Lars Peter Kristensen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen, Dk

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Broad profile covering several aspects of finance business partneringFinance Business Partner (BPM) for the CFO (including Group Legal, Global Finance, Global IT, Tax & Compliance and other functions within the global CFO area of Vestas, Global Shared Service). Business partner for Vestas CFO's direct reports (SVPs / GVPs)Budget target setting and resource allocation. Performance follow-up on cooperation with stakeholders including support on tax and accounting practices (in… Show more Broad profile covering several aspects of finance business partneringFinance Business Partner (BPM) for the CFO (including Group Legal, Global Finance, Global IT, Tax & Compliance and other functions within the global CFO area of Vestas, Global Shared Service). Business partner for Vestas CFO's direct reports (SVPs / GVPs)Budget target setting and resource allocation. Performance follow-up on cooperation with stakeholders including support on tax and accounting practices (in cooperation with Group Tax and Group Finance).Monthly performance follow-up meetings. Driver of budget process for EUR +200m cost base.Other major tasks:Finance partner on large outsourcing / offshoring projectFollow-up on business plan performance and savings realisation in local budgets.Controller for Joint Venture, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (JV)Ensuring that services delivered to JV are charged in accordance to agreements between the companies. Implementation of succesful transfer of accounting tasks to shared service center. Show less

Hørsholm, Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Volatile business area within renewable energy with production, distribution and sales of thermal solar energy systems. Subsidiaries inIndia, USA, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece and other EU countries.Responsible for budget and forecast process, reporting and annual accounts as well as budgeting and forecast processes. Coordination with VKR group HQ for treasury, tax and TP. Major tasks and achievements can best be described following three different phases of the… Show more Volatile business area within renewable energy with production, distribution and sales of thermal solar energy systems. Subsidiaries inIndia, USA, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece and other EU countries.Responsible for budget and forecast process, reporting and annual accounts as well as budgeting and forecast processes. Coordination with VKR group HQ for treasury, tax and TP. Major tasks and achievements can best be described following three different phases of the SolarCAP Group:Divestment phase (2012-2013)Together with top management pursuing different ownership models. Developing a business plan for consortium structure including meetings with Austrian business partners and banks. Divestment process in cooperation with leading German investment bank, preparation of financial fact book and input for due diligence process, tax and financial modelling. Successful divestment of several businesses.Restructuring phase (2008-2011)Major tasks and achievements: Integration of acquisitions through process improvements and support of local finance functions. Management of organisation-wide Activity Based Costing project. Implementation of Hyperion/HFM based monthly reporting.Supporting Sales Excellence project through developing a new demand and sales forecast process with senior, logistics and sales management.Acquisition phase (2005-2007)Responsible for acquisitions and divestitures. Project manager for six acquisitions and two divestitures in France, DK, USA, Greece, Australia and India. Several key tasks including valuation/modelling, tax/legal work. Participation at board meetings. Major achievements: Tax planning and implementation of transfer pricing set-up for European organisation. Implementation of standard group guidelines. Show less

Søborg, Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Responsible for financial reporting and controlling of subsidiaries, budget, forecasts and management reporting. Support of strategic analysis and business development. Ad hoc projects. Major achievement: Implementation of group-wide standard reporting package.

Munich Area, Germany

Integration of 2,5 Mil. EUR acquisition. Responsible for purchasing/logistics and customer service dept. Achieved a reduction in inventory days of 50% through forecasting and reduction in SKUs. Reduction of order processing time through business process reengineering.

Responsible for forecasting/reporting/controlling for three plants in Europe (UK, France, Netherlands) and sales offices in Belgium and Germany. Responsible for controllers in UK and France. Acquisition (4 mEUR) in Germany.

Næstved, Denmark

Responsible for finance, IT and accounting. Development and implementation of inventory and production management as well as profitability analysis in Navision. Relocation of distribution centre moved from Germany to Denmark.

Master Of Science (Msc), Corporate Finance And Accounting (Cand. Merc. Fir)

Business Administration

Selected courses studied at OSU as part of graduate exchange programme

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