Estibaliz - Consultant FOCUS

2018-2019
VERSION 1 ASSOCIATES (Consultancy firm)
Main client: BCGE Petit Lancy (Geneva, Switzerland)
Change Management consultant
- Achievement: integration of a new tool dedicated to the calculation and reporting of limits and risks around commodity training.
- Understand technical features of the new tool and conduct gap analysis.
- Assist developers in the parameterisation of the tool
- Key Business User in UAT phase and during business users’s training
- Direct contact with FIS (provider of banking and payment technology based in London) to understand the proposed solution (Quantum analytics).
- Compliance with the trading regulations (BALE III).
- Sql user for data management.

2017
HELVETICA PARTNERS (consultancy firm)
Main client: TOTSA – Oil trading - (Geneva, Switzerland)
Senior Business analyst
- Achievement: upgrade project of the inhouse trading software and the accountancy software (Sage X3).
- Client facing role working closely with the business users and other analysts.
- Analysis between the trading system and the accountancy for the optimisation of the process.
- Enter detailed information to clarify the exposure by trader and by product.
- Reengineering of finance and accounting processes.
- Compliance with the trading regulations (MIFID 2).








2016-2017
SOPRA STERIA (consultancy firm)
Main client: LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY– Commodity trading - (Geneva, Switzerland)
Finance consultant
Scope: China, Peru, Mexico, Chili, Switzerland, Singapore.
- Achievement: CTRM implementation (project covering the complete trading operations life-cycle using the Agile method) ensuring the compliance of MIFID and IFRS.
- Focus on Trade and Corporate Finance, Treasury, Tax, Accounting, Trading risk and operations in a dynamic business.
- Achievements:
 Definition of the global charter of accounts (benefits: reduction of reconciliation procedures and leverage in business units);
 Taxes codes harmonisation (benefits: transparency in the accounting operations and visibility of the global taxes).
 Review of the invoicing process of all affiliates for harmonisation and improvement.

2013-2015
BOART LONGYEAR SUISSE – MINING - (Geneva, Switzerland)
Project Manager Finance
Scope: EMEA region with coordination of the USA team.
- Achievement 1: deregistration of 10 affiliates in the EMEA region with the coordination of tax, legal and accountancy teams.
- Achievement 2: successfully transition of the Share Service Center from Switzerland to Poland (EMEA).
- Build appropriate time lines and coordinate cross functional teams for consolidation purposes.
- Support business process and system continuous improvement efforts, including month-end close and reporting. ‬

2012-2013
FLOW LINE SUISSE (Nyon, Switzerland)
Finance consultant (Main client: FER Genève)
- Achievement: ERP implementation in FER Geneva.
- Finance manager of Sage X3 implementations / upgrades projects.
- Design and implementation of management control and cost accounting systems.
- Programme, project and change management.
- To develop, to document and to refine requirements.
- Respect of the budget and planning.
- Coordination of all the team members in the project (internal and external).

2008- 2012
GROUPE ONET (France) - Nuclear, Cleaning, Security -
Lead Senior Auditor
Scope: EMEA region
- Achievements: reduction of receivables, increasing cash flow through credit analysis, reporting deadline improvement.
- Budget development and management of the reporting’s planning.
- Business valuations.
- P&L management.
- Merger and acquisition negotiations.
- Auditing and compliance.

2005- 2008
GROUPE BOURBON (France) - Offshore Oil & Gas -
Lead Senior Auditor
Scope: Worldwide (Angola, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Brazil; Europe).
- Achievement: significant fraud detection.
- Setting up and carrying out the recommendations.
- Action plans regarding to organization and subsidiary management.
- Developing and pooling best practices into the subsidiaries (reporting, planning and accountancy).
- Replacement of finance directors in affiliates when needed.

2001- 2005
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (France)
Senior Financial Auditor
Scope: EMEA region
- Main Client: Maritime Transport: CMA CGM.
- Financial statement audit (IFRS and US GAAP).
- Regulatory compliance & reporting.
- Corporate reporting improvement and financial accounting.
- Independent controls & systems process assurance.
- Specialist in SOX (Bausch & Lomb client during years. USGAAP).
- Audit of the consolidation.