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Shanghai, China

Paris, Shanghai

- Prepare annual/monthly report package and ensure its integrity, reliability and timely delivery, by analysing company’s operation, cash-flow and profitability to forward business performance and financial analysis reports to VP of Asia Pacific and CFO in Paris.- Analyse previous financial data from level, trend and ratio aspects to identify and to predict potential operation risks, propose improvement approaches and conduct financial plan and budget report.- Supervise monthly closing progress by communicating and coordinating intensively with OP and AR/AP team. Optimize BU operation and the financial control procedure, CMP%, Edoc%, PAL%, Speed of Invoice, CN%, outstanding AR/AP% have been improved 25% since my onboard.- Implement Cargowise system (financial and shipment module) by training, presenting and compiling SOP docs, Analyse the performance per branches, customers and agents, sales, and OP productivity KPI. and output monthly volume, productivity and profitability, carrier and flight line reports by Power BI and Tableau. - Manage regular accurate financial closing process (P&L, Balance Sheets) under IFRS for 4 subsidiaries in Hongkong, Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia.

Marseille

-Offered Consulting Service to Airbus Helicopter’s Fulfill & Source Visual Management Project, which involved AH's administration operation in Marseilles, France and in Hamburg, Germany.-Deeply coordinated with clients and analyzed their current European region Visual Management system, diagnosed the problems in current process of project management, provided process-upgrading methods and system-optimizing proposal. -Summarized detailed statistics and visualized performance graphs, which finally delivered Visual Management Dashboard.

Beijing City, China

- Analyzed the tax difference between general and small-scale taxpayer, relocated company as general taxpayer in long term operation, according to China's policy of replacing the business tax with value-added tax. - Input the opinion and value of financial administration for each department of the company in order to build the accounting assessment system and business analysis model, which helped company's decision-making. - Audited tax declaration and expense budget and evaluated capital allocation; set up 4 grades financial accounting system to assist and assess ongoing project.

Beijing City, China

- Formulated Quantitative Analysis Model with NPV, IRR, discounted cash flow and ROI to reorganize the joint investment’s Feasibility Report, actuated to a Chad natural gas transportation project of $ 7M. - Led a 6 persons team to produce subsidiary P/L & budget report to Senior Manager, one third of the report recommendations were adopted to solidify and to promote subcompanies’ operation revenue. Implement the export and transport of construction material and mechanical equipment from China to 5 West African branches, conducted total contract volume of $5 M over 2 years. - Tracked and streamlined 5 branches’ processes of trading and logistics, which were located in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad, Djibouti and Tanzania, reduced SG&A of $ 80K by optimizing operation standard procedure and increased $ 60K export refunding tax by repositioning HS code and decreased Customer Complaints rate by two-thirds.

Beijing City, China

- Assessed the quality of the Supply Chain and guaranteed the implementation of long-term contracts and monthly payments, accelerated Accounts Receivable Turnover from 60 days to 30 days.- Prepared the shipment inspection for export goods (forward different inspection requirements to manufacturers according to different countries’ import policy), completed the subsequent cargo delivery, collection, inspection, shipping and customs clearance until the collection and submission of tax refund profiles.- Forwarded department weekly/monthly management and financial report, analysed export statistics, handled feedback and complaints from overseas agencies. accomplished the purchase and logistic contract amount of $ 4M within ongoing Mali and Sudan overseas projects, eliminated Credit Letter default percentage from 33% to 10%.

Mali

- Compiled the project accounting report and ensured the accounting treatment complies with local regulations, reviewed the project revenue and expenditure, related vouchers, account books, deducted $ 240K corporate business tax by fluently coordinated with local tax bureau.- Was responsible for monthly quantity report and financial statements of under-construction project and concurrently undertook Civil surveying and managed the civil construction, accomplished 2 civil constructions of $ 11M during 3 years.- Investigated local taxation and accounting policies for contracted construction projects to support the biding jobs in Mali, Guinea and Côte d'Ivore which were invested by Chinese government, World and African bank, and OPEC, won one bidding civil contract of $ 20M.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Global Mba(Finance Track)

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Sustainability Studies

- Economic overview / Political context of SA - SA Marketing and Segmentation & Branding - South Afric Marketing, Segementation.

Master'S Degree, Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Civil Engineering