Pierre-Alexandre Heurtebize

Pierre-Alexandre Heurtebize 39 Barracluff Avenue - 2026 Bondi Beach - NSW  Phone: -  - Senior Associate Transaction Services – Financial due diligence Over 5 year experience in financial services in a M&A environment, specialised in corporate finance, advanced modelling, business plans and technical analysis of financial statements Work experience includes thorough commercial analyses of SME and global organisation in industries including food, retail, services, manufacturing, healthcare… Graduated with an MBA from Tier-1 school ESSEC Business School (Paris). Straight-A student in advanced finance classes at Tulane University in New Orleans (MBA exchange) Skills Strong analytical skills Advanced Excel modelling Corporate finance Strong Business acumen Ability to summarize complex ideas Interacting with key stakeholder Work in intensive environment Building rapport Proactive in bringing solutions Agile Education Master of Business Administration (MBA), Corporate Finance – 2014 ESSEC Business School – Paris, France, AACSB and ECQUIS accredited – Tier-1 European School Fall semester in Master in Finance (MFIN), Corporate finance and Private Equity - 2012 Tulane University Freeman School of business Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management – 2010 ESSEC Business School – Paris, France, AACSB and ECQUIS accredited Overview of Professional Experience OzHarvest / ForPurposeCo – Investment associate – 4 months (secondment) Modelling of business plan, valuation, strategy and market research for target investments PwC – Senior Consultant M&A Transaction Services – 4 years (Paris and Sydney) Conducting extensive financial due diligence on target companies BNP Paribas Private Equity – Financial analyst / Investment associate – 1 year (Paris) Investing in innovative SMEs with revenue between 5M€ and 100M€ Trace TV Group, Paris - Finance & Strategy analyst – 8 months (Paris) Assist group CFO on reporting and forecast and on fund raising from Private Equity houses Detailed experience and selected accomplishments Ozharvest / Forpurposeco, Sydney – Australia's leading food rescue charity Investment analyst (secondment) – Jul-18 to Oct-18 ForPurposeCo is a sustainable, socially focused, profit-generating business with people, planet and purpose at its heart. The newly created company invests in new ideas, products and services that are aligned with OzHarvest values and that are proven successful in global markets and bring them to life in Australia. I've completed a 4 months secondment, leveraging on my excel modelling and investment analyst skills to help the team on different valuable projects. Selected Accomplishments: Built a full 3 way projection model to assess profitability and cash generation of a Fresh Orange Juice Vending Machine which is now used to raise fund for the project Built from the ground up a full teaser and Information memorandum for a franchiser to allow him to go to the market and sell his concept to potential franchisees Advised the team and the board on and modelling different negotiation strategies and capital structures to raise funds from private investors (with a mix of debt and equity) Advised the team and the board on the valuation of ongoing project Conducted market research to help the board assess the potential of a new projects in the pipeline PWC Australia, Sydney – Major audit and consulting worldwide company Senior Associate M&A Transaction Services – Sep-14 to Apr-17 (Paris), May-17 to current (Sydney) As part of the M&A Transaction Service at PwC, first in the Paris office and now in the Sydney office, I have been working on a full scope of financial due diligence and have developed extensive skills in the following areas Building a broad range of Excel models to help and support due diligences, analyses and assessment of forecast Building comprehensive full financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, forecasts) from raw information provided by Targets Conducting comprehensive commercial and financial analysis of $10m to $200m turnover companies in a broad range of industries.  Understanding profitability drivers, margin sensitivity, conducting commercial analyses, understanding financial impact of investment policy and net working capital management Assessing current state of pipeline and backlog and forming a professional opinion on detailed forecast provided by targets Summarising complex ideas and findings into a well-structured due diligence report meeting PwC high standards Selected Accomplishments: Global Manufacturer of glass containers : €2bn-€5bn turnover – Top-up VDD review Minority shareholders analyses, constructed the model allowing monthly working capital analyses (DSO, DPO and DIO) on multi business units basis, reviewed put and calls contracts, built constant FX P&L and analysed main KPI’s by countries. Contract Research Organization (CRO) : €50m - €100m turnover – Buy Side due diligence Conducted thorough analysis of Pipeline and Backlog roll-off based on Management database (Pipeline ageing, Pipeline by project, by customer, age at conversion to Backlog, Backlog run-off phasing, mix evolution etc.) Trendy women clothes retailer : €100m - €200m turnover – Sell side due diligence Built and structured a database from Target operational and financial reporting. In charge of boutiques segmentation and like-for-like analyses, analyses of revenue and margin by cluster, modelling of full-year impact of boutiques openings, EBITDA dispersion analysis, focus on main costs (staff, rent, headquarters and logistic) BNP Paribas Private equity, Paris – (now ISATIS Capital) Small cap PE house Financial analyst - Investment associate - July 2013 to July 2014 The Isatis Capital team is made of Private Equity investment professionals with an entrepreneur mindset. I was proudly part of the journey when they decided to spin off from BNP Paribas Private Equity and become a successful independent PE firm which is still growing to this day. In this exciting, deal-intensive time I have worked extensively on excel modelling, from modelling capital raise mechanisms to multi-scenarios LBO structures to complex exit proceeds schemes to complete 5 year projection models. Investment targets were innovative firms with revenue between 5M€ and 100M€ and I also supported investment directors on a daily basis by conducting extensive market research, financial and commercial analyses of potential targets and writing investment memorandum to be presented to Isatis Board of directors. On top of these tasks, I was involved in strategic discussions with entrepreneurs, lawyers and auditors and provided assistance in the execution of the deals. Selected Accomplishments: Saveurs et Vie : Meal delivery service – €5m-€10m turnover – Capital development Conducted market research and interviews with industry specialists, rationalized enterprise value with a shortage of comparable Rationalized and re-performed the whole business plan of the company and wrote investment memo Aerophile : Sale and operation of captive balloons - €10m-€20m turnover – Capital development + The company was looking to fund the opening of a Petit Prince theme park Analysed financial projections, conducted comparability analysis with existing parks and performed market estimation In charge of the capital development operation modelling (equity + Convertible bonds) HBF Group : Design and sale of electrical & home automation - €25m-€50m turnover – LMBO Ensured follow-up on all due diligence, negotiations with the banks and the lawyers, conducted market research on competition Built the whole valuation model based on DCF and comparable and the whole LBO model In charge of the review of the business plan and of the redaction of final investment memo Trace TV Group, Paris –Media group specialised on urban culture Finance & strategy analyst - January 2012 to August 2012 The first half of work assignment was dedicated to support management in capital raising campaign from PE funds. Second half of the assignment was devoted to assist group CFO on modelling, reporting and forecast. Selected Accomplishments: Fund raising – Worked closely with finance and strategy head of the Group in order to redact the whole English version of the Information memorandum directed to potential investors. Prepared the financial documents required by potential bidders during Q&A sessions and assisted Trace CFO in updating Group business plan. Modelling of Radio Business plan – Created a full business plan for the launch of a new radio in France that needed to be submitted to French public institution in charge of granting radio frequency. Interacted with CEO, CFO and technical manager of the Group and on technical public information to rationalize the hypothesis Reporting – Improved monthly reporting and valuation model of programmes for the CFO, created from scratch a sales reporting model using Excel and VBA programming for the head of Marketing and worked on the definition of an analytical accounting system then implemented within the company Cartier North america, New-York –Jeweller and fine watch maker Retail manager assistant – July 2010 to December 2010 Selected Accomplishments: Management and training of Boutique staff – Travelled through the US to implement and train American staff in boutiques to the use of the new inventory tool. Had 3 to 5 days each time to gain staff trust, implement and make them use the new tool. Technology Software: Pack MS Office (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint), basic knowledge of HTML, Java, PHP, C language, MySql, Javascript and CSS Highly proficient in Excel and good knowledge of VBA Languages French : Native English : Fluent (average score of 8.5/9 at IELTS) Spanish : Beginner Extra Curriculum Sports : Volley ball, Surfing, Kitesurfing, Hip Hop dance Music : Acoustic and electric guitars Other : Travelling, Sociology, Cognitive Sciences, Philosophy and Psychology, Sciences of Communication