Vincent Guinet Email & Phone Number

Décines-Charpieu, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr

French leader in infrastructure and building polyethylene pipes (Grenoble, France).€130m net sales, 11 companies, 6 facilities, 350 employees.Setting up the Group Finance Department, financing organic growth and acquisitions :- Group controlling tools / procedures development (cash flow forecast, inventory levels, customer payments).- Group account consolidation.- Acquisition of a competitor : presentation to investment funds, €11m pool financing.- Post-acquisition integration of an irrigation product trading company.- ERP change management (MS Dynamics Nav / ABAS).- Subsidiaries set-up in France, UK, USA, Canada. 14 person team management (including IT)

French leader in office filing supplies (Caen, France).€120m net sales, 5 facilities, 400 employees.Upgrading accounting and controlling, and harmonizing financial information :- Accounting / controlling SAP solution implementation as pilot company for the Group. Financial modules start-up supervision.- Reporting tool development (detailed P&L, inventory follow-up), controlling master data harmonization after the acquisition of two plants (cost centers, expense categories, production cost calculation).10 person team management.

Manufacturer of plastic tubes for the hygiene and cosmetics businesses (Sainte-Menehould, France).€100m net sales, 5 facilities, 900 employees.Reorganizing the finance department as part of the company strategic re-engineering project :- Budget / forecast tools and process review. Tailoring information to the Group reporting format (US GAAP).- Accounting department re-organization : personnel gathering and hiring, work reassignment. Department process review in order to comply with SOX rules.15 person team management (including IT).

Financing manager of the South Africa Coega Aluminum Smelter project team, in charge of financing, cash-flow analysis, forecast (Project Finance) :- Project funding structuring. Preparation and review of project financing documentation, sharehoders agreement discussion. Government grants request and negotiation : $100m obtained (funding and tax rebates).- Discussion of the terms and conditions of the main agreements : technology licensing, shareholder’s agreement, metal off-take agreement.

Completed 10 deals from €1m to €200m involving French and foreign partners : mergers and divestitures by way of asset or share deals.- Value assessment : strategy, key performance drivers and cost / revenue analysis, financial models.- Due diligence organization and team leading, liaising with banks and external advisors.- Information memoranda, SPA agreements negociations.- Follow-up and analysis of the results of the Electrometallurgy department (€300m sales).

Group consolidated debt reporting.Restructuring of Dunkirk's aluminium plant Project Finance.Administrative and cash management of a Dutch refinancing company and a Swiss holding company.

Master In Management, Comptabilité Et Finance

Post Graduate Degree In Corporate Finance