Experience

Manufacture Roger Dubuis

• Switzerland
• Luxury Goods & Jewelry
• 200 - 300 Employee

• International C&B and HR Controller

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Geneva, Switzerland



Ralph Lauren

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate FP&A Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Geneva Area, Switzerland PERIODIC CLOSING PROCESS - Development of a close partnership with multiple Departments (ie HR, IT, Accounting, Legal, Tax, etc) based in different regions to ensure that activity and accruals are correctly captured in the books - Preparation of synthetic monthly/quarterly P&Ls including risk analysis per cost center, to support decision-making and corrective actions in the most relevant way FORECASTING & BUDGETING PROCESSES (yearly budget of about $150m) - Leadership in… Show more PERIODIC CLOSING PROCESS - Development of a close partnership with multiple Departments (ie HR, IT, Accounting, Legal, Tax, etc) based in different regions to ensure that activity and accruals are correctly captured in the books - Preparation of synthetic monthly/quarterly P&Ls including risk analysis per cost center, to support decision-making and corrective actions in the most relevant way FORECASTING & BUDGETING PROCESSES (yearly budget of about $150m) - Leadership in the SG&A forecasting & budgeting processes with a strong focus on salaries and benefits, in close collaboration with cost center owners - Submission of timely forecast/budget-relating deliverables (bridges, ad hoc analyses, etc) Show less



Elizabeth Arden

• United States
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Controller – Global Revlon Travel Retail

  • 2017 - 2018

  Geneva Area, Switzerland - Leading and supporting monthly closing of Revlon Travel Retail P&L, in a complex, ever-changing and multi-system environment resulting from the Revlon/Arden integration process - Managing the monthly rolling forecast (full P&L) process by collecting regional sales teams inputs, challenging and recommending corrective actions as required to ensure forecast accuracy - Producing monthly and ad hoc reporting/Kpis/ analyses for the business unit - Ensuring that policies and procedures… Show more - Leading and supporting monthly closing of Revlon Travel Retail P&L, in a complex, ever-changing and multi-system environment resulting from the Revlon/Arden integration process - Managing the monthly rolling forecast (full P&L) process by collecting regional sales teams inputs, challenging and recommending corrective actions as required to ensure forecast accuracy - Producing monthly and ad hoc reporting/Kpis/ analyses for the business unit - Ensuring that policies and procedures (including accounting rules and SOX processes) are followed by the team - Coordinating the budget process with sales and marketing teams

• International Operations Finance Controller

  • 2015 - 2017

  Geneva Area, Switzerland - Ensuring compliance and accuracy of Supply Chain and Logistics P&L/Balance Sheet through month-end close, reporting, forecasting and budgeting activities (annual budget of about 10M$) - Active part in process improvement and savings, single point of contact in communication with third parties, eg the carriers - In charge of the monthly P&L review and analysis of 20 markets, and of the Balance Sheet review of 9 affiliates – close collaboration with local business controllers and finance… Show more - Ensuring compliance and accuracy of Supply Chain and Logistics P&L/Balance Sheet through month-end close, reporting, forecasting and budgeting activities (annual budget of about 10M$) - Active part in process improvement and savings, single point of contact in communication with third parties, eg the carriers - In charge of the monthly P&L review and analysis of 20 markets, and of the Balance Sheet review of 9 affiliates – close collaboration with local business controllers and finance management - Checking compliance of monthly financial information from affiliates for reporting purposes - Project management role for SOX testing deployment and process simplification - Highly involved in the partnership with financial auditors, more specifically for SOX and quarter-end procedures - Coordination of all financial aspects of the European Distribution Center’s relocation project from France to the Netherlands



Lexmark

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• EMEA Pricing & Sales Financial Analyst

  • 2012 - 2014

  Geneva Area, Switzerland - Financial modeling of business cases submitted by Sales teams from mostly Germany and France, European business-leading countries (related revenue opportunities up to 60M$) Worst case scenario approach, attention paid to profit along with local business specificities, past and future opportunities related to a given account - Daily necessity to defend bid requests or make counterproposals to European top management and/or local sales directors to support decision-making - Acting as a… Show more - Financial modeling of business cases submitted by Sales teams from mostly Germany and France, European business-leading countries (related revenue opportunities up to 60M$) Worst case scenario approach, attention paid to profit along with local business specificities, past and future opportunities related to a given account - Daily necessity to defend bid requests or make counterproposals to European top management and/or local sales directors to support decision-making - Acting as a facilitator in a very competitive and deadline-focused environment Show less



O-I

• United States
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pricing Analyst (temporary assignment)

  • 2011 - 2012

  Lausanne Area, Switzerland - In charge of timely price quotations for existing items/new projects on requests from the European sales teams - Focus on the trade-off between market price and gross margin levels of items to be sold, and necessity to justify the choices made in front of a top management audience - Support business decisions through ad hoc profitability analyses using SAP data and/or Vendavo (pricing software) - Daily contacts with sales, marketing, logistics, planning, manufacturing and controlling… Show more - In charge of timely price quotations for existing items/new projects on requests from the European sales teams - Focus on the trade-off between market price and gross margin levels of items to be sold, and necessity to justify the choices made in front of a top management audience - Support business decisions through ad hoc profitability analyses using SAP data and/or Vendavo (pricing software) - Daily contacts with sales, marketing, logistics, planning, manufacturing and controlling teams Show less



Mazars

• France
• Accounting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior auditor

  • 2009 - 2011

  Lyon, France - External audit in diverse fields of activity (mainly service, transportation, pharmaceutical industry, renewable energies) - Team management experience - In charge of summary review memoranda - Understanding of the financial flows at stake in a company and related risks