Issa Mignan KONE

Experience

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  Ernst & Young

  Oct 2008 - Feb 2016

  My responsibilities were as follows:• Managing auditing projects, assigning staff to clients and overseeing projects to completion, complying with policies, procedures and standards at all times; • Managing a team of six in the auditing division; • Writing and presenting reports; • Assisting in the assessment and management of business and risk ;• Measuring all financial operations including financial statements, expenses, and requests; • Suggesting improvement of audits, including but not limited to automated auditing and control self assessments Show less My responsibilities were as follows:• Handled various aspects of financial audit and experienced as senior auditor incharge of audits in a project management capacity;• Performed day-to-day audit works, include the audit planning, control testing, substantive works, supervision of junior staffs, reporting and completion;• Responsible for developing the engagement approach which included qualitative and quantitative analysis, and evaluation of industry and business risk;• Skilled in staff supervision and development; as well as records and file management;• Responsible for various administrative tasks, such as budgeting, billing, WIP monitoring, work paper fillings, expenses and performance appraisals;• Participated in several recruitment processes (university presentation and group discussion);• Maintained professional communication with various levels of client;• Communicated and reported findings to audit managers, partners and client's management. Show less

  • Manager, Assurance and Advisory

    Jun 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Senior audit level 2

    Oct 2008 - Jun 2014
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  Olam

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2020

  COTONTCHAD is a Sole Producer of Cotton in Chad acquired by Olam International since January 2019. CotonTchad has 9 ginning plants located in the area of production of Cotton, which covers an area of 127,000 Km in the southern part of the country with theoretical capacity of these ginning plants is approximately 125,000 tonnes of Lint. In addition, Cotontchad has 2 oïl mills and one soap. Responsibilities- Providing leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team (35 people)- Providing strategic recommendations to the CEO/president and members of the executive management team- Dealing with more than 5,000 Farmers and put an adequate bank structure to support this (Treasury)- Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting- Advising on long-term business and financial planning- Establishing and developing relations with senior management and external partners and stakeholders- Reviewing all formal finance, HR and IT related procedures Show less KONE Issa was Country Finance Manager of Olam operations in North Africa based in Algeria (Coffee, Dairy, Pulses, etc..) and managing Alegria and Morocco. • Leading a team of multicultural team of 16 people• Design a framework for financial reporting and performance• Develop a process for implementation of a strategic plan• Ensure accounting systems and processes are continually streamlined via process improvement to achieve greater efficiencies and accuracy in the level and timeliness of reporting• Implement, document and maintain accounting policies and procedures and drive optimization of cost improvements• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process and complete a realistic and achievable budget• Preparation of business cases and ROI analysis for key-investment decisions and new business opportunities, capital projects and IT investments• Preparation of monthly financial reports, including analysis of performance against budget• Safeguard the company's assets and establish and maintain corporate accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure conformance with International GAAP and other laws/regulations of Algeria• Support external Auditor requests• Support the General Manager and executive team on key financial decisions• Management of Legal and Fiscal requirements in supervision with consultant Show less Olam Investments and Rubber Branch (Midstream & Supply Chain) with a Total turnover of 50 million USD(Olam International Group)Task and Responsibilities• Ensure timely and monthly reporting of management account in accordance with IFRS and Group Accounting policy• Monthly variance analysis of P&L calling out key performance drivers for the month • Supporting Business Head in the preparation of rolling forecast and tracking Business Performance• Manage all treasury and risk management (Credit limit, stock count, balance confirmation, tax reconciliation, Fixed assets tracking, etc…)• Managing relationship with external stakeholders (Bank, legal, tax consultant, Government officials and Business Partners• Timely preparation of local accounts as per OHADA Standards• Quarterly and Timely preparation of Audit pack• Inherent Business Control (IBC)and functional checklist• Analyzing and follow up Budgets and Assisting budget holders in the preparation of annual budgets. • Ensure Performance review and coaching of 8 accountantsKey Achievements• Leading acquisition of one facility of Rubber as lease with a capacity of 20,000 MT in 6 Month,• Leading acquisition of one facility of Cotton in Chad with a capacity of 200,000 MT• Leading successful implementation SAP in Rubber business with a unique module called Automatic Payment program allowing us to pay our farmer within 1 day of delivery (competitors take minimum 10 days)• Driving Rubber entity to become the 1st Entity Cashless and Checkless of Olam in IVC • Cost reduction of overtimes and manpower with implementation of Biometric system (Savings: $200,000)• Introduction of weight Loss tracking for better cost analysis and audit trial• Bring and implement innovative ideas on digital (Stores and supplier management)• Drive automation of Weekly Book value (PNL) to allow Management to take decision• Zero controllable losses Show less

  • Chief Financial Officer

    Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Country Finance Manager

    Jul 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Finance Manager

    Mar 2016 - Aug 2018
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  Zola Electric

  Mar 2020 - Aug 2020

  Chief Financial Officer
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  MTN Côte d’Ivoire

  Aug 2020 - now

  • Deputy Chief Financial Officer

    Apr 2021 - now

  • Acting Chief Financial Officer

    Aug 2020 - Apr 2021