Arnaud Peffer

FP&A EMEA Manager | Financial Business Partner | Strategic Analyst | Business Modelling Expert

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

About

Finance professional with over 20 years of international experience, committed to being a trusted strategic partner for operational and business leadership. My approach combines analytical rigor, solution orientation, and a strong focus on people. I have worked in complex industrial environments, leading transformation, integration, and performance optimization projects, while contributing to the development and coordination of strategic plans. I design tailored tools to structure financial analyses, support decision-making, and drive growth. I have also managed small teams, supporting their development with a particular emphasis on autonomy and skill-building. 📍 Key skills: FP&A, financial modeling, sales incentives, management reporting, BI tools, continuous improvement, change management. 📍 Based in Brussels, I am open to new challenges where I can contribute to creating sustainable value.

Experience

  • Senior Business Controller at Materialise
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • allnex (Full-time · 12 yrs 2 mos)
    • FP&A EMEA and Corporate Analysis Manager
      Oct 2022 - May 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      o Acted as a financial business partner for the EMEA region, delivering detailed financial reporting and analysis to identify trends, variances, and areas for improvement. o Supported Allnex’s organizational transformation from a technology-based to a region-based structure. o Conducted financial modeling and scenario analysis to support decision-making on CAPEX investments and commercial initiatives. o Member of the Site Leadership Team. o Held global responsibility for the Sales Incentive Program, including design, oversight, and continuous improvement. o Led and developed a team of 2 direct reports.

    • Senior Global Business Analyst and Global BA Project Coordinator
      Jun 2015 - Mar 2023 · 7 yrs 10 mos

      o Maintain state of the Arts practices and processes amongst Business Analysts team o Coordinate & consolidate business unit and divisional performance for quarterly forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning o Lead operating expenses budgeting forecasting and 5 years planning centralization o Project leader global sales incentive Program 2.0 (creation, design, development and implementation) o Support Allnex-Nuplex integration (managerial reporting, budgeting, architecture,…) o Create, develop, design and implement managerial reports unavailable or not implemented in ERP for Allnex in coordination with senior management

    • Global Business Analyst
      Apr 2013 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      o Key finance business partner for global and Regional business unit directors o Report, analyse, control and summarized monthly, quarterly and yearly results o Support, prepare and advise on forecasting, budget, strategic planning and prepare financial presentation o Support business and organisation turnaround o Drives sales incentive program Globally o Assess investment plan (capacity expansion, M&A) and provide recommendation o Support and backup Division Finance Business Director o Project Leader to create, develop, design and implement pricing performance Tool at customer product level

  • Cytec (6 yrs)
    • Global Business Analyst, Specialty Coating Resins and Powder Coating Resins
      Aug 2011 - Apr 2013 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Global Business Analyst Radcure Resins
      Jul 2009 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Finance Project Analyst
      May 2007 - Jul 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      o Working Capital Improvement Project: Analyze impact of changes in DSO calculation methodology and define KPI’s to assess Account Receivable performance o Shared Service Center Feasibility Study: Baseline assessment of Processes for Finance globally o Cost Allocation and commercialization Project: Create a standardized process for Cost commercialization amongst all Cytec’s Entities o 100 Days Project - Reporting performance: Create, develop and implement processes and model for reconciliation between Account Receivables Ledger and Subledger o Sarbanes-Oxley Audit : Inventory SOX audit at Drogenbos Plant, physical inventory SOX review in Spain and Italy, global SOX review in Germany and PP&E audit in US

  • Ad Interim Controller at Hydro Magnesium Xi'an - China
    Nov 2006 - May 2007 · 7 mos

  • Norsk Hydro - Hydro Magnesium Marketing (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Business Analyst - Light Metal
      Jan 2005 - May 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      o Management and Headquarters Financial Reporting (BU Results, KPI’s, Variances,…) o Controlling, Audit and Training (Hydro Magnesium Xi’An – China) o Improvement of IT Processes(conversion tool from Chinese Gap to USGAAP, risk and contribution monitoring analyses)

    • Business Analyst - Oil & Energy
      Aug 2003 - Jan 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos

      o Controlling and reporting European Oil & Energy subsidiaries results o Creating synergies between departments by means of reporting procedures o Process management and improvement (closing procedures, accrual processes, review commercial contracts) o Implementation of business IT solution (Design and set up a reconciliation program between SAP and the in-house trading system analysing variances between accruals and costs/revenues)

    • Financial Controller
      Sep 2001 - Aug 2003 · 2 yrs

      o Closing and reporting activities of the Belgian Shared Services o Project Leader for incoming e-invoicing - Implementation in 2002 o Project Leader SAP Accounting - Implementation in 2003