Michael Masson Email & Phone Number

Verneuil-En-Halatte, Hauts-De-France, Fr

Les ateliers de Verneuil-en-Halatte est une entreprise française de maroquinerie de luxe, concentrant des savoir-faire d'excellence, créative, audacieuse et responsable

Fr

2.200M€ turnover, 3.000 employeesLegal representative as Managing Director on all the entitiesMember of the Executive CommitteeIn charge of the Finance, HR, IT, Legal and Compliance functions - 200 peopleAutomotive retail and real estate activities - 66 legal entities, 80 dealerships- Built from scratch strong and lean Finance, HR, IT and legal departments - Reshaped the IT landscape: implemented a new ERP - 5 M€ budget costs, 20 dedicated FTE, 4 years long, set up state of the art data management and visualization solution, digitalized significative parts of Finance, HR and Legal functions - Achieved 100 M€ cash requirements reduction throughout the covid crisis to meet the group needs - Performed 7 successful M&A processes of which FDV group - 500M€ revenue, Auto Expo group - 200 M€ revenue, Diettert group - 50 M€ revenue and Neubauer VW sites - 100 M€ revenue - Turned legal compliance and risk management requirements into a business strength(Part of the VOLKSWAGEN GROUP)

Salzburg, Salzburg, At

250M€ turnover, 165 employeesIn charge of the Finance, IT and Logistics functions - 28 peopleAutomotive wholesale activity - 1 legal entity, 3 sites- Restructured and built highly motivated accounting and controlling teams, made Porsche Chile reliable for the group and its partners, positioned internally the finance function as a dynamic business partner- Laid solid IT foundations in infrastructure, network performance, users and managers satisfaction - Set up strong recurring costs reduction of 500 Th € per year in new cars imports and logistic areas(Part of the VOLKSWAGEN GROUP)

Chasseneuil-Du-Poitou, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fr

90M€ turnover, 160 employeesMember of the top management teamIn charge of Accounting, Treasury, Tax and Controlling - 6 peopleAutomotive retail activity - 2 legal entities, 8 dealerships - Reduced the DSO from 22 to 15 days and the overdue receivables by 70%. - Managed a one-year tax audit with a tax adjustment ten times lower than the initial risk - Integrated both financially and administratively a new site recently acquired via an asset deal (Part of the VOLKSWAGEN GROUP)

Chasseneuil-Du-Poitou, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Fr

800M€, 900 employeesIn charge of financial reporting quality, performance evaluation, quarterly forecasts and budget process22 legal entities, 37 dealerships- Designed and implemented the P&L "Bible" standards and a faster monthly closing approach- Developed a strong team spirit across the different finance managers of the dealerships - Successfully rolled out a performing controlling methodology based on clear P&L responsibility, benchmarks, regular finance meetings, operational Kpis, and detailed budget process - Performed multiple times alone the first yearly closing of recently acquired entities (Part of the VOLKSWAGEN GROUP)

Saint Priest, Fr

300 M€ revenue, 500 peopleIn charge of the central controlling and reporting for the UK, Netherlands and Spain subsidiariesTruck retail activity - 3 legal entities, 22 dealerships- Fully automatized the P&L, balance sheet and headcount reporting in Excel and PowerPoint - Implemented an efficient costs reduction methodology in the Spanish subsidiary

Saint Priest, Fr

75 M€ revenue, 200 peopleIn charge of the reliability of the accounting processes and supporting the learning curve of the accounting teamTruck retail activity - 1 legal entity, 10 dealerships- Documented all the accounting processes and made them consistent with each other - Trained each accounting team member to his assigned processes - Found out two fraud cases, investigated and brough evidences to the management

Blagnac Cedex, Fr

Industrial business control (internship).

Zurich, Ch

Sales representative for the hotel and restaurant activities (internship).

Chartered Accounting And Audits, Finance, Général

Executive Mba

Classes Préparatoires Hec

Bacalauréat Scientific, Mathematics