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Ismael CherkaouiIC

Ismael Cherkaoui

CFO/Directeur Finance - SaaS/Fintech - HEC Paris

€1,000/day
Paris 14e Arrondissement, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Ismael

Passionné par la finance, la technologie et l'entrepreneuriat, j'accompagne les startups tech (Pre-seed/Seed, Series A, Series B) dans la structuration de la fonction finance (Financial reporting, FP&A, trésorerie, levées de fonds) en tant que DAF / CFO intérimaire pour permettre aux fondateurs de se focaliser sur la montée en échelle de leur business.

Je dispose d'une expérience éprouvée en Corporate Finance de plus de 10 ans. J'ai occupé des fonctions d'analyste en banques d'affaires (Lazard) et en fonds de capital risque (Quadrille capital), puis en tant que consultant (Mazars) pour des due diligences financières dans des contextes de M&A/Levées de fonds. Ensuite, j'ai structuré la fonction finance chez FairMoney (fintech/banque digitale leader des marchés émergeants) de la Series A (10m€) en 2019 à la Series B (32m€) en 2021.

Je suis diplômé de Telecom ParisTech (Grande Ecole) et du Master Digital Entrepreneur HEC Paris.

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My passions are finance, technology and entrepreneurship. I support tech startups (Pre-seed / Seed, Series A, Series B) in structuring their finance function (Financial reporting, FP&A, Treasury, Fundraising) as interim Finance Officer to allow founders laser-focus on scaling up the business.

I have proven experience in Corporate Finance for more than 10 years. I worked as an analyst in investment banking (Lazard) and in venture capital (Quadrille capital), then as a financial consultant (Mazars) leading due diligences in the context of M​​&A / Fundraising operations. Then, I structured the finance function at FairMoney (fintech and the leading digital bank for emerging markets) from Series A (10m€) in 2019 to Series B (32m€) in 2021.

I graduated from Telecom ParisTech (Grande Ecole) and from the Digital Entrepreneur masters at HEC Paris.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • four40
    cofounder - Finance & Sales
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 6 months)
    Paris, France
    The Gen AI Infrastructure for entreprise.
    Www.four40.work
    Start-up Business development Business plan Pitch Deck Levée de fonds intelligence artificielle SAAS
  • Caast Advisory
    CEO Fondateur
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    September 2021 - Today (4 years and 10 months)
    Paris, France
    Helping startups to scale finance 🚀
    Start-up Levée de fonds Business plan Start-ups Financial Modeling Directeur Financier Business development Financial Analysis Fintech Optimisation des processus
  • FairMoney - Leading digital bank for emerging markets
    Finance Director
    TECH
    October 2019 - Today (6 years and 9 months)
    Paris, France
    Accompanied the company from Series A (10m€) to Series B (32m€) across 3 entities in France, Nigeria & India :
    ■ Built FP&A practice (CLTV/CAC, UE, Budgeting, Provisioning etc)
    ■ Built and led Financial Reporting function
    ■ Built and led Treasury & Cash operations function
    ■ Contributed to debt and equity fundraising operations

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Education

  • Master 2 - Digital Entrepreneur
    HEC Paris
    2015
    ■ Finance courses: Corporate Finance, Accounting ■ Management & Technology courses: Strategy, Marketing/Digital Marketing, Information Technology
  • Engineer - Grande Ecole
    Telecom ParisTech
    2014

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