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finance-and administration manager/director

finance-and administration manager/director

Werkervaring interimmanager

ruime ervaring binnen nederlandse en internationale bedrijven gedurende lange periodes. In veel gevallen betrof het de herstructurering van de financiele administratie/boekhouding. Daarnaast strategische adviezen mbt de markt en produkten.

Opleiding interimmanager

An enthusiastic and business driven EMEA business finance -sales manager (born in 1947) is seeking a career within a senior role. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong organizational, leadership and interpersonal skills.


SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Finance: Strong analytical, control, analytical and organizational skills.
Internal audits, including EDP audits.
Consolidation of more twelve (12) sales subsidiaries and six (6) industrial plants within EMEA.
Reduced production cost through change in changing the assembly line
Set up total budget for overall EMEA from concept to final presentation to the board.
Have been set up accounting, finance and budget procedure & police manuals in order to ensure proper use of companies assets.
Set up EMEA salary control system to ensure timely and correct payments to all employees. In first instance in each country by third party companies, but in a later stage in house, by a special software package created in house to minimize expenses and to ensure 100% correctness of salary payments, especially for all employees which have every month/quarter commission / overtime payments.
Have implemented an ERP solution for all subsidiaries within EMEA. In addition sound knowledge of several reporting packages such as, BI, CRM.
Prepare the tax returns within EMEA. (Corporate income taxes, VAT, wages taxes)
Set up of shared service centre in order to support and control all transactional processes within EMEA. This included the total project from scratch. Set up procedures and ERP system - hiring and training of staff to cover 24 countries.
Set up License program for all software packages in order to ensure timely action and to verify supplier delivers agreed software and yearly upgrades as specified in license contract.
Treasury and Tax aspect and an excellent knowledge of IFRS, Sarbanes Oxley and US GAAP.
Set up treasury system using Sungard\'s Avantgard Quantum software.

Communications: Excellent presentations skills, issuing clear and concise instructions to employees, chairing meetings and dealing tactfully and diplomatically with customers. Customer satisfaction to increase overall business relationship.
Have gained through the years excellent contacts within; IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, SUN, Veritas, Mercedes Benz, BMW, etc.

Leasing: Have closed several major deals within the IT industry and have been responsible for the whole finance & accounting of all lease transactions.
Interface with all major European banks for all funding and banking aspects.

Sales: Overachieved quarterly and annual targets received from 107 to 121%. Revenue per quarter has been from $ 0.5m to 4.5m per quarter depending of the company and product pricing. Largest direct deal $ 1.2m. Launched successfully new products and acquired new channel partners in order to achieve higher market share and revenue. Built sales organization from ground zero to EMEA team that generated $ 5m in hardware revenue within 2 years.

Marketing: set up various marketing campaigns. Special marketing campaigns with retail chains. Telemarketing - Merchandisers - E-marketing - Flyers. Initiated marketing campaigns with partners to create demand with end-users.
Set up various events-seminars and partner conferences

General: Have been responsible for implementing various financial - accounting teams, which have been able to produce accurate and timely reports. Decisive and result driven and a creative problem solver. Sound planning and organizational capabilities.

Management: Managed finance -accounting - operations - tax - treasury -HR -sales & marketing teams in various countries within EMEA. Confident and persuasive team-builder, able to motivate and communicate to achieve improved team efforts.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2009 - 2010 Interim Financial / Management controller for the Police Academy of Amsterdam. The
academy has more than 1.250 students and in addition set up courses and training for the other
4.800 policy officers within Amsterdam. Set up software system to control and monitor all
courses and in addition responsible for the finance – administration department.

2007- 2009 Brunel Nederland b.v.
Detachment in the fields of ICT - Engineering - Finance - Insurance and Banking and Legal.
As Interim Finance /Operating Manager with the responsibility for 50 employees with 5 direct
reports – 35 indirect responsible for Shared Service Centre - Salary administration - Debtors –
Creditors and Planning & Control.

Brunel has 9.500 employees and 1.500 VAR’s Worldwide.

Adjusted Oracle package in order to streamline HR/Finance reporting to HQ and set up DMS
system.

2003 - 2006 Interim Financial Controller for several European and US companies, such as;
DST systems - Kansas City = Prepared report with European competitors
Tridion - Amsterdam = Set up contract management system for their software and
Maintenance contracts within EMEA and the process of their consultancy processes with a
link to their ERP system. Plus normal financial -administration duties and year-end close.
Total Solutions - Amsterdam = Streamlining their administration for training and consultancy
with a link to their ERP system. Set up two offshore companies in Dubai for their
international training -consultancy program.
Continental Mil Processing - Amsterdam/Vancouver = set up their whole accounting - finance
and treasury system, prepared their policy manual for their business within EMEA.

2000 - 2003 Seagate Software (Crystal Decisions) as: Distribution Manager EMEA
Sales & marketing through channel for Crystal Report (2tier) and
Crystal Enterprise (1tier)
Sales & marketing through 2nd tier channel for various products.
Set up EDI system to control and monitor the inventory - weekly reporting on sell-through by
Distributors in 25 countries within EMEA and sell-out by all major large resellers. Same way
As I have done for Symantec.


1996 - 1999 Symantec EMEA as: Communication Director for the 1st year and after that
as: Distribution Sales & Marketing Director
Sales & marketing through 2nd tier channel for various products.
Set up EDI system to control and monitor the inventory - weekly reporting on sell-through by
Distributors in 25 countries within EMEA and inventory and sell-out by all major large
Resellers. Prepared reports for these distributors and resellers in order to show where they can
created a higher turnover and what impact was of certain marketing campaigns.

1990 - 1995 Independent Interim Manager
Worked for various national and international companies in the field of;
Media ( Carat) - Leasing - IT projects - Financial Controller - Treasury functions - Strategic
planning and market analysis. Set up of E-commerce for companies within the
following industries; hospitality - media - ICT hardware plant and
software sales.


1987 - 1990 Comdisco France (EMEA -FE) as: Vice President Finance and Administration
Leasing company for computer and communication equipment.
Main task where to ensure that all leasing deals where closed in line with company regulations
and that the finance structure with local banks and finance houses was done correctly.
Responsible for the monthly statutory records in various currencies and management reporting
in us dollars. Besides that the salary administration was a “major” task, because more than
75% of the employees where paid on variable commission and we where unhappy with some
of the local third party vendors. Set up in house system.


1985 - 1987 QMS International as: European Managing Director
Laser printer manufacturer with sales & marketing through 2nd tier channel

1977 - 1985 Itel EMEA, later National Advanced Systems, subsidiary of National
Semiconductor as; Financial Controller for 7 countries within EMEA, plus their
Two major plants within Germany and Spain.
Semi conductor and leasing company for computer equipment.

1971 - 1977 Dart Industries Nederland (Tupperware) as; Ass. Financial Director
for their Sales office in the Netherlands and plant in Belgium.


EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

High School H.B.S.-a
University of Amsterdam -Economy Bachelor Degree
SPD 1-11 State Accounting Certificate
European Tax course - Treasury courses
IFRS and Sarbanes Oxley courses
Various CPA courses -software recognition
Winning complex sales - Miller Heiman
Supply Chain Management course
Purchase NEVI-1

SOFTWARE / PACKAGES USED

MS office
Excel
Crystal Reports
Various ERP Packages - SAP - Exact - Navision - J.D. Edwards -Oracle
Hyperion
DSM packages
Various CRM packages - Goldmine / ACT
Contact service centre packages


PERSONAL:
Born in The Netherlands on 29 September 1947
Health: excellent
Sports: Skiing - Tennis - Hockey

Consultancy interimmanagement a.i. kerncompetenties

financieel - administratie/boekhouding in diverse ERP systemen. Daarnaast opzetten channel en strategisch advies

Talenkennis interimmanager

engeld en duits vloeiend -schrijf / spreken.
frans matig

Overig

veel ervaring binnen ICT bedrijven zowel financieel alsmede verkoop - management.

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