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Pierre Zokovitch

CFO -VP Finance -Finance Director

Can work in or around Strasbourg

  • 48.5733
  • 7.75228
  • Rate On-demand
  • Experience 7+ years
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Location and workplace preferences

Location
Strasbourg, France
Can work onsite in your office in
  • around Strasbourg and 50km

Preferences

Project length
  • ≤ 1 week
  • ≤ 1 month
  • Between 1-3 months
  • Between 3-6 months
  • ≥ 6 months
Business sector
  • Aviation & Aerospace
  • Agriculture
  • Architecture & Urban Planning
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Automobile
+29 autres
Company size
  • 50 - 249 people
  • 250 - 999 people
  • 1000 - 4999 people
  • ≥ 5000 people

Verifications

Freelancer code of conduct signed
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Verified email

Languages

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Croatian

    Native or bilingual

  • Serbian

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Conversational

Skills (7)

Pierre in a few words

Accomplished global financial strategist and project management executive delivering visionary financial approaches, and leading complex change on a large scale in global, matrixed corporations. International professional with 20+ years of strategic business analysis and financial insights, managing statutory accounting/controllership and reshaping operational processes, achieving transformational turnaround through data-driven evaluation. Skilled collaborator, working closely with boards of directors, senior management, and interdisciplinary teams to assure optimal financial procedures and guarantee growth.
French - English - German B1 - Croatian - Serbian

Experience

Interim Finance and Operation Executive

Automobile

 Finance Consultant & M&A Leader  - As a freelancer

Munich, Allemagne

May 2021 - November 2021 (6 months)

─ Oversaw organization of Due diligence for all function for an M&A
─ Support evaluation of possible contribution
─ Evaluate and update business case in regards of assumptions changes, mitigate with R&O
Mergers & Acquisitions PMO Due Diligence Business case ROI Risk Management Evaluation

Finance and Operation Lead - Consultant

Automobile

CFO  - As a freelancer

Munich, Allemagne

July 2019 - March 2020 (8 months)

─ Oversaw Finance for a plant producing injection-molding parts for the automotive industry, with a $100M turnover and a headcount of 850 staff members.
─ Reported key financials for several countries, and implemented processes essential to SOX compliance.
Reporting Consolidation Process Improvement Business Process Improvement CAPEX ROI Budget Forecast Business analysis KPI SOX US GAAP IFRS

Various Company

Pharmaceuticals industry

CFO EMEA  - As a freelancer

Cologne, Allemagne

May 2018 - June 2019 (1 year1 year and 1 month)

─ Directed Finance operations for 11 plants involved in oleo chemistry, with a turnover of $495M and a headcount of 5,000 staff members.
─ Reconciled GAAP and US GAAP, reported key financials for several countries
Reporting Conversion Accounting Controlling SOX Compliance US Gaap German Gaap

Johnson Controls

Automobile

Executive Finance Director EMEA and Global Operations

Burscheid, Allemagne

March 1998 - December 2017 (19 years19 years and 9 months)

Led financial operations for multi-billion-dollar global BU with full profit and loss responsibility, including Compliance/Sox, accounting, reporting, statutory compliance, treasury, and working capital. Managed a team up to 30 directly and up to 19K staff members indirectly at a global level, coaching, mentoring, and role modeling company expectations. Implemented change management and enterprise-wide financial assessment and control strategies. Evaluated and enhanced processes, systems, and procedures to ensure Legal and SOX compliance. Created global strategic plans and engaged in best practices necessary to promote growth and profitability
Directed Project Management Office activities, leading teams of up to 200 and 35 direct reports in planning and executing enterprise-wide projects at a global level. Reported to the Board of Directors and created global strategic vision, developing robust operational plans. Implemented essential communication and decision-making framework. Partnered with interdisciplinary staff throughout the organization and across the globe to build roadmap and strategies and align daily tasks with overarching project goals
Kaizen Lean management Financial Reporting Business Process Improvement Restructuring Business Strategy Mergers & Acquisitions Intégration Controlling Accounting ERP Center of excellence Business case Costing & pricing Spinoff Cost control ROI-ROS-ROA KPI SOX Compliance US GAAP

Various Company

Consulting & Audits

Executive Finance Manager

Strasbourg, France

December 1989 - November 1998 (8 years8 years and 11 months)

Various position as Finance executive in Audit, Accounting, Controlling managing complete finance functions and responsabilities in Companies from 100K to 300M € turnover
Finance audit controlling reporting tax consolidation advisor ERP shares services treasury

Education

  • Finance and Business Management

    IMD Lausanne

    2017

    Transition for Business leadership - Foundation to Business leadership

Certifications 

  • Six Sigma Black Belt
    Johnson Controls
    2000