Head of FP&A · 10 years in finance · CFA Level 3 Candidate

Alan Vourc'h

I led FP&A at Auditoire (TBWA Group), a €100M, 150-person events business: three analysts I recruited and managed, the budget, the forecast and the monthly reporting, working directly with the Group CFO and the CEO on planning and headcount. Before that I consolidated €7B of costs across 12 business units at Société Générale's investment bank. Based in Montréal, looking for Senior FP&A, FP&A Manager and Finance & Strategy roles at scale-ups in Montréal or Paris.

€100Mrevenue, 150 people, 3 analysts

−40%month-end reporting cycle

+25%payroll forecast accuracy

€7Bcosts across 12 business units

Open work permit in Canada through March 2028 Montréal based, open to Paris

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Projects

Finance and data projects you can open

Two case studies, the Power BI reporting and a business case. The companies are fictional where the data is, and you can check any figure in the model, the workbook or the code.

How I Work

Finance for people who don't read a P&L all day

Most of my work has been for a CEO deciding whether to open a team, or a business unit head asking why his margin slipped. So I build the plan from drivers those people recognise: headcount, projects delivered, vendor spend. Then I say what changed and what to do about it. When the process needs a tool that doesn't exist yet, I build that too, and I keep it simple enough that the team still uses it after I leave.

Plans built from drivers

Budget, rolling forecast and scenarios tied to headcount, project margin from timesheets and vendor spend, so a variance points at a decision instead of a line item.

Numbers leadership acts on

The P&L by business unit I built became what the CEO and the Group CFO used to arbitrate team structure and hiring. The China and Middle East entities picked it up afterwards.

Tools when the process needs them

Purchase order errors down 80%, SOX control workload down 30%, a tax dashboard at Société Générale that went from 33% to 80% adoption. Excel and VBA, Power BI, SQL, Python.

Professional Background

Selected experience

The roles most relevant to how I can support a finance team today. Full details are available on LinkedIn and in my résumé.

Jun 2023 – Present Now

Independent FP&A Consultant

Independent | Paris, then Montréal

Planning, reporting and finance operating model work for scale-ups and established companies, usually covering the scope of an FP&A Manager or Head of FP&A.

Built P&L, headcount, cost-to-serve, cash and scenario models that management used to make decisions

FP&A ConsultingFinancial ModelingFinance Automation

Nov 2020 – Jun 2023

Head of FP&A

Auditoire (TBWA Group) | Paris, France

Led FP&A for a €100M revenue, 150-person business and recruited and managed three analysts. Reported to the France Finance Director and worked directly with the Group CFO and the CEO on planning, headcount and business decisions.

Built the P&L by business unit that the CEO and the Group CFO used to decide team structure and hiring plans; reused by the China and Middle East entities
Cut the month-end reporting cycle by 40% with VBA automation, and improved payroll forecast accuracy by 25% with a live payroll database
Reduced purchase order errors by 80% and the SOX control workload by 30%
Tracked project margin from timesheets to show the real cost of each production and inform staffing

Head of FP&ATeam of 3€100M RevenueGroup CFO and CEO

Jan 2020 – Mar 2020

FP&A Analyst (contract)

Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur | Nice, France

Supported the annual close: retail and restaurant P&L, concession fees, management and shareholder reporting.

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

Career break

Australia & Asia

A year of travel in Australia and Asia, and passed CFA Level 1. Returned to France in January 2020.

Apr 2015 – Jan 2019

FP&A Analyst | Investment Banking Division

Société Générale | Paris, France

Consolidated €7B of annual costs across 12 business units with controllers in the Americas, Asia and Europe, and ran reporting and forecasting for €400M a year of tax operations.

Built a multi-variable regression cost forecast with a 1.5% average error, presented to the CFO and COO
Redesigned the tax dashboard, lifting adoption from 33% to 80%, and led a cost-control app adopted by 50+ managers
Represented Cost Management in selecting and rolling out IBM Planning Analytics

€7B Costs12 Business Units€400M Tax Operations

Sep 2014 – Mar 2015

FP&A Analyst

Newedge | Paris, France

Daily group P&L monitoring reported to the CFO, and integration cost and merger savings tracking during the Société Générale acquisition.

Credentials & practical details

CFA Level 3 Candidate Private Markets Pathway · Feb 2027

Certification Google Advanced Data Analytics Statistics, Python & machine learning

Education Kedge Business School MSc Finance & Audit · BCom

Montréal Open work permit through Mar 2028 French native · English fluent