Gilles Auriault

I am a dedicated manager with result-oriented and “hands-on” helping spirit.

I have 15 years of experience as financial and control manager at Médecins Sans Frontières, the ECB, the Worldbank, Meteosat and MFO-peacekeeping. I am looking for my next mission.

Jan.2023 to Dec.2023: MSF Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

I optimize and manage the resources required to implement operational decisions. As a member of the coordination team, I visit all projects to verify the fit between human and financial resources and program activities.

I ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, effective organisation of resources.

I monitor the use of financial resources, I propose initial budgets and revisions.

I adapt procedures for money management and accounting monthly closures to the country, to ensure security of cash, transparency, and compliance with both MSF procedures and local laws.

I manage the finance team.

I consolidate and implement budgets in collaboration with the other coordinators and analyse and communicate general and specific monthly budget tracking and forecasts to the coordination team.

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Dec.2017 to Dec.2022: MFO Multinational Force & Observers (Peacekeeping Operation in Sinai) Chief Financial Officer El Gorah, Egypt, / Rome

Chief of budget, controlling, and accounting: annual budgets and 5-year plans (monthly forecast, quarterly variance analysis, management of a 3-currencies treasury, investment portfolios).

We use US-GAAP standards, and SAP FI/CO/MM ERP.

Achievements: ■ Reduction of variances from 14% to 5% in 4 years thanks to better initial budgeting and frequent action-targeted financial information. ■ Reduction of the annual budget from $84M to $75M as a result of 4 years of efforts to control expenses, identify priorities.

■ Creation of a monthly forecast to better inform the DG about spend trends. Creation of the 5-year plan, greatly increasing the stakeholders confidence in our mastery of cost-control.

■ Unqualified auditor opinion (E&Y and Crowe) for 3 years, including unqualified COSO opinion on controlling. ■ Improvement of controls thanks to a single point-of-entry of invoices. Permanent efficiency and simplification efforts through 55 improvement projects (cleaning procedures, simpler charters of GLs and cost-centres, clarifying responsibilities statements etc.). ■ New investment policy to generate significant returns on our treasury, through a delegation to an investment manager (bank).

I supervise 15 accountants and controllers.

Reporting to the Director General, Ambassador Robert S. Beecroft

Master of Management - KEDGE Business School (Bordeaux, France)

KEDGE is accredited EQUIS, AACSB, and Association of MBAs.

Topics included accounting, cost of capital, cash flow analysis, capital structure, valuation of equity and bonds, dividend policy, issuing securities, P and A, reorganization, derivatives, portfolio management, interest rate behavior, capital budgeting, financial statement analysis, marketing, business law.

KEDGE is ranked 34th Business School in Europe by the FT