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Imene Chouchene

Imene Chouchene

Sousse,Tunis

Summary

Experienced Chief Financial Officer with proven success in maximising progression and profitability. Reviews financial controls, processes and procedures to enable best practice development. Drives accurate and timely financial data by maximising system functionality. Proactive financial professional with planning and problem-solving talents. History thoroughly analysing and modelling financial data to produce relevant insights and steer financial decision-making. Polished Finance Manager with successful track record of handling high volume transactions on regular basis. Considered an expert in creating robust financial models. Looking for new opportunity to apply attention to detail and exceptional organisational skills. Proficient Chief Financial Officer knowledgeable about financial leadership and operational needs. Resourceful and tech-savvy decision-maker with a deep understanding of market conditions.

Languages

English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Arabic
Native

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Work history

CFO/Chief Financial Officer

ESSE ELLE
Susa, Tunis
01.2011 - Current
  • Manage commercial and finance department of the company, prepare forecast, financial planning and analysis;
  • Control and evaluate the organization's budget and capital structure;
  • Monitor and ensure compliance of company's policies with the international law;
  • Oversee and validate financial transactions, loans and loan repayments;
  • Ensure the recruitment of the financial department, manage a team of financial controllers and financial analysts and supervise all financial activities;
  • Manage vendor relationships and lead negotiations with different banks and administrations;
  • Lead the commercial prospecting
  • Manager for setting up and monitoring standards BSCI - ESSE ELLE |Sousse, Tunisia
  • Scaled sustainable growth by conducting extensive reviews of existing systems, processes, controls and KPIs.
  • Monitored and reviewed financial controls, processes and procedures to enable best practice development.
  • Maximised system functionality to drive accurate and timely financial information for weekly and monthly processes.
  • Developed thorough forecasting and cash-flow management processes to maximise progression and profitability.
  • Developed and administered annual budgets following periods of strong analysis and research.

Setting up and Monitoring Standards Manager

ESSE ELLE
Suosse, Tunis
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Implement and monitor standards BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative);
  • Manage and follow up financial audit transactions and documentation;
  • Provide recommendations and training, monitor progress and resolve social compliance issues.
  • Provided excellent customer service, communicating commercial information to internal contract team.
  • Managed own workload efficiently and kept to strict deadlines.
  • Liaised across Business Services departments on client opening processes.
  • Raised and assigned work orders for relevant resources.
  • Assisted compliance and technical safety standards review of company policy and procedure.

CFO/Chief Financial Officer

EAV
Sousse, Tunis
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Organize and coordinate administrative and financial department's activities;
  • Guarantees achievement of company's financial goals;
  • Prepare and update financial reports;
  • Guarantee conformity and compliance financial documents.
  • Maintained strong working relationships with site, divisional and group functions.
  • Scaled sustainable growth by conducting extensive reviews of existing systems, processes, controls and KPIs.
  • Ensured complete adherence to financial controls and regulations, preparing financial statements and reporting results to multiple external stakeholders.

Accountant

EAV
Sousse, Tunis
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports, deliver and update accurate reporting;
  • Analyze, manage financial reports discrepancies and ensure their accuracy;
  • Reconcile and adjust payable and receivable accounts;
  • Manage payroll and social security declarations.
  • Updated journal entries and accounts on accrual basis with Xero software.
  • Created quarterly and yearly balance sheets to track financial trends and performance.
  • Maintained integrity of general ledger, including chart of accounts.
  • Created periodic reports comparing budgeted costs to actual costs.
  • Analysed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting.
  • Reconciled accounts from income and expense data to net worth and assets.
  • Analysed monthly reporting to reconcile production operations and general ledger.
  • Prepared VAT and income tax forms for commercial and individual clients.
  • Reviewed and processed employee expense reports and vendor invoices for payment.
  • Accurately documented all cash, credit, fixed assets, accrued expenses and line of credit transactions.
  • Checked and imported payroll and pension data to pay salary deductions.

Skills

  • Accounting: Software Sage and Ciel
  • Staff management: payroll processing with SIG software, contract monitoring, CNSS declarations
  • Tax return
  • Customs operations and procedures: Import, export, transit…
  • Disputes: Customer dispute monitoring, suppliers
  • Legal: Constitution of a new company, change of headquarters, company liquidation
  • Good communicator, autonomous, creative, rigorous, perseverant, organized, strong capacity for learning and adaptation
  • SKILLS
  • Team Management
  • Leadership /Coaching
  • Risk management and issues
  • Stakeholder management
  • Budget management
  • Data management
  • Internal business planning
  • Sales forecasting
  • Budget governance
  • Strategic planning
  • Service-wide operational planning
  • Financial stewardship
  • Capital structure control
  • Funding process management
  • Cash and liquidity risk management
  • Financial risk simulations
  • Operational leadership
  • Entity-wide financial planning
  • Financial analysis
  • Reporting and documentation
  • Coaching and training

Education

Professional master's degree specialized ICT - SUP'COM

École Supérieure de Communication
Tunis / Sousse
01.2004 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Accounting - ISG

ISG Sousse Institute Supérieur de Gestion
Sousse / Tunis
01.1998 - 01.2002

Accomplishments

  • Photography at Selsebil Chebbi Arts Training Canter
  • B1 certificate in English
  • TOOLS Office 365, Access, Ciel, C/ C++, Unix, Java/ JavaScript, PHP/ XML/ Html/ SQL
  • Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Interests

Hobbies : , Reading Music Painting Photography Swimming

Interests

Hobbies : , Reading Music Painting Photography Swimming

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Imene Chouchene