Mehdi Zahiri, Principal consultant

Mehdi Zahiri

Principal consultant

Oracle - Other Locations

Location
France
Education
Master's degree, Management Control
Experience
7 years, 0 Months

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Principal consultant at Oracle - Other Locations
  • France - Paris
  • My current job since December 2019

- Expert in the implementation of Oracle EPM module specialized in planning and consolidation
- Lead on all phases of a project lifecycle such as requirement sessions, application design, build, testing and delivery
- Implementation & Administration of Oracle EPM Cloud tools
- Supporting the pre-sales process
- Train and manage interns and junior resources.
- Preparing and providing User and Administrator training
- Writing of documentation (Admin & Users manuals)
- UAT (qualification and correction of anomalies) and go-lives
- On-going post go-live support to help customers have a self-managing administration
- Customer satisfaction: committed to manage the relationship with the customer and follow the progression of the missions
- Main clients: Puma, Playtika, Korian, Paprec; AXA, Kering, CNAF, Geodis, Cultura.

Consultant at Nell'Armonia
  • France - Paris
  • May 2018 to December 2019

- Implementation & Administration of Oracle EPM tools (Essbase, Planning & PBCS) on several phases of a project
- Settings and maintenance (Webforms, complex calculations, smartpush, partition, security management, loading data and metadata, monthly closing, Workflow, Navigation Flow)
- Preparing and providing User and Administrator training
- Writing of documentation (Admin & Users manuals)
- UAT (qualification and correction of anomalies) and go-lives
- On-going post-go-live support to help customers have a self-managing administration
- Customer satisfaction: committed to manage the relationship with the customer and following the progression of the missions
- Main clients: Schneider Electric, Faurecia, Carrefour Banque, Kering, Monoprix, VGRF, Royal Canin.

Financial Controller at Chateauform’ Group
  • France - Paris
  • May 2017 to May 2018

- Closing, framing with the accounting and the consolidated accounts
- Preparation of internal and external reporting and budget monitoring
- Accompanied managers (Marketing, HR, Legal, and IT) in steering their budgets
- Preparation of the Business Plan for investors over the next 5 years
- Preparation of budgets and search for improvements
- Alert the leaders on the points of vigilance detected (Actual Vs Budget Vs Forecast)
- Administration of IBM Planning Analytics (Cognos), user training (25 users), and forecast automation
- Writing user manuals
- Proposal of new KPIs and analysis axes
- Implementation of processes and support for subsidiaries

Education

Master's degree, Management Control
  • at Brest Business School
  • December 2016
Master's degree, Finance & Accounting
  • at National School of Management & Business (ENCG)
  • December 2016

Specialties & Skills

Consolidation
Planning
Finance
Hyperion
FINANCIAL
CLOSING
BUSINESS PLANS
BUDGETING
Oracle EPM Cloud
ACCOUNTANCY
Hyperion Essbase
Hyperion Planning

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Training and Certifications

BCS Foundation Certificate in Agile (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Oracle Planning 2019 Certified Implementation Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
Valid Until:
June 2021
Oracle Enterprise Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service 2017 Certified Implementation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
Valid Until:
June 2020

Hobbies

  • Geopolitics
  • Technology
  • Soccer
  • Traveling