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Stockholm County, Sweden

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Stockholm, Sweden

On point to provide leadership and day-to-day operational management, to ensure that client delivery teams consistently meet and exceed customer expectations for 45 countries around the globe. Ensure Employee, HR and Finance commitments are being fulfilled, while resolving issues related to scope, budget, and customer satisfaction. Manage the pipeline of potential projects (new country onboarding, merger & acquisition, continuous improvement, etc.), including relevant Stakeholder expectations.Maintaining Nordic Client portfolio of new global customers with combined TCV over €20M, servicing 30.000+ employees. Accountable for all aspects of P&L management at customer level. Started to manage the Nordics businesses as Country lead for the Nordics. Leveraging my financial expertise, knowledge, and judgment to set a personal standard for excellenceKey achievements:- Year over Year profitable growth, securing contract extensions- Onboarded 35 plus countries in Europe, APAC and LatAm on a global Payroll approach, stable within agreed contractual timelines- Embedded data analytics into day-to-day HR processes consistently across 35 plus countries- Turned around low end performing customer services in a sustainable way

Stockholm, Sweden

Driving business and overseeing the HR & Payroll Outsourcing practice, including new client onboarding. Actively support client delivery teams in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway. Known to focus on all aspects of P&L management at business and customer level. Started to manage the global client portfolio headquartered within Nordics as Account Director.Key achievements:-Optimised Nordics customer portfolio towards large global accounts in line with company strategy. Adapted the in country cost base with 50% by consolidating office locations and nearshoring.-Onboarded 25 plus countries across Europe on a global Payroll services, stable within agreed contractual timelines- Developed a learning organization with mentoring roles, ensuring there is adequate local service expertise. Coached the Operations leadership team to play a bigger role scaling the company- Redefined jobs and career paths to foster worker mobility and continually drive value to client. Discovered new sources of talent via partnerships with universities-First adopter of a new approach for delivery global Payroll and HR insights. Participation in technology product design to create the solutions that customer need. Setting the scene internally for other global accounts.

Stockholm, Sweden

Regional FD for three start up countries during a group transition towards a global Matrix organisation. Member of the Nordic leadership team, reporting towards the MD Nordics and the FD Europe. Overviewing as well the other support functions of the company (office management, HR, IT and communication)Known to overcome obstacles for company growth, identify cost drivers and substantial areas of savings, build consensus for difficult changes in systems or finance processes, drive new opportunities for freeing up cash, add a long-range outlook through solid financial planning.Led and fully owned the finance relationship with the business with significant exposure to senior stakeholders. Started to shape workforce planning with direct impact on bottom line results, as deputy Operations Director. Key achievements across Nordics- Beat the budget in four out of five years- Year over Year profitable growth- Growed the accounting function into an FP&A profession- Passed external/internal/tax/sox compliance audits with a clean opinion- Standardize commercial negotiation practices and billing procedures. As a result, administrative costs per order fell by about half, and the billing-to-collection time dropped by a quarter- Pilot region for the group implementing: SAP FICO/PPM, Purchase orders and Nearshoring /offshoring. Setting the scene for the wider corporate finance transformation agenda.

Stockholm, Sweden

Finance transformation projects in the area of Business Performance Management and enabling IT tools. Known for specialist expertise in the area of business controlling.Acted to do the necessary making Finance work, not only restricted to doing things the way consultancy prescribes.Started to develop high-level business relations and generating additional business volumes.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Finance transformation projects in the area of Corporate Performance Management and enabling IT tools. Known for specialist expertise in the area of group reporting, budgeting and forecasting.Acted as lead for smaller team and counselor for other colleagues.Became more client-oriented and began to explore sales activities.Started to generate my own work and that of others.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Finance transformation projects in the area of Finance and enabling ERP tools: Accounting to Reporting, Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash.Started to excel in the area of Accounting to Reporting.Responsible for completion of project delivery.Capable of working independently and in larger ERP project teams.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Year-end audits on financial statements and interim audits on controls. An entry-level position in the Dutch International Auditing practice.Responsible for the completion of part of the delivery.Started to build skills and gain first experiences.Benefited from contact with global clients in various segments.Capable of working independently and in a larger multinational audit team.

Cpa, Post-Graduate Programme Certified Public Accountant

Msc, Economics