
Christophe Bui
Senior Business Control Director
Salary / Daily rate
Brussels, Belgium
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Experienced Business Control Director with 15+ years in financial leadership across global organizations. Proven track record in strategic budget management, financial analysis, and driving business growth through effective resource allocation. Skilled in transforming financial data into actionable insights that align with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.
Work experience
Business Control Director
European Climate FoundationFreelance
Oct 2023 - Present
3 years 1 month
Brussels, Belgium
• Budget Process and Procedure Ownership: Design and launch effective budget models for departments and the entire company. • Budget Analysis & ECF Programs Support: Manage, examine and regrant budget processes of ECF projects and programs, by dealing with different stakeholders’ expectations. • Funding Monitoring & Reporting: Supervision and control of the overall funding by developing quality data metrics and ensuring that project data output and reporting needs are met. • Budget Allocation & Proposals Management: Allocate budget to different cost centres and create or review funder’s proposals, aligning them with the overall ECF budget. • Prepare Templates for Administration Budget Holders: Design, adjust and present budget templates and manage the communication with the parties involved. • Budgeting Tools Management: Responsible for budgeting, planning and keeping track of flexibility funds in our platforms (Microsoft Power BI, Excel, or Adaptive). • Budget Process Coordination: Coordinate communication programmes and platforms with Management. Provide operational follow-ups of the budget process. • Budget Communication: Keep track and communicate on a regular basis with the CFO on future forecasted budget needs, by using the relative budgeting tools. • Financial Analysis & Accounting: Manage financial information of the budget processes and use accounting records to analysing trends and reporting to the Finance Controller for bookkeeping purposes. • Financial Proposal: ensure that Management Control unit is involved in the development of budget proposals and check with Finance Grant Management unit that the budget are made in a way that will make the reporting possible.
Senior Business Controller
TotalEnergiesFreelance
Mar 2023 - Oct 2023
8 months
Brussels, Belgium
Monthly closing & analysis Monthly reporting Long Term Plan / Budget
Climate-KICFreelance
Jun 2021 - Jan 2023
1 year 8 months
Brussels, Belgium
Financial Director
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
4 months
Brussels, Belgium
Budget, Forecast, Actuals, Grant management… all financial process
Senior Manager Project Finance
Jun 2021 - Oct 2022
1 year 5 months
Brussels, Belgium
Implementation of Budget process Monitoring Budget/Forecast Description of compliance process
Business Partner
UCBFreelance
May 2020 - May 2021
1 year 1 month
1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
"Drive/facilitate organization performance for optimal effectiveness & efficiency. Manage resource allocation for value maximization, aligned with strategic priorities & anchored in insights, using consistent investment criteria enabling agility".
Freelance as team manager financial control
INGFreelance
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019
2 years 2 months
Brussels Area, Belgium
People management of talents in Financial control. Act as Finance Business partner for business Coordination of financial results presentations, analyses and advice (monthly, quarterly, yearly and budget & forecast) to all stakeholders Provide ad-hoc support for the stakeholders , Head of Financial Control , CFO or stakeholders at ING Group level. Participate in Finance and business projects to improve performance, results and processes
Freelance Finance
Vinçotte
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
1 month
Brussels Area, Belgium
Mission: Create a financial model on excel
Nestlé
Feb 2011 - Aug 2017
6 years 7 months
Brussels Area, Belgium
Senior Business Controller - Waters Benelux
Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
1 year 2 months
Brussels Area, Belgium
• Develop Plan & Forecast for Nestle Waters Benelux and being able to explain monthly variances in the P&L (Nestle Pure Life, San Pellegrino, Vittel, Perrier, Contrex, Hépar, Valvert) • Cooperate with sales, marketing, supply, HR, IT, accounting • Leading project in sales & marketing to implement new process in order to create savings to re-invest in the brands • Sales & Marketing controller, follow up on budget and making continuous savings • Develops the Operational Plan (OPL) and Forecast • Ad-hoc project (internal process optimization, sales optimization, ...)
Senior Business Controller - Cereals Benelux
Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
3 years 1 month
Brussels Area, Belgium
• Senior Business Controller for the Cereals brands in Benelux (Fitness, Nesquik, Lion, Cheerios, Chocapic, Crunch) • Cooperate with sales, marketing, supply, HR, IT, accounting • Leading project in sales & marketing to implement new process in order to create savings to re-invest in the brands • Sales & Marketing controller, follow up on budget and making continuous savings • Develops the Operational Plan (OPL) and Forecast • Develop strategic plan (short & long term) with the management team • Work on ad hoc projects: business development (Netherlands), integrating new process (supply), successful implementation of SAP, recognition to be audit compliance, creating tools to sales & marketing to ease the analysis and create quick wins, driving cross-functional collaboration within finance community to drive excellence
Business Controller in NL & Business analyst in BE
May 2012 - Jul 2013
1 year 3 months
Amsterdam Area, Netherlands & Brussels, Belgium
• Benelux functions, twice a week in Amsterdam • Supporting businesses such as Nutrition Benelux, Movenpick Benelux by performing detailed analysis. Comments on the monthly closing data and explains differences versus AOP/Forecasts to the management team • Develops the Operational Plan (OPL) and Forecast for the drinks and culinary businesses (Nescafe, Dolce Gusto, Nesquik and Maggi). Lots of interaction with sales, marketing, supply, HR, IT, accounting • Work on ad hoc projects: new product development, business development, integrating new process
Business Analyst
Feb 2011 - May 2012
1 year 4 months
Brussels Area, Belgium
Benelux function • Reporting • Closing • Consolidation • Continuously improved the finance process
Business Planning Analyst
PepsiCo
Apr 2007 - Dec 2010
3 years 9 months
Diegem, Belgium
Work on ad hoc projects: new product development, business development, internal project such as integration of new businesses/brands, reinforcing internal procedure Responsible for the consolidation and the uniformization of reporting and presentation of Food and Beverages figures, contact person for West Europe region ad-hoc requests Performs detailed analysis and comments on the monthly closing data and explains differences versus AOP/Forecasts in the Periodic Business Reviews Develops the Annual Operational Plan (AOP), Divisional Business Reviews and Forecasts for the Beverages business (Juices & CSD) Foster Zero Surprise Planning and secure the integrity of the Profit and Loss Statement by managing pro-actively, timely and properly budgets, risks and opportunities, freezes and overspends for following businesses: Tropicana, Looza, Alvalle & Export business, Pepsi & 7UP Provides Finance support through Market Units matrix meetings across all categories to Sales, Marketing & Category teams Responsible for the Revenue Management and Margin Consolidation Optimize tools such as FRS, Sales View Cube (COGNOS), HFM, create Excel report with basic macro's for analysis.
Accountant
The Boston Consulting Group
Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
1 year 1 month
Brussels Area, Belgium
Accountant for the HR department: payroll, pension fund, employees insurances, reconciliation of the balance sheet...
Education
Southern New Hampshire University
Master's degree
2002 - 2006
4 years 1 month