About Alicia
English
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French
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Spanish
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Experience
- Agile FinanceExecutive trainer & Interim Finance ManagerDecember 2010 - Today (15 years and 6 months)Freelance Finance Trainer | Controlling, Budgeting & Business SimulationsI design and deliver professional training programs in finance, controlling, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, compliance, and project finance for international audiences in English, French, and Spanish. My approach combines structured content, practical case studies, and interactive workshops to make complex topics clear, relevant, and directly applicable. I also facilitate business simulations to strengthen decision-making and connect financial concepts with real business challenges.Past interim and consultancy missions - WorldwideDelivered interim and consulting assignments for international industrial groups in automotive, steel, and private equity, with a focus on finance transformation, controlling, cash performance, and carve-out execution.Key assignments included:• Vallourec Drilling: restored control over cash and performance steering by redesigning cash forecasting, upgrading reporting, and rebuilding visibility on working capital and budgeting.• Visteon Interiors: led the decentralization of accounting during a carve-out, transferring activities from a Shared Services Center to regional teams across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.• FCI: secured continuity of Corporate Management Control during the final phase of a carve-out and divestment, ensuring smooth handovers and uninterrupted budget cycle delivery.• Plastic Omnium: structured budgeting and reporting for a newly centralized Group IT function, while strengthening performance monitoring and supporting finance team reorganization.
- Grant Thornton ExecutiveSenior AdvisorJune 2016 - December 2017 (1 year and 6 months)Paris, FranceCentral Management Control Manager – EUTELSATAssigned to support the Finance Department in the reorganization of the Central Management Control function for a leading communications infrastructure operator.Delivered operational support across monthly closing, quarterly forecasting, and day-to-day finance management, while carrying out an organizational diagnostic and designing tools aligned with project-based operations.Key outcomes included the redesign of Group reporting, improved reporting lead times, and stronger Executive Committee commentary with a more strategic and business-focused perspective.Operational Finance & Management Control Support – LafargeBrought in to secure continuity of the Western Region controlling function during a major reorganization. Delivered end-to-end support across monthly close, outlooks, 2017 budgeting, reporting, audit support, and year-end closing, while acting as a key interface between finance, shared services and operations. The mission also highlighted structural improvement opportunities around reporting simplification, reduction of manual accounting reallocations, and more effective performance steering.
- ONEtoONECorporate Finance PartnerDecember 2014 - June 2016 (1 year and 6 months)ONEtoONE provides advisory services to SMEs focusing on their financial needs (public financing, private equity funds, IPOs, M&A) to support the development of their business. ONEtoONE has worked on over 900 corporate operations, both in local and in cross-border transactions.
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Education
- MBAUniversidad Pontificia Comillas1998MBA
- Université Catholique de Louvain1996