Description

🎯 I help scale ups and PE-backed companies optimize their finance operations. I have an expertise in Education and EdTech companies.

As CFO I managed a PE exit of a €240M education company. Prior to that, I managed all finance operations for a €2.5B education company in Latin America. I have also worked with EdTech startups and scaleups.

Here are some use cases:

- Build a business plan in preparation for an exit or a fundraise (Excel and powerpoint)

- Create board and reporting templates for monthly and quarterly reporting processes

- Build a cash flow tracker to monitor expenses in real time

- Design finance processes for a company after a fundraise or investment by a private equity shareholder

- Build a KPI tracker: identify key metrics and maintain tracking file

- Develop storytelling and projections for fundraising decks

- Support on vendor or buyer due diligence with education industry expertise

- Build a strategic plan for an expansion activity such as a new program, new campus or new product line.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Spanish
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Global Ed
Strategic Consultant
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
September 2019 - Today (6 years and 9 months)
Paris, France
Independent consultant for higher education and education technology companies focused on strategy, finance, and operations
Sample projects: Strategic plan for launching a new university; building Board presentations for large education company; Developing transformation plan; Fractional CFO for growing EdTech scale-up
Advisor to private equity funds on education sector transactions.
Independent board member for PE-backed education group in Mexico (Universidad Insurgentes).
Independent board member for Lumi Gruppen, publicly-traded education group in Norway.
Business Plan Development Microsoft Powerpoint Strategic planning Financial Planning Microsoft Excel
INSEEC U.
CFO
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
May 2017 - July 2019 (2 years and 2 months)
Paris, France
Managed all financial functions of a €240M revenue operation (16 schools and 30 legal entities, 15% annual EBITDA growth) under private equity management.
Instrumental in exit process from Apax Partners to Cinven at 14X EBITDA in April 2019.
Developed vendor due diligence documents in partnership with advisors.
Built strategic and financial business plan, and presented to investors.
Lead role in successfully refinancing and recapitalization of €205M of Unitranche debt into €275M Term Loan B, which was oversubscribed by 35%.
Presented to lenders, managed due diligence and negotiated financing agreements.
Post-merger integration of finance department from student-facing collections process to accounting consolidation, via streamlined processes, creating scalable organization.
Improved operational processes: implemented online payment process, doubled the output of external invoicing year over year, and implemented a cash recovery process to reduce DSO.
Due Diligence Business Plan Development Business Unit Strategy
Laureate Education
VP Finance
EDUCATION AND E-LEARNING
January 2016 - May 2017 (1 year and 4 months)
Miami, FL, USA
Led 30-member team tasked with improving effectiveness and efficiency of the business insight function, by implementing global reporting tools, establishing standard KPI's and metrics, and revamping the capital expenditures analysis process.
Restructured FP&A and CFO function from 300 to 200 people, improved processes, bridged financial and operational vision, and transformed a decentralized operation into a global organization.
Managed complex and ambitious process to structure and staff regional Reporting Centers of Expertise, country-level FP&A teams, and restructure local CFO function.
Oversaw IT team implementing Hyperion budget tools, Oracle reporting solutions and capital expenditure calculation tools to support transformation.
Generated $17M of run rate savings, improved business analytic capabilities and streamlined processes.
Corporate Finance Microsoft Excel Corporate Strategy Project Management Business Plan Development