RAFIC TAHSALDAR

• Managed daily fund accounting operations for private equity structures, including consolidation production for financial statements, PCAPs, and NAV deliverables, ensuring accuracy and compliance with deadlines.
• Served as the primary point of contact for clients, overseeing the delivery of financial statements and investor reports with precision.
• Collaborated as an external consultant for CVC Capital Partners, handling monthly reporting for Luxembourg entities.
• Participated in a cross-functional ERP migration project at Gen II, contributing to data migration and process alignment initiatives within the finance team.
• Designed and implemented VBA automation tools to streamline complex workpaper and reporting processes, significantly reducing manual workload.
• Led innovation initiatives to improve cross-team communication, strengthening coordination between
Luxembourg and US offices.
• Developed scalable VBA solutions to enhance operational efficiency across multiple geographic locations.

- acquérir une compréhension approfondie des pratiques métier des clients,
- préparer des scripts de démonstration et construire des scénarios de démonstration dans l'application PMPlus,
- démontrer l'application PMPlus aux prospects / clients,
- assurer la veille marché sur les logiciels concurrents et identifier les gaps potentiels,
- identifier les gaps par rapport aux besoins fonctionnelles des prospects / clients,
- identifier les opportunités commerciales / participer à la définition de la stratégie produit,
- soutenir l'équipe de vente pour répondre aux RFP reçues de la part de prospects / clients,
- aider les clients à rédiger des descriptions fonctionnelles nécessaires,
- présenter les descriptions fonctionnelles à l'équipe de développement,
- tester et valider les développements fonctionnels standards et spécifiques des clients,
- former les utilisateurs du client à l'utilisation des nouvelles fonctionnalités,
- aider le client à adapter ses procédures au cours du projet d’implémentation,
- gérer, le cas échéant, le projet d’implémentation chez un nouveau client.

• Monitoring and reviewing the AIFs asset portfolios (asset costs and fair values etc.) and develop
preliminary analytical reviews (consistency checks) to monitor changes ;
• Expertise in private equity accounting, including purchase price allocation, restructuring, financing, sharebased
compensation, and covenants reporting ;
• Assisting the Valuation Function in reviewing asset valuation models - mainly for illiquid and unquoted
assets including private equity, real estate, private debt and other hard-to-value assets

• Stayed up to date with evolving regulatory, industry and market events impacting the location, and driving
plan creation, execution and changes based on changing business risk profile ;
• Planned and executed audits independently and efficiently, including risk assessment, audit planning,
testing, control evaluation, report drafting and follow-up and verification of issue closure. Ensuring audits
are completing timely and within budget

• Production des éléments de gestion nécessaires à l’élaboration du plan stratégique et de projets de
l’entreprise ;
• Conception des tableaux de bords et rédaction des synthèses de commentaires de l’activité ;
• Analyser les écarts entre les objectifs fixés et les résultats ;
• Participer au contrôle des recettes et à l'estimation des coûts

Version anglaise:
• Contributing to the reliability and consolidation of commercial, operational, and financial information to give
maximum visibility on the activity of the shipping line
• Optimizing decision-making in the various departments of the Group
• Analyzing the gaps between the set objectives and the results, as well as participating in the control of the
receipts and cost estimation

Audit de quinze entreprises spécialisées dans la vente de détail, la construction, PGC (Produits de
grande consommation), et le marketing ;
• Audit de cinq banques régionales (500 à 2 000 employés) ;
• Gestion des risques, revue du cadre du contrôle interne, audit des états financiers et revue de l'information
financière ;
• Application des normes IFRS 9, et 15 pour une vingtaine de clients (banques, FMCG et construction) ;
• Présentation des résultats des audits et identification des opportunités de formation

Version anglaise:
• Engaged in auditing fifteen international companies located in France, Lebanon, and Egypt. The
companies are specialized in Retail, Manufacturing, FMCG, and Marketing
• Performed audit for five local and regional banks composed of 500 to 2,000 employees each
• Stayed up to date with evolving regulatory, industry and market events impacting the location, and drove
plan creation, execution and changes based on changing business risk profile
• Planned and executed audits independently and efficiently, including risk assessment, audit planning,
testing, control evaluation, report drafting and follow-up and verification of issue closure. Ensured audits
are completed timely and within budget
• Applied the IFRS 9, 15 and 16 standards for twenty clients (banks, FMCG, and manufacturing companies,
and compared the impact of each standard on the audited bank
• Communicated audit results and issues effectively, both verbally and in written form
• Partnered effectively with business management, other control groups and established strong working
relationships while maintaining independence
• Worked as an advisor for a local hospital and involved in cost allocation and budgeting activities related to
the hospital leading to a decrease of 5% in its expenses