Stephane Bessy, MBA

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Skilled in financial and operational modeling, corporate development, strategy, project management, valuation and commercial negotiations, strategic financial and business planning, financial reporting, capital resource allocation, pricing strategies, and supply chain management processes within Africa Capital – a center of excellence that provides accounting and financial reporting solutions for Africa Capital operations.

Proficient and experienced in a range of Hyperion products including Essbase, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Financial Management, Financial Reporting and Smart Views, with an aptitude to learn new technologies.

EDUCATION

Mercer University, Stetson School of Business, Atlanta, GA 03/2013-08/2014

Master of Business Administration, MBA in Finance

Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policies, Atlanta, GA 07/2009-05/2012

Bachelor of Arts, Economics

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 01/2003-12/2006

Bachelor of Science, Finance and Banking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Reporting Analyst, NCR Corporation Global Commodity Department (Contract through Witssolutions) 10/2015-04/2016

Prepared strategic trend reports to measure KPI, Increased leadership focus on key Performance Indicators.

Assisted Controller and Accounting Team with research and data analysis for pricing.

Implemented monthly "Executive Summary " report identifying increase/decrease in key accounts receivable indicators against previous years.

Worked with intercompany departments to build annual forecasts and budgets.

Analyzed the Global purchase history vs. sell history.

Used V-Lookups to cross reference PID per OEM code, and identify source reports.

Sorted out the suppliers from each region using part numbers. Sent SDS requirement to suppliers, consolidated the information.

Acquired the information needs to compliance 2013, 2014, 2015, upload in the system, data collection, and analysis.

Consultant, CBRE Group, Inc. (Contract through Robert Half Finance & Accounting) 06/2015-09/2015

Participated in the transition of GE, and GE Canada to the Global Risk Management Solutions system (GRMS) at CBRE with roles going from a base user to a validator and administrator role of consolidating, approving, publishing, and locking the data units.

On boarded vendors by collecting W-9s, purchase orders email addresses, purchases orders contact name and numbers, and invoices with remit address (data units).

Assisted over 1,000 vendors in their GRMS compliance process and advised them.

Reported data and information collected from the GRMS compliance report into the tracker file used in CBRE strategic sourcing department.

Updated the tracker for additional vendors on board using oracle Hyperion Smart View for office and excel functions such as V-lookups and pivot tables

Reported to Strategic Sourcing Manager on a weekly basis.

Financial Consultant, Africa Capital Abidjan, Ivory Coast/Atlanta, GA (Remote Job) 03/2013-12/2014

Provided analytical, strategic and transactional support for all of Africa Capital new strategic initiatives, business analytics, investments, joint ventures and acquisition transactions.

Built Financial Budgeting and Forecasting applications with Essbase to support strategic decisions.

Experienced in automation using batch scripts, optimization of report queries in Microsoft Excel, creating hoc reports for decision makers using Hyperion Smart View and other apps.

Experienced in working through all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of financial applications.

Led a team of 4 analysts in developing forecast and budget models to highlight underlying business assumptions, trends, risks, and opportunities.

Advised senior and executive management of Africa Capital by providing wide ranging analysis and in depth modeling, primarily concentrating on expense management, revenue growth, business investment, and project management. Assisted them with developing complex reports using Essbase to meet analytical requirements and effective forecasting.

Prepared timely and accurate monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and variance analysis with high-level responsibilities including financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, business case conception, and creation, strategic planning, and performance evaluation.

Senior Financial Analyst 07/2012-03/2013

After completing a study abroad program to obtain my Bachelor in Economics (07/2009-05/2012), I was promoted to lead the team of 4 analysts I was previously part of in developing forecast and budget models to highlight underlying business assumptions, trends, risks, and opportunities, and performed daily backups of Hyperion data. Helped facilitate creation and loading of monthly, quarterly budget data.

Applied Hyperion Financial Reporting to design monthly reporting packages for senior management to determine client groups financial standing each month.

Provided detailed financial advisory support, analysis and insight to each division with a focus on mergers, investments, acquisitions, and joint ventures.

Directly supported senior executives for strategic financial modeling exercises, evaluations of businesses and the overall industry. Actively involved in project development from analysis of Functional Specifications Documents, application design, development, testing, rollout into production environment, implementation and end-user training.

Drove forecast accuracy through monthly and yearly business reviews of top line orders and revenue, cost structure, budget adherence, variance analyses, financial modeling and bridging.

Performed testing for controls in the inventory management and fixed asset management processes within Africa Capital.

Led complex analysis of strategy by utilizing market research and internal resources to develop actionable recommendations for new consulting opportunities.

Led and provided strategic plan to leaders of the portfolio including blueprint for the subsequent years financial objectives.

Financial Analyst 06/2007-07/2009

Took an analytical approach to identifying and solving problems, developed and implemented plans to promote growth and profitability, and managed risk. Assisted the Ivorian and Guinean governments in multi-million euros lawsuits against Moov and MTN mobile phone companies which both resulted in payments.

Performed complex and detailed financial and flash variance analysis for over 30 companies to include forecast results to prior month forecast, budget for prior year, ad-hoc reporting, and created a summary of week over week variances to provide an accurate picture of the overall company’s current financial state.

Worked with suppliers to resolve invoicing problems and to automate payable processes.

Recorded data in the computer system to facilitate processing of vendor payments.

Developed and distributed special reports for upper management or suppliers to support business decisions and effective communication with customers.

Worked with customers and vendors to solve problems of billing, collection and vendor payment. Participated in cross-functional efforts to improve work processes.

Set performance standards to meet expectations and to demonstrate drive and accountability.

Communicated clearly and persuasively, and demonstrated effective teamwork with other individuals and groups.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Broad scope of duties: Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Management, Financial Modeling/Valuation, Competitive & Market Intelligence, New Initiative Business Case Development, Investments, Strategic Planning and Executive Presentations, Strategic Sourcing.

Computer Skills: Expert in MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, Data Spread Sheet, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel Pivot tables, VLookups, Macros), Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting, EssBase, Hyperion Planning, Hyperion Web analysis, Hyperion SmartView, Microsoft Visio Premium 2010, SAS, PeopleSoft Finance CFS 9.2.

Language Skills: Bilingual (English/French) and great notion of Spanish.

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