Anders Højlund Rasmussen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Business Finance Consulting

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Financial consultant at GN Hearing

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Direct report to, and finance business partner with the Regional Managing Director for the North and Central business units. Dotted line to EMEA Finance Director. Part of management teamResponsibility: • Leading a finance team of 6 individuals (in four locations)• Management reporting and accounting for the group. Rev app. DKK400M• Customer and logistic partner contracting• Strategic and annual Planning• Efficiency and OPEX leverage• Pricing, discount and rebate… Show more Direct report to, and finance business partner with the Regional Managing Director for the North and Central business units. Dotted line to EMEA Finance Director. Part of management teamResponsibility: • Leading a finance team of 6 individuals (in four locations)• Management reporting and accounting for the group. Rev app. DKK400M• Customer and logistic partner contracting• Strategic and annual Planning• Efficiency and OPEX leverage• Pricing, discount and rebate management/Customer and product analysis• Market data intelligence and product launch support• IS Planning, insurance, pension and risk assessment• Responsibility as mentioned in previous rolesAchievements:* Improved planning process with higher quality and less time spend* Provided structured insights and value added recommendation* Logistic strategy and contracting in Sweden leading to an significant annual saving* Improved Strategy planning and Standardize Performance Reporting* Best practice sharing within group of country managers / sales / marketing* Cost savings subsequent to efficiency in accounting leading to head count reduction.* Established business process procedures for all accounting assignments* Implementation of time saving and low cost expense reporting tool Show less

Management of finance team of 5: one business analyst, one sales analyst and 3 accountants. Transition from local to Nordic finance teamResponsibility: • Leading a finance team of 5 individuals in three locations• Management reporting and accounting for the group• Office relocation, Tax and transfer pricing• Statutory reporting and coordination with external auditors• Cash flow management, banking and outsourcing of payroll and VAT• Coordination of internal… Show more Management of finance team of 5: one business analyst, one sales analyst and 3 accountants. Transition from local to Nordic finance teamResponsibility: • Leading a finance team of 5 individuals in three locations• Management reporting and accounting for the group• Office relocation, Tax and transfer pricing• Statutory reporting and coordination with external auditors• Cash flow management, banking and outsourcing of payroll and VAT• Coordination of internal audits, Q&A sessions, report follow up• Strategic and annual Planning and reportingAchievements:• Transformation of local to Nordic finance organization• ERP migration to SAP for Nordic business units• Migration from local to global bank• Relocation of local inventories (physical and by ownership) • Successful office relocation with improved “customer” experience• Strategy planning and Standardize Performance Reporting• Improved planning process with higher quality and less time spend Show less

Responsibility: • Coordinate the annual planning process including preparation, target setting, timetable management, presentation reviews, feedback, and reports• Management reporting and accounting for the group• Prepare sales representative incentive plans, conduct true-ups and instruct payments.• Supervisor for 3 Nordic local accountants. Focus to align accounting processes in the Nordic business units on a Navision platformAchievements:• Established a more… Show more Responsibility: • Coordinate the annual planning process including preparation, target setting, timetable management, presentation reviews, feedback, and reports• Management reporting and accounting for the group• Prepare sales representative incentive plans, conduct true-ups and instruct payments.• Supervisor for 3 Nordic local accountants. Focus to align accounting processes in the Nordic business units on a Navision platformAchievements:• Established a more transparent and efficient planning process• Created a new format for sales Incentive Plans, relevant goals and easy to understand and well accepted• Local migration of Planning tool from Cognos to SAP BPC • Aligned accounting processes in the Nordic business units on a legacy Navision platform Show less

Business Controlling: P&L responsible - incl. planning in cooperation with marketing on volume, pricing (incl. RSP), variable costs and marketing expenses. Support on new product development, part of local category team. Reporting to EU – category in Zurich.Sales controlling, responsible for planning, tracking and analysis across all retail categories in DK regarding volume and revenue (incl. control of rebates). Ongoing reviews with sales management to leverage financial awareness in… Show more Business Controlling: P&L responsible - incl. planning in cooperation with marketing on volume, pricing (incl. RSP), variable costs and marketing expenses. Support on new product development, part of local category team. Reporting to EU – category in Zurich.Sales controlling, responsible for planning, tracking and analysis across all retail categories in DK regarding volume and revenue (incl. control of rebates). Ongoing reviews with sales management to leverage financial awareness in sales. One dotted line report, AFH Controller Show less

New EU organization – split between Core and Local Brands. Responsible for the two major categories in DK – Coffee (Core) / Confectionery (Core).P&L Responsible for the financial reporting system, Oracle, in Denmark

New setup – moving sales controlling responsibility from three Category controllers to one person across categories. Responsible for planning, tracking and analysis of top-line (volume / revenues). Coordination of weekly posting. Monitoring Net Prices on pan Nordic/EU customers. Internal control (i.e. Sarbanes-Oxley). Leverage financial awareness within sales department. Bus. Controlling, Coffee. Ref. to Nordic Sales Controller located in Stockholm.

Process owner in Nordic implementation of European SAP platform – regarding trade deals.Direct report for assistant chocolate controller and catering controller. Reference to Nordic Business Controller Food. Part of due diligence process regarding sales of Trade Mark.

Responsible for 3 categories with one direct report. Focus on commodity and dollar regarding price and margin management of coffee. Configured coffee campaign price forecast model. Reference to Nordic Business Controller Coffee/Food located in Stockholm.

A category with need for a tight cost control and SKU-reduction program. A central role in turn-a-round program. The business changed from a loss to the most profitable category in 06 and 07. Recognized with a “Management Prize”. Changing from local to Nordic management (Stockholm).

Introduction to Business Controlling. P&L responsible. Category planning, tracking and analysis. Profitable growth within the category. Reference to Business Controller Manager Denmark

Design of customer profitability model and related reporting in sales department. Focus on KPI’s as revenue rates and margin by customer by product. Customer planning, tracking and analysis. Partnering with key account management. Ref. to Business Controller Manager DK.

Development and maintenance of sales reps. planning (goal setting) and information system (40 sales reps). Freia / Marabou are a legal entity, Kraft General Food’s acquisition early 90-ies. Part of sales department.

Market research Company with base in Copenhagen with strong connection to the Copenhagen Business School. 10 FTE’s and app. 120 interviewers.Trainee and Production assistantDesign of questionnaires, briefing of the interviewers, monitoring of the interviewprojects, reporting.

Cand Merc., Strategic Management/Consumer Behavior

Final paper on consumer behavior in the retail grocery sector

Student, Mathmatics