Finding the right time to change countries and become an expat

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  • Le 2 décembre 2016
Name: Inesse Gannoun
Current position: Financial Controller, Canal+ Sénégal
About my company: Broadcasting, 7500 employees
Degree earned at Audencia: GE 14
Nationality: French 
Residence: Dakar - Senegal
 
“My key learning point is humility. You always need different point of views to better understand things. ”

My work
My role: I work as a Financial Controller for Canal+ Senegal. Mainly I am responsible for the control of financial information, managing the whole process of monthly closing of accounts and revising the subsidiary’s financial statements. I also monitor and following-up the activities: elaborating and presenting the annual budget, KPI tracking, and development of management tools.

Soft skills: Adaptability/flexibility/rigour and precision/analytical spirit/communication/ sense of priority.
Hard skills: Good knowledge of IT tools (Excel, SAP, Essbase, and Financial Consolidation): P&L, Balance Sheet.

My company: I experienced a great “sense of family”. Many people have been working in this company for more than 15 years; the interpersonal relations exceeds the professional context. Leadership is strongly impacted by national culture, characterised by an important aspect of “respect for elders”, a particular place for men, and ongoing complex relations between black and white people.

How it started: After two years of internship as a Financial Controller at L’Oreal, I wanted to experience the world of consulting and got into Accenture. I soon felt the need to go back to a more operational position and decided it was a good personal time to experiment expatriation.

☛ Move for positive reasons and your international experience will be positive. Accept the fact that it will not be easy every day. Once you have these two things clearly in mind, go!

My world
Culture shock: Although your life is great, both personally and professionally, you miss people and some of your habits.

Fun fact: I met my future husband in Dakar. That’s a fun fact!

Why choose an international career?
Life is too short, the world is too big and there are too many things to see and to experiment.
 
Audencia Careers says
“Inesse also holds a degree in philosophy. Although philosophy and finance often seem totally distinct disciplines, she always manages to highlight links between the practices. It shows being open and having a complex mind-set.”
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