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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Paris, Île-de-France, France

• Reorganization and optimization of the Finance Department.
• Implementation of cost accounting, monthly cut-offs and control procedures.
• Production of the shareholders’ financial report, participation at the Board’s monthly business review.
• Implementation of MyReport BI Solution: Accounting, Sales, CRM, Payroll.
• Production and oversight of annual budgets, reforecasts and weekly cash forecasts.
• Management of communication with external stakeholders: accounting firm, auditors, legal advisors, banks.

Paris Area, France

• Development of pre-audit, automated financial analysis tool (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash, Working Capital), based on legally required French Fiscal accounting exports.
• Implementation of cash flow forecasting models.
• Financial and operational audits in a multitude of job sectors: manufacturing, construction, pharmaceutical, hospitality, etc.
• Project management and implementation of MyReport Business Intelligence (BI) solutions.
• Data modeling: Accounting, CRM, Payroll, ERP.

Paris Area, France

• Monitor the achievement of monthly gross margin and gross profit objectives by enforcing cost management procedures.
• Ensure compliance of Group’s Parisian agencies with Internal Audit reports by structuring analysis of key financial information.
• Control the accuracy of month’s end closing by analyzing management accounting processes in coordination with accounting department.
• Support executive and national management decision-making by enhancing and validating economic and financial information.

Paris Area, France

• Development of monthly Financial Analysis tool for Ambius and Pest Divisions (35 million euro perimeter).
• Establish monthly Operating Cash Flow forecasts for Ambius Division.
• Perform monthly Ambius Division account reconciliations.
• Implement national Debt Factoring project and ensure the achievement of growing month-over-month deconsolidation objective.
• Perform monthly trade debtor analysis, focusing on client account movements between Debt Factoring bank transfers.
• Analysis of weekly cash collection in order to forecast Debt Factoring reimbursements.

Paris Area, France

• Assisted Hygiene and Pest Division branch managers in understanding client portfolios and P&L statements, analysed Gap to Budget and set up corrective financial action on an 85 million euro perimeter.
• Established dynamic financial and analytical documents for newly restructured business divisions.
• Preparation and completion of 2015 annual Budgets for Hygiene, Pest, Ambius and Medical Service Divisions.
• Created and implemented Pest Division profitability model to analyse current and future client contracts.
• Group financial reporting of French market product monthly results.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Translated and verified various promotional, marketing, public relations and software development documents in French, English and Spanish.
• Researched ‘Read-Out-Loud’ mobile application market, performing comparative analysis in order to strategically position application in the competitive Apple Store and Android Market.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Perform market research and present recommendations for a $38 million Construction Management mobile application, allowing clients to view their project status, updates and details. Application to be tested locally.
• Develop online survey targeting 100 individuals, ranging from high-level executives to field workers, in order to gain further insight on composition of application.
• Interview targeted North American executives in the construction industry, gathering data regarding their usage of the mobile application and benefits.

Boca Raton, Florida

• Collaborated with eight internal consultants to acquire information for the creation and implementation of a master client database, consisting of 2,700 customers and nearly 230,000 blank fields.
• Designed satisfaction survey in coordination with Marketing Research Department, reaching 2,500 contract clients. Analyzed results and formulated business proposal recommending changes to Office Depot’s e-Commerce.
• Performed comparative analysis of e-Commerce Departments located at International Headquarters of Europe and USA, examining differences in system efficiencies, root causes of problems, and potential appropriate.
• Designed and streamlined department-wide document evaluating system capabilities of varying methods of placing orders.

Gainesville, Florida Area

• Conducted in-depth comparative market analysis between CasaIdeas stores in Latin America and the United States.
• Researched major trends and differences in consumer spending habits between Hispanic and North American populations.
• Recommended a reorganization of satellite store, as well as a larger investment in local marketing campaigns to North American CasaIdeas executives.

Master Of Arts (Ma), International Business, Certificate In Global Management

Activities and Societies: University of Florida NaviGators International Program

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration, International Focus

Activities and Societies: International Business Society, University of Florida NaviGators International Program

Foreign Exchange, Estudios Hispanicos