Investor Relations
Airbus
Total years of experience :26 years, 3 Months
• Provide valued financial & business operations advice, concentrating on effective investor communications.
• Develop investor communications strategy. This includes developing and articulating consistent and clear management vision, key performance indicators and strategy, and engaging in meaningful dialogue with investors and analysts.
• Build and communicate the company's equity story to institutional investors.
• Define investor targeting strategy and plan investor roadshows, conferences and annual investor forum (ranked as one of Europe's top investor days by Institutional Investor magazine)
• Gather market intelligence and peer benchmarking and develop strategy to strengthen return on invested capital metrics.
• Assess and understand share price drivers and shareholder movements
• Continuously improve the disclosure process to ensure fair disclosure and full compliance
Mar 2013 - Current A350 Program Controller - Toulouse, France
• Manage the A350 cost convergence project and program turn-around to reach target profit per the initial business case.
• Manage and drive the A350 recurring cost (RC) convergence by optimizing the technical and commercial levers with the suppliers and hourly rates, excess capacity, learning curves, outstanding work, cost of non-quality and efficiency with Airbus Plants.
• Manage and control the non-recurring cost (NRC) investments to support the Program ramp-up.
• Develop and implement the RC and NRC controlling and reporting plan to support the Program transition from development to serial mode of operation.
• Manage the A350 program financials to ensure complete circularity between the Program P&L, actuals, issued targets and manage the external audit.
• Responsible for the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process.
• Manage and track the A350 inventory in-line with the Program planning and Plants inventory forecast to ensure proper forecasting and allow for early detection of potential deviation.
Mar 2012 - Mar 2013 Finance Director - Herndon, VA
• Effectively led the finance integration between Airbus North America (ANA) and Airbus Americas (AA). This includes change management, identification of redundancies and restructuring the organization to support one integrated finance team of 37 employees.
• Directed the accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting and controlling of the integrated organization.
• Managed the IT teams and implemented TM1 to increase the efficiency of reporting at ANA.
• Responsible for the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process.
Apr 2011- Mar 2012 Finance Director - Arlington, VA
• Directed and managed the accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, and controlling of ANA. This includes general and cost accounting, cash management, treasury, payroll, yearly budgets, long-term operating plan, financial IFRS reporting and production of audited U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements.
• Conducted a zero-base budgeting exercise for the first time at ANA and instilled a new “budget conscious” culture.
• Managed a team of 20 professionals and implemented a “Finance as business partner” program to support the operational teams.
• Reviewed cost pools/rates and structured contract terms and conditions to optimize revenue recognition and cash flows. Also, evaluated expenditures/investments to maximize ROI.
Mar 2009 - Apr 2011 Finance Manager - Arlington, VA
• Managed the finance reporting process to consolidate, analyze and report the actuals, forecast and operating plan of six divisions with 2B$ consolidated revenues.
• Prepared the company’s financial statements for external reporting, coordinated the external audit and prepared the company’s annual report in compliance with GAAP.
• Presented the company’s financials, annual report and internal controls status to the Audit Committee.
• Implemented SAP to automate and improve ANA consolidation process.
• Managed the global SAP financial transformation and consolidation of accounts receivables into regional shared services centers for Wal-Mart ($400B revenues).
• Developed long and short term strategies to help Pfizer ($50B revenues) improve its financial and operational effectiveness.
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