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Copenhagen, Dk

Copenhagen Sv, Denmark , Dk

Overall responsible for finance in the business area 'Employee and Labour Market services', covering the Nordics. Driving all processes in business finance, forecasting, target setting, KPI development and tracking and general business performance management. Acting as business area CFO Employees across DK, NO and SE.

Hellerup, Dk, Dk

Supporting clients on a transformation journey through focus on finance strategy and business finance excellence.

Smørum, Dk

Part of Group Finance management. Managing ~130 employees across Poland and Denmark as responsible for Finance Processes & Projects, covering finance applications and special projects as well as local reporting improvements, and Financial Shared Services, which went through major transformation. Finance Processes & Projects responsible for e.g.:- Project management of large scale cross-finance projects with both HQ and global impact- Improvement in local business reporting to both HQ and local management- Implementing Finance part of ERP systems adapted to local legal requirement and global best practice- Driving best practice processes across global finance- Implementing global standard systems for T&E, invoice handling and others- Defining and rolling out Demant global approach to financial complianceFinancial Shared Services responsible for, e.g.:- Consolidating AP, AR and GL tasks across Demant for different countries- Supporting local entities with best practices for accounting and reportingFocus on:- Conceptualized approach with high efficiency and quality- Organisational and cultural change- Employee well-being and empowermentShared Services went through major transformation with 80 % of employees getting new direct report, and employee engagement increasing from below to above global average.

Smørum, Dk

Part of Group Finance Management. Head of Finance Processes and Projects department in Demant: 10 employees based in Denmark and Poland. Overall responsible for global finance applications, finance processes, large finance projects and finance strategy. Focus on standardizing ways of working to optimize department performance while improving individual employee ownership and overall well-being.

Smørum, Dk

Main focus was to be overall Programme Manager for a major strategic project in setting up the company EPOS, selling headsets. The programme included:- Tracks in IT, HR, Finance, Operations, Sales, Quality and regulatory as well as marketing- Launch of subsidiaries in 16 different companies, - Creating all processes from scratch for both Finance, Logistics, Customer Service, Sales, HR, Quality, and setting up full IT suite to support these, onboarding new employees and new company brand.Contributed to Demant HQ budget process and writing annual plan and budget to the board as well as supporting Group Services Management.

København, Danmark, Dk

Worldwide, Oo

My focus was on transformation projects, primarily within the finance function. Either process optimisation, restructuring of tasks, or implementing supporting technology like robotics. I also served as project manager for starting a new municipality in Greenland. ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED:• Project management in a large Danish retail business focusing on transition of sales strategies• Finance strategy with clear roadmap• Team leadership of all accounting in large public entity• Team leadership in Finance of private entity undergoing ERP implementation• Creation of finance training programme • Hosting knowledge leadership workshops and implementing Robotics Process Automation (RPA SME)

Worldwide, Oo

I focused on optimisation and project management - as a Prince2-certified project manager.Proving record of delivering results, e.g. by starting out as project optimisation consultant and being hired as team leader of about 10 people, focusing on implementation of new ERP update, getting rid of task back log, stakeholder management and strengthening the team spirit. ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED:• Team leader of a group of 10 people in the Financen function of a private company - major change initiatives• Process optimisation in Finance function with 20+ employees• Implementing a budgeting model in a Danish public entity• Help with business case to assess strategic initiatives

Industry: TelecommunicationsDivision: Group FinanceTasks: Optimization of controlling and financial reporting by developing tools and processes for controlling, reporting and budgeting. Outsourcing of various daily tasks. As a project coordinator I handled the hand over process to an external outsourcing partner. The processes where first optimized internally, before developing process descriptions and setting up KPI's to ensure the possibility to track future performance.

Division: Business Finance - ReportingTasks: Controlling and financial reporting (end of month).Work load: 15-20 hours per week

Aarhus, Dk

Serving on the board of 'KIF', the company owning the bar 'Eforen' and a small on campus store.

Aarhus, Dk

I had the sole responsibility of eveything related to accounting at a small campus store and bar with around 10 part time employees. Responsibilities included bookkeeping, financial end of year and economics analysis.

Aarhus C, Middle Jutland, Dk

As an assistant to the municipality council members in the second largest city of Denmark, I acted as a political sparring partner and adviser. I helped the local municipality members develop campaign ideas, write speeches and guide them in personal appearance.I was also part of developing new policy proposals on public transport and economic efficiency.

Simple bartending at the bar located at Aarhus University. From september 2010-August 2012: responsible for closing up and other staff during the night. Bartending gave my great insight into the importance of customer satisfaction.

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy

Master Of Science (Msc), Business Economics And Auditing

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Economics And Business Administration

Summer School, Austrian Economics

Free Markets

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Political Science

Math, Social Sciences, English