Head Of Controlling And Financial Planning
Senningerberg, Luxembourg, Lu
Net Sales : 1.2 billion eurosHeadcounts : 1200 peopleSuccessive positions and realizations: • 2001-2004 : Head of Treasury and AccountingI have started at Ferrero as a treasurer with the objective to set up an accurate mid-term / long term forecast. After this realization, I get the responsibility of accounting and tax as well, in charge of the integrity of statutory accounts (BU + plant)• 2005-2009 Head of reporting and treasury. At that time planning and simulation was under GM responsibilities and not CFO’s one. I was in charge mostly of consolidation of budget, actual and other KPI in parallel with the treasury role. The accounting part was given to a newly created general accounting structure. During this period, we’ve implemented SAP (CO, TR and FI).• 2009-2011 Head of controlling and Financial planningThe financial planning responsibility was given to the country CFO and I was appointed in this role. I was in charge of the financial planning and the delivery of the P&L objectives in a volatile Business environment. A new budgeting tool was implemented at local level (SAP BPC) and then chosen by the Group as corporate tool based on the good result obtained by our French subsidiary. We also re-engineered and simplified the budgeting process to place the controlling role in an advisory business partnering role more than in a data management role (change in the HR budgeting process, in the sales forecast process and in the marketing expenses processes).Specialties : project leadership, process improvement, ERP systems (SAP FI, CO, TR, SAP BPC), change management, commercial controlling, media controlling, pricing strategy, GMS, full P&L accountability, financial planning, treasury, banking negotiation, cash forecast, accounting, IFRS, internal control, BU controlling.