Florence Crabbe

As an independent consultant, I advised entrepreneurs and project leaders on the structuring, financial management and operational development of their businesses across Thailand and France. Acting as a Finance and Business Advisor, I supported organizations in strengthening their financial management and accounting practices, establishing financial and administrative frameworks, improving financial reporting and optimizing cash flow and working capital management to enhance financial visibility and decision-making. My assignments also included reviewing internal processes, strengthening internal controls and compliance practices, and contributing to operational and financial performance improvement initiatives. In addition, I supported strategic projects such as the establishment of a branch office and a showroom in Bangkok, the development of digital business platforms, and the digitalization and optimization of administrative and operational workflows. Working across diverse sectors — including apparel manufacturing, healthcare (osteopathy practices), retail and humanitarian NGOs — I helped organizations improve financial oversight, operational efficiency and long-term sustainability. These projects required strong adaptability, cross-cultural collaboration and the ability to quickly understand complex business environments in order to deliver pragmatic, value-driven solutions.

Founded and managed a B2C business specializing in fashion jewelry and accessories, overseeing the full lifecycle of the activity from brand positioning and product sourcing to multichannel sales and customer development. As the business owner, I managed all aspects of operations including supplier relationships, international trading, marketing strategy, sales development and financial oversight. This included monitoring cash flow, managing costs and ensuring the financial sustainability of the venture. Through this entrepreneurial experience, I developed strong skills in business development, market analysis and operational management, while gaining hands-on experience in brand strategy, product design and customer engagement. Running this business significantly strengthened my ability to take initiative, manage risk and make strategic decisions in a dynamic market environment, while deepening my understanding of international trade and small business management.

Fulfilled operational transition while new team creation and ensured compliance with accounting and financial deadlines inside the french branch of an international toy maker

Within financial department of a 10 business schools group under LBO : ✔️ Supervized accounting team ✔️ Managed payroll functions for 200+ employees ✔️ Performed accounts payable for 5 companies ✔️ Worked on social and fiscal obligations and HR specialized report ✔️ Administrated monthly reports and annual closures for 5 companies ✔️ Prepared folders for annual external audit ✔️Was a team partner of the head quarter project to migrate ERP solution from Sage Ligne 100 to Sage Ligne 1000

Within a international consulting and commercial aeronautic company : ✔️ Checked accounts on demand ✔️ Proposed to update ERP and workflow processes ✔️ Oversaw, planned, checked, managed workflow of 3 accountants ✔️ Reported daily to CEO and CFO on multicurrency treasury positions ✔️ Renewed forward cross currency swap contracts ✔️ Reconciled intercompany and capital equity accounts ✔️ Realized the P&L, balance sheet, cash flow statement, annual closing accounts documents within short delay ✔️ Prepared annual accounting file for auditors ✔️ Edited legal documents ✔️ Was in charge of tax declarations matter

Inside a consulting services company specialized in bank industry ✔️Analyzed accounts on demand ✔️Purposed improving axes for billing process and reducing costs ✔️Reduced credit period from 90 days to 30 days ✔️Reported monthly about incomes, billing, staffing and costing rate. ✔️Managed the implementation of an ERP solution (Cegid gestion d'affaires/business management) and furnished a "ready to use" application under short delay ✔️ Documented ERP user procedures and transferred know how

✔️Internalized head office accounting functions in an IT consulting businesses group (5 companies) and upgraded the delay to obtain accurated financial datas ✔️ Ensured the transition between an outsourced accounting to an effective and efficient centralized accounting and payroll functions with ERP Sage Coala ✔️ Managed cash flow by being in charge of billing, recovering clients and paying suppliers, overseeing treasury, credit and factoring solutions ✔️ Incorporated an accounting and payroll software and new processes in collaboration with charted accountant ✔️Performed accounting functions : debit, credit, account receivable, account payable, account taxes, inventory, reconciliation, P&L statements, balance sheet, consolidation ✔️ Created "on demand" budgets and forecasts for the management group and auditors ✔️ Made pay slip and fulfilled wage obligations ✔️ Ensured legal secretary and documentation tasks ✔️Operated social and tax declarations ✔️Was in charge of accounts reconciliation and responsive of balance sheet production and their transmission to stakeholders

✔️Was the right hand woman of the founder director of an audiovisual and publishing businesses group within I had been either a minority manager and an operational worker with high responsabilities ✔️Operated day to day and goals seeking operations (about more than 10 companies, 100 people and stakeholders) ✔️ This job started to make me specialized in book keeping functions and enforced me to adopt accounting and financial processes but also included general secretary diversified topics and tasks as HR support, leasing contracts, office management, assets, logistic, legal secretary, contractual commitment, valuation and other decision-making support for business holders... ✔️Managed financial departments with responsibility for budgets, forecasting, payroll, accounts payable, account receivable, tax returns, treasury, credit solutions, bank daily operations, legal HR and legal obligations compliance for all companies I had under my overseeing. ✔️In this context, I had to process "good practices" in collaboration with my "front office" coworkers/comanagers, to conciliate workflow production vs free cashflow. ✔️One significant project I had to achieve, since we had many listing in stock and different canals to look at, was to Implement an ERP : SAGE Ligne 100 with the proficiency, help and support of the external IT and certified accountant skills ✔️ Accounting team management (input/output, workflow, accuracy checking and deadlines respect) ✔️ Interlocutor of co-managers, co-workers, freelancer, customers, suppliers, bankers, auditors, experts in finance and accounting, lawyers and public administrations

✔️Was in charge of marketing, sales and juridical support for 2 business partners manager in a business press group (about 10 companies) ✔️ Accomplished monthly sales reports, royalties declarations, contracts editing, stocks valuation and mails redaction, documents formatting. ✔️Improved and runned the customer/consumer/b2c department (telephone reception, mail orders selling, after selling services, subscription services orders when Internet and digital solutions weren't that loud). ✔️ Ensured the office management.