Summary
Benoit Quest is a seasoned finance executive with 11+ years of progressive leadership in global corporate finance, audit and integration roles across enterprise software and AI-enabled retail analytics companies. As Global VP Finance at Symphony RetailAI he partners with operations and the executive team to drive reliable reporting, controls harmonization and post-acquisition integrations across EMEA and beyond. His background includes running Sarbanes-Oxley programs, leading cross-border shared services migrations and delivering measurable savings and remediation of control weaknesses for billion-dollar software businesses. Benoit combines hands-on technical accounting expertise (US GAAP, revenue recognition, purchase price accounting) with program management experience migrating finance functions to India and Europe. Based in Paris, he’s known for translating complex compliance requirements into efficient finance operations that support international growth. A practical problem-solver, he repeatedly turns audit findings into sustainable process improvements and quantified benefits.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Upsala College (New-Jersey, USA) and Marymount (New York, USA)
Master of sciences and Management (Maitrise de Sciences de Gestion, Master of sciences and Management (Maitrise de Sciences de Gestion at Université Paris - Val-de-Marne (Paris XII)
English