Olivier Blénet

Senior Financial Controller at Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, CH
Languages
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Experience

    • Switzerland
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Financial Controller
      • Feb 2023 - Present
    • United States
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • EMEA Senior Financial Analyst - Rubbermaid Commercial Products
      • Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
    • Online Audio and Video Media
    • Financial Controller
      • Jan 2017 - Nov 2021

      EHL Group is the global reference in education, innovation and consulting for the hospitality and service sector.The best of hospitality management schools Frequently ranked best hotel management school in the world, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne has trained top hospitality leaders since 1893. In charge of 3 entities of the group - Turnover : 115 MCHF-3’400 students-400 rooms-500’000 meals-500 Employees Within the Financial department I Set-up analytical IT tool for the group commercial activity, I Implemented and monitored KPi’S (Food and Beverage – Education) and I calculated cost pricing per business line. Outside these main areas, I was in charge of : • Supervise and consolidate the operating and capex budget / Provide budgeting guidelines and assumptions. • Quarterly reforecast, variances analyses vs budget and previous year. • Implement the 3 years strategic financial plan (P&L-Balance sheet-Cash-Flow). • Participate to the annual financial presentation to the board and Finance committee. • Prepare financial presentations, analyses and review, set-up of dash board for Business Partners / Stakeholders. • Financial support for operation’s business plan, analyses, validation. Act as a finance Partner for Business. • Contribute in accounting quater-end and year-end closing. • Cost controlling activity. Show less

    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • Industrial cost controller
      • Dec 2013 - Oct 2016

      Integrated company with hight added value. Industrial Manufacturing and Retail activity - 2 Factoties - 34 points of sale. Brands : Martel - Le panetier - Factory Bagel & Juice - Les snacks aux bonnes choses - Ristretti - Al volo - The grill - La bourse Brasserie - Montreux jazz café Particulary involved in the improvement of the standard costs calculation, I was in charge of : -Monthly financial reporting (P&L / Consolideted P&L) and participate to the month-end closing. -Follow-up and analyses of profitability per production line of business and point of sales margin. -Calculate cost prices and floor prices of finish products and products sold. -Monitor monthly inventories and stock value / Participate to the budget process and the end-of-year reforcast. -Set-up and follow-up of dash board, KPi’S for business Partners / Propose corrective actions in terms of margin improvement. -Management Show less

    • France
    • Restaurants
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Controlling manager
      • Sep 2008 - Sep 2013

      Catering company– 50 Restaurants- Food and Beverage subcontractor of the Group Pierre et Vacances - 400 Employees. Within the financial department of the head quater I was in charge to supervise the controlling activity for the 50 restaurants, bars and shops of the group. In this context I : -Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (Sales, Payroll, product mix, capture rate). -Budget activities, and variances analyses. -Calculation of production cost (Food and baverage consumption and payroll), analyses and set-up corrective actions. -Participate in monthly-end closings (Validation of turnover, stock value, accounting provisions). -Monitor monthly inventories of the entities and stock valuation. -Reporting and financial communication with the Executive Committee and Regional Managing Directors. -In charge of the raw food and bavarage purchases database. -Manage operating IT assets (logistic). -Supervise 1 junior controller. Show less

    • France
    • Travel Arrangements
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Regional Operational financial controller
      • Sep 2004 - Sep 2008

      Major player in the organization of full-board leasure and sports holydays.Management of sports facilities, and sports event organizer.In charge of seven entities - 700 bedrooms, 120 000 meals, 55 000 days of sport activities.I Implemented cost prices per line of business in order to increase global profitability of the entities.I provided insightful commercial and strategic support to managing directors.I developed fiancial KPi'S for managing directors in order to drive and pilot the business development, and reach the financial target.Real Regional financial link between operations and HQ group controlling director I was in charge of :- Set-up of OPEX and CAPEX budget, variances analyses, monitoring of compliance with budgetary objectives. - Investment profitability calculation, return on investment. - Control and track the operating analytical accounts. - Build-up and analyses dash boards for the business. - Financial communication and support to the stakeholders. - Management of the administrative team – 6 FTE. Show less

    • Management Accountant
      • Sep 2000 - Sep 2004

      In charge of four entities – 300 bedrooms, 75 000 meals, 34 000 sport days activities - Accounting monitoring.- Controle and ensure of compliance with purchase internal procedures.- Reportings of monthly-end ratios to the group financial department.- P&L analyses and forecasting.

    • France
    • Hospitality
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant management accountant
      • Sep 1997 - Sep 2000

      - Accounting. - Cash flow, local banking relations, tax déclarations. - Undertake administrative management of the staff. - Accounting. - Cash flow, local banking relations, tax déclarations. - Undertake administrative management of the staff.

Education

  • Institut d’Administration d’Entreprise de CAEN
    Master 2, Comptabilité – contrôle - Audit; contrôle de gestion
  • CNED
    D.E.C.F, Modules : Gestion financière et Gestion d'entreprise
  • University of Brighton
    Licence, Economy
    1995 - 1996

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