Working Capital - Senior

Eight Advisory is a leading independent firm in financial and operational consulting, specializing in corporate Transaction, Restructuring, and Transformation.

We support executives, shareholders, banks, and potential investors in their decisions.

Experiencing very strong growth since our creation at the end of 2009, Eight Advisory now has over 1100 employees, including a hundred partners, and continues to expand. We are present in France, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the USA, Spain, Italy, as well as in about thirty other cities worldwide through our network of independent firms "Eight International".

In an economic environment where cash has become a strategic lever for value creation, the Working Capital team of the Transformation Finance Service Line supports shareholders, general management, finance departments, and operational teams in the sustainable improvement of their cash performance and operational efficiency.

We work with investment funds, corporates, and family offices on high-stakes issues: optimizing working capital requirements (BFR), cash flow management, transforming Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Inventory-to-Cash processes, improving operational performance, advanced data exploitation, and deploying innovative digital solutions.

Our approach combines business expertise, analytical excellence, cutting-edge technologies, and change management to generate measurable and sustainable financial and operational impacts.

What We Do:

Cash & Working Capital Performance

• Conducting 360° diagnostics of working capital requirements and cash flow.

• Identifying and quantifying improvement levers across customer, supplier, inventory, and operating debt cycles.

• Building cash creation trajectories and transformation plans.

• Defining and deploying a true cash culture at all levels of the organization.

Data Analytics & Cash Intelligence

• Exploiting large volumes of ERP, accounting, and operational data.

• Advanced modeling of performance indicators (DSO, DPO, DIO, CCC).

• Developing decision-making dashboards using Power BI and data visualization tools.

• Utilizing AI and advanced analysis technologies to identify value creation opportunities.

Cash Flow Forecasting & Performance Management

• Designing short, medium, and long-term cash flow forecasting models.

• Improving the reliability of cash forecasts.

• Developing simulation and predictive analysis tools.

• Supporting finance departments in securing their liquidity.

Finance Transformation & Digitalization

• Electronic invoicing.

• Automation of financial processes.

• Workflows and collaborative tools.

• Generative AI, business copilots, and intelligent agents.

• Modernization of management and reporting tools.

Your Missions

As part of a rapidly growing entrepreneurial team, you will participate in all phases of missions (list not exhaustive):

Data Analysis and Value Creation

• Exploiting complex databases from ERP, CRM, and financial tools.

• Identifying cash pools and opportunities to improve working capital requirements.

• Constructing high-impact quantitative analyses for general management and finance departments.

• Ensuring the reliability of data and performance indicators.

Process Diagnosis and Transformation

• Mapping Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Inventory-to-Cash processes.

• Identifying operational bottlenecks and root causes of underperformance.

• Quantifying the financial impacts associated with the recommendations made.

Data, AI, and Next-Generation Tools

• Developing data models and creating dashboards and analysis tools (Power Pivot, Query, BI, …).

• Participating in the deployment of automation solutions and using artificial intelligence in a targeted and pragmatic way through the development of prompts, agents, etc., to design analytical and predictive models for cash performance.

• Using the latest digital technologies to accelerate decision-making.

Client Support

• Preparing and leading workshops with Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, and Operations departments.

• Contributing to the production of executive deliverables for Executive Committees and General Management.

• Supporting the implementation of action plans and change management.

A graduate of a top business or engineering school, you have at least 3 years of professional experience (excluding internships and work-study programs) acquired in a consulting or audit firm, or within a company's finance department, ideally with exposure to working capital.

You possess strong interpersonal and analytical skills, agility, curiosity, dynamism, and a collaborative spirit. A desire to learn, digital proficiency, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ambitious environment.

Ability to communicate with executives and high-level stakeholders in English and French. An aptitude in accounting and familiarity with accounts related to treasury and working capital (customers, suppliers, inventory).

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint...), ThinkCell, Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI, AI... are essential.

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