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Consultant Indépendant
- Consultant
2014 - maintenant
I have been working on five projects since November 2014.
A three month one to validate and update the SOP following the implementation of a new ERP system in the company.
Another contract which finished end of June to reorganize the HR department (filling, follow-up, annual reviews form, communication between employees and managers, etc.).
Another contract was for the state of New Jersey, for one of their association (Urban League of North Jersey) to organize their CRM and customer filling system.
The last one was in the fashion industry. I have replace the CFO for the 3 month in NYC, building the budget for 2016 and the 5 years plan, for a company distributing different brands for kids. I am now in Europe, finalizing, for one of those brand, the transfer of the distribution process. This mission should be over by the end of March 2016.
I have contacts for future assignments.
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Sozio, Inc.
- COO & CFO
2011 - 2014
Manage team of 20 employees (Accounting, administration, HR, IT, logistic and Customer Service, Production and Warehousing).
Control of the Finance, Accounting and Credit & Collection functions.
Coordinate and prepare financial budgets and forecasting.
Inter-company reconciliation: Mother-daughter and sister companies (USA, China and France).
Control and validation of the monthly, quarterly and annual reports
Weekly and monthly analysis to senior management on sales, results of operations, budget variances, balance sheet, financial forecasts, inventory, headcount and payroll costs, production.
Cash control: bank liaison / negotiation of credit facilities / cash forecasting.
Partner level liaison with independent auditors, lawyers, IRS and States tax departments and consultants.
Establish, review and maintain accounting policies in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP. Implement those policies in the ERP system used by the Group..
Management of all insurance contracts (General and Product liability, auto, credit, medical and other benefits insurance plans, etc.).
Management of the plant (production results, backlog, warehousing, organization and reporting).
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Seppic, Inc.
- CFO
2008 - 2011
Manage team of 10 employees
Control of the Finance, Accounting and Credit & Collection functions.
Coordinate and prepare financial budgets and forecasting.
Inter-company reconciliation
Control and validation of the monthly, quarterly and annual reports
Weekly and monthly analysis to senior management
Cash control: bank liaison / negotiation of credit facilities / cash forecasting.
Partner level liaison with independent auditors, lawyers, IRS and States tax departments and consultants.
Establish, review and maintain accounting policies in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP.
Management of all insurance contracts.
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Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- CFO
2005 - 2007
Treasurer (member of the "Board of Directors")
Complete creation of the US subsidiary company including establishing legal and tax status, banking relationships, creating and implementing all administrative and accounting procedures, negotiation of vendor contracts, insurance set-up, employee recruitment, obtain wholesaler licenses in 20 states, negotiate and administer Government purchasing contracts (GPO, VA, FSS, PHS, MDRA), etc.
Control of the Finance, Accounting
Coordinate company wide preparation of financial budgets
Consolidation reconciliations
Control and validation of the quarterly and annual reports sent to regulatory agencies such as "The Department of Veteran affairs" and "Public Health Services".
Cash control: bank liaison
Establish, review and maintain accounting policies
Control and Management of all customer logistic shipments, AR and customer service operations
Management of all insurance contracts for all the subsidiaries of Pierre Fabre Group in the USA.
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Synelec USA Inc.
- Financial Director of Americas operations & HR Director Managing
2003 - 2005
Control of the Finance, Accounting and Credit & Collection functions, bank relations and cash forecasting.
Coordinate company wide preparation of financial budgets.
Monthly reporting to senior management on results of operations, budget variances, balance sheet analysis, financial forecasts, inventory control and analysis, headcount and personnel costs.
Manage a staff of degree professionals; maximize the effectiveness of the available personnel through appropriate training and development of subordinates.
Partner level liaison with independent auditor.
Establish, review and maintain accounting policies in accordance with IFRS and US GAAP rules.
Reduced monthly financial statement reporting from 20 days down to six days.
Management of HR for both American locations and coordination with global corporate objectives.
Design and implementation of HR policy for the USA Subsidiary, including vacation rules, medical insurance plans and author of the company's employment handbook.
Worked directly with attorneys concerning the sale of the company and the final liquidation of the remaining assets and liabilities:
- Final financial statements for the auditor and income tax filling
- Terminating all open leases of the company.
- Collection of the remaining accounts receivable
- Payment of remaining debts
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Synelec Telecom Multimedia SA
- Group Reporting Manager and Consolidated accounting Manager
1999 - 2002
Consolidation of the Group financial statements including German, Italian, Brazilian, English, French and American subsidiaries.
Transfer and translation of all accounting reports under IFRS and US GAAP rules.
Established public financial reports for the SEC and shareholders.
Audit of all the subsidiaries (German, Italian, Brazilian, English, American) twice a year.
Inventory control and analysis for the group and each subsidiary.
Designed and implemented company-wide budget preparation and cost control programs and policies (including Travel and Entertainment regulations).
Implementation of a new consolidated financial reporting system.
Selection and implementation of a new accounting software system (ERP).
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S.C.E.T. SA
- Internal Accounting Manager
1990 - 1999
Chief accountant/Controller
Auditor
Payroll manager
