Laura COURTOIS
Corporate Finance Associate - HEC Paris CEMS Master Graduate and former University of St. Gallen CEMS exchange student
29 years old
Driving License
Frederiksberg (2000) Denmark
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
I was raised in a multi-cultural environment in a French and Cambodian family. These origins fostered my eagerness to travel and discover new cultures, as well as my wishes to start my career abroad. Result-focused, team player and dynamic, I like setting myself challenges and started running after a serious back injury. My next objective is to run a 15km race
Associate, Corporate Finance Advisory
Deloitte
Since August 2019
Full-time
Copenhagen
Denmark
- Currently participate in two live Corporate Finance Projects
- Participated in a sell-side project within Financial Services
- The tasks I perform include the preparation of pitches and sales materials, valuation and modeling
Intern, Transaction and Advisory Services
KPMG
February 2018
to August 2018
Internship
Paris, La Défense
France
- Participated in the following five Transaction Services projects:
- Vendor due diligence for a French listed retail company (Large Capitalization)
- Carve-out for a French listed industrial company (Large Capitalization)
- Vendor due diligence for a global retail company (Large Capitalization)
- Buy-side due diligence for a French company in the services industry (Small & Middle Markets)
- Sell-side due diligence for a French retail company (Small & Middle Markets)
The tasks I performed include: - Vendor due diligence for a French listed retail company (Large Capitalization)
- Preparing profit & losses, balance sheet and cash-flow statements databooks, as well as performing working capital analyses
- Analysing R&D costs, calculating capitalization ratios, as well as building capital expenditure analyses and charts
- Identifying and analysing intercompany flows and reconciliating statutory accounts with consolidated accounts
- Managing and organising datarooms
- Writing business overview, balance sheet, working capital slides, as well as performing sanity checks on reports
Intern, Financial Audit
Mazars
October 2017
to February 2018
Internship
Paris, La Défense
France
- Took part in the legal audit of several companies in the following industries:
- Banking - legal audit of Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring
- Insurances - legal audit of Axa and legal audit of ACMN Vie
- Services - legal audit of Accuracy and legal audit of Interparfums
- Automotive industry - legal audit of Novares France
- Nuclear industry - legal audit of Le Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique
The tasks I performed include: - Banking - legal audit of Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring
- Conducting design & implementation tests
- Conducting the audit of fixed tangible and intangible assets
- Conducting the audit of revenue and trade receivables
- Conducting the audit of companies' cash balance at year-end
- Establishing cut-off reconciliations
- Leading two physical inventories on my own
Wednesday Head Chef
Halstead Cooperative House, College Houses Cooperative
August 2016
to December 2016
Volunteer Work
Austin
United States - Texas
- Organised the Wednesday meals for the 76 inhabitants of the Halstead Cooperative House
- Managed a team of three people
Educational Supervisor
Saint-Louis de Gonzague High School
September 2015
to July 2017
Part-time
Paris
France
- Supervised 10th, 11th and 12th grade High School students
- Educational supervisor during the French "Baccalauréat Général" oral examinations
Exchange Program within the CEMS Global Alliance as a part of the HEC International Business Major
Fall Semester Exchange Student
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
August 2016
to December 2016
Obtained with honors
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Baccalauréat Général Série ES High School Degree
Saint-Louis de Gonzague
September 2010
to July 2013
Economics and Social Sciences Major
Obtained with Honors
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Obtained with Honors
- Mother tongue
- Fluent
- TOEFL PBT, graded 667/677, obtained in May 2015
- First Certificate of English C1 level, obtained in 2010
- Intermediate
- Prøve i Dansk 3, obtained in June 2020
- Goethe Zertifikat B2 level, obtained in September 2017
- Beginner
- Learn2Serve's Program, ANSI Accredited Program
- Crisis Management Academy, one-month intensive course at HEC
- Running - challenges achieved in 2020: 15km Spartan Copenhagen Run
- My tasks were to help organising events for the St. Gallen CEMS class, including organising a visit in Milano and networking events with the Bocconi CEMS class
- Member of the HEC Oenology Society, Grand Cru
