Scott Van Etten, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, CA, US

Countsy is your company's back office function. We provide Accounting and HR as a service toventure backed startups around the globe. Through a unique combination of on demand CFOs and streamlined technologies, we free you from back office management and empower you to focus on what matters most. Delighting customers. Perfecting solutions. Accelerating.

Seattle, Washington, US

I invest and take advisory roles in high-growth companies at the angel stage (<$5M) in their fundraising. My focus is on SaaS companies, nascent consumer brands, and innovative technologies with practical applications. I seek companies with strong founding teams who value investor input to take business to the next stage.With over 3,000 accredited.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Program Lead and manager of 4 project managers responsible for deploying the North America Transformation strategy for the Sonicare, Norelco and Avent brands
• Established the program governance framework to prioritize target areas, manage resource requests and provide oversight from Steering Committees comprised of executive management
• Program accomplishments achieved after year 1 included deployment of a new e-commerce portal, 5 pilots with a new customer base and a 25% improvement in satisfaction from retail partners

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Financial business partner for the NAM Commercial Supply Chain Management strategy
• Installed controls to create transparency around product costs and efficiency measures across two domestic late customization centers, resulting in direct savings of 10% in year 1
• Organized and led cross-functional "War Room" to provide recommendations to address supply constraints stemming from global chip shortage

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Financial business partner to Philips’ Kitchen Appliances business and a member of the Kitchen Appliances management team with global annual sales of approximately USD 1 billion
• Drove deployment of growth and margin improvement initiatives with 320bps gross margin improvement during tenure
• Prime advisor to marketing, operations, procurement and commercial colleagues in developing the 5-year category strategy and associated marketing plans

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Facilitated the Initial Public Offering of Philips Lighting, the largest European industrial IPO in 2016, including management of due diligence activities, scenario analysis of capital offerings and drafting the.
• Led the Financial Shaping & Modeling workstream, managing two external resources and coordinating with external advisors, Group Treasury and Group Fiscal to support separation activities.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Advisor to Executive Management, providing forward-looking analysis including the impact of (pending) M&A, divestments and strategic investments.
• Deployed strategic-valuation model to business unit leadership.
• Generated scenario-analysis models used to inform M&A decisions.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• Advisor to Executive Management, providing external analysis of results, including commentary in quarterly press releases and Management Discussion and Analysis of the annual report.
• Created strategic-valuation model to measure business unit initiatives, including the impact of acquisitions, divestments, and other strategic investments used directly by Executive Committee.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

Advisor to Group Controller, providing financial analysis and reporting of business performance used in presentations to the Executive Committee and the Senior Advisory Board.

Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

Publications:Risk Management at Lehman Brothers, 2007-2008, Markus Maedler and Scott van Etten, Harvard Business Publishing. Co-Captain Rugby Team

• Largest independent custom clothier in New York City.
• Conducted current state assessment of business processes to identify key improvement areas.
• Conducted vendor analysis for CRM and order management software selection; assisted with requirements definition for software implementation.Part-time (2008 - 2009)
• Reviewed financial processes and implemented financial controls.

New York, NY, US

• Controller for Options Desk (including Bermudan, Inflation and Structured Products), providing first point of contact between trading desk and business heads, risk, accounting and compliance.
• Assisted in creation of new trading desk; responsibilities included training new employees in basics of derivative valuation, risk assessment and process documentation.

US

• Controller for Fixed Income Swaps Desk, providing first point of contact between trading desk and business heads, risk, accounting and compliance.
• Coordinated with global risk team to scrutinize new product offerings and booking into infrastructure, allowing desk flexibility to hedge positions and thus increase profitability.
• Identified error in calculating exposure to short-term rates within trader spreadsheet, resulting in the implementation of a new hedging strategy by the trader.

London, GB

• Senior Associate in the Financial Services sector in the New York City office, specializing in Asset Management Clients.
• Identified material adjustments on a public company audit engagement resulting in amendments to the financial statements and the issuance of material weakness on internal control.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accountancy