Activium Finance - Activium Finance

A trusted specialist of equity sponsors

Quality of execution

A fast pace environment calls for an adaptive and modern finance function.

Activium Finance implements financial infrastructure as follow:

  • Leveraging technology to support growth (ERP, EPM, P2P, O2C)
  • CFO as strategic partner to the CEO and shareholders
  • Creation of a best-in-class financial position
  • Committed to deliver outcomes with a team building mindset

These are the fundamental components to support PE backed businesses objectives.

Decision making skills, challenging the statu-quo and flexibity accelerate business transformation with any political nor incentive interest.

Managing LBOs

Post Covid-19 was emergence of many asset allocations through LBO financing by PE industry.

Current market conditions ask for an adaptive financial management to secure EBITDA margin and exit strategy, Activium Finance emphasizes on the fundamentals components to secure your investments:

  • Financial reporting and business monitoring
  • Working capital and cash management
  • Business partnering (funds raising, distressed, projects)
  • Governance, lenders and investors relations

I help equity sponsors in this critical phase so as to support a robust and reliable management team.

Lastest assignments

Group CFO – Modular Building – €70M – Staff : 400 – Business transformation (LBO)/ UK equity sponsor

Strategic repositionning, issuance of a new BP, additional funds raising, extension of private debt, liquidity management (WC and debt), financial system implementation (Tagetik), industrial cost control management

Group CFO- Telco infrastructure – €80M – Staff : 250- Rapid expansion (LBO)/ US equity sponsor

Optimization of group reporting (11 subsidiaries worlwide), professionalization of the Group CFO function, presention of financial assumptions and banking negotiations, coaching of Finance Director, assistance to financial system integration (Emasphere), monitoring of churn and retention rates, ARR

CFO- Energy – €11M – Staff: 28 – Liquidity crunch/ French VC sponsor

Business model restructuring, cash burn reduction, , monitoring of financial drivers for international  expansion (Ireland, Norway), cash culture implementation, funds raising through stock warrants, investment and R&D project management