
Philippe Querbes
Directeur trésorerie groupe
Salary / Daily rate
Lyon, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior CFO with 25+ years in international finance, treasury management, and team leadership across NASDAQ-listed companies. Successfully raised $380M in equity and managed $1B+ revenues while leading teams of up to 40 professionals. Expert in IFRS/US GAAP reporting, SOX compliance, and strategic financial planning for global operations.
Work experience
GROUP TREASURER
Maxeon Solar Technologies
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
4 years 8 months
Lyon, France
In charge of Treasury/insurance/credit management for the group, leading a team of 15p. MAXEON group – a US NASDAQ listed company (formerly a SUNPOWER division) – 50 affiliates - T/o: $1b Headcount: 5000 MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS : Equity increase: $200m in May 2023, and 180m in April 2021 on NASDAQ Convertibles issuance: $207M in Aug 2022 Factoring facilities: $60m AR factoring and $50m AP trade financing facilities Implementation of a group treasury management system (FIS INTEGRITY) Completed USD cash pooling in order to concentrate cash at top holding level Maintained DSO < 30 days Insurance: delivered a yearly 28% premium decrease ...
GROUP CONTROLLER - EMEA region
SunPower Corporation
Jul 2012 - Jul 2020
8 years 1 month
Lyon, France
In charge of controllership/credit management/Treasury/FP&A/taxes for the EMEA region - led a team of 40 SUNPOWER group - a US NASDAQ listed company (TotalEnergies Group) –T/o: $3b ; headcount 10000 . 40 EMEA affiliates MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: Successful regional quarterly reporting for a US listed group Deployment and management of an accounting shared services center in Malaysia Developed quarterly budgets (BOQ), weekly forecasts (Outlook/EOQ) and multi-year plan (MYP) for the business
Group CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
TENESOL
Mar 2008 - Jul 2012
4 years 5 months
Lyon et périphérie · On-site
In charge of the finance and IT performance of the group - led a team of 20 TENESOL group - a TOTAL&EDF joint venture – 20 affiliates – T/o: €300m – headcount 1000. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS : Successfully restructured the group finance team Developed tools and methods to better analyse and improve performance of all group businesses Implemented finance engineering for solar projects – equities and borrowings More globally, contributed to a 100% sales growth in 3 years and to the profits increase (8% on sales)
Regional Financial Controller Europe
FOSROC
May 2004 - Mar 2008
3 years 11 months
Lyon, France
Whilst reporting to the European VP, assume financial control for the region FOSROC group - a former BRITISH PETROLEUM division - Europe : 5 affiliates, T/o: €100m, headcount 300. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: Implemented a Business Performance Management system in all opcos Reduced the internal reporting time frame from 7 days to 2 days.
CFO
Fosroc France
Apr 1998 - May 2004
6 years 2 months
Management Team member, in charge of accounting, taxes, internal control, HR, sales administration, company secretarial and IT. FOSROC CIA (Lyon) – a former HOLCIM affiliate - T/o: 16 m€ - headcount 60. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS: ERP design and deployment (project manager) within a 6 months period Implementation of business monitoring tools (key performance indicators and management reports) through Business Object application. ...
CONSOLIDATION MANAGER
Holcim
Oct 1995 - Mar 1998
2 years 6 months
Paris, France
In charge of statutory consolidated statements (IFRS) and the monthly management consolidation. HOLCIM group (Paris) – HOLCIM French branch which included 30 companies making a €600m yearly turnover – group quoted on the Zurich stock exchange - T/o: €5Bn
AUDITOR
Salustro Reydel
Sep 1989 - Oct 1995
6 years 2 months
Paris, France
Skills: Finance · Audit · Consolidation
Education
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Expert comptable
1989 - 1993
4 years 1 month
MBS School of Business
DESCAF
1985 - 1988
3 years 1 month