Mission for Carrefour : Diagnosis of Group financial information and training
Background / Issues
World leader in hyper and supermarket distribution and a CAC 40 heavyweight, Carrefour launched its IAS/IFRS project back in 2002.
Before launching the working groups and internal Group communications, the Finance department wanted to carry out a diagnostic of its published financial statements, and launch an initial training program.
Scope and target
Diagnosis of the transition to IAS/IFRS
Training for the finance department, including the project team
Deployment of key changes in subsidiaries
Teaching methods and tools
Application of FinHarmony (computerized checklist) review tool :
450 questions/800 checkpoints
Training for finance and consolidation teams
Design and roll-out of training to subsidiaries: introduction to Group standards and messages
Results
Highlighting key themes at Carrefour
Suggestions for improving the brochure
Assistance in the development of Group messages by the project team
Training over 300 employees in 25 countries in 4 months, in 3 languages (French, English, Spanish)