elaboration of an automatic tool in order to facilitate the consolidation of the end of month, budget and reforecast figures and to automatize dashboards production.
    • Coordination of the budget and the forecasting process.

    Internal Control:
    • Coordination and supervision of the Internal Control activities for the whole Trading scope.
    • Management of a task force (2 external collaborators) in order to secure the main processes in the smallest LMBs.
    • Audit assignments related to fraud cases investigation, net equity analysis and Group audit follow-up.

    Risk management:
    • Development of the Cementia’s Risk Management process (methodology, risk mapping, animation, KPIs…)
    • Animation of the Risk Committee meeting (EXCOM) and follow-up of the implementation of each decision taken.
    • Development of an internal tool to support the risk management process (specifications, developers follow-up, testing and training to key-people) and related automated reports (COGNOS).

  • Mazars - Senior auditor - Governance, Risks and Internal Control

    Paris La Défense 2012 - 2014 • Process review (financial support, revenue recognition, cash, sale and purchase) associated with environmental and IT general controls review to assess the level of internal control in place.
    • Data analysis (computer-assisted review), using different tools (ACL, ACCESS or ScanD©), on the purchasing process, rental income and charges, accounting entries, manual entries or the provisions calculation.
    • Design of a calculation method by analysing data in ACL to re-simulate the ABC model in an independent environment. The design is based on the data sources collected and business interviews made.
    • Risk mapping development (interviews, creating a risk matrix, workshops, results consolidation and developing an action plans).
    • Non-financial informations review in the area of distribution and transport: scope sizing, resources supervision, interviews leading, process and data analysis, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, audit reports formalisation and results presentation during the closure meeting.

  • Protiviti - IT Auditor

    Paris 2011 - 2011 • Data analysis with ACL to build a reusable audit tool for internal audit teams in order to detect fraudulous transactions in the purchasing process.
    • SAP parameter analysis on the purchasing and selling processes and analysis of the underlying IT processes supporting the application. Proposition of an actions plan in connection with the business requirements to improve the internal control level.
    • Project management (methodological and technical assistance, planning, organising, controlling resources and formalisation of procedures and processes) as part of the IT internal control compliance program in the context of the Group’s security recommendations.
    • Sarbanes-Oxley audits.

  • Micropole - Assistant in Management Control

    Levallois-Perret 2010 - 2010 • Implementation of dashboards with BusinessObject for the CEO and the department managers. Management of all project phases: specification, design, modeling, development, validation and documentation.
    • Improvement of tools and automation of management control (automatic dashboards, VBA macro, etc.).

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