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Zealand, Denmark

Executive Management team member at HQ in Koege. Responsible for Finance, Treasury, IT, HR and admin facilities.Successes:+ Strategic financial management contributing to the resilience and growth of the Group+ Strategic focus on creating sustainable and profitable financial growth+ Lead, coach, mentor and develop my direct reports and the entire team+ Cost focus and overall development of the Group+ Maintaining healthy daily operations with focus on a positive cash flow+ Financial planning and risk management aligned with the company's strategic objectives+ Spearhead the digital journey and transition of the Group+ Successful implementation of new ERP system (Business Central)+ Successful implementation of new time and salary system (Zenegy)Main tasks and responsibilities:+ Overall responsible for the Group’s internal and external financial planning and reporting+ Overall responsible for the Group’s IT strategy and infrastructure+ Develop a deep understanding of the Group’s financial performance on all key dimensions+ Serve as an advisor to the CEO and the owners+ Participate in board meetings+ Contact and negotiation with external partners

Zealand, Denmark

Co-founder and member of the Executive team. Playing a vital and active role in forming the team, growing and supporting the business, developing strategies, and bringing Vita Mea into life. Main responsibilities are within finance, HR, IT and other admin support functions.

Ballerup, Capital Region, Denmark

Member of the Finance Hub leadership team and responsible for the Principal Companies in Denmark (HQ) and Ireland plus subsidiaries in UK, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The principal Finance hub covers 90% of all activities in the Leo Group. Successes:+ Coach, mentor and develop my team consisting of senior finance controllers+ Challenging, optimizing and making strategic plans for Leo Finance to be ready for the upcoming IPO and public stock listing+ Fast close initiatives+ Fixing the foundation+ Implementing best practices and supporting the 2025 strategy plan for Leo Main tasks and responsibilities:+ Lead, coach, mentor and develop my team consisting of senior finance controllers+ Understand the business and hereby challenge, optimize and make strategic plans for Leo Finance+ Ensure financial readiness for the upcoming IPO and public stock listing+ Actively support and foster fast close initiatives+ Ensure best practices and supporting the 2025 strategy plan I also participate actively in the SAP4Hana roll-out and planning. Finance SME for high profile projects within R2R, P2P and O2C. Finance project lead on the newly established ESPP (employee share purchase program).

Zealand Region, Denmark

I am part of the Regional finance management team and lead the Regional finance department in Herlev consisting of 20+ employee’s hereof three leads. The region covers 1000+ employees, 20+ plants/factories and has 30+ major finance applications in use.Working cross-country and cultural in the Nordic region requires a balanced governance and customer focus.Successes:+ Oversee the establishment of the Regional SSC including staffing+ Recruit, build and motivate the fast growing department (20+ hires within 15 months)+ Lead and smoothen the Knowledge Transfer into the SSC+ Deliver a service based on the Target Operating model and Design principle+ Move away from manual work and low level of automation (Robotic Process Automation) - PoC+ Operate, run and optimize multiple platforms (5 ERP, 5 workflows, 30+ applications)+ Relationship- and change management with stakeholders across the business and externally+ Improved and developed my leadership competences+ Develop team members and create a winner team culture+ Challenge, change and improve procedures, systems and methodsMain tasks and responsibilities:+ Coach, mentor, and develop my team (base is the functional excellence model)+ Full responsibility for the day to day running of the Finance Operations function+ Identify process improvements, proactively seek opportunities to drive efficiency and automation+ Ensure all daily activities and SLAs within Finance Operations are completed+ Lead the Finance Operations involvement in the external audit+ Local lead/participant on high profile projects such as RPA PoC, Vista, Bank setup, T&E Concur, Anaplan+ Coordination with Group Treasury to ensure that appropriate cash management are in place+ Participate in the SAP4Hana role out+ Monitor and oversee annual budget for SSC

Sealand Region, Denmark

Sealand Region, Denmark

Member of the Danish Executive Management team. Responsible for Finance, IT, Facilities and other administrative functions. I daily have to navigate between both individual contributor tasks as well as the managerial responsibility in order to lead my team to perform at its full potential.Successes:+ Optimization on both direct and indirect costs+ Improve NWC+ SAP migration and implementation in the Danish Group+ Lean and simplify internal reporting to ensure speed+ Re-negotiation of supplier contracts+ Higher motivation and responsibility in my team+ Improved my own managerial capabilities+ Company CSR profile+ Challenge and improve proceduresMain tasks and responsibilities:+ Lead, motivate and develop my team+ Full accountability for all finance, IT and payroll tasks+ Business project lead for the SAP migration and implementation+ Cost controlling and optimization, direct and indirect costs+ Responsible for indirect procurement+ Budget and forecast preparation and follow-up+ Monthly and quarterly reporting to HQ incl management reporting for the Danish Group, which consists of 4 legal entities including two production sites and two sales subsidiaries+ Preparation of investment applications+ Responsible for internal controls+ Provide business support through controlling and advice+ Advice on Group compliance matters + Responsible for bank, insurance, pension and tax matters+ Ensure that Group rules and procedures are known and followed+ Ad hoc analysis and tasks related to other administrative matters

Sealand Region, Denmark

Experience within financial and business audits/controlling, optimize and develop processes and procedures, identify risks and mitigate these and develop and challenge internal guidelines and policies. Main tasks are:+ Fraud and compliance audits of conduct and ethics+ Compliance audits of IFRS and generally accepted accounting principles+ Advice and give assurance to the Group management on different tasks on ad hoc basisSuccesses:+ Involved in auditing the implementation of SAP+ Challenging the Corporate IT setup+ Establishing a shared service center for the affiliates+ Setting up a new treasury system+ Improving and optimization of the procurement process+ Fraud investigation and filing of the Lundbeck casePrimarily audit focus relates to the 65 affiliates around the world, which involves travelling 2-3 months per year. These tasks also involves business partnering with the local management under audit on finding optimum solutions related to findings, challenging the reported figures including estimates and budget processes, analyzing the different units and functions and benchmarking these to be able to identify areas for improvements. Internal Audit report directly to the Audit Committee and all results are presented to the Audit Committee on an executive level.As Internal Audit Manager I have gained extensive experience in all phases from planning, execution and reporting to management. Furthermore, I have developed strong analytical and diagnostic skills during my work experience in Lundbeck.

Sealand Region, Denmark

Experience from project management of implementing a fraud customer and exposure system. This involved management of the project, identifying potential gaps or errors in the setup. Furthermore, weekly meetings with the project group involving me as project driver together with the Head of Department.

Sealand Region, Denmark

My main tasks and responsibilities included general auditing of annual reports, consolidation of financial statements from subsidiaries, advisory services on tax and general accounting advice to large and small companies in Denmark and subsidiaries of foreign parents companies. My auditing experience is mainly from production companies but also from financial, retail business, shipping companies, private funds and commercial foundations. As Assisting Manager or Manager on the different jobs I have experience in all aspects from planning to report to the management. Working as a Manager also involved people management of teams of 3-5 persons including feedback, appraisals and general motivation of the team.

Cand.Merc.Aud, Revision Og Regnskab, Msc In Business Economics And Auditing

Bachelor, Hd-Revision, Bsc In Business Administration And Accounting

1-Årig Hh, Almen Erhvervsgymnasial Uddannelse, Diploma Of Higher Commercial Examination