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Turku, Fi

Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland

After working nearly 6 years within different courts of law I got the amazing opportunity to lead the internal Law Office of a major collection company. The team includes approximately 15 professionals, of which 10+ lawyers or law students and 5 paralegals/specialists. The team handles litigation of disputed claims in the court of law and provides internal legal support for the collection operations in general.

Having spent nearly 4 years in attorneys office and 1 year in bench training in District Court of Turku, I decided to deepen my legal knowledge and also to endeavor a carreer in the court of law. Luckily I was accepted to work in the almost 400 years old Turku Court of Appeal as a referendary, a position which could more accurately be described as an assistant judge. This is usually the second step after bench training in perhaps some day becoming a district judge. Since court of appeal is the… Show more Having spent nearly 4 years in attorneys office and 1 year in bench training in District Court of Turku, I decided to deepen my legal knowledge and also to endeavor a carreer in the court of law. Luckily I was accepted to work in the almost 400 years old Turku Court of Appeal as a referendary, a position which could more accurately be described as an assistant judge. This is usually the second step after bench training in perhaps some day becoming a district judge. Since court of appeal is the second instance of most cases, my job involves mostly more complicated criminal justice and civil law cases. Show less

The company was divided from Arkea Oy in order to answer to the growing demand of the public sector within the field of operation that Arkea Oy had prior to the division. My role was to act in the BoD until the newly established company was set-up and a new BoD would be selected.

Turku Area, Finland

Standard one-year court training period in the district court. The role, which is very common among Finnish lawyers and is, in reality, an unofficial requirement for appointments to many public offices, could be described as being an independent "junior judge" whose tasks and jurisdiction include judging minor financial cases and criminal offences. The year was very fun, educating, interesting, fun, gave me a lot of new close colleagues and made me a heck of a lot better lawyer, to be frank!

After a longer period in several in-house roles I finally got the amazing opportunity to join one of Finland's best, most esteemed and fastest growing law firms. My current activities range between a wide array of legal assignments for Finnish and international businesses. Outsourcing contracts and sales agreements, among IT and other technology related topics are close to my every day life as well. In addition, I keep myself occupied also with insolvency procedures and family law and… Show more After a longer period in several in-house roles I finally got the amazing opportunity to join one of Finland's best, most esteemed and fastest growing law firms. My current activities range between a wide array of legal assignments for Finnish and international businesses. Outsourcing contracts and sales agreements, among IT and other technology related topics are close to my every day life as well. In addition, I keep myself occupied also with insolvency procedures and family law and litigation assignments. Show less

As a continuum to the operations manager role, I got the possibility to focus on ever so growing area of operational and financial interest, P2P. In other terms my position matched the previous position with respect to the outsourcing and financial management.

Turku

After the successful outsourcing project I got the opportunity to start leading the outsourcing unit’s operational branch. The operation is responsible annually for some 500 000 purchase invoices, 200 000 accounts receivable allocations and 37 month end closing monthly. In addition it provides treasury back office services, intercompany accounting and payment activities. Annual budget of the operation is around 2,5M€. I am currently superior of 5+5 accounting professionals in Turku, and… Show more After the successful outsourcing project I got the opportunity to start leading the outsourcing unit’s operational branch. The operation is responsible annually for some 500 000 purchase invoices, 200 000 accounts receivable allocations and 37 month end closing monthly. In addition it provides treasury back office services, intercompany accounting and payment activities. Annual budget of the operation is around 2,5M€. I am currently superior of 5+5 accounting professionals in Turku, and responsible for the work of approximately 140 FTE size transactional accounting BPO engagement on Bangalore, India. My responsibilities contain in addition to direct management of individuals SLA management, negotiations, management process development, budget responsibilities and much more. I have so far learned massively about running a larger accounting unit and working in international settings. The job is very demanding and challenging, and that is why I like it very much. I am accountable for the end result of what my branch provides in a highly changing environment. Show less

Turku, Global

I applied for a new role to get a chance to lead a bigger outsourcing and transition project. The goal of this project was to find an optimal BPO partner, negotiate a contract and coordinate service transition into India. In this role I have so far had a chance to act in a truly global setting, and in that environment to lead a major request for proposal process, run international contract negotiations and plan and manage transitioning of work to an offshore service provider. In order to… Show more I applied for a new role to get a chance to lead a bigger outsourcing and transition project. The goal of this project was to find an optimal BPO partner, negotiate a contract and coordinate service transition into India. In this role I have so far had a chance to act in a truly global setting, and in that environment to lead a major request for proposal process, run international contract negotiations and plan and manage transitioning of work to an offshore service provider. In order to succeed I have had to learn rapidly about financial and accounting services and other topics. The job also includes commercial analysis, administrational tasks, budgeting, leading several multinational work groups, especially Indian employees, interfacing between different stakeholders, giving public presentations and communication activities. Show less

Helsinki, Turku, Global

I was invited to join the department of indirect sourcing and run ICT sourcing. My back then already ongoing legal studies and previous experience made it easy to start up in a new highly international setting. During this period I systemized Cargotec Indirect Sourcing agreement management, further developed RFP process and tools, negotiated several frame agreements and numerous lesser contracts regarding a wide range of different types of concepts. I have also had the opportunity to deepen my… Show more I was invited to join the department of indirect sourcing and run ICT sourcing. My back then already ongoing legal studies and previous experience made it easy to start up in a new highly international setting. During this period I systemized Cargotec Indirect Sourcing agreement management, further developed RFP process and tools, negotiated several frame agreements and numerous lesser contracts regarding a wide range of different types of concepts. I have also had the opportunity to deepen my understanding of outsourcing business and encountered a swarm of external sales personnel. I also managed sourcing issues that are not related to IT. Show less

Helsinki, Turku, Global

Cargotec started up with a new technology called Sharepoint, for which I was responsible. My job was to manage the platform and the software vendors along with running several Sharepoint related software projects. This job taught me a lot about vendor management along with day-to-day co-ordination skills having a team of internal and external professionals. Several solutions that were created during my watch are still in use. The role was global.

Helsinki, Turku, Global

My first job at Cargotec IM was to run a project about information security awareness and initiate IT risk management activities. The project was one of the first Cargotec wide endeavors regarding security culture and in bringing corporate message into the global business areas. Majority of the material and policies created back then are still in use. The role was global.

Turku

Lex Libri Oy is a small bookstore / catering service company. During this time the net sales were around 120k€. The company employs 2 fulltime and several part time employees. In addition to monitoring the governance and overall success of the company, the Board of directors was actively participating in business developement.

Turku, Global

After the first summer at MacGREGOR my responsibilities expanded into a full time concept developer role. I was responsible for the IT part of a project that was developing global remote diagnostics for maritime use. The role included software specification, vendor management and project management. The work involved mainly Finnish and Swedish colleagues.

A Summer job as IT support person conducting also other office and administration related support activities. In addition to Meriaura, I also worked with Pernotrans Oy, which was a part of the same group.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Law

M.Sc., Information System, Economics, Mathematics

Education record