Mohamed KOBENA-OUATTARA

En résumé

Entreprises

• Nestlé guinea S.A. - Finance & Control Director

  2012 - 2013 •Responsible for the entire finance function
  •Ensure the Compliance of the Business to Nestle Guidelines & Principles
  •Support the Generating Demand for the Top & Bottom Lines achievement
  •Ensure the Legal & Tax Compliance
  •Ensure the Cash optimization.
  •Develop the Local Staff
  •Country Manager ad Interim.

• Nestle Central & West Africa - Regional Controller for Operations

  2009 - 2012 • Develop, control and ensure robust evaluations of capital investment
  plans and requests.
  • Challenge assumptions in seeking cost improvements in Technical
  Network; Seek for and support cost improvement opportunities, validate
  and review proposed savings.Support The Technical Manager as Co-pilot.
  • Lead the business planning; prepare and coordinate the Operations
  budget with management; Perform revisions or simulations if needed.
  • Coordinate reporting of actuals (including organizing and overseeing
  timeliness and accuracy of period-end close) across Operations.
  • Provide key support to the Technical Manager and the Technical
  Leareship team
  • Technical Finance team management ( 8 Factory Controllers + Cost
  Accountant )
  • Ensure full transparency of costs and financial impact to the
  organization of strategic Technical decisions
  • Evaluate product costing and Transfer Pricing issues in conjunction
  with market finance
  • Organize internal and external benchmarking of Technical performance
  • Supervise the Financial activities in the 8 factories across the
  regions.
  • Engage in a business partnering role with Technical Management, Supply
  Chain and BU/Factory Management to influence positive business
  decisions.
  
  Achivement:
  • Implement the First Share Service for Costing in Nestle ( Worldwide )
  • Centralise the Accounting operation of Nestle Ivory coast. Merge the
  Accounting operation in one point instead of 4.
  • In charge of the SAP Costing software implementation in Nestle CWAR.
  recongnise as one the most successful implementation of SAP in Nestle
  AOA ( Africa Oceania Asia

• Nestle Central & West Africa - Regional Head of Costing Nestle Central & West Africa

  2008 - 2009 •Implement the First Share Service for Costing in Nestle ( Worldwide )
  •In charge of the Nestle CWAR Factories Budget / Cost of Production ( 8 factories + 11 distribution Center )
  •Responsible for the Nestle CWAR Transfer Pricing establishment.
  •Drive the validation process ( Countries + Business Unit )
  •Responsible for the Monthly closing and reporting related to the Costing activities ( COGS, Distribution Cost, Overhead Cost )
  •Responsible for the actual COGS Calculation ( 80 % of the CWAR P&L valuation ).
  •Management of the Central Costing team & the Factories Controllers.
  •Responsible for the roll out of new Costing development

• Nestle Central & West Africa - Team Lead for Costing / Globe ( SAP )

  2007 - 2008 • Responsible of the SAP software implementation for Costing stream
  • Ensure the integration of all the CWAR Costing business scenar
  • Customize the SAP software for the optimum integration of the Nestle CWAR Scenarios
  • Responsible for the Costing Best Practice implementation in Nestle CWAR

• Nestle Cote d'Ivoire - Controller Yopougon Factory

  2002 - 2006 • Responsible of the Fully factory Accounting.
  • Ensure that factory adhere to financial legal requirement & Nestle Accounting practices.
  • Manage the Factory Budget
  • Monitor and Control all production cost
  • Monitor the variances and challenge the operations
  • Co-ordinates the capital Investment process
  • Responsible for the Factory Audit Complaince
  • Ensure the Cost effectiveness for New Product

• JLR Cote D'Ivoire ( Arthur Andersen Network - Auditor

  2001 - 2001 • Liaising with key client staff in order to assess and report on business processes and accounting procedures
  • Examining balance sheets, loss accounts and profit in detail
  • Reviews data regarding material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.
  • Inspects items in books of original entry to determine if accepted accounting procedure was followed in recording transactions.
  • Verifies journal and ledger entries of cash and check payments, purchases, expenses, and trial balances by examining and authenticating inventory items
  • Providing support to Audit Manager as the need arise

Formations

• London Business School (London)

  London 2011 - 2011 Leadership & Management

• Conservatoires National Des Arts Et Metiers INTEC CNAM (Paris)

  Paris 1998 - 2001 Accounting & Finance
  
  Institut National des Techniques Economiques et Comptable

Réseau

• Alain FOLLET

• Ghislain GNAMIAN

• Gloire Muriella HOUNGBO

• Jean Baptiste WILLIAMS

• Klohter NAKY

• Marc Modeste BABA

• Mohamed SIDIBÉ