Nicolas Katz Email & Phone Number

France

Purchase, Ny, Us

- Delivered 5 key initiatives resulting in $57m in working capital reduction (down by 65%+) and $5.8M in annualized savings. - Improved controls and reduced manual work by revamping and rolling out new processes for forecasting & cash management. - Renegotiated partnerships with global bank relationships for Mastercard Transaction Services and strengthened resiliency by onboarding new banks. - Led a global team of 12 FTE across 6 locations, integrated the cash management team from the Homesend acquisition. - Spearheaded multiple cross-functional projects with EVP sponsors, including a project to facilitate intra-group FX trading. - Recognized as top performer and winner of Corporate Treasury award in 2024.

Purchase, Ny, Us

•Executed the divestiture of non-strategic TRANSFAST assets acquired (Agent Solutions) to reduce risk exposure  Identified dependencies and built plan to carve-out the non-strategic business, incl. financial projections, investor presentations, due-diligence  Created and led the execution of the phase out plan with a team of 120+ people, beating bad debt targets while completing 2 months ahead of plan  Prepared regular project updates to Executive Management team, tracking against agreed milestones •Structured the FP&A function for Cross Border Services Americas and trained a new manager to takeover.  Maintained budget and regular reforecasts, and worked with Business leaders to remain on track vs goals.  Provided custom-tailored pricing for our clients, and worked on creating rates card. •Working on Integration project to merge TRANSFAST with newly acquired HOMESEND, incl. improving systems & processes for growth.  Partnered with Treasury & Product teams to design simplified and automated long term processes for Cross Border Services  Developed business requirements for accounting, leveraging several systems (Trading system, Treasury Management system, and others)

New York, New York, Us

Fintech with $150m+ in revenues in FY2018. Acquired by MASTERCARD in Jul’19 • Built the Corporate Development and Strategy team from 1 to 4 employees, owning FP&A as well, working closely with Accounting team.  Drove 3 Equity raises and a $40m Debt refinancing with the CEO, CFO and Board Directors to support the Company’s strong organic growth  Led the due diligence process and actively involved in negotiations for multiple M&A and JV opportunities  Engaged with the Management team on strategic planning, budgets, 5-year forecasts and targets setting (including building incentive plans). Improved decisioning by providing Sr leadership with ad hoc analyses and introduced new KPIs to track targets achievement and improve transparency  Prepared all strategy presentations and materials; participated and presented at all quarterly Board meetings  Accompanied accounting team on key projects (accounting system migration from QuickBooks to MS GreatPlains, automation of monthly reporting,…) • Promoted to Head of Financial Operations in July 2017 and managing a team of 50+ employees globally. Responsible for optimization of cash flow management and Working Capital, treasury & trading activities & controls, banking relationships, and settlements from 4,000 partners.  Achieved 10% reduction in Working Capital usage through better forecasting of funds movements, resulting in 20% reduction in interest expense.  Improved productivity of settlement team (optimizing tools), resulting in supporting double-digit growth in number of partners without additional hiring.

Paris, France, Fr

• Built three-statement financial models, revenue build-ups, and detailed memos in support of several strategic corporate acquisitions / IPO / spin-off transactions• Advised clients with debt capacity and liquidity analyses on cost-efficient ways to fund acquisitions or to enhance their liquidity profile• Performed RAROC analyses to strengthen the bank’s relationship with key accounts while providing competitive and profitable pricing• Developed expertise with Term Loans, Bridge Loans, Revolving Credit Loans,...

Saint-Étienne, Fr

• Prepared the 3-year strategic plan for the e-commerce Director and President of Cdiscount• Monitored market environment and competitors, including benchmarking of financial data of Cdiscount vs Amazon• Supported director in M&A valuation (using DCF, trading and transaction comparables), and negotiation processes for target companies. Evaluated entrepreneurs’ presentations and investment memoranda and participated in the conference calls of first offers made by the group to invest in companies

Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr

• Developed brand 3-year strategic planning model (2011 revenues of €760m) for CFO to present to Board of Directors and supported sales managers in building their client pipeline to meet targets• Analyzed sales to boost learning programs (cross-sell). Identified priority industry verticals to focus efforts• Performed market research of the CAD industry & identified potential acquisition targets

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

• Performed credit analyses on States & municipal issuers (e.g. Mississippi, Slovakia, Czech Republic) for Credit Committee• Consolidated and standardized existing databases achieving 30% reduction in preparation time.• Improved ratings model setting up a forecasting framework incorporating additional macroeconomic indexes

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Corporate Finance, Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship

Full-Time Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Corporate Finance

Classes Préparatoires Ecs, Business Administration And Management, General