Audit & Finance — Paris

AlexandreBarreau

Senior Auditor at KPMG, in the technology and media sector. I lead and coach the teams that assess internal control and audit standalone and consolidated financial statements (IFRS / French GAAP).

Currently at KPMG France Senior Auditor · since Oct. 2023 Paris, France
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Alexandre Barreau

Profile

A graduate of TBS Education's Grande École — Master in Management and MSc Controlling and Risk Management, with distinction — I joined KPMG in 2023. In three years, I moved from associate to senior auditor.

Today I lead statutory audit engagements under IFRS and French GAAP, manage teams of four to six people, and review internal control for French groups and Japanese subsidiaries (J-SOX).

Before audit, I cut my teeth in management accounting at Fnac Darty and Flammarion: reporting, P&L, and budget management. It's toward that balance — the rigor of audit in the service of decision-making — that I want to take my career.

3 years · statutory audit IFRS · French GAAP Teams of 4–6 Tech & media Internal control · J-SOX Management accounting

Career

Experience

KPMG France
Full-time · Paris & Courbevoie · Group audits — technology & media
Senior AuditorOct. 2025 → Present
  • Lead statutory audit engagements (standalone and consolidated financial statements, IFRS / French GAAP): process analysis, risk mapping, and audit-approach design.
  • Manage teams of four to six: work allocation, scheduling, and coaching.
  • Review internal control for French groups and Japanese subsidiaries (J-SOX); recommendations and reporting to management.
Experienced Associate, AuditOct. 2024 → Sept. 2025
  • Audited standalone and consolidated financial statements (IFRS / French GAAP) and performed consolidation work.
  • Reviewed internal control under the Japan SOX (J-SOX) framework.
Associate, AuditOct. 2023 → Sept. 2024
  • Client interviews and walkthroughs of internal processes; tests of operating effectiveness, tests of detail, and substantive procedures.
  • Coordinated with the engagement manager to keep workstreams consistent.
Fnac Darty
Ivry-sur-Seine · Management accounting
Management Controller, E-commerce & Digital — Work-studySept. 2022 → Aug. 2023
  • Ran the marketplace (period-end close, performance reviews) and produced the group's monthly web P&L.
  • Contributed to budgeting and forecast updates.
Management Accounting Assistant, Services — InternshipJan. → June 2022
  • Weekly and monthly sales reporting, period-end close, and ad hoc analysis.
Flammarion
Paris · Group reporting
Management Accounting Assistant, Group Reporting — InternshipJune → Dec. 2021
  • Daily group revenue reporting and reporting by publishing house.
  • Built budget templates and took part in budget meetings.

Education

TBS Education — Grande École Program
2019 → 2023

Double degree · Master in Management (M2) & MSc Controlling and Risk Management (Accounting & Finance) With distinction

Financial Accounting & Reporting Internal Audit, Governance & Control Advanced Financial Analysis Corporate Finance & Investment Decisions
Classes Préparatoires (ECS) Intensive pre-business-school program — economics, business & math
2017 → 2019
Baccalauréat — science track
2017

Skills

Audit & Accounting

  • Statutory audit — IFRS & French GAAP
  • Internal control & J-SOX
  • Consolidation
  • Tests of detail & substantive procedures

Management Accounting

  • Reporting & close
  • P&L
  • Budgets & forecasts
  • Financial analysis

Leadership & Tools

  • Team management (4–6)
  • Engagement supervision
  • Client relationships & reporting
  • Advanced Excel · Microsoft Office
Frenchnative / Englishfluent — TOEIC 930 · TOEFL 93 / Germanbasics

Leadership & Activities

Vice-President — Student Union · TBS Education 2019 → 2021

Led a team of 40; organized an orientation weekend with a €280,000 budget.

Events Project Manager · Federation of Student Associations, TBS 2019 → 2020

Event budgeting and logistics; €100,000 donated to student associations.

Outside the office

Running

I run on the road, from the 10K to the marathon — at a competitive level. My personal bests, like a results sheet:

10K 32:54Paris 17 10K · 2025
Half marathon21.1 km 1:12:45Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon · 2025
Marathon42.2 km 2:41:13Schneider Electric Paris Marathon · 2026

Consistency, a feel for sustained effort, a taste for the margins you claw back second by second — exactly what I like about working with numbers, too.

Contact

Let's talk.

Open to conversations about management-accounting and audit roles. Email is the easiest way to reach me.

Email
contact@alexandrebarreau.fr → LinkedIn
in/alexandre-barreau99 ↗ Résumé
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