About Elsa
Head of Finance with 12+ years of experience supporting SMEs and high-growth startups on their most critical financial challenges: cash management, forecasting, performance tracking and financial decision-making.
I work as a Fractional CFO or on targeted finance missions (budgeting, rolling forecasts, dashboards, cash flow optimization, fundraising preparation), with a pragmatic and business-driven approach. My focus is to provide founders and executives with clear, reliable financial insights to support sustainable growth.
My skillset also includes operational excellence and execution, process definition, automatization and improvement, business analysis and general management consulting.
Structured and reliable, I am used to working in international, fast-paced environments and typically support clients remotely with limited but regular time commitment and high impact.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Linden Global Learning ServicesHead of Operations & FinanceEDUCATION AND E-LEARNINGJuly 2023 - Today (2 years and 11 months)Berlin, Germany
- Definition of the long-term financial strategy and vision
- Drive company profitability by optimizing costs and financial structure: develop and monitor P&L, budget, forecast, cash flow & cash collection
- Oversee, manage and improve accounting processing and controlling reports
- Project and financial management for tailor-made programmes
- Hautfarben BuntstifteHead of Social BusinessE-COMMERCEApril 2021 - October 2022 (1 year and 7 months)Berlin, Germany• Definition of company strategy (acquisition channels, expansion, new products)• Financial management and forecasting. Contact person for all accounting topics• Creation of standardized and automatized processes in operations, purchasing, customer service and accounting• Creation of KPIs & reporting for all company departments• Direct report: 5 persons and 4 freelancers
- StilnestHead Of OperationsE-COMMERCEMay 2020 - March 2021 (10 months)Berlin, Germany• Definition of operations strategy and implementation of scalable processes to sup- port the company growth, better traceability and transparency• Co-development and co-implementation of sustainability strategy closely with the CEO • Financial forecast and budget management for the operations department• Management and monitoring of suppliers third-party partners
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Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business/Trade/ CommerceESSEC Business School2012Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business/Trade/ Commerce
- Double Degree Programme, International Business and Management StudiesHanzehogeschool Groningen2012Double Degree Programme, International Business and Management Studies