Nicolas Bouvet Email & Phone Number

Paris

Paris

CFO of Publicis Consultants France, PublicisLive, Publicis Events (MSL Group)Budgeting and planning, HR, internal control, restructuring

Paris

Worldwide coordination of the finance function of the Publicis Events network, established in France, the US, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Austria, Germany, UK with a total gross margin of 55M€.Budgeting and planning, internal control and SOX compliance, acquisitions

At the same time I was following an part time Executive MBA at the London Business School, I carried out several long term contract jobs for international companies making acquisitions in France.Financial Consultant for EXCELSIOR PUBLICATIONS, following their acquisition by EMAP (60ME revenue, 250 people)- In charge of implementing the group operational and finance procedures- Elaborated and coordinated budgets- Participated in the design, implementation and legal aspects of a lay-off plan matching French regulationCFO of the French subsidiary of HUVEAUX PLC, a B to B media group listed on the AIM.

Finance Director of INTERDECO, advertising selling branch of Hachette Filipacchi Media group : (410 MEur revenue, 55 MEur gross margin).- Member of the board, re-organised and animated the Finance Department (55 people) in charge of all financial and legal reporting (10 subsidiaries), IT, tax- Implemented tools, scoresheets for monthly reporting (10 companies / 100 BU) : monthly reporting and statutory accounts on a D+6 basis ; consolidation based on French GAAP, treasury monitoring- Dealt with tax issues and reviews / liaise with tax officers, company lawyers and auditors monitored IT projects

Financial controller for EMAP FRANCE, second magazine publisher in France (460Meur revenue, net margin : 60Meur), branch of the UK group Emap Plc, quoted on the London Stock Exchange- as head of management accounts (staff of 15 people) : implemented a monthly reporting pack on D+5 basis, monitored forecasts & budgets, consolidation following UK GAAP- as financial controller (starting march 2000) : supervised all financial & accounting processes (staff of 40 people : Legal & Management Reporting, A/R, A/P,Tax, statutotry accounts)- during a period of extensive growth for the group, monitored change process : team build-up, procedure implementations

Assistant to the Finance Director at LINTAS PARIS, communication / advertising agency, part of the media group Interpublic- implemented new IT system for Finance- Finance manager responsible for a subsidiary - 8ME revenue

Senior financial and computer auditor for KPMG Audit :- Finance and accounting : legal and contractuals audits, special jobs (takeovers, evaluation jobs)- MIS : security and applications reviews.- Lecturer during professional training intended for staff members, seniors and managers

Executive Mba, General Management, Finance

Finance