Nicolas Pignat
Operations automater
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Strategic entrepreneur with 8+ years of experience spanning financial analysis, real estate asset management, and AI-powered operations automation. Successfully led a 3,000-key European property portfolio and developed innovative ventures including an eco-village hotel in Portugal and AI-driven process optimization systems. Combining analytical expertise with creative vision to deliver exceptional business transformation and operational excellence.
Work experience
Founder
Stealth Startup
Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 10 months
Hybrid
Actively engaged in several entrepreneurial projects: - Meco-Living: Developing an eco-village hospitality project on a 90-acre land strip in Portugal, offering luxurious amenities. - Fomé Sandwiches: Providing a gourmet sandwich offering for events, with a concept centered around crafting sandwiches as thoughtfully as cooked meals. Our goal is to deliver a lunch experience that is as high-quality and healthy as a dinner, with the added convenience of speed. - Freelance Operations Automation Consultant: Specializing in process automation using AI and software such as Make, n8n, and Zapier.
Colonies
Nov 2019 - Dec 2023
4 years 2 months
Paris, France
Lead - Operations & Asset Management Europe
Feb 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 11 months
Paris, France
Leading a team of asset managers and rental managers to make sure we achieve all our KPIs : a high occupancy rate, client satisfaction, low churn whilst maintaining the best profitability to our investors. In charge of a portfolio of 3.000keys for investors such as Ares AM, LBO France, In'li.
Senior Asset Manager Europe
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
1 year
Paris, France
In charge of operational excellence and profitability of 80+ assets under management (Coliving & Flatshare)
Expansion Manager France
Nov 2019 - May 2021
1 year 7 months
Paris Area, France
As a Coliving operator, Colonies offers an optimized combination of private and shared spaces together with a multitude of additional services to create an exceptional housing experience. As Expansion Manager, I handle growth aspects of the business by sourcing new assets but also work with investors to deliver expected profitability.
AfricaWorks
Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year 10 months
Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Hybrid
West Africa Cluster Manager
Mar 2019 - Dec 2019
10 months
Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Hybrid
Real Estate service provider in Africa, AfricaWorks group advise occupiers and investors to acquire, design, build and manage offices. Developing from corporate HQs to local coworkings. As Regional Manager, I launched the company creation, business strategy and recruitment in the west African region (IC, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroun, Mali, Gabon) and leading to the successful opening of coworking spaces.
Country Manager
Aug 2018 - Dec 2019
1 year 5 months
Man, Côte d'Ivoire
Skills: Immobilier · Project Management · Financial Modeling · Recruiting · Sales
Chief of Staff & Business Development
Mar 2018 - Aug 2018
6 months
Nairobi, Kenya
Africaworks is a leading commercial interiors Design & Build Company in Africa, currently headquartered in Kenya and with presence in 10 African countries – Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritius, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. Our purpose is to build a sustainable future for Africa by creating innovative and collaborative spaces. Consequently, we design and fit out commercial spaces (Offices, Retail and Hotels) for major international clients (e.g. Uber, L’Oreal, Total, Mitsubishi, Sheraton etc.) across the African continent.
Venture Capital Analyst
Anaxago
Jan 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 3 months
Paris Area, France
Equity crowdfunding platform specialized in Innovation and Real Estate, Anaxago accompanies SMEs in the long term by offering financing, consultancy and visibility. Since its creation, more than 150 companies have been financed representing +90 M€ investment and 22 positive exits in 5 years. In Venture Capital, Anaxago finances Seed/Round A tables in all sectors with innovative/disruptive solutions As Venture Capital Analyst, my main tasks would consist in : - Screening and choosing the most promising deals with a potential exit x5 - Carrying due diligence of 20 financed startups - audit, risk analysis, key factors of success - Financial marketing of projects to reach out our 80 000+ investors
Business Analyst
Far Ventures Global
Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
7 months
Cape Town, South Africa
South-African startup launcher and accelerator, Far-Ventures is a fast growing structure combining European IT expertise and young south-African entrepreneurs market expertise to develop disruptive digital models. Portfolio : Affilyo, FinChatBot, Yethu, Jumpin Rides. As Business Analyst, my roles would consist in : - Acquisition & management of company database and websites as a publisher - Website SEO/SEM/social media strategy - Revenue & marketing management of Affilyo structure - Far-Ventures partnership and pricing proposals to accelerated companies
Financial Planning & Analysis
Les Maisons du Voyage (Groupe Maison de la Chine et de l'Orient)
Aug 2014 - Dec 2014
5 months
Paris Area, France
Les Maisons Du Voyage (part of Figaro Group) are specialists of tailor-made cultural trips around the world. 6 separate entities propose specific travels on their continent (Africa, Asia, America, Pacific, Orient & Europe), including 100+ employees and a +50M€ turnover. As part of the Finance team, I would assist the CFO in most tasks including: - Weekly and daily group reporting - Capex analysis and cut proposals - Board of Directors preparation - Preparation and analysis of group accounts
Junior Consultant
Orange
Jan 2014 - Jul 2014
7 months
Education
ESSEC Business School
Master of Science (MSc)
2013 - 2017
4 years 1 month
Lycée Henri IV
Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles
2011 - 2013
2 years 1 month
Portfolio
Analyse Stratégique
