Marouane Benmessaoud

Led end-to-end AI readiness for Ubisoft's finance function — from data governance and pipeline architecture to operational integration and stakeholder adoption — reducing reporting cycle time by 50%+; directed broader data platform delivery across Snowflake, Tableau, and Power BI covering requirements, modeling, implementation, and BI rollout. Ensured solutions were aligned with stakeholder priorities, scalable in architecture, and operationally reliable, establishing clear ownership between data teams and domain experts to sustain long-term value. Led and mentored a team of analysts responsible for ETL pipelines, data warehousing, and KPI dashboards used in production and financial decision-making; improved documentation and handover practices; maintained a high bar for data quality through validation checks, reconciliation routines, and consistent KPI definitions so leadership could rely on a single source of truth. Partnered closely with HQ teams to align local data architecture with enterprise governance and privacy requirements, ensuring data access, retention, and usage patterns supported compliance expectations; translated corporate governance frameworks into day-to-day delivery realities. Served as project lead for strategic reporting initiatives focused on reducing reporting lead times and improving decision cadence; standardized pipelines, automated transformations, and rationalized KPI layers, reducing reporting turnaround by ~40% and improving stakeholder trust.

Managed the transition of budget reporting capabilities toward cloud-based platforms to improve accessibility, reliability, and standardization; coordinated requirements across finance and operational leaders; mapped legacy logic to new structures; supported adoption through clear processes and documentation. Delivered automated pipelines for financial and headcount reporting, replacing manual consolidation with repeatable data flows and controlled transformations; reduced monthly cycle times by ~25% while improving consistency and traceability to support faster reviews. Collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to align data management processes with enterprise architecture principles, emphasizing master data alignment, KPI definitions, and governance controls so analytics remained comparable, auditable, and scalable.

Automated cost-tracking and reconciliation routines to improve accuracy, reduce manual errors, and strengthen governance in financial reporting; developed structured checks, exception reporting, and repeatable processes that improved reliability of cost allocations.

Supported quarterly Forecast vs Actuals cycles by producing analysis packs and introducing predictive approaches where helpful; interpreted drivers of variance, structured forecast assumptions, and built analytical views that sharpened accountability for budget ownership.