With extensive experience in financial management within diverse and dynamic environments, I excel in streamlining processes, budgeting, and team leadership. Fluent in Arabic, English, and French, my expertise enhances operational efficiency and performance across multicultural teams.
Contexte: Croissance externe, mise en place du système Netsuite, recrutement d’une nouvelle équipe de contrôle de gestion Mission: - Recruter et former une nouvelle équipe de contrôle de gestion - Renforcer les processus de budgétisation et de prévision - Sécuriser le système Netsuite et automatiser les rapports et les données - Réduire les délais de clôture et de communication des résultats - Faciliter la communication entre les différentes parties prenantes ASIA Pacific & América
Context : Redundancy plan of the financial department to relocate (5 positions) to the Head office in London Bring the financial department, internal control and the reportings up to group standards Objective: - Pilot, support and motivate finance team for the knowledge transfer to London - Manage the redundancy plan communication with Work Council, lawyers and head office in a social peace - Secure finance data and reporting with Internal & external stakeholders
Context: M&A, Den Braven Group acquired by Arkema Objective: - Create a positive synergy between all activities and departments - Improve performance and Finance analysis and information & scale up Ebitda & WK - Implement new reporting & dashboards and provide monthly financials (IFRS, Dutch & French GAAP) - Recruit, manage, train and empower finance people (6 in direct management to 15 in transversal) Main Achievements: - Upgraded Ebitda + 1M€ (a deep analysis and saving of the expenses : interim, maintenance, contracts review..) - Reduced Working capital - 2M€ , -40% (stock management through a S&OP method to reduce stock level and wrtie off...) - Improved the cash flow & accelerated loan reimbursement to the head quarter
Context: Management & organization change at Heineken Tunisia, 3 production sites, 8 legal entities and 1100 people Objective: - Implement Internal Audit department & Culture - Recruit & train a new internal audit team, 3 auditors - Enhance internal control and processes within the organization - Manage the risk assessment with executive committee for the tri-annual finance planning - Lead and prepare the assurance meeting for local and head office management
Detached in the ice cream subsidiary, bought from Nestlé Group: € 5m turnover and 80 employees Context: Partnership deal with an ice cream Libyan Company. Objective: Starting from scratch my role is to audit the accounts, pilot the due diligence and put in place the adequate reporting in order to deliver a detailed budget and 3 years projection BP. Main Achievement: - Conducted due diligence analysis following the acquisition (Balance sheet and P&L audit, fixed assets & products inventories...), resulted to BS adjustments & corrections - Set up the financial reporting : monthly closure and analysis - Created the budget process - Prepared studies and cash flow forecast & planification of new investments for the production equipment - Established commercial KPIs and production for discussion and follow-up with local executive management
Context: As part of the creation of the position of finance and accounting manager for the French subsidiary Objective: - Strengthen the financial information of the French subsidiary - Training & scaling up the accounting team - Integrating & managing the financials of a new acquisition Main achievements: - Automated management report via BO and reduced the reporting deadline -1 day, from BD + 5 to BD + 4 - Conducted the administrative and financial integration of a new entity to US GAAP standards within 6 months - Implemented budget and forecast process - Embedded business data analysis by geography / industry / services / products - Follow up and analysis of sales objectives and achievements
Context: Manager of two legal entities, 65M € turnover and 100 employees. General Manager Business Partner, reporting to Global Finance Department based in Oslo. Main achievements: - Strengthened and developed the accounting department: recruited a new team, set up controls, the monthly and annual closing process in relation with external auditors - Reduced the closing deadline - 2 days, from 7 to 5 - Automated payments in JDE to reduce processing time from 15 initially to 2 days
Context: Manage remotely the Swiss subsidiary, 20M€ turnover and 20 employees. Reported locally in Paris to the CFO, to the CEO Swiss-based Responsibilities: - Produced and analysed the monthly US GAAP reporting and KPI - Established and revised Budget and Forecast - Analysed and explained the operating expenses and cost savings
Head of two legal entities, newly acquired by Geodis Calberson Group following a merger with Tailleur Industrie Group Context: Position creation to implement compliance with Geodis Group's and policies, recruit and train accounting team Success: - Implemented cost accounting reporting, monthly and annual closing process - Recruited and trained a new team of 4 accountants - Implemented a new ERP and ETAFI for statutory accounts preparation and submission - Integrated and managed a second subsidiary to the group
Henda is an excellent manager who is able to quickly understand the business of the company she joins and identify/prioritize what to do based on her finance knowledge/experience and her ability to listen to her collaborators. It was a real pleasure to work with her as a professional and a person.