Simon THOMAS

Abidjan Metro Project

- Preparation and analysis of monthly reports (accounting and cost control) - Budget preparation, gap analysis - Cash flow preparation, cash calls, payments approval. - Tax issues, financial statements, bank guarantees, insurances, payroll and IT follow up - Supervision of the Zambia and Kenya accounting team and 2 Site Finance Managers

- Financial control monitoring, and budget gap analysis - Client and suppliers contracts follow up - Client invoicing for the consortium - Bank guarantee, insurance and common expenses follow up - Head Office Corporate Reporting

Head of Internal Audit Mexico - Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios - ACS multinational group Elaboration of Internal Audit Reports: - Analysis of management practices (finance, accounting, taxes, reporting etc.) and benchmarking with corporate standards. - Risks identification. - Provide recommendations to improve best practices.

Hutchinson (TOTAL Group) - General and Cost Accounting supervision - Month-end closing and reporting to headquarter - Budget monitoring - Internal control management - Management of accounting team (General and Cost Accounting)

Oil drilling and gas extraction Project - Cost control and analysis - Budget forecast - Month-end closing to HQ in Spain - Accounting supervision and reconciliations - Monitoring of costs, expenses and billing - Operating account follow-up - Head office reporting to HQ in Spain and CFO Mexico

Asian Region central financial office Electricity and railways projects - Accounting supervision and reconciliations - Month-end closing to HQ in Spain - Operating account follow-up - Financial forecasts, foreign exchange and financial cost calculation - Reporting to HQ in Spain - Training and management of Accounting team (12 people) Special accomplishments: - Accounting migration from Tally Software to the ERP Microsoft Dynamics Navision

TGV France – Spain high speed train Project - Double accounting French and Spanish with Microsoft Dynamics Navision - Operating account follow-up - Financial reporting to the associates - Financial forecasts and budgets - Tax declarations - Accounting staff management (1 accountant -1 administrative assistant)

- Daily treasury management, payment forecast - Accounts receivable and bank charges posting, bank reconciliation - Financial analysis - Managed contacts with banks and reporting to the group

Daimler Group Services Madrid (Mercedes group) - Shared Services Center - Posting and accounting reconciliation in a workflow system with SAP Finance - Preparation and control of the payments to suppliers - Working in collaboration with the Swiss subsidiary

Cash Flow Management, International Payments, Credit Management, International financial markets, Interest rates and foreign exchange risks management, IFRS, information systems…