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Paris Area, France

Paris Area, France

Intellectual property firm dedicated to the health sector and specialized in Life Sciences and Medical Devices.

Paris Area, France

Full P&L and balance sheet responsibilityRecovery in activity in 3 years via a restructuring of the business, rationalization of investments and professional Controlling• Audit of the organization: Identifying low-value activities, integration of Avocado 's French subsidiary in the JM group, disposal of the French section of the electronics division to Allied Signal, financial recovery of the subsidiary Alfa Aesar• Investment management: participation in the due diligence following the sale by Degussa of its precious metals division, financial support in the acquisition of Synetix in 2003• Management of the support functions, 16 direct reports: upgrading of management control process, consolidation and reporting, implementation of the ERP JD Edwards.Budgeting and financing plan consistent with the strategic choices, monitoring KPIs, management and animation of the lean finance project

Paris Area, France

Management of 28 employees: accounting services - cash - management control - IT - general services - purchases - costing & pricing - pay, • Drastic reduction in the cost of catering (food and supplies)• Supervision of management control and financial accounting: implementation of management procedures and monitoring indicators, restructuring of the billing service creation of the cash collection service to improve money collection and reduce financial risk, systematic competitive tendering and selection of suppliers.• Property management: office and industrial sites (washing stations, truck fleet, laundry, cold rooms): control ratios, monitoring of maintenance costs, management of rental contracts• Participation in due diligence acquisition of Caterair: transmission of information on the financial situation in order to limit the asymmetry

Paris Area, France

Return to financial to financial and organizational equilibrium: development, proposal and implementation of a corporate reorganization plan with return to profitability• Reordering administrative and financial services, 14 staff: creation of a cash collection service and resolution of accounting anomalies, consolidation of budgets and reliability of the forecast, monitoring the relationship with the banks and the external auditors• Consolidation of distributors and product portfolios, margin analysis, renegotiation of contracts, financing deployment on high-margin products

Paris Area, France

Digitalisation of services and financial flows, implementation of cost accounting, supervision of 11 employees