Vincent Van Cauteren

General Manager at Yantec - Xanlite

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Financial exec with broad experience in all aspects of accounting, auditing and financial management. Direct experience with Nuclear industry, Telecommunication, Computer distribution, Automotive industry, financial consulting in PWC. Specialties: SAP implementation Shared services center SOX Cash pooling

Experience

  • Managing Director at XANLITE - Yantec
    Jun 2012 - Present · 14 yrs 1 mo

  • CFO at Groupe Ecore
    Jun 2011 - May 2012 · 1 yr

    Group CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of ECORE (1200 people, 1.7 Billion $ revenue, 70 sites in Europe, China, India and Africa), leader in the recycling business (ferrous and non ferrous). 6 month interim management to replace the secretary general who was fully working on an acquisition - Management of the Finance team in Europe (France, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, Gemany), China and India (90 people) - Head of accounting, controlling, treasury, credit management, legal and IT - Renegociation of the yearly contracts with the credit insurers (1.3 M$ savings for the forthcoming fiscal year) - Contacts with banks, auditors, insurers, - Negociation of a short term credit line, a borrowing base with 13 banks,

  • CFO at DEXXON GROUP HOLDING
    Jan 2008 - May 2011 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Group CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of DEXXON GROUPE HOLDING (600 people, 800 M$ revenue, 24 entities in 16 countries), leader in the distribution of data storage, printing, calculators (Casio) and high tech products, and manufacturer with its own brand (EMTEC), and General Manager of DEXXON DATA MEDIA (380 people., 600 M$ revenue). - Management of the Finance team in Europe, Asia and US. Enhancement of the actual team, - Head of accounting, controlling, HR, legal, G&A and IT (60 people) - Action plan to recover profitability in 3 subsidiaries, - Implementation of a worldwide cash pooling in SAP, - Single Administrator of the Spanish and Portuguese subsidiaries, - Preparing and attending to the board of Directors and shareholder meetings, - Direct contact with the banks (4 new banks joined the cash pool), the auditors, the credit insurances, - Involvement in equity activities : distribution plan of free shares to the management, shareholder loan, creation of 5 companies (Dubai, Luxembourg, Singapour, Hong Kong, Chypre), acquisition of a company in France at the court, - Implementation of internal control,

  • Europe Finance Director at Westinghouse Electric Company
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2007 · 5 yrs

    Europe CFO for the US group WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY (10,000 people, 2 billion $ revenue), worldwide leader in the construction, maintenance and refueling of nuclear power plants, subsidiary of the Japanese group TOSHIBA (190 000 people, 54 billion $ revenue) listed on the NYSE. - Management of the European Finance team located in France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and Spain (51 people) - Oversight of general accounting (legal statutory accounts), controlling, purchasing, legal and IT - Monthly closing and consolidation IFRS/US Gaap - Administrator in the 5 French companies : preparation and attendance to the Boards of Directors - Elaboration and follow-up of the Nuclear Services Europe overhead budget (360 M€) - Equity operations : Creation of 2 companies, acquisition of 1 company and transfer of activity of another one. - Implementation of SAP in 3 companies - Implementation of a « Shared Service Center » in Sweden for A/P - Roll-out of the JSox (Japanese Sarbanes Oxley) procedures - Implementation of a Tax consolidating group in France

  • Southern Europe Finance Director at ADC
    Apr 1998 - Dec 2002 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Southern Europe Controller for ADC Systems Integration (1,050 people, 160 M$ revenue), subsidiary of the US group ADC Inc. (12 000 people, 4 billion $ revenue) listed on the NASDAQ market, a leader in the Telecom industry. - Within 6 companies, responsible for accounting, controlling , and payroll. Supported by 25 people at the headquarters in Paris and in the office & plant locations in France (Marseille, Lyon, Nantes), Italy (Milano) and Spain (Madrid) - Signature authority, negotiation with banks, annual plan, legal statutory accounts, - Monthly closing on SAP, reporting to corporate headquarters (US GAAP normalisation), monthly forecast, - Management by projects -> implementation of Business Object & SAP, - Settlement of 2 new companies, Merger with another company, - Implementation of a « Shared Service Center » in Ireland