I have supported and enabled the company's rapid development (from 12 HC to 70 HC in 2 years, with 3-digit YoY revenue growth). This includes:. hiring senior leaders for each key function. selecting the right partners in each geography (accounting, payroll, legal, sales agents, etc). setting up local presence / legal entities in new countries (Greece, US, Spain, UK, Germany, France, etc). defining and implementing new policies / governance model / scalables processes / KPI.. selecting and implementing the proper tools to enable scale (e.g. HRMS, Expenses Management, Stock Options management etc).I also contributed to IVDR certification and fundraising.

https://www.veymont.fr/I am one of the 19 partners of Veymont Participations (investment fund created in 2011 to invest in start-ups and provide some pro bono support / coaching to their CEOs). I bring some expertise around international development and healthcare industry.

Responsible for business support and financial planning & analysis for Europe direct countries (15 countries, 3 GM) and WW Indirect region . This includes:- Strategic partnering and consulting for business leadership (3 and 8-year strategic planning, customer finance, pricing)- FP&A (budgeting, forecasting, monthly variance analysis)- Sales operations (reporting, territory alignment, quota setting, sales force effectiveness, customer segmentation and targeting).- Economic value of RAS (Robotic-Assisted Surgery) for hospitals- Market research (quantitative and qualitative), market potential assessment, competition- Sales Compensation

Responsible for all the financial activities of the regional HQ and local subsidiaries across Europe, Middle East, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada & Australia. This includes:- All accounting activities (both US GAAP and local statutory books)- Account Payable, Receivables and credit risk management- Tax and legal compliance- Controlling, internal & external audit, SOX, compliance- Travel expenses- Payroll- FP&A- Business SupportTeam of 11 direct reports and several local 3rd party partners.

Right hand of the business manager (EEMEA and Canada VP), striving to maximize shareholder value by providing business insight and a robust financial control framework, within a context of high growth.. Responsible for Month End Close, Credit & Collection, and all FP&A activities across 6 legal entities and 16 management entities. . Strategic planning (6-year horizon).. Set up of new legal entities: established a rep office in Russia and 2 sales entities in Israel and Turkey. Scope of the project includes secretary work, physical office, selection then onboarding of office supervisor and finance manager, oversight on statutory financial activities, ERP implementation, payrolling and banking solution, consignment inventory.. Project manager for implementation of JDE in South Africa, to replace SAP B1. Led cross-functional team of 12 people to achieve the fastest ever implementation (3 months from gap analysis to go live) . Compliance with FCPA, Eucomed, internal HCP policies; vetting of new distributors.. Operations: Customer Service, Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehousing, IT. Consulting services to Edwards Greater China region

Europe Accounting-------------------------- oversight on the 10 European subsidiaries (commissionaires / distributors): support to monthly close, regular on-site country reviews.- Inventory accounting, Excess & Obsolescence reserve - Spending towards Health Care Professionals: project manager for an integrated tracking & reporting solution.- Compliance: SOX, internal audit, external audit, European policies, revenue recognition.- Banks relationship management, investments trading.- ERP (JD Edwards): implementation in Poland, move from version 8.10 to version 9.0- Expense Management system (INFOR): support to implementation and upgrade.EEMEA CONTROLLER---------------------------------- . FP&A (monthly performance reports, quarterly forecast, annual plan, presentations on the results and the story behind the numbers), . Deep analysis of business model (direct vs. indirect) in selected countries. . Pricing . Credit & Collection (established global contract with D&B, reduced dramatically the DSO and the level of Bad Debt)

Financial support for Technology Management Services (subset of HP Outsourcing business unit) - representing $800M annual revenues and 8 sub regions.

Lead for forecasting workstream, in charge of defining the WW forecasting process for the new combined software business (opportunity forecast in Siebel, revenue forecast, bi-weekly operational forecast pack for management team)

• Managed a team of 7 professionals in 5 different locations. Hired 3 people in Poland and UK.• Delivered strong and predictable financial results• Business support• Sales compensation• Planning & Reporting

• FP&A: responsible for reporting, analyzing and leading monthly actuals, monthly forecasts, and bi-yearly planning for this HP external segment (full P&L). Coordination with the 3 regions and WW senior management.• Self serve reporting: Developed a web site for business executives (promoting ‘self serve’ approach).• Revenue recognition: helped the regions understand / mitigate the impact of SAB 104.

• Re-engineered the revenue hedging process: drove the integration of the 2 existing processes resulting from the HP/Compaq merger• Business consulting: worked very closely with the HP businesses to clarify their objectives, understand the competitive environment around non-USD pricing and influence their hedging strategies to add value. Developed a customized knock-out option-based strategy for the printing supplies business, closely aligned with their pricing objectives.

Developped and implemented in the various regional Treasury Service Centers a Forecasting Tool, based on Essbase technology.

• Selling FX and rates derivatives, banking operations, money market instruments to a portfolio of 30 customers (corporations, institutional investors, hospitals and public offices). • Credit risk analysis.

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