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Development & shared
service centers

Establishing compliant financial subsidiaries across strict international borders.

I set up compliant banking structures. By managing regulatory requirements, I facilitate international market entry and maintain operations without technical delays.

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Secure your international market entry

Expanding across borders introduces regulatory requirements and structural delays. I set up financial governance to manage administrative hurdles, securing your assets and ensuring compliance from the start.

Foreign financial control

Establish compliant reporting to stabilize international operations and ensure oversight across jurisdictions.

Banking structure setup

Resolve bureaucratic delays to secure local banking and ensure liquidity for foreign subsidiaries.

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Expansion milestones

Executing compliant financial operations across strict international regulatory borders.

Executing compliant financial operation

I align local regulatory requirements with your group reporting standards. This ensures that foreign market entry does not affect your global financial integrity or lead to unexpected tax liabilities.

Standardizing cross-border governance

I replace fragmented local processes with a unified reporting schedule. By using consistent data, we remove the operational gaps that often occur during international subsidiary management and expansion.

Removing administrative friction

My intervention reduces the workload for your internal teams. I manage the technical setup of foreign entities so your leadership can focus on growth and revenue.

Establish flawless
foreign control

Unfamiliar regulatory frameworks slow down expansion timelines. Contact me to implement the oversight and compliance structures needed to run your international operations and protect your capital.

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Absolute foreign financial control

Unfamiliar regulatory frameworks and local bureaucratic delays destroy expansion timelines.

My mandate is flawless execution. I bypass administrative friction to establish compliant corporate banking and secure international operational entry immediately.

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Market entry

Bypassing local administrative delays to secure operational cross-border bank accounts.

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Legal compliance

Dismantling unfamiliar regulatory blind spots to protect international corporate expansion.

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Years active

Establishing rigid operational corporate governance across strict international financial borders.

Bouygues nigeria limited

Plant department
financial controlling
turnaround

I overhauled the plant department for a leading European construction subsidiary in Nigeria to eliminate chronic financial leakage.

By bypassing obsolete software and under-skilled reporting, I established rigid governance that turned an opaque cost center into a flagship model of operational efficiency.

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4 months

System implementation timeline

I replaced obsolete, unreliable software with a modern, group-standard accounting system in record time. This transition enforced absolute legal compliance and provided the boardroom with immediate, transparent revenue visibility.

100%

Local: leadership team success

I successfully identified and trained local talent to replace expensive expatriate roles. By appointing a Nigerian Head of Finance, I achieved permanent operational stability and earned recognition from local authorities.

Dana incorporated

Crisis stabilized,
compliance restored

Following a major European restructuring, Dana faced multiple litigations, audit blockages, and broken internal communication threatening U.S. consolidated reporting. A 10-month interim mission delivered a full diagnostic, resolved all blocking points, and rebuilt trust between regional and EMEA headquarters.

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€90K

Tax refund secured

Local tax litigation was fully resolved, converting a potential penalty exposure into a refund — eliminating further advisory fees and late-filing risks.

100%

Reporting compliance achieved

Delayed consolidated annual accounts were finalized on schedule, entity closures completed via merger-absorption, and stable reporting processes re-established for long-term operational continuity.

ADV construction (GCC group)

Reporting reconciled,
cash recovered

After GCC acquired this swiss construction specialist, misaligned accounting methods and improper cut-offs led to unforecasted losses and a CHF 700K variance.

A 12-month interim mission bridged cultural gaps, reconciled the balance sheet, and extended treasury visibility — restoring group alignment.

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CHF 2M

Cash inflow generated

Asset sales via a leasing transition offset prior losses, while a cleaned fixed asset register ensured accurate monthly amortization going forward.

3 to 6

Months treasury forecast extended

Receivables visibility doubled through detailed per-project monitoring, and the Baubit ERP was extended to finance and HR modules for end-to-end reporting.

Antenna international

Banking simplified,
costs reduced

Antenna’s EMEA operations spanned 24 countries with fragmented banking, poor cash visibility, and elevated fees — limiting financial agility for this cultural technology leader.

A pragmatic hybrid model consolidated primary banking with Deutsche Bank across four key markets while centralizing high-value procurement through the UK.

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30%

Banking relationships reduced

Fragmented local banking was streamlined from approximately eight relationships to five active partners, cutting administrative burden and fees significantly.

~2%

Procurement cost savings

Centralizing key spend categories — audio guides, IT equipment, and advisory services — through the UK entity delivered measurable negotiation leverage and cost reductions.

Energizer / edgewell personal care

Spin-off delivered
ahead schedule

A tax-free spin-off required full separation of French and Swiss financial operations into two independent public companies, with simultaneous SSC migration to the UK.

A structured three-milestone roadmap — diagnostic, transition, and balance sheet separation — was executed across €130M combined revenue with zero major incidents.

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2 Months

Ahead of plan

Full operational transfer to the UK Shared Service Center was completed by September 2015, two months before the target, through proactive stakeholder engagement.

2 Entities

Cleanly separated

Balance sheets were accurately split by December 2015, delivering two fully independent finance teams with standardized workflows and compliant dual-entity reporting.

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Battle-tested strategies for stabilizing operations, restoring margins, and resolving cross-border friction.

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Hands-On Consulting

I’m not a slide-deck consultant. I’m an interim manager who thrives in the thick of it, sleeves rolled up, working side-by-side with teams to deliver measurable results.

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of your financial operations

Do not let cultural friction or regulatory blind spots derail your integration.
Deploy proven interim financial leadership.

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