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Copenhagen, Dk

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Responsible for Group consolidation and reporting to the Board of Directors for 11 legal foreign and Danish entities. Appointed board member in the Chinese, Russian and Danish entities. Developed and maintain the Groups transfer pricing policy. Developed and maintain finance instructions and policies including the Group cash pool and treasury activities.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Integration of acquired company in South Africa. Implementation of Hempel policies and procedures. Prepare business case for establishing new factory. Structure and develop template for performance presentation to Group Executive Management.

Doha, Qatar

Hempel Paints, Middle East (East) is one of the five business regions of the Hempel Group and is made up of Qatar, Oman, Dubai & Northern Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Iran, Sudan and Yemen. The Hempel Middle East (East) Region differs from other Hempel Regions as Hempel is not the majority shareholder and we have local partners to consider in all of our business dealings. The business units have been established since the mid-seventies and when I joined varied widely in profitability and efficiency and principally acted as separate business units.The goal was as part of the Regional Management team reporting to the Regional CEO, to setup Finance as a value add partner by establishing a new structure that could operate under new and aligned systems and procedures supporting the business towards growth and increased profitability. During 2012 we established a new legal entity in Oman as a joint venture with our partner through the last eight years.Key activities:Redefine my part of the organisation (Finance, IT and HR) to be based on Regional and functional footprint as opposed to country:* Unified Region – One Hempel.* Establishment of Joint venture with external partners in Oman.* Refocus of appropriate skills on appropriate tasks. Setting the right team.* Analyse the tasks and workflow within Finance, HR and IT in the two Middle East regions in Hempel with the outlook to merge these functions across the regions.* Establish and communicate Regional authority and responsibilities, including deadlines.* Harmonise activities across the Region – Create efficiency through standardisation.* Re-define Finance as value add business partner in the organisation and not only book keepers via performing customer and product in depth analysis and addressing any issues, yet without losing sight of the daily financial operations.* Establish and negotiate finance facilities with Banks in Dubai and Oman to support operation of the units.

Group Financial controller in the Headquarters’ of Hempel A/S in Denmark, the goal was to establish an increased level of trust within the financial data supplied to the Group management team and Board of Hempel A/S. This was achieved via a “one set of financial data” concept, of high quality data delivered timely, and by increasing number of internal audit where units were rated using uniform approach and score system. Consolidation of the Hempel Group’s approximately 60 legal entities of great variety in size and complexity.Key activities:* Perform internal audits in subsidiaries to ensure aligned reporting with Danish GAAP and as per developed reporting instructions.* Develop internal audit scope and scoring system.* Draft monthly comments regarding the Hempel Group’s performance to the Board of Directors’ and the Group management team.* Implement and develop consolidation and reporting tool and define best practices.* Prepare annual financial statements for Hempel A/S, parent company as well as Group.* Collect and consolidate data (Actual, budget, forecast and five year strategy plans) from the Hempel Groups’ approx. 60 legal entities and selling units.

Lundbeck is an international pharmaceutical company committed to improving the quality of life for people suffering from brain disorders. Lundbeck is engaged in the research, development, production, marketing and sale of pharmaceuticals across the world. The company’s products are targeted at disorders such as depression and anxiety, psychotic disorders, epilepsy and Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.Key activities:* Prepare annual financial statements for H. Lundbeck A/S, parent company as well as Group.* Collect and consolidate data from the H. Lundbeck Groups’ approximately 40+ legal entities and selling units.* Participate in developing IFRS reporting manual to all reporting entities.* Ensure more detailed analysis of reported data by extending use of MS Excel.

Cognos acquired Frango AB in 2004. Frango AB developed and sold via own subsidiaries in Europe a standardised consolidation and reporting software to a broad variety of Groups. As part of the newly established Danish subsidiary of three employees I was employed to do sales activities and implement the software when sold to primarily Danish Groups. Training and development with existing customers and support and testing of new releases was also part of my responsibilities.Key activities:* Implementation of software primarily within Danish Groups’ (also implemented in Sweden and Luxembourg).* Participate in sales activities.* Training of customers employees in use of the software.* Test of new releases – predominantly done in Frango Headquarter in Stockholm, hereunder document consolidation by equity method.

Lexmark International provides businesses of all sizes and end consumers with a broad range of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help to print.Key activities:* Prepare annual financial statements and tax returns for Lexmark Denmark.* Monthly reporting to European regional Headquarters and US corporate headquarter in accordance with US GAAP.* Establish and maintain fixed assets register.* Specify all balance sheet accounts.* Implement commissionaire structure.* Responsible for VAT specification and payment.

As audit assistant in a big five audit company I participated in audits with various big and medium size companies in Denmark as well as prepare financial statements and tax returns.

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Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting And Finance