Manuel HOUSSIN

En résumé

Entreprises

• Synova SA - Finance director

  2012 - maintenant

• MERCER (hr and related financial advice, products and services) - Finance manager EMEA

  2006 - 2012 Managing 2 businesses representing $100M turn-over and 340 employees in 18 countries
  
  * Provide strategic oversight to Business leaders of business performance, including reviews of unit performance to identify areas for potential improvements
  * Develop and implement strategic dashboards in order to achieve growth, productivity and profit improvement
  * Provide guidance to the business in terms of day to day operational activities: pricing, client profitability, sales and revenue cycle
  * Implement global standards, accounting policies, procedures and drive operational excellence
  * Manage and execute forecast, budgets and strategic planning
  * Drive due diligence work on acquisitions as well as company valuations
  * Liaise with controllership on all accounting issues, control enhancements and revenue cycle

• MERCER (Switzerland) SA - Country Finance Controller

  2001 - 2006 Turn-over of $12M, divided in 6 business units and 5 cost centres within 2 legal entities, revenues under management $18M, 85 employees
  
  * Submit financial reporting to local and regional management on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis under Swiss and US GAAP
  * Collect, interpret, analyze, present and/or clarify this financial information
  * Advise management on strategy (including acquisitions and divestitures) and potential improvements of performance
  * Coordinate, design and monitor all financial planning processes, analyse budgets, explain historical and future trends
  * Manage and maintain all financial processes as well as all internal controls: general ledgers and analytical accounting, treasury, tax compliance, revenue cycle, supplier cycle, payroll, general ledgers
  * Liaise with advisors, external and internal auditors, tax authorities

• Psinet Europe SARL - geneva - Subsidiary controller

  2000 - 2001 * Develop and implement policies (in accordance with US GAAP) and internal control procedures throughout Europe
  * Insure that subsidiaries report in accordance with PSINet Policies/ Procedures, and make recommendations for corrective actions
  * Develop and implement Information Systems
  * Participate in the consolidation, budget and projected cash-flow statements processes
  
  Special assignment: Interim Financial Director during six months in French subsidiary of 750 employees with a turn over of 68 millions Euro and preparation of the data room for the sale of this subsidiary
  

• Deloitte - Audit Manager

  Puteaux 1994 - 2000 * Maintain and enhance client relationships (reporting directly to partners)
  * Plan audit mandates and strategies
  * Supervise and manage junior and senior members of staff
  * Prepare statutory accounts from incomplete records to final review
  * International reporting under US GAAP and IAS and consolidated financial reporting for multinational groups
  * Advise clients on controls, accounting systems and information systems
  * Due diligence engagements
  
  International and local clients in the following business sectors:
  Aviation; Real estate; Luxury goods; Chartering and management of merchant ships; Services; Consolidation; Financial companies
  
  Other activities: Involvement in the recruitment process, member of a Human Resources Committee.

Formations

• EMLyon Business School

  Lyon 1992 - 1994 Bachelor

• Université Paris 2 Pantheon Assas

  Paris 1987 - 1992 Maîtrise

Réseau

• Florent -

• Louis BONNAFOUS

• Louis PASCUAL

• Mohamed AMAGHAR