Dave L. Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

- Drive strategic planning and annual budgeting - Product, Pricing and Proposition Analysis to understand and improve performance - Month end management packs including performance analysis, present month variances, trends and insights - Business Cases (new business streams, promotions, new products) - Support (re)negotiation of commercial terms with distributors - Weekly forecast (a) Working with your Group stakeholders on their planning requirements (b) Training to stakeholders on forecast models as required (c) Robust review of forecasts and identification of Risk & Opportunities (d) Working closely with stakeholders to ensure planning timelines are met - Channel Profitability - delivering insights to help understand and improve performance - Corridor Profitability - delivering insights to help understand and improve performance - Commercial insights and analysis for senior management - Project management (new business and process improvement)

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Tracking performance:- Identify key performance indicators that need to be tracked on daily, weekly and monthly basis to deliver required insight for the Management team.- Monthly reports to Group FP&A, with detailed tracking of the KPIs.- Support sales team with thorough reporting of monthly performance.- Review daily performance of the business drivers and provide insight to senior management.Modeling, Budgeting and Forecasting:- Maintain the budget model & seek ways to improve & streamline the process.- Own the weekly & monthly P&L forecasts.Providing insight from analysis across the whole P&L:- From reporting, undertake analysis to understand the business drivers (from revenue to operating profit).- Perform ad hoc deep dives to identify root causes on movements in business performance.- Work with sales, marketing and key operational stakeholders to gain greater insight into what is driving the business.- Identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency across the business.Delivering performance:- Drive the operational business decision making through budgeting and forecasting.- Managing end to end delivery of performance improvements.Month End/ Commercial:- Support FC with Month End close.- Monthly Insights and Analysis/ Monthly Promo Analysis.- Support FP&A Manager with Month End Performance Pack/ Month End Presentation.- Monthly DCR calculations and accruals/ Monthly bonus calculations.Business Partnering:- Pricing/ Promotions/ Propositions- Sales/ Marketing- BI/ IT- Group/ Local Other Business Functions Support- Senior Leadership Team

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Duties includes:Financial analysis: - Review and analysis of the Balance Sheet of operating entities within the Liberty Global Group on a monthly basis with a focus on cash flow related transactions- Review and analysis of the P&L (costs) of the operating entities within the Liberty Global Group- Review and analysis of Accrued Interest, Debt and Equity of operating entities in the Liberty (Liberty Global is the second highest leveraged company in the world)- Reporting findings from analysis and reviews to senior management- Solving complex accounting issues in operating- and corporate entities and advising on transactional accounting treatment and correction- Work within a multi-disciplined team (often from several divisions across the company) for business planning and strategic initiatives- Support projects, evaluating new product developments and their application to various markets- Supporting newly acquired entities integrate as part of the groupGeneral and People: - Group Learning and Development initiatives, ranging from technical to soft-skill training by means of assessing group learning and development needs, finding suitable trainers as well logistics of training sessions- Interviewing new joiner candidates to the Group Reporting team as well as for the Management Development Program (Internship Program focussed on finance)- Training and Development of Junior Analysts and new joiners to the Group Reporting team

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Duties included:Auditing:Planning: - Determining the nature, timing and extent of necessary audit procedures.- Preparing engagement budgets.- Allocation of staff to various areas of fieldwork and managing deadlines.Fieldwork & Supervising:- Performing audit procedures on various account balances and business cycles.- Supervising and reviewing of junior audit staff members’ work. - Corresponding accounting- and processing errors identified with clients.- Preparing a complete audit file for review by a manager.- Communicating business- and other risks identified relating to systems and procedures applied.Finalization: - Reviewing audit files to ensure compliance with Deloitte audit standards.- Reviewing annual financial statements to ensure compliance with Dutch GAAP and IFRS.- Reporting directly to audit managers and partners as well as to clients via partner and client meetings.General duties:- Building and improving client relationships.- Assisting in the training of trainees.- Reviewing of audit files prepared by trainees.- Assisting staff with queries and problems.List of clients:- Telegraaf Media Group B.V. - Booking.com BV.- TNS Nipo B.V.- IS Interned Services B.V.- Ocom B.V.- Evoswitch B.V.- Leaseweb B.V.- Nedstat B.V.- Tata Consultancy Services B.V. - Young & Rubicam B.V.- Bull Nederland N.V.- KLM CIO/IS B.V.- Polish Oil & Gas Company N.V.- At Fun B.V.- Ogilvy B.V.- Nedstat B.V.- Koninklijk Philips Electronics N.V.- SBS Broadcasting B.V.

Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

Duties included:- Bi-monthly VAT calculations- Compiling of Financial statements- Weekly Management reporting to the board of directors- Compiling Debtor/Creditor/Bank reconciliations- Electronic banking payments- Dealing with all aspects of employee’s salaries and tax- Cash management- Helped the company obtain a BEE Certification (Level 1 rating)- Project Evaluation (Profit/Loss)- Developing and implementing internal controls, financial and management systems- Evaluating internal controls, financial and management systems- Risk Management- ISO 9001 implementation- Monthly, quarterly and yearly budgeting- Monthly financial reporting to the board of directors- All interactions with the South African Revenue Service (Tax authority)- General administrative work

Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

Duties included:- Bi-monthly VAT calculations- Completion and submission of VAT returns to tax authorities- Monthly management reporting- Compilation of yearly Financial Statements- Preparing compilation engagements budgets- Implementation of various accounting systems for clients- Auditing of Financial Statements- Registering of legal entities with tax authorities

Certified Management Accountant

B.Com Acc, Accounting