Christophe Pikula

San Mateo, CA ***** ( 415-***-****

acybbx@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Finance Manager

Multi-cultural professional with extensive experience in finance mostly

within complex international organizations both at small subsidiary level

and at worldwide corporate level. Proven expertise in people management,

budget management, financial planning & analysis, cost optimization and

organizational restructuring. Highly adept with working across different

functional teams and company leadership.

US permanent resident status.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Finance Manager, Information Technology 11/2004- present

AREVA

Multinational group specialized in nuclear and renewable energy, $9.4

billion revenue, 45 000 employees.

. Managed a team of 5 subsidiary level IT controllers and directed above

20 financial contacts.

. Supervised financial modeling, its implementation, automation and

improvements on a worldwide perimeter of $420 million.

. Oversaw all aspects of planning, budgeting, forecasting, monthly

closing, analysis, reporting, project portfolio, spending approval

processes and supported global reviews.

. Directly controlled $85 million of activities through monthly

closings, suppliers' engagement control, staff monitoring, activity

benchmarks, strategic planning, saving action plans, shared service

implementation, activity based costing and through a close supervision

of project cost tracking (average of 80 projects per year).

. Carried out analyses and recommendations for investment

prioritization, resource optimization and efficiency improvements.

. Coordinated with business leaders in the development of key

performance indicators and business drivers to support strategic

initiatives and help identify issues, risks and opportunities.

. Analyzed complex financial information and provided visibility for

business results enabling business decisions and securing achievement

of financial targets.

. Supported the implementation of a new ERP system.

. Provided financial leadership during M&A (due diligence, post-

acquisition integration) and during IS subsidiary sale (2100

employees) in connection to a new outsourcing plan setup (minimum

revenue engagement).

. Coordinated Internal/External Audits.

Finance Manager 2/2001-10/2004

FCI (Framatome Connectors International, AREVA subsidiary)

Global manufacturer of electrical, electronic and precision optical

connectors, offices on 3 continents, 2002: $2.1 billion revenue and 14 000

employees.

. Designed and implemented from scratch a reporting model for all

support functions, working across multiple cultures and countries and

assisting abroad locations in converting it to the corporate reporting

systems.

. Partnered with IT and Finance to automate the worldwide reporting

consolidation process through HFM.

. Managed corporate budgeting and forecasting processes for the Company.

. Acted as a key contributor in setting up a business activity in India-

Bangalore (business case, financial management, control model,

staffing, planning processes) and in developing it to become a

worldwide internal service provider.

. Partnered with Legal and Procurement in contract negotiations; led

benchmarks (Gartner) and action plans that allowed IS costs

optimization by 25% in one year (2003 vs 2002).

Financial Controller (local level), Financial leader (EMEA) 1/1997-2/2001

IBM Global Services

World's largest business and technology services provider. It employs over

190,000 people across more than 160 countries.

. Locally controlled different size (minimum 300 people) customer billed

activities (recurring and projects) with metrics, headcount, backlog,

revenue, expense and complete P&L support.

. Performed monthly closings, results' analysis (including contract

profitability) as well as monthly, quarterly and annual financial

reporting packages (actuals, plans, forecasts).

. Oversaw revenue recognition (guidance for new contracts, booking,

legal compliance, process improvements and controls).

. Priced costs of new operations contracts and calculated ROI for new

investments.

. Prepared activities merger between entities and led corporate

negotiations for activities funding.

. Prepared financial presentations for executive review meetings.

. Acted as country representative for the "implementation of internal

charging system", a worldwide project based on usage (metrics) that

allowed overall cost performance improvement.

. Coordinated with accounting department in order to implement new cost

accounting structures.

. At EMEA level, acted as Professional Services finance leader covering

capacity planning and resource allocation, budget process,

forecasting, targets definition and deployment, multi- year planning,

monthly reporting, analysis, presentations and reviews. Managed and

worked with geographically dispersed finance and operational teams.

EARLIER WORK EXPERIENCE

Financial Controller, Accounting Department Manager (insurance) 4/1994-

12/1996

UAP (AXA)

Assistant Financial Controller (manufacturing plant) 1/1993-3/1994

Schlumberger Industries

Finance Intern (construction) 1992

Bouygues

EDUCATION

Post-graduate degree in Corporate Finance, University of Paris II Assas

1993

(leading finance degree in France), Paris, France

Master's degree in Economics, University of Paris IX Dauphine 1991

Paris, France

Bachelor in International Trade, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) 1987

Warsaw, Poland

SOFTWARE

SAP, QAD MFG/PRO, HFM, Essbase, Magnitude, Microsoft Word, Excel (Pivot

Tables, V-Lookups and Functions), PowerPoint, Think-cell.

LANGUAGES

English: fluent

French, Polish: bilingual

Russian: good working knowledge

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