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Bear Olive

Bear Olive

Summer Financial Analyst

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  • About me

    🚀 Director at MiracleMint. Cash & profit for business owners. R&D Grant, Tax, and Financial services. Fun, creative and adventurous. ✨

  • Education

    • Lycée Saliège, Toulouse, France

      2007 - 2008
      Economic and Commercial Science

      Preparation for competitive entrance examination to Business Schools (HEC).

    • Lycée François d'Estaing, France

      2006 - 2007
      French Baccalaureate Scientific

    • Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

      2010 - 2010
      Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Financial Markets

      Activities and Societies: ESN International - Erasmus Student Network

    • Université de Montréal - HEC Montréal

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Financial Markets

  • Experience

    • BNP Paribas Securities Services

      Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
      Summer Financial Analyst

    • Rocket Internet GmbH

      Mar 2012 - Sept 2013
      Entrepreneur In Residence

      I worked on financial strategies to enable growth, financial modelling and reporting, supported strategic documents and processes development for e-commerce Rocket’s ventures in Australia and SEA.

    • THE ICONIC

      Mar 2012 - Oct 2013
      Associate Corporate Finance

      I worked in the Corporate Finance team, direct report to the CFO, to implement financial growth strategies and to prepare monthly reports pack for Venture Capital in Germany.

    • Touch Payments

      Sept 2013 - Apr 2016
      Founder & CEO - Acquired

      Touch Payments was a payment and lending service that allowed online shoppers to pay for their product overtime and online merchants to grow their sales. We achieved a $15M loan book, 17 employees and 45K users. In 2016, it was acquired by Harmoney.

    • Harmoney

      Apr 2016 - Apr 2019

      I oversaw product management from Series A to Pre-IPO, contributing to a $2B lending milestone for the marketplace. My efforts included implementing product-led growth strategies, leveraging innovative, human-centered design methods, and leading data-driven credit underwriting and digital marketing initiatives. I also mentored product managers and provided regular strategy updates to the Board.

      • Head of Product

        Nov 2017 - Apr 2019

      • Senior Product Manager - Borrower

        Apr 2016 - Oct 2017

    • ReForestry

      Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
      Interim CEO & Co-Founder

    • Grounded

      Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
      Partner & Co-Founder

    • Future Positive Finance

      Sept 2022 - now
      Managing Partner

      Future Positive Finance is a strategy and capital partner for mission-driven entrepreneurs and SMEs.

    • Beckon Capital

      Oct 2022 - Apr 2023
      Chief Product Officer

    • Syntropic Solutions

      Mar 2023 - Sept 2023
      Fractional CFO & Strategic Advisor

    • MiracleMint Tax & Advisory

      Oct 2023 - now
      Managing Partner

      MiracleMint offers tax and advisory solutions to business owners designed with a blend of fun, creativity and adventure.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Web Intelligence XI 3.1

      PwC Avantis Information Systems
      Mar 2013

    • Certified Scrum Product Owner

      Scrum Alliance

    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1

      CFA Institute
      Jun 2011

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Bear Olive
      Award for Excellence, HEC Montréal Foundation Promotion 99 HEC Montréal Mar 2011
    • Awarded to Bear Olive
      Recognition and Scholarship Awards HEC Montréal Mar 2009 Head of project management: Week of fair trade and micro financeStudent Association HumaniTerre, HEC Montréal