Florence Renard Email & Phone Number

Paris, Fr

Tuttlingen, Bw, De

FRANCE - since 01/2019 - Turnover : 53 M€ , 110 employees• CFO in charge of sales administration, supply chain (warehouse, logistics, procurement), pricing, SAP IT, accounting/tax and also controlling teams• Report and support Southern Europe General Manager• Member of Executive Committee and Management Committee• Drive business results and improve operational performance Achievements :• Returned to profitability after a decade of losses• Improved the global performance of the subsidiary: PL, cash, DSO, inventory• Built a stable management team• Reviewed processes to stabilize and secure themITALY - since 10/2022 - Turnover : 30 M€ , 30 employees. CFO in charge of controlling, accounting, tax and reporting . Support Italian subsidiary' transformationSOUTHERN EUROPE Finance Lead/ Champion - since 02/2024 - Turn over : 140M€ Create a Southern Europe culture among the Italian, Spanish and French Financial TeamsShare best practices and optimize our Business Partner's Added Value

Paris, Fr

Turnover : 200M€, 4 manufacturing locations, 2000 employees• Support of CEO in daily activities, advice on all planning and financial matters as required by BU/Division/Corporate• Provide consolidated business analysis to drive business results and improve operating performance • Optimisation of Cash and Crédit Impôt Recherche (French Research Grant)• Coordination of accounting, tax and plant controllers with proposals to increase team performance• Communication on a monthly basis of activity and financial reports to Senior Management and Owners• Responsible for Internal control and liaison with Internal and External Auditors • Management of accounting team, corporate controller and dotted line with plant controllersAchievements :• Strong relationships with Plant Directors • Critical follow up of investments, organization’s adaptation to limit PL impacts in this ramping up period• Coordination of long term Business Plans/Projects • Improvement of annual budget and 5 years strategic plan processes, quarterly forecasting• Definition of standard KPI’s and consolidation of all data• Identification of areas for cost reduction and operational improvements• IFRS Reporting : reduction of reporting deadlines of 1,5 days, consistency of PL presentation, standardization of package reporting, improvement of qualitative analysis

Irving, Tx, Us

Region : France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Malta and CyprusTurnover: 900M$• Management of a remote team - 11 people in 4 countries• Responsibility for US and local GAAP Accounting - 13 legal entities and one IFRS consolidation• Review of Financial Statements and direct/ indirect taxes• Partnership with General Management for business projects• Primary point of contact for External Auditors• Coordination follow up and negotiation with French/Italian/Spanish Tax Authorities including Transfer Pricing• Finance contact for the works council and union meetings in France• Part of leadership team of Shared Service Center : cost reduction, process improvement, staff turn-over/development• Responsibility for Internal Control: identification of potential financial risksAchievements :• Improvement of Operating Profit by 9M$ and optimization of cash flow by 20 M$• Leading / Executing Corporate transactions: dividend payments, sale of manufacturing companies• Management / Set up of outsourcing of accounting in India

Irving, Tx, Us

Turnover :200M$ - 500 employees • Monthly and quarterly reporting to US HQ for 5 entities• Preparation of budgets and forecasts for below operating profit items and balance sheet• Introduction of strong financial controls to ensure full compliance(including SOX)• Preparation of statutory accounts, tax and other government returns• Close engagement with Human Resources for restructuring projects and payroll• Follow up legal matters with lawyers • Internal finance partner for General Management, sales and marketing teams• Decrease of reporting dead line from 10 to 7 daysAchievements :• Reorganization of Shared Service Center after go-live difficulties• Leader of Tax audits and negotiations with fiscal Authorities

Center Valley, Pennsylvania, Us

Turnover :250M$ -400 employees • Business Partner of 7 Business Unit directors and sales and marketing teams• Primary contact of European HQ based in Germany• Monthly detailed analysis of sales, margin, costs including variances• Targeted comments by business line of Profit and Loss and sales to identify risks and opportunities. Proposed action plans to Business and General Managers.• Annual budget, forecasts, plans and presentation to the local Board• Reduction of monthly financial reporting from 3 to 2 daysAchievements :• BI implementation: Cognos for performance monitoring• New Key Performance Indicators : flash sales, long term profitability, after-sales service

Center Valley, Pennsylvania, Us

• Management of the accounting team and fleet - 8 deputies• Monthly and Yearly reporting• Year End Close :French Financial statements, notes and forecast statements• Key contact for external auditors and European Headquarters based in Hamburg

Specialized in French subsidiaries of German group : PRISMA PRESSE, PLAYMOBIL, BAHLSEN, SEENHEISER, SCHÜCO, DMGAcquisition audit, company valuation, organisational consulting advice and reviews of internal control

Specialized in Food processing companies : GENERALE SUCRIERE, D’AUCY, SALINS DU MIDI, CAISSES REGIONALES DU CREDIT AGRICOLE et GROUPAMA

Expert Comptable Mémorialiste - Equivalent To Cpa.

Finance & Management