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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Topeka, Ks, Us

• Global lead for E2E Supply Chain Finance reporting into Global EVP of Finance - with dotted line to Global EVP of Supply Chain• Total finance team of 40 (incl. 9 in EU), with 5 direct reports (2 Directors, 3 Sr. Managers)• Providing strategic leadership and driving collaboration between the E2E Supply Chain, Global FP&A and Regional Finance teams to optimize overall E2E costs, improve KPIs and ensure Corporate Governance and process controls are followed• Overseeing all financial aspects of 11 internal manufacturing plants across US and EU, incl. financial planning, results and analysis.• Working closely with Plant and Operations teams to drive efficiencies and cost savings• Finance responsible for Global Logistics costs (Freight and Warehousing) and Financial Inventory KPIs, incl. Slow Moving and Obsolete products• Collaborating with the operations teams on forecasts/budgets, network optimization, long-term plans (incl. CAPEX), business case simulations, cost reduction initiatives etc.• Analyzing and reporting manufacturing variances on a monthly basis• Presenting and explaining cost trends, communicate risk and opportunities and provide financial advice to business leaders• Conducting Cost of Sales reviews each year, reviewing all E2E costs and align on next year’s plan

Topeka, Ks, Us

• Finance Director of Hill's Japan, reporting into the Country General Manager - with dotted line to the Global VP of Finance.• Two direct reports (Total finance team of 8); 4 x Commercial / FP&A analysts, 4 x General Accountants. Plus overseeing Local IT and Indirect Procurement (purchasing).• Responsible for all General Accounting tasks, incl. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Tax and Statutory Financial reporting.• In charge of Financial Planning and Commercial Finance, incl. budgeting, trade investment and business partnering.• Focus on digitalization and standardization of business processes - driving simplification and stronger internal controls• Switched to Global banking partner and implemented host-to-host connection between ERP (SAP) and bank server• Project lead on large Go-to-Market change impacting full Order-to-Cash process and Commercial setup

Paris, Fr

• Finance Director of L'Oréal’s Luxury business unit, reporting into the Nordic GM with dotted line to the European CFO / VP Finance.• Five direct reports (total team of 9); 3 x Commercial finance managers/controllers, 3 x Marketing controllers/Financial Planning, 2 x Business Analysts, 1 x Accounting manager.• Full P&L responsibility of 17 selective/luxury beauty brands, incl. Lancome, Biotherm, Kiehl's, Armani Beauty, YSL Beauty & IT Cosmetics.• Close collaboration with GM on strategy development and organizational planning.• In charge of control functions, financial planning, and reporting to the European headquarter.• Accountable for Headcount planning and follow-up with HR and GM (200+ headcounts).• Building 3-year business plans for launching new brands or distribution changes of existing brands (GTM model incl. many shop-in-shops/counters with high CAPEX and staff costs).• Big focus on channel shift to eCommerce – strategizing plans and investments between brick & mortar vs. online (incl. Direct-to-Consumer eCom, Online Pure Players and eRetailers).• Overseeing the business analysis team analyzing+reporting sales and market data, incl. detailed sell-out by POS, market development by channel & category and stock in trade.• Focus on process harmonization across countries, general process improvements (simplification+internal controls) and enhancing reporting capabilities.• Personal leadership focus on making the finance team better business partners for the organization.

New York, New York, Us

• Finance Manager of Colgate-Palmolive’s German subsidiary, reporting into the regional Finance Director (DACH)• Three direct reports; Finance business partners• Focus on Business Planning and Gross Margin improvements• Close collaboration with Sales and Marketing on development and execution of commercial plans.• Partnering with other functions on transformation initiatives to evolve processes and capabilities, incl. end-to-end planning process, migration of tasks and processes to shared service centers etc.• Meanwhile lead for Colgate’s European Credit-to-Cash (Accounts Receivables) Network, driving standardization, best-practice sharing and process improvements across Europe.

New York, New York, Us

• Finance Manager of Colgate-Palmolive’s Belgian subsidiary, reporting into the regional Finance Director.• Two direct reports; Business Analyst + A/R analyst• Focus on Working Capital improvements: Balance Sheet deep dive to clean up obsolete accruals, and clean up accounts receivables.• Close collaboration with Sales and Marketing on development and execution of commercial plans, e.g. Promotion effectiveness, Customer negotiations and T&C simplification.• Local lead on migration of Accounts Receivables to Shared Service Center in Warsaw, Poland.• Meanwhile lead for Colgate’s European Commercial Finance Network, driving best-practice sharing and standardization.

New York, New York, Us

• Coordinating the financial planning activities across Europe, incl. goal setting, consolidation, analysis, corporate reporting etc.• Financial support to the European leadership teams.

New York, New York, Us

Financial analyst in Colgate-Palmolive’s Swiss subsidiary.Post-Merger integration• Part of the core integration team, responsible for the system merge of Gaba Switzerland and Colgate Switzerland into Gaba Schweiz.• Involved in harmonization of customer terms & conditions, SAP pricing procedures, master data etc.• Involved in mapping, testing, cutover and stabilization process.• Link and gatekeeper between Business and Global IT.• Go-live (Oct. 1st 2012) went smooth with no business interruption.Commercial finance• Close collaboration with Sales and Marketing on development and execution of commercial plans(e.g. Promotion effectiveness, Customer negotiations, New Product launches etc.)• Designed and implemented new Business Reporting deck in May '12, facilitating first layer analysis.• Designed and implemented interim Business Planning tool in Dec. '12, to enable detailed sales planning by Customer.• Swiss business lead for the Global roll-out of a standardized commercial planning process, incl.the implementation of a SAP-integrated Business Planning tool (Go-live Jan.1st 2014).Highlights:• Sales Forecast accuracy improved significantly, and error-rate declined from 42% to 8%.

New York, New York, Us

Finance responsible of Colgate-Palmolive’s Finnish subsidiary.• Part of the local Customer Development Team supporting the commercial processes through simple and pro-active analyses (on customer, brand and product level).• Responsible for sales & volume forecast, linking the Sales Planning with the Demand Planning.• Responsible for budget & planning• Driving efficiency and simplification initiatives across all functions• Implemented SAP rebate functionality to manage customer discountsHighlights:• Demand Forecast accuracy improved by 12 %-pts. in 3 months.• New rebate functionality improved P&L transparency and accuracy of Customer discounts, enabling proper analysis and decision-making, and simplified the controlling of open accruals.

New York, New York, Us

Short Term Assignment in the European headquarters.Supporting with data validation and commercial analysis in connection with the midyear business review.

New York, New York, Us

Financial Analyst in the Nordic headquarters.• Financial analysis of New Product Developments to support strategic decision-making and factory planning.• Mapping, developing and re-launching the Nordic process for New Product Developments (awarded one of the best internal projects in 2010).• Nordic budgeting – reconciliation and analysis.• Sales growth analysis on country and brand level.• Controlling and divisional reporting.• Financial support to the Nordic marketing team.• Designing and optimizing tailor-made Excel models for financial analysis and controlling.• SOX coordination.

New York, New York, Us

Part-time associate in the Nordic headquarters.• Variable cost analysis.• Advertising analysis.• Monthly P&L charts.• ROI analysis (data gathering and adaption).

Master, Finance & Strategic Management

Bachelor, Economics And Business Administration

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