A chartered accountant by training, Thomas Fajgeles has specialised in assisting employee representatives for 30 years (CSE accounting and legal assignments). At the end of 2022, Volentis, the accountancy and consultancy firm of which he has been co-founder and co-director for 10 years, will join the Exponens Group. In addition to his chartered accountancy work for works councils, Thomas has also been advising company directors for many years. His interest in teaching and public speaking has also led him to be a business trainer specialising in ‘finance for non-financial people’ and for treasurers of works councils for 25 years, and to run communication courses for trainee chartered accountants and elected members of works councils.
Accounting
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In an increasingly competitive market, companies seek to become more efficient and streamline their processes. It is essential to be supported by professionals who have in-depth expertise and a strategic vision.
Our chartered accountants assist French and foreign managers and finance departments in meeting their accounting and tax obligations. Your success depends on your decisions. That’s why we want to help you make the right decisions at the right time. We provide you with services tailored to your needs and innovative tools to manage your business.
Your accounting
with peace of mind
Keeping and reviewing your company’s accounts is not just a legal obligation, but above all, a strategic opportunity. It gives you a clear picture of your business and enables you to make the right decisions.
We can handle all of your accounting needs. You can carry out your daily data entry operations while benefiting from the supervision of a recognised group.
Our chartered accountants can also assist you with any issues you may have.
7 powerful management tools and numerous complementary services
By placing your trust in us, you gain access to powerful management tools that help you manage your business. And thanks to our unique multi-specialist group, we can meet all your needs and expectations on a day-to-day basis.
Business valuation
We can value your business and provide you with a reliable measurement tool.
Dashboards
Periodic monitoring of your business enable you to view your key figures at a glance.
Flash forecast
In connection with a business plan, we will prepare a financial file for a period of between one and ten years.
Tax audit assistance
During the various stages of the audit, we will assist you in defending your interests and minimising any adjustments that may be made.
Financing searches
We put in place appropriate financing resources by seeking suitable partners and providing support during negotiations.
Payroll management
Payslips are subject to strict and constantly changing laws. Call on our experts to save time and increase efficiency.
Retirement pension assessments
For executives or employees, retirement must be prepared. We calculate your rights and our experts will provide you with valuable advice to optimise your pension.
Accounting outsourcing
By outsourcing accounting, stay focused on your business and let us manage your financial operations. We cover your legal obligations, provide you with services tailored to your needs and the level of support you require, as well as innovative tools to manage your business.
Innovative digital tools
Our collaborative platform is the ideal and comprehensive solution to facilitate the day-to-day management of your business. You will have permanent and easier access to your management information and therefore save your organisation time. Our teams have a continuous view and permanent access to data to check your accounting, annual financial statements and meet your tax obligations.
Invoicing
Easily generate quotes and invoices, manage your customer file, improve monitoring of payments and analyse your results.
Expense reports
Manage your expense reports, validate employee expense reports, analyse your travel, reconcile expenses with your bank statements.
Procurement management
Manage your purchases, optimise payments, analyse your expenses, control your budgets and manage your cash flow.
Cash flow monitoring
Key figures for your business, at a glance. Secure your cash flow controls, track expenses and bank deposits.
Foreign
desks
For branches or subsidiaries of foreign groups wishing to be assisted by a reliable and experienced partner in France, our dedicated team offers an extended range of expertise in legal, payroll, accounting and tax matters.
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Partner, Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor
+33 (0)1 58 18 63 47
t.fajgeles@volentis.onmicrosoft.com
Partner, Chartered Accountant
Graduate of SKEMA Business School Nice
+33 (0)1 49 29 55 38
sophie.breton@exponens.com
Sophie Breton joined the Exponens Group in 1994 after two years with KPMG. After performing statutory audit assignments in various business fields, she founded the Real Estate Department in 2005 and provides accounting and tax assistance services (bookkeeping, auditing, reporting, tax compliance, due diligence, etc.) to French and foreign real estate companies and investment funds.
In 2008, she began developing the Exponens Group’s specific expertise in accounting for property investment funds (OPCIs), which now enables Exponens to offer services specifically tailored to this type of real estate vehicle. Sophie Breton also provides regular professional training on these issues and participates in the work of the accounting commission of the French Association of Real Estate Investment Firms (ASPIM).
Within Exponens, Sophie is a member of the Quality & Ethics Committee.
Partner, Chartered Accountant
+33 (0)1 34 43 96 47
stephane.medic@exponens.com
Stéphane Medić joined the group in 1994, where he has spent his entire career, becoming a chartered accountant and partner in 2009. The topic of his dissertation was “Providing an advisory offer tailored to microenterprises and SMEs in accountancy firms”, which confirms his in-depth understanding of the personalised advice required by owners of small and medium-sized business entities.
He manages the Cergy-Pontoise office, where he handles assistance and audits assignments, primarily for microenterprises and SMEs.
He is Vice-President of the Val d’Oise Association of Chartered Accountants.
Nicolas Yakoubowitch began his career with SEFIGEC in Versailles in 2000. He took an early interest in the profession, becoming President of ANECS Paris and a member of the national board in 2003.
Nicolas has been an elected member of the board of the Conseil Régional de l’Ordre des Experts-Comptables de Paris IDF since 2012, within which he notably steers the Article 7 bis Commission, enabling financial executives to retrain in the profession. He and his firm joined the Exponens group in November 2017.
Nicolas Yakoubowitch’s skills in assisting companies in difficulty have been recognized by the Conseil Régional de l’Ordre des Experts-Comptables d’Ile-de-France.
Within the firm, he also carries out legal appraisal missions in conjunction with the administrators and judicial representatives of the Versailles Commercial Court.
Partner, Statutory Auditor and Chartered Accountant
Graduate of the Bordeaux Management School
+33 (0)1 49 29 16 81
emmanuel.mauge@exponens.com
Emmanuel Maugé joined the Exponens Group in 1992 and became a partner in 1996. He currently heads a team of around twenty employees in the Chartered Accountancy Department.
From the outset, he has provided services for restaurants in Paris, some of which have been awarded Michelin stars, and has acquired extensive experience in this field.
He focuses on assisting and advising entrepreneurs by offering a cross-disciplinary approach to accounting, tax and legal issues.
He also has a wide range of experience in both the industrial and service sectors and, through audit and advisory assignments, assists groups of small and medium-sized businesses to develop and structure themselves.
Within Exponens, Emmanuel is a member of the Executive Committee.
Partner, Chief Operating Officer of the Exponens Group, Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor
Graduate of Paris ESLSCA Business School
+33 (0)1 49 29 55 28
thierry.legrand@exponens.com
After having spent several years with the Deloitte group, Thierry Legrand joined Exponens to take charge of the non-profit and local authorities sectors. He provides accounting and statutory auditing services to associations and foundations in all sectors. He also advises on the implementation of budgetary control and the restructuring of non-profit groups. In 2018, he and Matthias Collot developed an offer of assistance for start-ups and growth companies.
Thierry Legrand is a member of the Non-profit Sector Commission of the Order of Chartered Accountants. He chaired the Eurus alliance from 2014 to 2022. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Reporters d’Espoirs association.
Within Exponens, Thierry is a member of the Executive Committee.
Partner, Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor
Graduate of ICN Business School Nancy
+33 (0)1 30 09 88 85
alain.forestier@exponens.com
Early in his career, Alain Forestier specialised in setting up reporting and management control systems, working in particular with German-speaking companies doing business in France. He also heads Exponens’ tax business.
He is a member of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the European Tax Committee of the BKR International group.
Partner, Chartered Accountant
+33 (0)1 49 29 55 32
carole.monod@exponens.com
Carole Monod joined Exponens in 1999 after three years in a medium-sized accounting and statutory audit firm.
She handles accounting and tax assistance assignments (bookkeeping, audit, reporting, etc.), particularly for companies in the real estate, private equity and services sectors, as well as in the public sector.
She also performs financial audits of projects financed by institutional donors, such as the European Commission or the French Development Agency, particularly in the international cooperation and research sectors.
Within Exponens, Carole is a member of the Quality & Ethics Committee.
Partner, Chartered Accountant
Holder of the “Creator of the Future” certification, awarded by the EM Lyon Business School Executive Development programme
+33 (0)1 34 43 93 94
sebastien.pincebourde@exponens.com
Sébastien Pincebourde joined the Exponens Group’s Chartered Accountancy Department in January 2006 as an associate and became a Partner in 2014, after having completed the Creator of the Future programme offered by the Eurus Alliance and certified by EM Lyon Business School.
He specialises in the social and solidarity-based economy and, more specifically, in the medico-social sector. He wrote his dissertation on head office overheads in this sector. He assists associations in accounting and tax matters, provides consultancy services and performs financial and budgetary analyses. He heads this business sector at the Cergy-Pontoise office.
Sébastien Pincebourde’s expertise in assisting associations and medico-social institutions and services has been recognised by the Regional Council of the Ile-de-France Order of Chartered Accountants.
He is a member of the ACE Club, the Cergy-Pontoise Business Club.
Partner, Chartered Accountant
Holder of the “Creator of the Future” certification, awarded by the EM Lyon Business School Executive Development programme
+33 (0)1 30 99 12 19
sylvia.callens@exponens.com
Sylvia Callens joined the Exponens Group’s Chartered Accountancy Department in 2004 and became a partner in 2013, after having completed the Creator of the Future programme offered by the Eurus Alliance and certified by EM Lyon Business School.
She specialises in the catering sector and in business start-up support, and handles assistance and audit assignments for microenterprises, SMEs and SMIs. In January 2017, Raimbault Chaugny joined the Exponens Group and Sylvia Callens assumed responsibility for this 35-employee site in Les Mureaux.
She is also Chair of an approval committee for the “Initiative Seine Yvelines” platform, a leading non-profit network for financing business creators and buyers.
Sophie Breton intègre le groupe Exponens en 1994 après deux années passées chez KPMG. Après avoir pris en charge des missions d’expertise comptable dans des domaines d’activité variés, elle est à l’origine de la création en 2005 du département immobilier et réalise des prestations d’assistance comptable et fiscale (tenue, révision, reporting, tax compliance, due diligences, …) à destination de sociétés foncières et fonds d’investissement, français ou étrangers.
En 2008, elle a initié le développement au sein du groupe Exponens d’une compétence particulière en matière de comptabilité OPCI qui lui permet aujourd’hui de proposer une offre de services spécifiquement dédiée à ce type de véhicules immobiliers. Sophie Breton anime d’ailleurs régulièrement des formations professionnelles sur ce sujet et participe aux travaux de la commission comptable de l’Association Française des Sociétés de Placement Immobilier (ASPIM).
Au sein d’Exponens, Sophie est membre du Comité Qualité & Ethique.
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