Mars Monnier Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

• General Manager for Valnet's Movie & Entertainment Portfolio, responsible for overseeing a diverse team of high-level industry professionals, and shaping the direction of the world biggest entertainment publishing sites:
• Leadership: Managing the operations of www.screenrant.com, www.movieweb.com, www.cbr.com, and www.collider.com, lead a team of over 20 employees while indirectly managing 2000 freelancers worldwide.
• Global Impact: Achieving 229 million monthly pageviews, with a significant 60% North American traffic share. These platforms also boast a substantial social media presence, with 15 million YouTube subscribers, 9.
• Strategic Vision: Playing a pivotal role in crafting investment theses to shape content strategies, with a primary focus on enhancing brand equity and audience engagement.
• Financial Growth: Growing the portfolio's revenues by over 30% YoY.
• Cost Optimization: Optimizing profitability, resulting in a 10% EBITDA margin increase through agressive restructuring plans.

Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area

• In charge of finance, accounting, administration, external development, post-merger integration and growth strategy:
• Built and managed three departments composed of seven professionals in Canada and Brazil.
• Revamped the accounting close process including reducing the close to five days from close to one month
• Improved the forecasting process to support top management decision-making.
• Focused on improving cash flow through working capital and debt structure which led to cut by half interest costs in one year.
• Structured the external growth strategy through extensive sourcing, market studying, financial analysis, and modeling.

Paris Area, France

• Cross-border M&A/Business Development activities for ALTEN Group. In coordination with Senior Management:
• Performed Market study analysis;
• Sourced and evaluated potential acquisition targets;
• Valuated and analyzed (technical, commercial, and financial) acquisition files; and
• Coordinated legal and financial due diligence during the acquisition process.

Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• Completed regulatory, pre-implementation, and risk-based audits to verify financial accounts,
• Systematically reviewed financial statements through analysis and testing;
• Reviewed and re-performed internal processes to verify their effectiveness; and
• Worked mainly for clients in manufacturing and retail under IFRS and US GAAP.

Lesquin, France

• Provided weekly analysis of Boulanger's KPIs;
• Developed a strong understanding of UX, Category management, SEO/SEA analyst's missions;
• Analyzed daily, weekly, and monthly results from www.boulanger.com’s sales; and
• Created analytical tools through SAP Business Objects.

Master'S Degree - Pge, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law, Gpa: 3.6/4

Completed the following courses: Corporate finance, strategic management, financial reporting, problem solving, design thinking.

L3 - Pge | Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Completed undergraduate courses covering subjects such as macroeconomics, cultural management, corporate finance, marketing.

Bachelor'S Degree, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

CPGE economy and science

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diploma Programs, Honorable Mention

English focused degree (european class)