Claire Pichant

CFO @ Paris Society | Ex L’Oréal

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

15+ years of experience in Finance leadership roles. Key business partner, solution oriented, data driven to help organizations in the decision making process. Proven agility in international, fast-changing, public or private equity owned companies. Passionate about building high-performing team and expanding finance culture. Successful track record in increasing profitability, contributing to market share gain while setting up SOX controls and internal policies.

Experience

  • CFO at PARIS SOCIETY
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • CFO France, Finance, MasterData and BPO at Azelis
    Oct 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • CFO France, Legal and IT at Wella Company
    Dec 2020 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Carved-out from Coty to create a standalone legal entity, 70M€ Net Revenue FP&A, SRM, S&OP, Accounting, Taxes, Cash, SOX, Legal and local IT Recruitment and development of 14 people Net revenue single-digit growth while increasing EBITDA double-digit De-risking balance sheet, improving free cash flow, reducing DSO Creation of a digital best-in-class finance team,

  • Coty (3 yrs 11 mos)
    • CFO France Professional Beauty (Wella)
      Oct 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Owner of end to end financial processes and results Going from negativ Ebitda to double-digit EBITDA thanks to financials ROI, resources reallocation, pricing and procurement savings Developing agile and automated reports increase company's productivity

    • Sales Finance Director, Luxury Division
      Feb 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Report and analyze $3Bn net revenue, trade investment for 15 brands and key customers to Coty Global Finance Leadership team Integrate P&G beauty brands within Coty portfolio Develop gross margin reporting to support strategic growth expansion Partner with Head of Pricing to optimize product pricing strategy Analyse sales by channel with a special focus on e-commerce to reach ambitious growth target

  • L'Oréal (8 yrs 11 mos)
    • Commercial Controller, Travel Retail
      Nov 2015 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

      400M€, 24 brands, 80 customers Support annual commercial negotations, optimize trade investment, Track profitability by customer and house to optmize investment Manage the account receivables team (3 people)

    • Business Unit Controller, Travel Retail Luxe
      Dec 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs

      Division Giorgio Armani & Designer Fragrances (Ralph Lauren, Diesel, Cacharel, Viktor&Rolf, Paloma Picasso, Guy Laroche, Maison Martin Margiela) • Full P&L responsibility of nine brands in Europe, Middle East and Africa airports : cost controlling, forecasting, gap analysis, weekly net sales forecasting • Proactively support the CEO in the development of the strategic plan, providing him with the proper financial analysis • Management of a senior marketing controller • Business process review and improvement • Ensure compliance with internal control • Proficient with Microsoft Office (in particular Excel) and SAP.

    • Head of Controlling, Research & Innovation
      Apr 2011 - Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      • Responsible for the Budget, Trend, and three year Plan, in association with the management commitee and presenting to the top management • Preparation, analysis and transmission of financial reports. • Management and development of a three people team in charge of internal control, monthly closure, and all finance related issues.