Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
• Heading the Group consolidation and reporting team, I am responsible for the monthly Group financial reporting to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, and I lead the quarterly external financial publications to the market, in the form of media releases or publications of consolidated financial statements. • In my role of team manager I use a personal and motivational leadership style and I develop my team members by giving them technical trainings and day to day on the job training. Furthermore I provide accounting and reporting trainings to the Givaudan financial teams around the world. • I participate in the M&A activities of the Group and I am responsible for the financial integration of acquired companies in the Givaudan Reporting framework.
• Project management: management of year end financial audit engagements, quarterly reviews and statutory audits of multinational companies, respecting client needs and deadlines, and communication with other Deloitte teams around the world. • Client relationship management: developing and maintaining good relationships with finance managers, CFO’s and audit committee members at my clients. Providing valuable insights on area’s of improvement for my clients’ business. • Leadership and people development: management of teams up to ten team members; leading and training of the team in order to develop their skills. • Planning, Budgeting and Controlling: preparation of budgets for each audit engagement and monthly controlling of the actual figures versus plan. As a result, I have improved profitability for several of my engagements. • Facilitation of internal and external training courses: facilitation of external IFRS technical training courses to clients and other external parties and facilitation of internal staff training (technical and professional soft skills). • Talent development: Being part of the talent development team for the entire audit department, I organise half-yearly performance review meetings in order to evaluate the performance of all audit staff, I report to the audit department leader and prepare development plans for staff in order to improve their performance. • Financial management: Monthly analysis of the financial performance of the Geneva audit department, reporting directly to the audit practice leader for whole Switzerland. • Business development: Preparation of a number of medium to large audit proposals (CHF 30 thousand to CHF 2 million of revenue) in audit tenders. • Recruitment: Performing interviews with candidates for senior audit positions.