Arnaud Rioche

Hello, I’m Arnaud

I provide expert solutions, with real results

I partner with organizations to deliver Program Delivery, Operational Efficiency, Cost Management, and Strategic Planning solutions. My hands-on approach transforms challenges into measurable results, ensuring strategies translate into impactful actions that drive growth

Your goals, my mission: delivering real results

Program Delivery

Are your strategic programs complex, engaged the wrong way, multi-site, or business-critical? I help you structure, manage, and deliver your projects on time and within budget. My approach focuses on risk management, strategic alignment, and stakeholder coordination to ensure concrete and actionable results

Operational Efficiency

Looking to optimize your business processes or improve operational performance? I guide you in redesigning or optimizing workflows to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce costs, and create an agile, high-performing organization while smoothly ensuring sustainable and measurable outcomes

Cost & Profit Management

Reducing costs while maintaining quality and optimizing revenues is achievable. I help you analyze your P&L, identify optimization levers, and implement sustainable solutions to improve your cost/income ratio and maximize operational profitability

Strategic Planning

Have a strategic ambition but need to turn it into actionable and achievable plans? Together, we define clear goals, structure your priorities, and implement tailored planning to ensure your strategy delivers measurable results and real impact

I have over 20 years of professional experience

Founder & CEO of C4SENSE, providing senior advisory services. Key roles include Interim SLT Member and Program Director for Business Migration at Spendesk, Interim COO of Spendesk Financial Services, Program Director for Payment Institution Build & Go-to-Market at Spendesk, Strategic Planning Advisor at Twineeds, and Interim Chief Product Officer and Strategic Advisor at Legalcluster.

C4SENSE (SINCE 2020)

Careet Break & Personal Development

(2019)

Head of Technology for Global Support Functions & Digital Lead

AXA IM (2015-2018)

Head of Advisory in Operational & Commercial Efficiency, co-leading consulting services. Key roles include Program Director for Finance & Procurement Transformation at AXA IM, Internal Control Implementation at CRPN/Air France, Global Engineering Strategic Planning at BNP Paribas Securities Services, Operational Excellence Deployment at Ostrum AM, and MiFID Transactions Reporting at HSBC Global Asset Management.

ALFI CONSULTING (2009-2015)

Strategic Planning Manager

HSBC GLOBAL AM (2006-2009)

Operational Excellence Project Director, Black Belt

HSBC FRANCE (2003-2006)

Business Consultant

ALTRAN (2001-2003)

Client Service Manager

STATE STREET (2000-2001)

  • General Management Acceleration Program

    EDHEC Business School, 2020

  • Growth Strategy

    Penn, 2020

  • Innovating with the Business Model Canvas

    University of Virginia, 2020

  • Sustainable Development

    Centrale-Supelec, 2019

  • Impact Investing

    ESSEC Business School, 2019

  • Private Equity & Venture Capital

    Universita Bocconi, 2019

  • Professional Web Designer & Developer

    Le Wagon Paris, 2019

  • Computer Science CS50x

    Harvard, 2018

  • Positive Psychology GG101x

    UC Berkeley, 2018

  • Six Sigma Black Belt

    HSBC Group, 2007

  • Master in Management & Entrepreneurship

    ESSCA School of Management, 2001

My latest Articles

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Optimize Your Running Costs with a Shared Services Organization (SSO)

Support function costs are often measured globally and allocated to profit centers using varying analytical rules across departments. This inconsistency creates challenges for achieving transpar...

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Increase efficiency with Lean Management

In today’s volatile, uncertain, and complex business environment, organizations must prioritize efficiency, agility, and flexibility to stay competitive. To meet these challenges, many companies...

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Achieve Total Quality with Six Sigma

The journey towards operational efficiency begins with controlling costs, optimizing value chains, refining cost accounting, eliminating waste, and uncovering new profitability sources. Once the...

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Managing Change in a Transformation

Most business projects — whether focused on operational efficiency, digital transformation, information systems (IS), or HR and business evolution — aim to transform part or all of an organizati...

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I am a Leader AND a Doer

Team Spirit

I mobilize teams around a common goal or vision and create a collaborative environment

Pragmatic

I like to anticipate challenges and rely on facts so that I don't make wishful decisions

Result-oriented

I like to start by defining the key success factors and a clear definition of the goal and what achieved means

Leadership

I am comfortable taking the lead on issues, and making decisions on behalf of the team

Problem Solver

I am motivated by simplifying and solving complex and high-impact problems and find creative solutions

Emergency Management

I am very flexible in my work and easily manage changes or unforeseen events reacting quickly
Arnaud Rioche

What if we achieved your goals together?

Are you looking for an expert to manage your projects, streamline your processes, control your costs, or craft a winning strategy? Contact me today to turn your challenges into success