Elhadji Massata DIAKHATE, Performance Department Manager

Elhadji Massata DIAKHATE

Performance Department Manager

Orange - Sonatel

Location
Senegal
Education
Master's degree, Economics
Experience
17 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months

Performance Department Manager at Orange - Sonatel
  • Senegal
  • My current job since May 2015

-Contribute to partnership development and B2B negotiations
-Propose marketing actions and roadmap adjustments
-Lead reporting and challenge business performance
-Launch and run the market segmentation project
-Plan and manage prospective analysis to enhance efficiency
-Coordinate and lead steering committees (Comex, Copil, BR)
-Supervise yearly budget, strategic plan, and periodic rolling forecast
-Achieve transaction and fraud risk analysis, propose mitigation plans
-Set-up compliance plan and conduct its achievement (2015-2016)

Projects Coordinator at Orange-Sonatel
  • Senegal
  • January 2015 to May 2015

Checked monthly the billing control management process, and challenged electricity costs
•Led the energy costs reduction plan (electricity, fuel) and organized the steering committees
•Result: Improvement of the management and significant reduction of electricity costs

-Bad Debt Recovery in consumer market, business and telecom operators
•Controlled and challenged bad debt recovered by business unit teams
•Organized and managed the monthly steering committee
•Result: Optimization of the recovery process and proposition of an improved

Business Control Manager (B2B, Consumer Market) at Orange-Sonatel
  • Senegal
  • January 2010 to March 2013

-Contributed to profit margin increase in brand licensing negotiation
-Built business plans, and structured the decision-making process
-PMO in implementing an Income Statement Business Unit tool
-Transformed the overall reporting from channel oriented to business
-Built yearly budget cycles and monitored expenditures
-Ran cut-off, analyzed results, and supervised analytical accounting
-Achieved operational cost reduction plans

Financial Control Officer at Orange-Sonatel
  • Senegal
  • May 2006 to December 2009

-Produced monthly reporting
-Analyzed foreign subsidiaries' results (Orange Mali - Orange Guinee - Orange Bissau)
-Contributed to corporate reporting and budget cycles
-Facilitated collaboration with France Telecom (Orange) teams in terms of reporting, analysis, and budgeting
-Wrote board meetings reports and presentation

Business Owner at GPG (Groupe de Presse Gratuite)
  • Senegal
  • January 2007 to January 2009

Newspaper specialized in automobile and car industry "Auto-Annonces" and TV show "Auto-Mag" :

-Setting up of the company
-Sponsorship
-Investor relationship
-Business plan
-Accounting, cash management, and debt recovery
-Recruitment and coaching

International Financial Controller at Geodis group
  • France
  • January 2005 to October 2005

-Contributed to financial analysis and monthly reporting
-Built Excel requests and templates for monthly reporting
-In charge of reporting achievements in segment reporting project (IAS 08)

Junior Auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers - Bordeaux
  • France
  • June 2004 to October 2004

Consulting with financial analysis and valuation of Small and Medium Enterprises
•Auditing with emphasis on bank accounts, fixed assets, accounts receivable and payable

Education

Master's degree, Economics
  • at Western Illinois University
  • December 2014

Economics

Master's degree, Finance
  • at KEDGE Business School (former Bordeaux School of Management)
  • December 2004

Master in finance and business administration

Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at SupdeCo Dakar
  • June 2002

Audit and Financial Control - Supdeco Dakar (Senegal)

Specialties & Skills

Data Analysis
Business Economics
Financial Management
B2C marketing
Financial Control
ACCOUNTANCY
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PLANS
CASH MANAGEMENT
COACHING
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
MICROSOFT EXCEL
NEWSPAPER
PRESENTATION SKILLS
RECRUITING

Languages

English
Expert
French
Native Speaker

Memberships

Senegalese Judo Federation
  • Executive
  • January 2017

Training and Certifications

Certified Judo Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
International Judo Federation Academy
Date Attended:
March 2018
Duration:
264 hours

Hobbies

  • Community Service
    -President of ALEFS Senegal (development association for women and children safety and support) 2015 to 2016 -Since 2018 member of the Executive Committee of MOI Senegal (association devoted to youth employment through entrepreneurship in agriculture, farming, livestock, services, etc.).
  • Judo
    Executive of the Senegalese Judo Federation since 2017