Sofiane Mekoura, Finance Manager

Sofiane Mekoura

Finance Manager

Expertise France

Location
Algeria - Algiers
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
16 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months

Finance Manager at Expertise France
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • My current job since January 2022
Finance Director at Hyundai Motors Algeria
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • September 2020 to June 2021

• Manage & supervise Finance Control, internal control, audit, Accounting, Treasury, credit Management, legal dept. & IT departments

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Volvo
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • October 2017 to December 2018

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Elaborate, manage and control the execution of all facets of business planning cycle including long-term business plans, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasts.
• Ensure proper structures, processes, and standards around each planning deliverable, including the setting of timetables, communicating expectations and assumptions, reviews and sign-off the preparation of required outputs (e.g.: standard presentations, variance analysis, activity KPIs development).
• Finance lead for value drivers assessment and business analytics development to facilitate decision-making
• Carry out a critical analysis of business results and functional costs and review performance against the annual operating plan.

Operations

• Control and Manage daily operations of controlling, audit, accounting, contract’s, tax, and treasury
• Plan & launch international trade operations (LC opening for CKD import, payment terms &deadlines for foreign suppliers)
• Maintain support to Commercial in term of analysis, pricing decision and profitability calculation for new and existing Trucks
• Optimize and manage supplier’s contracts (local and foreign suppliers, insurance company)

Financial Information & Reporting

• Oversee the issuance of financial information
• Supervise, review& analyse P&L, Balance sheet and cash flow statement, carry out analysis compared to trends and budget.
• Review and approve all group reporting, focus on cash flow actuals and future trends.

Risk Management & Funding

• Deploy reliable internal control system in the company
• Maintain appropriate insurance coverage, mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal, auditors and regulatory requirements
• Define, propose and submit to group the company financing plan

Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager at Djezzy ( Veon group)
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • January 2015 to September 2017

Performance Transformation

• Serve as a business partner to operations by identifying opportunities, risks and helping end users understand their business including ancillary revenue streams, Cost control and outsourcing opportunities.
• Perform ROI analysis for marketing programs, as well as new products and cost control initiatives
• Finance lead on re-pricing and business case correction actions, business case post-mortem analysis
• Performance Transformation initiatives follow up & tracking (Revenues growth acceleration programs& Costs optimization),

Planning

• Perform the annual Budget and all Business planning cycle, as well as financial statements planning, interact with business heads and challenge them to ensure and enhance proper planning quality.
• Key Performance indicators planning & analysis, Working Capital drivers Improvement (“Cash Booster”)
• Marketing Plan update, revenues planning (Bottom up & Top Down), Key revenues KPIs monitoring (Subs, Usage, APPM)
• Assume ownership of VEON LTD budget and reporting tools, develop subject matter expertise and leverage this to enhance reporting and analytics capabilities

Financial analysis

• Analyze complex financial information and KPI to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes
• Develop/monitor operational and financial performance indicators with focus on revenues drivers & costs control initiatives
• Perform the monthly management report including financial analysis with qualitative insights and comments
• Coordinate and execute monthly financial and operational performance reviews including analysis of variances, current and past trends in all areas of revenue, direct cost, and G&A expenses.
• Represent FP&A& accounting with externals auditors (PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, E&Y, Bain & company)

Financial Reporting

• Gap VS budget identification, qualitative performance insights & comments, reporting enhancement.
• Monthly Quarterly & Yearly Management Report Reporting to stakeholders (FNI, VEON LTD group)
• Responsible of group investor relation reporting

Accounting & Closing

• Monthly, quarterly financial & KPIs closing, closing options validation, communication of closing calendar
• Control the accuracy and the reliability of accounting operation
• Control actuals trends, insure that accruals and invoices are properly booked

Performance & Reporting Manager at Djezzy ( Veon group)
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • March 2012 to January 2015

• Top line daily reporting & analysis, revenues KPIs monitoring.
• Short and long term financial business planning
• Business support & business partnering
• Revenues Business cases analysis & validation, Commercial initiatives post mortem analysis
• Full financial statements analysis (P&L, balance sheet Cash-flow), focus on revenues drivers & costs control initiatives
• Operational Excellency & Costs Control project implementation
• Group reporting & business review preparation

Budgeting & Reporting Supervisor at Orascom Telecom Algeria
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • January 2010 to March 2012

• Performance control, updating & analysis of the Financial Dashboard
• Consolidation and analysis of the Business Plan.
• Supervise & validate monthly, quarterly & yearly provisions of Closing Accounts of Capex and OpEx
. Reporting to group

Analyst at Orascom Telecom Algeria
  • Algeria - Algiers
  • October 2005 to January 2010

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at MDI Buisness School
  • June 2014
Master's degree, Finance
  • at High institute of management and planning (ISGP)
  • January 2006

Specialties & Skills

Budgeting
Financial Analysis
Management Reporting
Reporting
Controlling
Base de données
Financials analysis
Oracle Financial
MS.Office

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