Stéphane Gouyer

Part Time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | outsourced CFO | Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) at DAF Partenaire
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(386) 825-5501
Location
FR
Languages
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • International Certificate in Corporate Finance
    HEC Paris Executive Education
    Jan, 2021
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • DAF Partenaire
    • France
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Part Time Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | outsourced CFO | Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      DAF Partenaire is a consulting company in operational financial management and strategic decision support for entrepreneurs and managers of VSEs and SMEs. ⚙️ Fields of intervention:👉 Cash management & anticipation of financing needs👉 Financial strategy & sustainability of the company👉 Financial steering & visibility👉 Structuring of the finance function, realization of carve-out👉 Organization and management of projects

    • ➡️Cash management & anticipation of financing needs
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      • Optimization of the working capital• Implementation and management of a cash flow monitoring and forecasting tool• Search for financing (loan, subsidy, BPI assistance)

    • ➡️ Financial strategy & sustainability of the company
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      ▪ Development of business plan, realization of acquisition audit and integration of targets▪ Optimization of profitability: optimization of margins and cost reduction▪ Realization of financial diagnosis (financial balance)▪ Analysis of risks and opportunities

    • ➡️ Financial steering & visibility
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      • Implementation of monthly reporting (results and cash), dashboards and KPIs• Preparation of the annual budget, budget control, re-forecasts, landing• Presentation of monthly reporting to the management committee• Cost optimization: renegotiation of main contracts (insurance, premises, etc.)

    • ➡️Structuring of the finance function, realization of carve-out
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      ▪ Recruitment, training and supervision of financial teams▪ Making accounting and financial information reliable▪ Setting up and securing internal control▪ Supervision of accounting closings and audits by the statutory auditors (CAC)▪ Coordination of service providers: Chartered Accountant, CAC, Consultants, Banks...

    • ➡️Organization and management of projects
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      ▪ Automation of account closing procedures▪ Implementation of digital tools, information system, ERP, BI ▪ Digitization of customer (O2C) and supplier (P2P) processes▪ Outsourcing of payroll and implementation of tools

  • PATRICK CHOAY SA
    • France
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Chief Financial Officer | Group CFO | Pharmaceutical industry | Health
      • Sep 2021 - Jan 2022

      Pharmaceutical group with 80 M € turnover and 300 employees (Paris). 3 manufacturing sites (drugs, food supplements and medical devices). Distribution BtoB site for France and export. CCD Laboratory, Bailly Creat, Prodimed, Gomenol. Context and missions : My role is to support the development of the group and help to improve the profitability. Scope: accounting, management control, treasury, legal, purchasing-supply chain, information system. Achievements : ✓ Supervise the consolidated cash reporting of the group ✓ Optimize industrial management control including the calculation of production costs. ✓ M&A, analysis of a 10 m€ turnover acquisition project ✓ Manage the multidisciplinary team of 20 people Results : ✓ development of the consolidated business plan to improve the profitability.

  • Les Georgettes by Altesse
    • Chief Financial Officer | CFO | Distribution BtoB BtoC | Retail e-commerce | Jewelry and Luxury
      • Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

      Member of Renaissance Luxury Group. Context and missions : Design, production of jewelry and distribution BtoB and BtoC for France and export (Paris). 15 companies including Europe, Asia and US (50 M€ turnover, 400 people). Member of the management committee my role is to drive the change management : transform and digitize the financial services and manage financial flows. Scope: accounting, management control, treasury, legal, tax, purchase. Achievements : ✓ Drive monthly the ebitda, the cash flow and the factoring in a context of crisis ✓ Define and implement the credit management customer and insurance policy in 3 months ✓ Supervise and control the consolidated management report of the group member ✓ Manage the multiple site team of 15 people ✓ Coordinate cross functional projects : negotiation of risk coverage, closing account, budget, stock ✓ Optimization of capital and risk control. ✓ Manage the relationship with external accounting/ legal firm of the international subsidiaries Results : ✓ Implementation of a cross-functional management and productivity improvement by 10%. ✓ Coordination of the closure of 4 international subsidiaries following Covid-19.

  • monAlbumPhoto.fr
    • France
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Financial Officer | CFO | BtoC e-commerce | international merchant website
      • Sep 2018 - Feb 2020

      Medium size company, Member of ALBELLI Group (150 M€ turnover, 400 people). Photo products (Plant in Nanteuil) and distribution e-commerce B to C. (30 M€ turnover,150 people). Context and missions : Member of the management committee : lead the transition project from M6 group to Albelli Group, support the full carve out and post-merger migration to albelli’s platform, and build the autonomy of the Financial department. Business partner of the General Manager, I am responsible for managing the performance of the company (P&L, income statement) and compliance with local rules. Scope: accounting, controlling, reporting in English, treasury, information system, legal, tax. Achievements : ✓ Build the financial department, structure and transform the finance function ✓ Monitor industrial and commercial performance by analyzing margins and kpi ✓ Set up a industrial management control and performance indicators ✓ Facilitate the budgeting process, reporting in compliance with Dutch, IFRS and French accounting standards and produce accounting information. ✓ Present the monthly results in English to the head office in Amsterdam. ✓ Monthly management & group reporting in line with group policies IFRS ✓ Manage fixed assets and investment decisions (CAPEX) ✓ Make financial data and process automation more reliable ✓ Implement the Oracle Cloud ERP and digitize the processes. ✓ Supervise the inventory management of the WMS for logistics. ✓ Manage legal and tax issues ✓ Coordination of the relationship with third parties : banks, lawyers, auditors, advisors Results : ✓ Successfully managed process transformation in 12 months ✓ Successful implementation of Oracle Cloud ERP in 5 months

  • Missions
    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Finance manager for medium size companies | BtoB
      • Sep 2017 - Aug 2018

      Short-term project for medium size companies : Implementation of an order to cash process, Company valuation, Business plan, financing note, Profitability analysis of real estate project. M&A, analyze acquisition projects, evaluate companies. Short-term project for medium size companies : Implementation of an order to cash process, Company valuation, Business plan, financing note, Profitability analysis of real estate project. M&A, analyze acquisition projects, evaluate companies.

  • Manfrotto Distribution - Vitec Group
    • Finance and Administrative Director | International CFO | BtoB | Business partner of the director
      • Mar 2012 - Jul 2017

      Provider B2B of premium photographic and videographic equipment. Medium size company (15 M€ turnover, 20 people), member of VITEC an international group listed in London (400 M€ turnover, 2000 people). Context and missions : Responsible for all support function and head office contact point for all financial and operational topic. Guarantee the quality, reliability and compliance of financial information in a context of change and optimize operational and financial performance. Achievements : ✓ Manage and organize the Finance and customer service team (5 people) ✓ Transform the finance function and reorganize the general tasks of the company ✓ Supervise financial statements, budgets and forecasts in French and IFRS standards ✓ Coordinate reporting, budgets, forecast, reforecast and forecasts on time. ✓ Set up an orderly process for quick, fast close monthly closing ✓ Drive performance through kpi : margin, operating profit, working capital and cash ✓ Set up dashboards. ✓ Optimize cash management and forecast: weekly, monthly, annual. ✓ Establishment of the balance sheet, tax packages and annual accounts ✓ Manage customer risk: setting up credit insurance. ✓ Carry out a periodic review of financial and operational risks ✓ Participate in the management of operations (sales, pricing, purchasing, general services) ✓ Manage legal and tax issues : customer contract, General sales conditions, FEC ✓ Manage the relationship with shareholder and third parties : banks, lawyers, auditors, advisors Results : ✓ Improvement of the Working capital linked to customer by 10 days and cash optimization 400 K€. ✓ Improvement of operating profit by 3 pts in 2 years. ✓ Change management of business processes and internal control in 16 months. ✓ Savings linked to the renegotiation of general expense contracts: 200 k€ ✓ Recovery of taxes on royalties: 200 K€ ✓ Digitalization of the customer cycle and the work flow validation process of expenses ✓ Outsourcing of payroll and social

  • Agidis Services
    • Switzerland
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Group Financial Controller Wholesale
      • Dec 2005 - Dec 2011

      Medium size company, French wholesaler B to B in electrical equipment (220 M€ turnover, 700 people, 78 locations). Multi site sales network. Member of the management committee. In a context of strong growth, development of a management control of performance and risk. Setting up and securisation of a decision-making information system. Financial support to top management and shareholders and contribution to the financial strategy of the group. Finance - Accounting management - Reporting - Financial Planning & Analysis ✓ Build and optimize the main financial KPIs (activity, cash flow, working capital…) ✓ Harmonize the group processes and accounting standard into the group and susbidiaries ✓ Perform, develop and coordinate the monthly operational and financial reporting and budget ✓ Perform the management consolidation of the group ✓ Develop, prepare group reporting and annual budget for operations and investments ✓ Prepare and present the Monthly operational and financial reporting ✓ Perform the group business plan in order to obtain external fundings. ✓ Set up of financial tools and processes Cross functional project - Decision making system - Information system ✓ Set up SAP Controlling and the cost center. ✓ Drive the project and implement Business Object Operations ✓ Participate in the group's strategy : ERP, logistics, inventory, growth Results : ✓ Reduction of reporting deadlines by 5 days ✓ Improvement of the operating cash flow by 7 M€ thanks to working capital optimization ✓ Successful implementation of SAP CO ✓ Setting up of an assessment tool to measure the financial profitability of the agencies ✓ Acquisition audit/ M&A and integration of 3 acquired companies : Citel (18 m€), Maxelec (20 m€), Altilec (5 m€).

  • CONSTANTIN ASSOCIES
    • France
    • Accounting
    • Audit Manager
      • Nov 2004 - Sep 2005

      Acquisition audit and legal audit, M&A. Acquisition audit and legal audit, M&A.

  • Grant Thornton
    • Chile
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Audit Manager
      • Sep 2000 - Sep 2004

      Legal audit. Legal audit.

  • Fiduciaire Caraibes
    • France
    • Accounting
    • Junior Auditor
      • Jan 1997 - Jul 2000

      Legal audit, Financial statement analysis. Legal audit, Financial statement analysis.

Education

  • ICS Bégué, DSCG, CAFCAC, HEC Paris
    1994 - 2000
  • CAF CAC
    Statutory auditor
    2002 - 2002
  • DSCG
    2000 - 2000
  • ICS Bégué, l'école référence des métiers de l'audit, la gestion, la finance et l'expertise comptable
    1992 - 1994
  • HEC Paris
    ICCF @ HEC Paris
    2020 - 2021

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