Mark RAKUSEN

En résumé

Entreprises

• INVIVO - International Operations Controller

  Paris 2014 - maintenant

• INVIVO - Operations Manager

  Paris 2014 - 2014 - Mission for 6 months within a subsidiary in Indonesia.
  - Reporting to the Country General Manager and Asia Zone Director.
  - Responsible for implementing an Action Plan to resolve critical issues in Finance and Operations at all levels.

• INVIVO - EMEA Finance Controller

  Paris 2013 - 2013 A union of agricultural cooperatives specialising in 4 major business areas: seeds and agricultural supplies, animal nutrition and health, international grain storage and trading, and green distribution. It has revenue of near to $2bn and employs over 5,000 people in 17 countries.
  
  • Providing supervision and assistance to foreign subsidaries within the EMEA region
  • Responsible for financial close, ensuring a timely and controlled collection of financials within the consolidation tool on a monthly basis
  • Perform monthly analytical reviews of the P&L, B/S & Cash Flows; presentation to senior management of financial results; participation in strategic planning
  • Responsible for ensuring compliance with statutory financial statement and tax filings
  • Responsible for rolling forecasts and budgets of the zone (in accordance with business leaders and finance)
  • Responsible for assisting EMEA Executive Director in understanding revenue results and gross margins
  • Benchmarking
  • Review revenue and expenses and ensure general ledger accurately reflects performance
  • Services billing including reconciling and analyzing accrual
  • Accounts receivable – working with local teams to understand and act
  • Ensure local finance managers and leaders have required financial data and assistance to manage their business

• Newell Rubbermaid - EMEA Financial Operations Controller

  Boulogne-Billancourt 2011 - 2012 A FMCG company with revenue of over $6 billion and globally recognised brands including Waterman, Parker, Sharpie and Papermate
  
  • Control and validation of directional decision making of the BU and European entities
  ➢ FP&A and consolidation of EMEA financials
  ➢ Group reporting for 10 international entities : analysis of performance management reporting, coordination with the Services Center whilst closing books, budgeting and forecasting, anticipating and analysing financial risks
  ➢ Supervision of Excess & Obsolete inventory levels, (with reference to sales forecasts) ; validation with the Supply Chain and Finance directors
  ➢ Preparation and presentation of forecasts including challenging numbers submitted by directors
  ➢ Product costing with Marketing, Sourcing and VAS (Value added Services), KPI’s, productivity analysis
  • Business partner, providing European and American Sourcing and Supply Chain VPs and Directors with pertinent financial data to make strategic decisions on pricing and cost reduction efforts
  • EMEA Asset list review, modification of the “costing model”
  • Participation in a major system change project : Responsible for the migration of the costing module from Movex to SAP
  • Business Unit contact for Accounts and statutory auditors
  • Management of a Financial Analyst

• Gide Loyrette Nouel - Senior Management Accountant EMEA

  Paris 2009 - 2011 An international law firm with global revenue of $300 million, offices in 20 countries and 1200 employees.
  
  • Management reporting at EMEA level, reporting and analysis of monthly regional actuals, proposals to office leaders
  • Revenue and hours spent analysis, profitability by department
  • Deployment of methods throughout international offices, (harmonization of processes, identification of risks)
  • Development and deployment of Redwood Analytics (Management Reporting tool)

• Artelia - Management Accountant EMEA (Expatriate contract in Dubai)

  Lyon 2008 - 2009 European leader in engineering, project management and consultancy, with global revenue of $400 million, offices in 40 countries and 2750 employees. Expertise within the construction, water, environment, energy, marine and town infrastructure
  
  • Installing management tools in project mode, revenue and man hour analysis, project profitability analysis, cash-flow analysis, recommendations to office and regional directors
  • Inter-company invoicing
  • Management of a team of accountants and regional RH contact for the group

• Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Management Accountant and European Credit Manager

  1999 - 2008 An international law firm with global revenue of $800 million, offices in 16 countries and 2000 employees
  
  • Supervision of the quality of the creditors in order to ensure the financial sustainability of the offices
  • Improvement in the terms of payment in order to guarantee the working capital requirements
  • Management of a team of 10 people across Europe
  • Customer solvency analysis
  • Determination of individual client credit limits
  • Improvements in client chasing methods
  • Supervision of client accounts and determining provisions for depreciation of WIP and bad debt. Issuing paperwork for court use to obtain delayed payment
  • Implementation of Group procedures in the international offices, (harmonization of procedures, identification of risk)
  • Forecast and supervision of collections
  • Management reporting for the Paris office - $75 million, revenue and hours spent and profitability by department analysis
  • Audit and purchase pricing of offices in Paris and Moscow
  • Liaison & meetings with foreign office leaders in order to collect information relating to growth
  • Submit proposals for improvements in productivity to the Executive Committee ; implementation of proposals

Formations

• The European Business (Londres)

  Londres 1994 - 1998 International Business Studies

Réseau

• Alan PARIS

• Alma D'IVERNOIS

• Anne STEPHAN

• Bernard MONTAUT

• Bertrand BOUDERLIQUE

• Cecilia CLERWALL

• Isabelle CRESPEAU

• Maxime LENFANT

• Nicolas LESNIK