Eric Trembleau
Senior Chief Financial Officer | M&A & Transformation
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Languages
About me
Intro
CFO & Finance Transformation Leader with 25+ years driving financial excellence across global organizations. Expert in M&A, cost optimization (achieved 50% DSO reduction), and leading finance teams of 50+ professionals. Specializing in business transformation, revenue recognition, and strategic financial planning for high-growth companies.
Work experience
IQVIA France
May 2020 - Oct 2024
4 years 6 months
Paris, France
Chief Financial Officer - Senior Finance Director - Transformation Leader
Mar 2021 - Oct 2024
3 years 8 months
Paris, France
Finance and Operations Leadership M&A Review Processes, Optimize Collection (DSO -50%) Optimize Costs Reshape the Finance Team Review Facilities (2/7 floors cut) - Commercial Contracts conditions
Senior France Finance Director - Transition Manager
May 2020 - Mar 2021
11 months
7620 Paris, Denmark
Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director
Axway
May 2018 - Dec 2018
8 months
Région de Paris, France
Transition manager Review and reorganization of the Finance and Legal team (50+ employees) Manage Listed Company (SBF250) obligations M&A, Divestment projects Credit Line facility Amend and Extend Deals Desk implementation, Contract T&C update Revenue Recognition under IFRS15 validation Data Center costs tracking set-up Half Year close and presentation to the Audit Committee New Business Metrics definition POC for Workday ERP
Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director
SEGULA Technologies
Jan 2018 - May 2018
5 months
92000 Nanterre, France
Transition Manager Review of last M&A acquisitions Focus on Cash Collection P&L optimization
Finance Director - WW SaaS Cloud Platforms and Services
Gemalto
Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
4 years
Paris, France
Lead the entire Solutions Finance organization (€250M) for Plateforms & Services including Netsize. Part of the P&S Board (Strategy, Sales, R&D, Delivery, HR, Finance) Drive the Costs optimization in order to improve profitability Manage a team of 25+ Managers (Controlling, Accounting, Tax, Budget, RevRec FP&A, R&D) M&A activities from target identification, valuation, due diligence till integration Manage Deals Approval process, license pricing, Contract Negotiations with Customers/Partners Ensure effective global performance tracking, analysis and corrective actions Enable and drive Long Range Planning, Budget and forecasting processes Lead the Datacenter Strategy, outsourcing ($100M+ deal)
Cisco
Sep 2009 - Dec 2013
4 years 4 months
Paris Area, France
Worldwide Senior Controller Cisco Capital / Director of the French Entity
Sep 2010 - Dec 2013
3 years 4 months
Paris Area, France
Support a $7B+ Business with $100M+ Opex Lead a Finance Team of 6 Senior Controllers and Finance Managers (US, Europe & Asia). Implement End to End Salesforce.com Forecast process. Improve profitability Work on the Sales Structure Business coverage Board Member of the French entity Member of the French Board (legal Director) P&L Focus, Long Range Planning Implement Salesforce.com Forecasting process, increasing the Sales productivity and leadership visibility Change Common set of KPI, Dashboard and transfer the production to the Business Intelligence Services. Implement Common WW Compensation.
International Cisco Capital Controller (Emerging, Europe & Asia)
Sep 2009 - Oct 2010
1 year 2 months
Paris Area, France
Multi Billions Fast Growing Business Support. Hire, Drive & Train the Finance Team Set up common Compensation Objectives
Finance Controller Europe & Emerging
Cisco Capital
Sep 2003 - Oct 2009
6 years 2 months
Paris Area, France
Legal Entities Set-up (France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Dubai, Spain, Russia). Team management, Business Support, Local & US GAAP, Cash Management, Legal, Audit, Business Development, Treasury.
Cisco
Jun 1998 - Aug 2003
5 years 3 months
Paris, France
Finance Manager Middle-East & Africa
Sep 2001 - Aug 2003
2 years
Paris, France
Partnering with Sales VP Define goal for the Sales Teams Finance Manager in charge of the Accounting and Business Support. Drive Short an Long Range Planning for the fastest Area in EMEA. Managed two Finance Managers and one Analyst (on site and remotely)
Finance Manager Southern Europe
Jun 1998 - Aug 2001
3 years 3 months
Paris, France
Finance Manager (Accounting and Business Support) for France, Italy, Portugal & France Implement the first End to End Opportunity to Forecast process in Europe. "In House" Accounting for South Africa (outsourcing ending). Managed one Analyst & one Accountant
Finance Manager Southern Europe
Amdahl Corp.
May 1996 - Jul 1998
2 years 3 months
Paris, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome
Support the 4 Business Units and the 4 countries at General Management Level (Forecasting, P&L, Plan and Actuals) Oracle implementation and Outsourcing of the Accounting Services for Italy, Spain & Portugal. Monthly Close in Local and US Gaap. Redefine the Analytic Accounting
Financial Analyst
Siemens Nixdorf
May 1995 - May 1996
1 year 1 month
Analyst for several Business Units
VIE -CSNE - VSNE
SAGA-SDV (groupe Bollore)
Feb 1994 - May 1995
1 year 4 months
Managing Dockers in Senegal
Education
IAE Paris Sorbonne - MBA
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2002 - 2004
3 years
EBS Paris - European Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
1990 - 1995
6 years
Lycee Maurice Ravel
A level
1982 - 1989
8 years