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Orlando, Florida, Us

Together with a small team in Europe developing a robust operating plan for the first PureCycle polypropylene purification plant in Antwerp, Belgium. This includes involvement in securing land and permit, assurance of feedstock and offtake, decisions around design, engineering and construction and business plan development activities.Responsibilities include: manage project debt and equity raise for Antwerp plant, execute strategy around subsidies, serve as European CFO for all operating companies in Europe and participate in other ad hoc finance activities to support the US organization.

Houston, Tx, Us

Leading the execution of the transformation of the global Finance department and help define a clear vision and strategy and translate this into operational goals, objectives, and roadmaps. The Finance transformation consist of a multi-phased approach:- Set the operating model for Finance, assess current state and determine future state;- Organizational re-alignment to develop a global Finance organizational structure with appropriate spans and layers;- Enable Enterprise Shared Service capabilities; and- Continuous process improvement, optimization and automation. Other responsibilities include: change management and communication (including works councils), as well as developing and implementing governance around Enterprise Masterdata and help other departments beyond Finance on their transformation journey.

Houston, Tx, Us

Leading the business controlling department of the Olefins & Polyolefins Europe, Asia and International and Technology segments (~10 (in)direct reports) and the manufacturing controlling department for Europe and Asia (~29 (in)direct reports), providing overall Finance support to the business and manufacturing management teams and provide insightful analysis on the business and manufacturing performance and outlook. The revenue and EBITDA of the segments were ~$11 billion and ~$1.5 billion, respectively in 2019.Responsibilities include: analysis, reporting and forecasting (rolling 12 months) of monthly results, business partnering on strategic analysis and business decision support, active participation in yearly budget and long-range plan process, drive effectiveness cross Finance organization, coordinate monthly and quarterly reporting, participate in management team and statutory director of several legal entities across multiple countries.

Houston, Tx, Us

Responsible for providing overall Finance support, as well as insightful analysis on the business performance and outlook for the Asia and International Business (including JV management) of the Olefins & Polyolefins Europe, Asia and International segment and the Technology segment (~5 direct reports).Responsibilities include: analysis, reporting and forecasting (rolling 12 months) of monthly results, business partnering on strategic analysis and business decision support, active participation in yearly budget and long-range plan process, drive effectiveness cross Finance organization, coordinate monthly and quarterly reporting, oversee JV accounting, reporting and analysis, participate in management team and statutory director of several legal entities across multiple countries.

Houston, Tx, Us

Managing a group of (senior) financial accountants, overseeing the Netherlands (sales principal company and finance companies), Italy, Spain and Russia (7 direct reports); responsible for the following:- Maintain a proper legal entity view in the monthly, quarterly and yearly closing process in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS, and ensure that adequate controls are run accordingly, for proper representation of legal entity performance;- Ensure that local statutory issues are addressed in the Rotterdam regional center as well as in the local sites in Europe, maintaining proper oversight of the activities performed by the retained finance groups in the countries;- Proper statutory compliance and reporting;- Coverage of non-standard accounting matters affecting the countries (such as VAT, pensions, FX, etc.) in close coordination with the functions directly responsible for them (e.g. Tax, Corporate Accounting, Treasury etc.);- Prepare and review account reconciliations;- Liaise with the external auditor with reference to the statutory audit procedures to be performed in the countries; and- Analyze legal entity figures and explain trends in performance.Other responsibilities include:- Preparation of statutory accounts in compliance with Dutch GAAP and all other regulatory reporting for all Dutch BV's;- Primary contact for the external auditor in relation to the group audit procedures to be performed in the Rotterdam regional center;- Oversight over “remote” locations: Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Slovakia;- Hedge accounting for several currency and interest rate swaps; - Provide input for quarterly MD&A package;- People development through coaching and counselling of direct reports and training sessions for various departments.

Houston, Tx, Us

Leading the Accounting Policy department in Europe (2 direct reports) and as such responsible for the following:- Perform technical accounting research (US GAAP, IFRS and Dutch GAAP) and provide interpretation of ambiguous and complex accounting literature to address technical accounting questions and advise senior management;- Prepare as well as review accounting memoranda providing documentation of application of accounting principles to specific transactions or events;- Assess the impact of proposed accounting pronouncements and regulations (SEC, FASB, EITF, IASB, etc.);- Develop recommendations regarding the adoption and implementation of accounting changes and present to senior management;- Formulate and deploy standardized accounting procedures aimed at driving consistency in accounting policy application;- Assist in the preparation and review of the consolidated financial statements of the top holding in accordance with IFRS;- Play a critical role in assisting the controllers on the resolution of a variety of technical accounting complexities from an US GAAP, IFRS and local statutory perspective;- Support the controllers from a technical and project management perspective in the compilation of statutory financial statements;- Assist the controllers with internal and external audits and address any audit issues;- Coordinate and effectively communicate with various departments (accounting, treasury, business, HR, tax and legal) regarding accounting issues; and- People development through coaching and counselling of direct reports and training sessions for various departments.

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Responsible for full audit service delivery of large multinational clients. As such experienced in working together with clients and colleagues from different countries and cultures.Client experience amongst others includes:- Heading the group audit team of several companies with full IFRS accounts; for one of these companies managing 22 foreign auditors from all over the world reporting to the group auditor; and- European Shared Service Centre auditor of several US based companies with reporting to US and foreign auditors; for one of these companies reporting on some 35 legal entities spread over 17 countries, managing a newly created team of some 45 colleagues.- Special projects such as purchase-price allocations, carve-outs, legal restructurings and bond issues;- Specialized in chemicals industry; and- Other industry experience includes industrial products, retail, consumer products and business services.Other experience:- Career counselling - Course developer and instructor- Involvement in strategic change projects- Job interviews- Organizing team building events

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Refer to Senior Manager Audit Experience.

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Master (Drs.) & Post-Master (Ra), Accountancy

Bachelor, Accountancy