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Alicia Rodriguez-VigilAR

Alicia Rodriguez-Vigil

Finance Trainer |Senior Consultant

€800/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Alicia

I am a trilingual finance trainer and practitioner, delivering in English, French and Spanish. I help managers, project teams and finance teams turn financial data, budgets, forecasts, cash indicators and project costs into practical business decisions.

Before becoming a trainer, I spent 25+ years in finance, controlling and transformation roles inside international groups including ArcelorMittal, Eutelsat, Lafarge, Visteon, Plastic Omnium, Vallourec and FCI. My training is grounded in operational finance experience, not textbook theory.

I design and deliver professional training in:

- Finance for non-financial managers and financial acumen.
- Budgeting, forecasting, reporting and performance management.
- Controlling, management reporting, dashboards and KPI.
- Cash management, working capital, cash flow, DSO, DPO and DIO.
- Project finance, project costing, project budget control and project risk.

My approach combines senior finance practice with structured pedagogy: real business cases, interactive exercises, operational scenarios, direct feedback and reusable tools. The objective is not only to understand finance, but to use it in decisions, budgets, reporting cycles and projects.

Based in Paris, I work on site in Paris and nearby locations, and remotely with international audiences. I can also deliver internationally through planned assignments and partner training centres.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Agile Finance
    Executive Finance Trainer - Controlling, Budgeting, Cash Management & Project Finance
    December 2010 - Today (15 years and 7 months)
    Freelance Finance Trainer | Controlling, Budgeting & Business Simulations
    I design and deliver professional training programs in finance, controlling, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, compliance, and project finance for international audiences in English, French, and Spanish. My approach combines structured content, practical case studies, and interactive workshops to make complex topics clear, relevant, and directly applicable. I also facilitate business simulations to strengthen decision-making and connect financial concepts with real business challenges.

    Past interim and consultancy missions - Worldwide

    Delivered interim and consulting assignments for international industrial groups in automotive, steel, and private equity, with a focus on finance transformation, controlling, cash performance, and carve-out execution.

    Key assignments included:
    •Vallourec Drilling: restored control over cash and performance steering by redesigning cash forecasting, upgrading reporting, and rebuilding visibility on working capital and budgeting.
    •Visteon Interiors: led the decentralization of accounting during a carve-out, transferring activities from a Shared Services Center to regional teams across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
    •FCI: secured continuity of Corporate Management Control during the final phase of a carve-out and divestment, ensuring smooth handovers and uninterrupted budget cycle delivery.
    •Plastic Omnium: structured budgeting and reporting for a newly centralized Group IT function, while strengthening performance monitoring and supporting finance team reorganization.
    Finance Training Management Control Finance for Non-Financial Managers Project Finance Controlling
  • Grant Thornton Executive
    Senior Advisor
    June 2016 - December 2017 (1 year and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    Central Management Control Manager – EUTELSAT
    Assigned to support the Finance Department in the reorganization of the Central Management Control function for a leading communications infrastructure operator.
    Delivered operational support across monthly closing, quarterly forecasting, and day-to-day finance management, while carrying out an organizational diagnostic and designing tools aligned with project-based operations.
    Key outcomes included the redesign of Group reporting, improved reporting lead times, and stronger Executive Committee commentary with a more strategic and business-focused perspective.

    Operational Finance & Management Control Support – Lafarge
    Brought in to secure continuity of the Western Region controlling function during a major reorganization. Delivered end-to-end support across monthly close, outlooks, 2017 budgeting, reporting, audit support, and year-end closing, while acting as a key interface between finance, shared services and operations. The mission also highlighted structural improvement opportunities around reporting simplification, reduction of manual accounting reallocations, and more effective performance steering.
    Forecasting Management Control Corporate Finance Controlling and Performance Management Systems
  • ONEtoONE
    Corporate Finance Partner
    December 2014 - June 2016 (1 year and 6 months)
    ONEtoONE provides advisory services to SMEs focusing on their financial needs (public financing, private equity funds, IPOs, M&A) to support the development of their business. ONEtoONE has worked on over 900 corporate operations, both in local and in cross-border transactions.
    Corporate Finance Business Plan Development Project Finance M&A

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Education

  • MBA
    Universidad Pontificia Comillas
    1998
    MBA
  • Université Catholique de Louvain
    1996

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