About Jamal
An insightful Big4 trained finance professional with an eye for detail, looking forward to making a significant contribution to an ambitious and productive team.
I have a proven track record of achievement over 15 years in Financial Reporting, General Accounting (US GAAP, French GAAP, Swiss GAAP, IFRS...), Internal Controls implementation (SOX), Compliance, Financial Audits, Technical Accounting, US GAAP/IFRS Implementation, SAP Implementation, Sage X3 Expert and Finance digitalization (Studio X)....
I would be more than happy to help you achieve your objectives while meeting your deadlines and expectations.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Conversational
Arabic
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km)
Experience
- NovartisSenior Finance and Compliance ManagerPHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRYSeptember 2024 - January 2026 (1 year and 4 months)- Led and ensured end-to-end compliance with ICFR, NFCM and SOX 404 requirements, covering company-level controls, Segregation of Duties, product costing, R2R, O2C, P2P, inventory, production, procurement, and global master data processes.- Drove investigation and remediation of control deficiencies, partnering closely with control owners and external auditors; ensured timely resolution, sustainable compliance, and audit readiness.- Strengthened the Financial Controls & Compliance framework through internal quality reviews, peer reviews, methodology enhancements, and continuous improvement of testing and documentation standards.- Acted as a trusted advisor to Finance, Business, and IT teams, delivering training, guidance, and change management to embed strong control ownership and improve process effectiveness.- Served as Product Costing Specialist (CH) with full end-to-end responsibility for plant-level product costing, ensuring compliance with company policies, driving process improvements, and sharing best practices across teams.
- TAKEDASenior Finance ManagerMarch 2021 - March 2024 (3 years)Monthly Reporting and Close responsibilities include preparing, consolidating, and reviewing global inventory results and KPIs, with variance analysis and recommendations communicated to senior management.• Leading inventory performance reviews, conducting risk assessments, and overseeing accuracy, reserves, KPI implementation, and governance, while partnering with Operating Units and Supply Chain for target setting and improvement initiatives.• Management and oversight of accounting close tasks including stock valuation, inventory reconciliation, accruals, and transfer pricing activities, in collaboration with functions and the Shared Service Center.• Analysis of inventory metrics, preparation of monthly/quarterly reports, coordination of worldwide product budgets, and leading planning processes for specific regions to ensure accurate results, with involvement in forecast data submissions and presenting findings to senior management.• Collaborated with IT Teams to develop a Business Warehouse (BW) Cube for consolidating perpetual inventories across various ERPs.• Led implementation of the Qlik tool for Global Inventory database in multiple countries, built SAP model for inventory revaluation, automated reconciliation workflows using existing technologies, and developed BOTs for SAP and BW reconciliation and completeness checks under Microsoft Power Automate.
- MOVADO GROUP, INCEU Controller Affiliates France Germany & the UKDecember 2014 - February 2021 (6 years and 2 months)Biel/Bienne, BE, Switzerland• P&L and Balance Sheet responsibility, including providing reports, analysis and communication of such to management for the French, German and UK subsidiaries• Support Finance in the monthly, quarterly and annual booking of accruals, provisions, display inventories and capitalization, as well as other manual adjustments• Support the commercial affiliate teams to ensure that they properly record their activities, whether from revenue or cost perspective and are able to undertake their internal controls / SOX obligations (e.g. cost centers reviews)• Work with affiliate management, Controlling and Regional management to prepare budgets, forecasts and other annual Corporate deliverables such as Long-Range Plans (e.g. Three-Year Strategic Plan)• Safeguard the assets of the various affiliates through the application of appropriate internal / SOX controls (e.g. oversee regular inventory cycle counts, supervision of annual full physical counts, variance explanation and approval )• Approve electronically all cash payments related to the affiliates as well as manually for compliance purposes (i.e. sign-off)• Act as the financial counsel for the local commercial management for strategic reviews and various ad hoc projects (e.g. SAP Go-live, Stock move of watches, spare parts and POS materials, EU Central Warehouse Implementation….)• Provide specific support for the French subsidiary for financial reporting, tax reviews.• Handle the French Accounts receivables as well as the relation with the recovery agency.• Provide regular support to the Business Controls department (e.g. internal audit assignments and special investigations, due diligence…).
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Education
- Master, Auditingiaelyon School of Management2006Master, Auditing
- Certificate of Achievement, Pathways to Leadership ProcessVersus2011Certificate of Achievement, Pathways to Leadership Process
Certifications
- Sage X3Ernst Young2010