Tiia: CFO/Chief Financial Officer - France
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Position: CFO/Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: France
Home Country: France
Experience
International CFO specialized in scaling finance functions through digitalization, shared services and performance management. Strong track record in value creation, operational discipline, and decision-grade KPI dashboards for leadership teams and boards.
Major Achievements
Led finance transformation to support a €350m recurring-revenue business across EMEA countries, managing a team of 50. Improved forecast accuracy and ARR visibility, accelerating decision-making and supporting international scaling and margin improvement (organically and also through M&A deals). Reduced working capital through tighter billing/collections and operational governance, materially strengthening liquidity and resilience.
Industry Sector Competencies
• Software• Systems Integration
• Media
• Private Equity
• Chemical
Professional Objectives
• Function: Group CFO• Interim Manager: Yes
• Permanent Position: Yes
• Operational: Yes
• Availability: Full time
• Prefered Locations: Paris
Additional Professional Interests
• Operational Coaching on demand• Non Executive Director Assignments
Countries Covered
• France• USA
Area of Experiences
• Accounting (Consolidation, IFRS Norm, US GAAP - UK GAAP)• Financial control (Plan MT - Business plan, Budgets - Reporting, Cost price, Return of investment, Multi-annual contracts, ABC ABM / Balance scorecard, Negotiation of acquisition, Fusions, Preparation of shut down, Valuation)
• Treasury (France, International, Financing)
• Capital operations ( IPO, Capital increase, Financial Communication)
• Information systems (ERP implementation, IT projects)
• Law and Finances (Legal department, Insurance, Fiscal)
• Other areas (DHR, Strategy, Company Rescue (Crisis Management), Risk Management, Internal Audit)