Jean-Luc P.

A multilingual (FR, IT, EN, DE) Senior Finance Contributor and Business Partner. 25 years+ of senior roles in multi-billion-dollar international corporations with direct experiences in Finance, Business leadership, Operations, IT and HR. Broad experience in all aspects of business change and projects management, SSC deployments, ERPs implementations & cross Functional leadership. Expert in executing team-driven processes improvements to increase revenue growth, operational efficiency and overall profitability. Strong track record of developing and implementing business strategies and processes improvements. A proactive lateral and strategic thinker with natural positive leadership & communication skills. 

CKH CPAs & Advisors                                                                                                           September 2020 – July 2021

Leading the centralization of all finance functions for our major client in Europe in our FSS in Ukraine and Greece

EMEA Finance Director FSS (consultancy project)

ARROW Electronics Global Components & ECS EMEA                                                April 2008 – September 2020

Distribution and value-added services relating to electronics components and computer products. Revenues of €10 billion, 6’000 employees (300 in Finance), 32 countries

EMEA Finance Director Shared Services & Programs

• Promoted to EMEA Finance Director for Arrow Global Components and Arrow ECS companies
• Reporting to EMEA Finance VP with 3 Direct Reports: EMEA SSC Finance Director (100 FTEs), EMEA Finance Director Accounting (50 FTEs) and EMEA Senior Finance Manager & Finance Business owner (7 FTEs)
• Creations of EMEA Shared Service Center in the UK and Poland
• Responsible (Finance Process Owner) of ARW Global ERP in EMEA with deployments in NE, CE & SE (2,800 employees, 240 in finance, 24 countries)
• Centralization of Audit processes in SSCs and EMEA SOX Matrix alignment
• Deployment of ARW world-wide global procurement project
• Deployment of ARW EMEA Single Pool of Inventory
• SSC organization played an instrumental role in Arrow One Europe Strategy
• …

ARROW Electronics Global Components & ECS EMEA                                            April 2008 – September 2020

Enterprise impact:

• Annualized reduction of €5.5 Mio of operating expenses
• Improved compliance and reduced fraud risks
• SSC concept moved from a threat to recognized Business Partner
• SSC Talent Management recognized as an attractive career opportunity
• Alignment of finance processes and root data to fully leverage the ERP investment
• SSC concept accepted by the business with evidence of related benefits
• SSC initiative first internal and external tangible evidence of ARW One EMEA strategy

ARROW Electronics Global Components EMEA (Milano - Italy)                                      April 2008 – July 2010

Revenues of €3.1 billion, 3’600 employees (270 in Finance), 29 countries

 EMEA Finance Director, Finance Programs, Processes & System

ARROW Southern Europe (Milano - Italy)                                                                       April 2006 – April 2008

Revenues of € 1.1 billion, 1’350 employees (97 in Finance), 9 countries

Finance Director & Business Partner, Arrow Southern Europe

ARROW Central Europe (Frankfurt - Germany)                                                            April 2005 – March 2006

Revenues of € 0.9 billion, 1’150 employees (68 in Finance), 12 countries

VP Finance Central Europe (acting)

ARROW France SA (Paris - France)                                                                                          2004 – April 2005

Revenues of € 0,5 billion, 420 employees (45 in Finance), 3 countries

Area Finance Director & Business Partner, France & Iberia

Anixter Switzerland Sàrl (Montreux & Zurich - Switzerland)                                                                        2002 – 2004

Revenues of €30 million, 24 employees, 2 locations

Country Manager

Anixter International Ltd (Uxbridge - UK)                                                                                        2001 – 2002

Revenues of € 0.5 billion, 600 employees (20 in Finance), 20 countries

Director of Accounting Services EMEA

Anixter Central & Eastern Europe (Montreux - Switzerland)                                                           1998 – 2000

Revenues of € 88 million, 70 employees (12 in Finance), 7 countries

Area Controller & Business Partner Central & Eastern Europe

Anixter Switzerland Sàrl (Montreux & Zurich - Switzerland)                                                                        1995 – 1997

Revenues of €20 million, 21 employees (3 in Finance), 7 countries

Operations & Finance Manager       

Hotel La Soldanelle (Chateau d’Oex – Switzerland)                                                                                    1994 – 1995

Manager

Sport Palace SA (Geneva – Switzerland)                                                                                         1989 - 1993

Director

• Project Management Institute (PMI)                                          Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Ecole Supérieure d’Economie, Lausanne                                    Bachelor’s in economics
• Commercial School, Lausanne                                                    Diploma in Commerce
• Hotel School SVCR, Lausanne                                                     HORECA Certificate (large Businesses)