About Bertrand
CFO Part Time - Saas & growing startups
My goal is simple: help you make better financial decisions and scale your business with confidence.
Trusted business partner to leadership teams and boards, focused on scaling growth and driving value creation, identifying investment / cost optimization opportunities.
I drive strategic business planning, financial reporting & performance management,
and I played a key role in leading a Series B fundraising.
- 6.5 years as CFO in B2B saas scale-ups (80+ employees, €14M+ ARR)
- +6 years as senior financial auditor within top-tier audit firms (Deloitte / Mazars
Happy to discuss your project / business needs, and see how I can support you on a range of key topics that can help structure and scale your company:
- Business plan development
- Financial and operational reporting setup and automation
- Budget preparation and reforecasting
- Cash flow management and forecasting
- Support with fundraising and financing processes (equity fundraising, bank financing, grants, R&D tax credits, etc.)
- Financial analysis and executive presentations
- Implementation and optimization of internal processes
- Hiring and structuring finance teams
- Finance, admin, HR day-to-day ops
Let's connect !
Bertrand
Spanish
Conversational
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Prismic - Saas website builderCFOSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGMarch 2022 - Today (4 years and 3 months)Paris, France
- Serving as Leadership team member and Board member, overseeing Finance, growth strategy(ROI analysis on acquisition channels), accounting, HR & admin; Managing a team of 3/4;
- Driving 3× ARR growth with improved efficiency and return to profitability;
- Leading Series B fundraising: pitch deck, business model, data room, and VCmeetings;
- Building and driving the financial reporting and planning: monthly investor finance deck, monthly P&L closing and analysis, KPIs review (ARR, churn, EBITDA, gross margin, rule of 40), and forecast adjustments;
- Monitoring Cash flow and liquidity: monthly analysis on net burn, runway, burn multiple;
- Automating and scaling new processes in a fast-growing environment: forecasting, reporting, billing, cash management, procurement, bad debt recovery.
- KARHOO - Marketplace mobility platform, Member of Renault groupFinance Director FranceSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGSeptember 2019 - March 2022 (2 years and 6 months)Paris, France
- Business Partner of the Leadership team on Finance, Accounting, HR, Legal, and Office Management topics for the 2 French entities of KARHOO Group;
- Financial Monitoring and Reporting: production and presentation to the leadership team P&L reports, financial and ops KPIs;
- Planning and Forecasting: production of budgets, reforecasts, and BPs;
- Cash Management and Financing;
- Other financial and admin assignments: billing, credit management, financial audits, valuation of CIR / CII tax credits, implementing internal control processes, managing payroll and HR contracts, legal and supplier negotiation.
- MazarsManager Financial AuditCONSULTING AND AUDITSSeptember 2017 - September 2019 (2 years)Paris, France
- Conducted statutory and consolidated audit assignments for listed and non-listed groups in the service sector;
- Team management (3-5 people);
- Involved in the recruitment of new associates (20 people);
- Led training courses for new joiners (1 week / 20 participants).
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Education
- Bachelor en FinanceBI, Norwegian School of Management - Oslo2011Corporate Finance / Financial Markets / Economics
- Master 2 - Audit et Expertise ComptablePSB - Paris School of Business2013Corporate Finance / Consolidation / Contrôle de gestion / Comptabilité / Fiscalité / Droit des sociétés