Working Capital - Senior

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

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

With 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 develop. 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 within the Finance Transformation Service Line supports shareholders, general management, financial, and operational departments in the sustainable improvement of their cash performance and operational efficiency.

We work with investment funds, corporates, and family offices on high-stakes issues: optimization of working capital requirements (BFR), cash flow management, transformation of Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, and Inventory-to-Cash processes, improvement of operational performance, advanced data exploitation, and deployment of 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 Performance & Working Capital

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

• Identify and quantify improvement levers across customer, supplier, inventory, and operating debt cycles.

• Build cash creation trajectories and transformation plans.

• Define and deploy a true cash culture at all levels of the organization.

Data Analytics & Cash Intelligence

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

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

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

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

Cash Flow Forecasting & Performance Management

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

• Improve the reliability of cash forecasts.

• Develop simulation and predictive analysis tools.

• Support financial 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

Within a rapidly growing entrepreneurial team, you will participate in all phases of assignments (non-exhaustive list):

Data Analysis and Value Creation

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

• Identify cash sources and opportunities for improving working capital requirements.

• Build quantitative analyses with high impact for general and financial management.

• Ensure the reliability of data and performance indicators.

Process Diagnosis and Transformation

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

• Identify operational bottlenecks and root causes of underperformance.

• Quantify the financial impacts associated with the recommendations made.

Data, AI, and Next-Generation Tools

• Develop data models and build dashboards and analysis tools (Power Pivot, Query, BI, ...)

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

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

Client Support

• Prepare and facilitate workshops with Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, and Operations departments.

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

• Support the implementation of action plans and change management.

Graduated from a top business or engineering school, you have at least 3 years of professional experience (excluding internships and work-study programs) gained in a consulting firm, audit firm, or within a company's financial 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 senior executives and stakeholders in English and French. An aptitude in accounting and familiarity with accounts related to cash flow and working capital (customers, suppliers, inventory).

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

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