Xavier Mathu

Background

About Xavier Mathu

I did my higher education in Brussels where I began my career in Accounting. My goal was always to expand my knowledge from pure accounting to Finance and eventually to Management Control and Business analysis, which later led me to financial project management experience, working in several different sectors in a multinational environment. I moved to the Geneva region to pursue a range of professional experiences since the early part of this Millennium. The following provides a simple snapshot of my recent career path and aspirations. In 2001, I had the opportunity to join CERN in Switzerland in the Finance Department as Project Financial Controller of the LHC Project budgeted for 1.4 billion CHF. I led a team of 4 people. I learned a lot about the requirements and responsibilities of a Project Controller’s job. This acquainted me with financial reporting, planning and analysis and with the improvement of financial processes. I often had to work under pressure and strict deadlines. I feel this developed my professional and personal skills and helped me to evolve both as an individual and as a team leader. In 2011 I joined Tamoil SA as Accountant in the Consolidation group. I had the opportunity to evolve on SAP implementation tests. This very technical function allowed me to develop new skills, which were very useful for Financial Reporting & Analysis. Since 2012, my work has taken another dimension. I joined the Planning, Control & Analysis Department of Tamoil. These 4 years were very intense, and I could really discover the full extent of the business and management controlling in an industrial company. I have been the chief accountant of a rapidly changing hospital group. My objective when taking on this function was to improve my Switzerland financial accounting knowledge. Currently I am responsible for the accounting of the largest EMS in the canton of Geneva. A prestigious establishment that has created for more than a century. Keen on always being well prepared for unforeseen situations and flexible in my approach I consider myself a productive and hard worker, humble, honest and I have the sense of customer service, versatile and eager to tackle new problems with a can do attitude.