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Etienne Missoup

Etienne Missoup

Thousand Oaks,CA

Summary

Finance professional with more than 16 years of international experience.

Resourceful Manager offering history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with hardworking mentality to maintain quality of services and products.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Product Manager- Finance

Divalto SA
04.2019 - 01.2021


  • Designed new features and software testing that resulted to improved ERP version.
  • Produced financial reports from the affiliates used by senior management in the headquarter
  • Developed market research and competitive analysis before Go to Market.
  • Strengthened relationships with new clients and educated clients to increase customer retention.


Finance and Administration Manager

Omnisens
01.2017 - 12.2018


  • Improved financial process by enforcing internal controls, workflows and policies for tracking, reconciling that resulted to unqualified audit opinion.
  • Hired and trained employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Analyzed budgets, forecasts and current trends to support to secure the execution of 50+ projects
  • Initiated uncovered tax reporting for each operational jurisdictions that resulted to a total tax refund of CHF 500K .
  • Monitored monthly payroll and prepared and paid out sales commissions.
  • Decreased Days sales outstanding ( DSO) optimized the overall cash conversion cycle.

Senior Audit & Advisory Consultant

ORAVA SA
01.2015 - 12.2016


  • Participated in audit, due diligence and valuations of different enterprises
  • Prepared tax declaration, financial reporting for clients

Finance and Controlling Manager

BAN SA
01.2013 - 12.2014


  • Monitored budget, revenue and variance trends for CHF 50 Millions company, regularly apprising CEO of company's financial standing
  • Decreased monthly expenditures by 30% through effectively reviewing documents and identifying problem areas.
  • Researched and drove integration of Abacus ERP to increase efficiency of accounting systems.
  • Trained new and existing staff members in various financial procedures to prepare for job requirements.
  • responsible to manage the payroll for more than 540 personnel.


Senior Accountant

BAN SA
06.2012 - 12.2012
  • Direct mail company https://ban.ch, Successfully handled the company’s restructuring process and promoted to manager Developed and implemented accounting policies to ensure external reporting

Trading Controller

Cargill
07.2010 - 03.2012


  • Performed month end closings for 4 trading books in compliance with US GAAP
  • Performed the daily control of derivatives positions for European Power trading
  • Provided treasury and cash management (FX updates) by overseeing reconciliation of banking activity, credit card processing and sales tax returns.
  • Managed the daily margin calls and settlements against counterparties

Internal Audit trainee

ICRC, Red Cross
01.2010 - 07.2010
  • Audit internship at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva’s headquarter leading to a master thesis.
  • Developed understanding of organization audit methodology, approach and tools while working under supervision of licensed auditors.
  • Prepared reports and other documentation to support licensed auditor's opinions.

Credit Risk Controller

Societe Generale Bank
01.2002 - 10.2005


  • Optimized credit approval and collection processes, improving operational efficiencies by over 40%.
  • Devised collection recovery strategies to resolve customer issues and delinquent cases.
  • Analyzed applicants' financial status and credit and property evaluations to determine loan feasibility.
  • Recommended approval or disapproval of commercial, real estate or credit loans.

Finance Manager Shared Services

UHG, United Health Group (Optum Division)
07.2022 - 02.2023

Prepared monthly financial reviews for shared services and presented variance analysis to senior management

Prepared quarterly metrics on SG&A , FTE, provider counts for Optum Health HQ

Assisted the fiance director during the rolling forecasts on SG&A and Key metrics for Optum California

Performed monthly analysis to track FTEs trends for Care management unit (1343 wFTEs)

Developed new financial models for SG&A variance analysis

Led a direct report analyst

Regional FP&A Manager Shared Services- Optum CA

UHG, United Health Group (Optum Division)
03.2023 - Current

Prepared month end consolidated FFS deliverables to Optum Health HQ

Consolidated FTE Rollforward trend for 7 CDOs of Optum California

Prepared and analyzed the variance analysis on membership, medical costs, gross margin and SG&A

Prepared the monthly financial review and powerpoint for the CFO of Care delivery region 1

Consolidated the forecasts regarding FFS, gross margin and RAF bridge ( Risk adjusted factor) and enterprise profitability

Developed new financial models for membership, P&l

Trained finance analytics teammates to utilize Essbase and received an award

Led a financial analyst

Student BSC and Msc.

HEC Lausanne School of Business
10.2005 - 01.2010

Full time student at University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Bachelor of science and Master degree.

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Data Science and Business Analytics

McCombs School of Business, University of Texas
Austin, TX
11.2021

Master of Science - Accounting And Finance

HEC Lausanne School of Business, University of Lausanne
Switzerland
07.2010

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

HEC Lausanne School of Business, University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
07.2008

Master of Arts - Economics And Management

University of Douala
Cameroon
09.2001

Skills

  • Excel Python R SQL Tableau and Powerpivot
  • Data Analysis and visualization
  • Financial Reporting in US GAAP and IFRS
  • Healthcare Finance
  • Financial Modeling, valuation and due diligence
  • Financial analysis and performance evaluation
  • Cost analysis and performance improvement
  • Financial Controls and tax management
  • Critical Thinking and Analysis
  • Active listening, curiosity and continuous learner

Certification

  • Certified Management Accountant, CMA
  • Certified in strategy and Competitive Analysis, CSCA
  • FP&A certificate
  • Data Analytics and Visualization for Accountants: Beyond the basics.

Affiliations

Member, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), USA


Member, the Swiss Institute of Chartered Accountants, ExpertSuisse, Switzerland

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Regional FP&A Manager Shared Services- Optum CA

UHG, United Health Group (Optum Division)
03.2023 - Current

Finance Manager Shared Services

UHG, United Health Group (Optum Division)
07.2022 - 02.2023

Product Manager- Finance

Divalto SA
04.2019 - 01.2021

Finance and Administration Manager

Omnisens
01.2017 - 12.2018

Senior Audit & Advisory Consultant

ORAVA SA
01.2015 - 12.2016

Finance and Controlling Manager

BAN SA
01.2013 - 12.2014

Senior Accountant

BAN SA
06.2012 - 12.2012

Trading Controller

Cargill
07.2010 - 03.2012

Internal Audit trainee

ICRC, Red Cross
01.2010 - 07.2010

Student BSC and Msc.

HEC Lausanne School of Business
10.2005 - 01.2010

Credit Risk Controller

Societe Generale Bank
01.2002 - 10.2005

Post Graduate Certificate - Data Science and Business Analytics

McCombs School of Business, University of Texas

Master of Science - Accounting And Finance

HEC Lausanne School of Business, University of Lausanne

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

HEC Lausanne School of Business, University of Lausanne

Master of Arts - Economics And Management

University of Douala
Etienne Missoup