Marcel Van Wijk Email & Phone Number

Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Amsterdam

Voluntarily retired from this position due to health challenges.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms with 35 offices in 25 countries with some 3,400 legal advisors. Our Amsterdam office is a challenging, dynamic, international environment to work in. Our clients represent the top of the national and international business community. Employed as Head of Finance, Risk & Compliance responsible for the departments Financial Accounting, Billing & Collections, Business Analysis and Risk & Complenace , with a finance team that currently consists of 11 people in our Amsterdam office and around 15 people working in our Shared Service Centre in Delhi, India. My responsibilities in more detail:• as a member of the Global Finance Leadership Group responsible for several international finance related projects• co-heading the global finance systems community, simplifying and standardizing the applications architecture and act as the interface between the global finance function and IT• Internal and external reporting for Amsterdam office and Notary practice• Responsible for the budget and rolling forecast• Optimization of working capital• Responsible for adequate financial controlling, support and advice through analysis and recommendations concerning strategy and operational management, act as a sparring partner for the partners of our Office• Responsible for business controlling, ensuring analysis of the financial and business information in relation to clients and businesses in order to provide information and advice for decisions relating to profit objectives• Promoting operational excellence to progress towards lean and standardized services and to improve process efficiency / continuous improvement• First point of contact for internal & external auditors, tax authorities, banks, fiscal experts and Bureau Financieel Toezicht• Member of the Risk & Compliance Committee, Innovation Committee, Crisis Management Team

Zwolle

Lindorff is one of the leading European providers of debt-related administrative services, and has grown into one of the biggest and fastest growing debt-collection companies in the world. Services range from customer selection to credit evaluation, invoicing, reminders, debt collection, portfolio management and customer services. Lindorff had 2,600 employees in 11 countries during the time that I was employed.Employed as Finance Director and as a member of the Dutch Management Team, responsible for the departments Finance & Control, Risk & Internal Audit and Legal & Compliance. Responsible (for all five Dutch legal entities) for the departments:• Finance & Control o Responsible for monthly and annual financial reporting, preparation of the long and short term business plans o Ensure and maintain compliance in accordance with the international regulations regarding financial reporting o Develop, monitor and analyse the key drivers of the business o Initiate, facilitate and follow up improvement initiatives to achieve operational excellence through simplification, improvement, innovation and outsourcing of activities and processes o Maintaining a balanced system of internal control o First point of contact for internal/external auditors, tax authorities, etc.• Risk & Internal Audit• Legal & Compliance • ProcurementOther responsibilities• Member of the Project Portfolio Management Committee (for analyzing, prioritizing and monitoring of IT investments) and Deal Team Committee (investment decision regarding purchases of debt portfolios) • Crisis management / Business Continuity Planning

As a manufacturer and supplier of technologically leading systems, Muller Martini provides support to the graphic design industry throughout the world. Our efforts to develop solutions in line with the market are fully focused on the industry’s requirements and demands. Since Muller Martini was founded in 1946, we have always identified market trends early on. • responsible for the finance and IT department• responsible for the Dutch office (located in Mijdrecht)• a as project manager responsible for various projects, including the integration of the Dutch, Belgium and Luxembourg organization, IT Outsourcing, national and international ERP system implementation (MS Dynamics Nav), ERP system consolidation, fast closing and process optimization

Mijdrecht

• responsible for the finance department, IT and Human Resource.• first member of the management team and recruited to establish the Dutch subsidiary, hiring 46 employees together with the CEO.• as a project manager responsible for various projects, including IT Outsourcing, European Warehouse for spare parts, national and international ERP system implementation (MS Dynamics Nav), process optimizationAchievements• Initiator of and responsible for the implementation of the ERP system MS Nav for the English and Dutch subsidiaries and for managing the following implementations in Italy, France, Spain and Belgium• Responsible for the complete IT outsourcing in 2008

Mijdrecht, Gemeente De Ronde Venen

Member of the board of an association of an industrial lobby (2002 - 2009) (www.vibderondevenen.nl):• responsible for organizing the business club meetings (usually 80- 100 participants)• fist point of contact for the Dutch employers' organization (VNO-NCW)• managing several projects• Project coordinator and founder of a PPP (the Foundation for safety of the industrial zone De Ronde Venen - www.sbbderondevenen.nl/)

• Responsible for the financial administration of three infrastructural projects (construction of new railroads), among which budget request at the national government, budget monitoring, formulating financial forecasts and managing the financial project department• Monitoring procedures with regard to the quotation procedure and assigning tenders, including budget verification.

Helping people that wanted to start a company or just started a company. Offering expertice in the field of financing, taxes, subsidy, market research, business plan, etc.

• Reporting monthly, quarterly and annual accounts• Responsible for ad hoc management information • Project member for the implementation of an ERP system• Responsible for the integration of new companies• Supervising the accounts payables / receivables / inventory / payroll department• Implemented a new financial information system • Restructuring the accounting department• Optimization of the Planning & Control cycle• Responsible for the pension & early retirement administration• Member of the Works council

Executive Management Programme, Strategy, Culture, Leadership, Change Management, Proces Management, Outsourcing & Offshoring

Organisational Culture, Defining Strategic Goals, Motivation, Leadership & Influence, Leading Change, Process & Project Management.

Msc, Management Accounting & Control

During the final phase at the Open Universiteit, I wrote a paper called 'The impact of ICT developments on the role of the management.

Fc, Financial Controller

Bachelor Of Science, Business Economics

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