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Financial and Accounting Expertise for Industrial Companies

The industrial sector is resurgent. Many players have realised that the “fabless” model was dangerous and French public authorities are supporting many initiatives, including the French Fab. It can also be seen that French relocation and reindustrialisation, which began in 2017, are a dynamic development.

The industry therefore no longer concerns only groups and mid-caps. Today, it also has startups who have understood that reindustrialisation must incorporate a high degree of innovation.

Lastly, the sector has faced and will face numerous challenges (changes in material and energy prices, geopolitical shocks, trade tensions between major geographical regions, rise in interest rates, energy transition) that require a reactive response and therefore optimal financial management.

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Did you know?

500
the number of additional plants in 2023 compared to 2016 in France
108 000
the number of additional jobs created in industrial professions in 2022
60
the number of industrial sites created by start-ups in 2023, out of 118 industrial sites inaugurated
2,3 Mrd €
budget for innovative projects under the Startup and Industrial SME Plan operated by Bpifrance

Why choose Exponens?

Exponens has more than 20 years of expertise in supporting manufacturers in various sectors: energy, cement, glass, rail transport, pharmaceuticals, etc.

Exponens provides its industrial customers with its extensive financial expertise. We support the finance departments while maintaining a global approach, since finance is part of the issue facing industrial companies, and always requires dialogue with other functions (production, logistics, etc.). Our interventions go beyond the financial field alone and integrate all the functions of the company as well as the IS dimension.

In addition to traditional services, Exponens has solid expertise in industrial management control and the financial security of production sites (experience in more than 50 sites). The teams have significant knowledge of critical issues for manufacturers (inventory control, monitoring of product margins in an income statement by destination, detailed monitoring of industrial and commercial performance).

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An offer adapted

to your challenges

In addition to standard services, Exponens offers specific services at key moments or on critical issues that a manufacturer may encounter.

Among the most important, we can highlight:

Support for the implementation of appropriate analytical monitoring: review of manufacturer issues (margin/cash, stock and logistics, exchange rate, etc.), review of its production profile (standard vs. customised products, production by batch or in flow, etc.), quality of available data (ranges, bills of materials), construction of indicators with management in line with all these elements

Support during the implementation of ERP on finance batches

The diagnosis of entities or companies with structural or circumstantial shortcomings in the monitoring of financial performance

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Partner, CEO of the Exponens Group, Chartered Accountant
Graduate of the National Chartered Accountancy and Audit School (ENOES)
+33 (0)1 49 29 58 74
anne.barraud@exponens.com

Anne joined the Exponens Group in 2002 after four years of experience in a medium-sized accounting firm. She coordinates support and/or assistance assignments for large companies and SMEs, in particular assignments involving the outsourcing of the accounting function and providing assistance in consolidating financial statements, under both French and international accounting standards.

Anne Barraud also advises groups on the transition to IFRS and provides analysis on specific IFRS issues and off-balance sheet commitments. Lastly, she has developed specific expertise in monitoring off-balance sheet commitments.

Within Exponens, Anne is a member of the Executive Committee.

Anne Barraud
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Partner, Chartered Accountant
Graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (X-mines)
+33 (0)1 49 29 58 78
matthias.collot@exponens.com

After having worked in the economics department of ARCEP, the French telecoms regulator, and obtained consulting experience with McKinsey, Matthias Collot joined the Exponens Group in 2006, where he advises the finance departments of corporate groups, mid-market companies and investment funds. In particular, he performs acquisition audits, prepares business plans, carries out management controls and provides risk consulting. In particular, Matthias Collot provides services to companies in the energy sector and start-ups, focusing on new energies, cleantechs, telecoms and IT services.

He is a member of the Association of Financial Directors and Management Controllers (DFCG).

Matthias Collot
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Sophie Breton

Partner, Chartered Accountant
Graduate of SKEMA Business School Nice

+33 (0)1 49 29 55 38

Paris Gare de Lyon

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Sophie Breton joined Exponens in 1994 after two years with KPMG. After taking charge of chartered accountancy assignments in a variety of fields, she set up the real estate department in 2005, providing accounting and tax assistance (bookkeeping, auditing, reporting, tax compliance, due diligence, etc.) for French and foreign real estate companies and investment funds.

In 2008, she initiated the development within the Exponens group of specific expertise in OPCI accounting, which today enables her to offer a range of services specifically dedicated to this type of real estate vehicle. Sophie Breton regularly runs professional training courses on this subject, and participates in the work of the accounting committee of the Association Française des Sociétés de Placement Immobilier (ASPIM).

Within Exponens, Sophie is a member of the Quality & Ethics Committee.

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