Projects

Summary

A hands-on financial controller with broad experience in all aspects of accounting, financial analysis & management, and IT implementation specialized in HFM (Hyperion Financial Management) to GO-LIVE oriented and semi-automated spreadsheet for more than 20 years. It includes Smart-View report, multi-currency Inter-Company, GL accounting, Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting, PO System, and setting up an Excel spreadsheet reporting tool. My function includes an active role with monthly/quarterly/quarterly close and assisting with IFRS, US GAAP, and SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) compliance.

Employment History

Interim Group Reporting & Treasury – Freelance/contract

Americold – www.americold.com | Schiphol Amsterdam| The Netherlands

System: Navision, FCCS (HFM), Oracle Smartview, HSBC Banking platform.

June 2022 – present

Americold owns and operates over 7.7 million cubic meters of temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution space in the US, UK, Austria, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Australia, Brazil, Chile, and the Netherlands. The Company, listed on the NYSE and Euronext Paris exchange, is in the business of modern commercialized temperature-controlled warehousing for the storage of perishable goods, one of the forms of food preservation.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for managing the cashflow forecast reporting at a group and regional level and improving the quality of the financial close relating to cash and net debt ratios;
  • Implemented the automatic weekly cash flow forecast for the US and EU region using Oracle smart view;
  • Financial process related to (intercompany) debt, interest, cash, and intercompany balance reporting;
  • Assisting with SOX position papers and working proactively with external SOX auditors, financial controlling, and internal controlling to drive timely closure with sufficient quality of the audit requirements;
  • Involved in group financial projects and financing optimization;
  • Responsible for obtaining new financing funding and optimizing the financing structure, such as bank loans and recurring credit facilities, and managed the debt agreements, shareholder loans, credit facilities & guarantee facilities;
  • Worked closely with various finance teams (Group Financial Control, Group Internal Control, Group Accounting & Reporting, Regional Controlling, FP&A, and Tax);
  • Worked proactively with external auditors (of the Company and Lenders), financial controlling, and internal controlling to drive timely closure with sufficient quality of the audit requirements and finalize the external financial statements.

 

Interim Group Financial Controller – Freelance/contract

Gilead Sciences – www.gilead.com | Amsterdam| The Netherlands

System: Oracle, HFM, Oracle Smartview, Concur, Assurenet, Tableau, OBIEE, PTP, RTR & OTC

April 2021 – June 2022

Gilead Sciences, a successful and highly profitable US-based company, is an American biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Foster City, California, that focuses on researching and developing antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi with a worldwide staff of more than 5,000 people. Gilead is a member of the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index and the S&P 500.

Responsibilities:

  • Annual Accounts, Monthly Management Report, Tax pack, DSO analysis, Rebates Acct, CIT & VAT, and Transfer Pricing;
  • Liaise with the external Auditor & Tax to conduct the financial audit, PBC preparation, and audit follow-up;
  • Quarterly/Yearly Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) reporting 10K, and US GAAP reconciliations;
  • Prepared journal entries in Oracles EBS and HFM, reviewed and approved accounting transactions (RNV) and GL account reconciliations (Assurenet);
  • Led the month-end close call with EMEA HQ & FSS (Ireland) in explaining the movements;
  • Conducted the quarterly T&E Concur compliance & WKR (werkkostenregeling). Provided the training for new joiners;
  • Maintained control of Customer Services & Revenue Recognition accounting around complex contracts;
  • Engaged with key stakeholder’s Global End-to-End process PTP, RTR, OTC, and Payroll;
  • Maintained the chart of accounts, cost centre/department structures, and an orderly accounting filing system;
  • CBS reporting – Intrastat, ICL, ICV, Ziekteverzuim, Annual Wholesale report, etc.;
  • Ad-hoc such as SAP implementation, Trial Balance Project), VAT adj, Cash Forecast, Dividend, and Bonus.

 

Interim VP Group Reporting & Treasury – Freelance/contract

Agro Merchants – www.agromerchants.com | Schiphol Amsterdam| The Netherlands

System: Navision, FCCS (HFM), Oracle Smartview, HSBC Banking platform, Deutsche Bank banking system, Wells Fargo CEO

September 2019 – March 2021

Agro Merchants – owned and operated over 7.7 million cubic meters of temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution space in the US, UK, Austria, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Australia, Brazil, Chile, and the Netherlands. The Company, listed on the NYSE and Euronext Paris exchange, is in the business of modern commercialized temperature-controlled warehousing for storing perishable goods, one of the forms of food preservation. In Jan 2021, the Company was acquired recently by AmeriCold Realty Trust, based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and is a central temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation company.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for managing the cashflows & financial covenants reporting at a group and regional level and improving the quality of the financial close relating to cash and net debt ratios;
  • Implemented the automatic weekly cash flow forecast for the US and EU region using Oracle smartview successfully;
  • Monitored and reported on the cash flow forecast and the cash requirement projections in combination with optimizing and maximizing the use of cash and capital funding;
  • Implemented the new European cash pool and migrated the old banking system from Deutsche Bank to HSBC, including carrying out the KYC (Know Your Customer) process for all European sites;
  • Responsible for the consolidated quarterly Lenders & Equity Reporting, Compliance Certificate (1L first-lien debt & 2L second-lien debt) for US Bank & Morgan Stanley and Borrowing Based Certificate for Wells Fargo (US) and HSBC;
  • Ensured compliance with financing covenants and banking requirements within the group, assisted with the group consolidated financial statements (quarterly/yearly for lenders & equity owners);
  • Responsible (at the Group level) for maintaining & managing contact with all external financing parties (both equity owners as well as external lenders) and managing the Relationship as well as the contractual agreements with legal;
  • Responsible for obtaining new financing funding and optimizing the financing structure, such as bank loan, recurring credit facilities, and managed the debt agreements, shareholder loans, credit facilities & guarantee facilities;
  • Managing and assisting on the coordination of strategic and operational activities of the treasury (including opening/closing bank accounts) and setting & keeping up-to-date treasury policies & governance;
  • Worked closely with various finance teams (Group Financial Control, Group Internal Control, Group Accounting & Reporting, Regional Controlling, FP&A, and Tax). The Group Treasurer will be involved in group financial projects on cash and financing optimization;
  • Worked proactively with external auditors (of the Company and Lenders), financial controlling, and internal controlling to drive timely closure with sufficient quality of the audit requirements and finalize the external financial statements.

Interim Consolidation Controller – Freelance/contract

TechnipFMC – www.technipfmc.com | Zoetermeer | The Netherlands

System: GEOS (Oracle), Jeevan Business Analytics (IFS), HFM, Datacube, PowerBI.

November 2018 – September 2019

TechnipFMC – based in Zoetermeer, is listed on the NYSE and Euronext Paris exchange, is a global leader acting in three distinct segments in subsea, onshore, offshore, and surface technologies that provides complete project life cycle services for the energy industry. The Company, headquartered in London and has significant operations in Houston and Paris, was formed by the merger of FMC Technologies of the United States and France’s Technip. It has about 37,000 employees and operates in 48 countries. These projects include offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction platforms, rigs, crude oil refineries, and onshore and floating LNG plants.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close preparation and completion of Dutch GAAP/US GAAP reporting compliance for multiples entities;
  • Participated in the Group consolidation process, tax accounting reconciliation, preparation of tax work files, involvement in tax and financial audits, internal control, and various research projects;
  • Produced the statutory Dutch GAAP per legal entity;
  • Developed policies and procedures to ensure strong internal controls under a Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) framework;
  • Participated in a global HFM consolidation project to improve the efficiency, timeliness, and accuracy of reporting;
  • Developed an automatic upload template from ERP (Oracle & IFS) systems using Smart-view report to HFM online;
  • Accumulated, analyzed, and processed commercial B/S and P&L data for transformation to tax accounts, including determination and analysis on deferred tax and withholding positions in cooperation with our in-house tax specialist;
  • Provided in-house training for Smart-view (HFM) and Datacubes (ERP systems) to the Accounting team;
  • Performed a supervising role in relation to the work delegate to the TechnipFMC Finance Shared Services;
  • Performed ad-hoc as required in support of the Management Board.

Interim Group Controller – Freelance/contract

ACT Commodities Group – www.actcommodities.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: Microsoft Navision, JetReport.

July 18 – November 2018

ACT Commodities – based in Amsterdam, is the global leader in trading energy commodities, which deals with buyers and sellers of certificates and physical products worldwide. These include energy efficiency certification, renewable energy certificates, and carbon emission allowances, where most trading is done on an Over The Counter (“OTC) basis. The primary clients are industrials, project developers, utility companies, governments, corporates, and municipalities. The Company employs around 115 people in more than 30 nationalities and has offices in Amsterdam, New York, and Shanghai. Direct report to CFO in Amsterdam.

Responsibilities:

  • Managed the monthly closing and improved the group’s consolidation process and Statutory report – Dutch GAAP;
  • Take the lead in the preparation of the Annual report and dealing with the external auditor, engagement letter, and audit fees;
  • Prepared the Group monthly management report by regions; Assist in the planning cycle process, which includes budget, long-term plan, and forecast consolidation;
  • Developed an automatic periodic intercompany matching process (from JetReport);
  • Dealt with clerical works such as clean-up the old intercompany balances for the past four years;
  • Transfer Pricing project – documentation, determining key allocations, cost allocation matrix & recharge process;
  • Cash management project – closing and opening bank accounts, cash pooling, sweep accounts, documentation etc.;
  • Preparing the yearly report to the Dutch Central Bank (Dnb) for regulated entities;
  • Develop and maintain the mapping table for consolidation and management report;
  • Work closely with CFO, external auditor, and tax advisor;

Interim Financial Reporting Manager – Freelance/contract

Adecco Group – www.adeccogroup.com | Zaltbommel & Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: PeopleSoft.

November 17 – May 2018

The Adecco Group – based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the largest temp staffing firm globally and a Fortune Global 500 company. With more than 33,000 FTE employees and around 5,100 branches in over 60 countries and territories worldwide, The Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services that include temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition and talent development, as well as outsourcing and consulting. The Adecco Group key markets are France, North America, UK & Ireland, Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Benelux, Nordics, Iberia, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland.

Responsibilities:

  • Statutory report – Dutch GAAP;
  • Group reporting – monthly, quarterly, and annual closing in US GAAP, statutory financial statements in Dutch GAAP;
  • Year-End Closings – Annual Reports, PBC audit list, Relationship with auditor – result: unqualified audit opinion;
  • Financial instruments – Bonds & Commercial Paper issuance and repayment process circa EUR 500M;
  • Treasury accounting – Bonds & Commercial Paper accounting;
  • Group loans, Interest calculations, incl. Arrangement of loan agreements with BOD;
  • Tax accounting (APA ruling, 13L calculation, Deferred taxes, Group tax packages);
  • Dealing with an external financial auditor, tax authorities & consultant, and law firm;
  • Providing advice on PeopleSoft – ERP package.

Interim Financial Controller for the US and Asia Pacific – Freelance/contract

AlpInvest Partners – www.alpinvest.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: PeopleSoft, HFM Oracle, ARM Oracle.

April 17 – November 2017

AlpInvest.com – With approximately €39 billion in assets under management, AlpInvest Partners is a leading global private equity investor. Focusing on investing in primary funds, secondaries, and co-investments for investors across the globe. The aggregate capital committed to AlpInvest had grown to over € 67 billion from over more than 100 investors, whereby the activities are managed by the three office locations in Amsterdam, New York, and Hongkong.

Responsibilities:

  • Driving the timely preparation of the monthly and quarterly reporting for the US, Amsterdam and Hongkong entities;
  • Assisting in taking over the administration of the US and Hongkong entities;
  • Delivering the monthly reporting packages, incl. Reconciliation in ARM (Account Reconciliation Manager-Oracle);
  • Improving and simplistic invoicing, the billing process, journal voucher/entries & management fees in PeopleSoft;
  • Implementing a Fixed Asset system in PeopleSoft, including manual, presentation, and training;
  • Dealing and liaising with key stakeholders in the US, UK, and Hongkong to facilitate fund reporting;
  • Improving and preparing the manual procedure, i.e., the billing process, fixed assets, and vouchers;
  • Providing advice and implementing the consolidated financial reporting in HFM smartview report;
  • Assisting in forecasting and budgeting, i.e., building and integrating the Excel template.

Interim European Financial Controller – Freelance/contract

Crocs – www.crocs.com | Hoofddorp | The Netherlands

System: SAP BPC, BI Report

November 16 – April 17

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for men, women and children that offers a broad portfolio of all-season products. Since its inception in 2002, Crocs has sold more than 300 million pairs of shoes in more than 90 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Niwot, Colorado. Its business is in more than 90 countries and 30 languages, with the support of more than 4,000 employees worldwide, which has corporate offices worldwide, including Boston, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul and Amsterdam, that generates an annual revenue of USD 1.2 billion.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing for month/quarter/year end close for European companies together with all reconciliations (SAP BPC);
  • Improving the Financial Reporting from the outsourced third party (Accenture) back to the function in-house;
  • The monthly and quarterly reporting packages to the US, including reconciliation sub-ledgers and GL (AP/AR/FA);
  • To ensure that all Wholesale and Retails transactions are processed accurately and timely;
  • Reviewing Bad debt process, Allowances and Return Reserves by customers and regions;
  • Reviewing and assisting VAT reconciliations and Inter-Company for all European countries;
  • SOX compliance for all key controls within various financial processes concerning the Wholesale business;
  • Assists in adequately recording financial data in SAP & BI reports based on the designed process.

Interim Group Reporting – Freelance/contract

Vivo Energy Nederland (Shell licensee in Africa) – www.vivoenergy.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: HFM (Hyperion Financial Management), HPL (Hyperion Planning), JD Edward

Vivo Energy, a Shell licensee in 16 African markets, distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants. Vivo is a joint venture between Vitol (40%), Helios Investment Partners (40%) and Shell (20%), and operates in Retail; Commercial Fuels; Liquefied Petroleum Gas; Lubricants and Bitumen. It employs around over 2,100 people and operates over 1,500 service stations under the Shell brand, and has access to around 900,000 cubic meters of storage with a consolidated revenue of circa USD 7 billion per annum.

Responsibilities:

FP&A and Cost Controller (April 16 – November 16)

  • Preparation and testing of the budget/forecast smartview template for all operating units (OU);
  • Financial analysis to substantiate the understanding of the trends and variances in the Consolidated Group Financials;
  • Supporting all OU’s for budget/forecast preparation and finalization;
  • Testing cases for planning system enhancement in HFM and HPL;
  • Data reconciliation and system validation checks on operating companies’ submission and intercompany;
  • Forecast post-mortems items;

Reporting and Consolidation (January 2015 – August 2015) + (January 16 – April 16)

  • Preparing the consolidated annual accounts, including disclosure notes under IFRS;
  • Process of consolidation of group accounts;
  • Review and challenge the annual submissions (BS, PL, variance & analytical review) from all countries;
  • HFM implementation as the new platform financial consolidation system until successfully GO-LIVE;
  • Financial reporting structure, including streamlining the chart of accounts (CoA), mapping table etc;
  • Automation in reporting books using SmartView (HFM/Oracle add-ins) for BS, PL, CF and Disclosure notes;
  • Setting up Inter-Company for Multicurrency process in HFM;
  • Preparation of accounting entries with respect to late adjustments, intercompany, dividends and eliminations;
  • Coordinating the external audit process and discussing findings with local auditors (PwC).

Interim Financial Controller – Freelance/contract

McGregor Fashion Group – www.mcgregorfashiongroup.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: HFM (Hyperion Financial Management), Microsoft AX Dynamics

September 2015 – January 2016

McGregor Fashion Group BV, is a successful fashion house in the higher market segment and throughout Europe. The group includes McGregor, Gaastra and Adam Brandstore, a chain of more than 2,000 multi-brand shops based in leading European department stores that generate annual sales of approx €235m

Responsibilities:

  • Managing the Month end close at the group level across European entities;
  • Preparing the consolidated HFM group board package, including movement analysis;
  • Maintaining the administration for Holding entities, including trade receivable/payable, Intercompany, Inventory reconciliation, accruals, and equity pick up (using Microsoft AX Dynamics);
  • Review and challenge the monthly schedule in HFM for all countries, including support on validation issues;
  • Preparing the weekly payment forecast and preparing a USD hedge overview to manage foreign currency exposure;
  • Automation in reporting books using SmartView (HFM/Oracle add-ins) for monthly analysis, i.e. at BU level, cost centre level, at channel or season level etc.
  • Responsible for loading the monthly data from Microsoft AX Dynamics to HFM (sort of FDM in Hyperion);
  • Ad-hoc report such as analysis for staff expense, marketing, bonus, Position Paper for data migration etc.;
  • Assist in budgeting and last estimate/forecast (LE) for McGregor and Gaastra team.

 

Interim Project Reporting and Consolidation – Freelance/contract

Total E&P Nederland – www.total.com | Den Haag | The Netherlands

System: SAP (BFC)

August 2013 – December 2014

Total E&P Nederland, a subsidiary of Total SA is a major gas producer in the Netherland, with an annual production of approximately 4 billion cubic metres. The Company has been engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas in the Netherlands and offshore in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and produces gas from 22 offshore platforms and four subsea production installations.

Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of the consolidated annual accounts process of circa 96 entities;
  • Review and challenge the annual submissions (BS, PL, variance & analytical review) from all countries (Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa);
  • Preparation of the group’s internal annual report for Holdings and subsidiaries in detail, including supporting documents;
  • SAP (BFC) implementation as the new platform of the Financial Consolidation system until GO-LIVE, Including maintenance for the daily database (Super User);
  • Super user of the new SAP platform for improvement and testing, i.e. building up disclosure report, chart of account, calculation, redesigning the reporting model, i.e. BS/PL by the entity, Related party, Aging analysis, Employee information etc.
  • Deal with external auditor (E&Y) for audit matters;
  • Ad hoc, i.e. reconciliations to SAP vs annual accounts, exploration cost overview, equity movements, I/C reconciliations, vendor updates, and spreadsheet automation for efficient work.

 

Interim Group Financial Reporting – Freelance/contract

The Royal Bank of Scotland – www.rbs.nl | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: HFM, HCS, Walker, ESSBASE, INEA, Business Object, GFDW, Cartesis

September 2010 – May 2013

RBS NV is part of the RBS Group of companies and covers the businesses that were acquired from ABN AMRO. Headquartered in the Netherlands, RBS NV has the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) as its home regulator and operates in around 40 jurisdictions globally. It also has a similar status and ranking to other banks within the group, such as RBS plc, NatWest, Ulster Bank and Citizens.

Responsibilities:

  • Control monthly/quarterly/yearly Supplementary Disclosure Package (SDP) submissions from countries;
  • Review and follow up the monthly reports – BS & PL and commentary to senior management;
  • Participating in the preparation of the consolidated financial reporting in HFM on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis in line with group requirements;
  • Keep up to date with technical accounting developments in IFRS across the entities globally;
  • Prepare an automated template in an Excel spreadsheet (highly complex formulas and macros) for the SDP delivery process;
  • Maintain the COA (charts of accounts) – HFM so that they are up-to-date and meet business requirements;
  • Control the feed data from various sources of banking financial systems and improve the mapping table ie. HFM, ESSBASE, HCS, Walker, INEA Business Object, GFDW and Cartesis;
  • Alignment process of Average Balance Sheets and challenge Equity (RES) movements to entities across regions;
  • Participate in HFM implementation as a new financial platform to replace the HCS system, including testing and challenge (working closely with the HFM core team).

 

Interim Group Reporting and Consolidation – Freelance/contract

ICTS Europe – www.ictseurope.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: Excel spreadsheet

April 2010 – July 2010

ICTS Europe – provides comprehensive security solutions that effectively combine people, technology and innovative professional concepts, which play a crucial role in the field of Aviation and maritime, energy, science and industry, healthcare and education, business and leisure, and it operates in 23 countries across the world.

Responsibilities:

  • Consolidating the group financial statements of circa 200 European entities under IFRS (manually with a spreadsheet);
  • Improving and safeguarding the monthly consolidated reporting cycle;
  • Enhancing the accounting and reporting processes and documenting best practices;
  • Monthly BS & PL analysis (actual vs forecast/budget) of the reported figures;
  • Preparation of the monthly management reporting packages;
  • Simplifying and developing automatic Excel spreadsheets;
  • Assisting the business units with accounting and reporting issues where required.

 

Interim European Financial Business Analyst – Freelance/contract

The Merlin Entertainments Group – www.merlinentertainments.biz | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: HFM

September 2009 – March 2010
The Merlin Entertainments Group – is the most successful and dynamic growth company in the entertainment sector. The group comprises 60 attractions in 13 countries across three continents, welcoming over 38 million visitors in 2009 with its world-famous and local attractions representing LEGOLAND, Madame Tussauds, London Eye, SEA LIFE, Gardaland, and Dungeons.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating the month-end close within European SEA LIFE covering Scheveningen, Paris, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Helsinki and Amsterdam Cluster (Madame Tussauds & Amsterdam Dungeon);
  • Ensuring the group reporting complies with IFRS and reviewing all recurring adjustments in HFM;
  • Take the lead and coordinate the group for the audit process and statutory accounts;
  • Analyzing actual vs budget, total performance, spend per head and gross marginal level;
  • Budget owner and planning process, including all reporting and presentations, and conference calls;
  • Develop automatic Excel using Hyperion-based tools on Actual versus Budget and Balance Sheets reconciliations;
  • Liaise with marketing and operations teams to develop the budget and monthly forecasts, including managing key performance indicators such as visitor numbers, EBITDA, Customer Satisfaction Scores as well as Staff Turnover;
  • Executing and supervising business development projects (CAPEX, 5-Year Business Plan, etc.);
  • Support sales & marketing by interpreting market and sales analysis;
  • Provide with monthly performance reports and maintain the calculation and method for account profitability.

 

Interim Financial Manager – Freelance/contract

International Air Traffic Association – www.iata.org | Lijnden | The Netherlands

System: UIS (Uitgeverij Informatie Systeem)

August 2008 – July 2009

IATA (International Air Traffic Association) – is the prime vehicle for inter-airline cooperation in promoting safe, reliable, secure and economical air services. They consist of 230 airline members from 126 nations, mostly in Europe and North America. The organization also represents leads and serves the airline industry in general, as well as maintaining efficient and cost-effective management of revenues.

 Responsibilities:

  • Recommend, implement and manage the manual and accounting process of the Billing Cycle and challenge continuous improvements in management information and efficiency of delivery for all products;
  • Design, set up and was responsible for issuing and performing calculations for the quarterly and yearly billing and developing automatic excel spreadsheets using database tools on actual usage transactions;
  • Assist Managing Director and Corporate Finance with providing financial evaluation and analysis and process improvement and communicate findings to the management;
  • Managing monthly/quarterly/yearly close & preparing IATA’s group financial reporting package;
  • Working internally and externally across other business regions i.e. Debtor, Inter-company, settlement, commissions, transfer pricing, projection and accounting package;
  • Continually review finance processes to improve overall efficiency and accuracy of the finance function and contribute to the development & implementation of systems and processes to improve the effectiveness of financial reporting;
  • Responsible for updating general ledgers and customer database with revenue, expenses, payables, receivables etc;
  • Preparing a self-explanatory audit working paper and PBC (package by client) for financial/SOX audit;
  • Controlling payments to suppliers, reminders and payment runs in the customer database;
  • Providing support for incremental monthly forecast and assisting in the budget process.

Financial and Reporting Manager – Permanent

ProLogis Europe – www.prologis.com | Schiphol | The Netherlands

System: PeopleSoft

September 2007 – September 2008

ProLogis Europe (NYSE symbol: PLD) – is the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, with 526.3 million square feet of industrial space (48.9 million square meters) in 121 markets across North America, Asia and Europe. The Company leases its industrial facilities to 4,900 customers, including manufacturers, retailers, transportation companies, third-party logistics providers and other enterprises with large-scale distribution needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Consolidating all European entities (circa 600) and the central group as a whole in accordance with US-GAAP;
  • Coordination of the European (Continental Europe and UK) monthly closing consolidation process (preparation of closing schedule, follow-up on deadlines, etc.);
  • Coordinate the country managers (EMEA) for monthly reporting i.e. providing accounting direction and support to the local finance units within the business region;
  • Involved proactively during the property contributions into the Fund (PEPR/PEPF2) in Luxembourg i.e. review take over Balance sheet, Gain on sale and deferral, Investment etc.
  • Monthly preparation of a number of financial reports (reconciliations) based on US GAAP for local management as well as the headquarters in the United States;
  • Responsible for a limited number of Corporate legal entities (circa 30);
  • Assist with the review of the information provided by the regions for reasonableness and accuracy;
  • Assisting with the internal control procedures for a number of SOX key processes and accounting policies for the group;

Head of Finance – Permanent

NDDO Oncology – INC Research – www.incresearch.com | Amsterdam Buitenvelder | The Netherlands

System: BEST Enterprise, AccountView, Exact, ADP (Payroll)

Permanent

May 2006 – September 2007

INC Research, located in Amsterdam with global headquarters in Raleigh (US) has 22 offices and operates in 30 countries worldwide. It provides therapeutically focused drug development services through Trusted Process, a proven, metrics-driven methodology, and therapeutic expertise and technological innovation. The Company translates the expertise into a global organization with the added specialities of infectious diseases, oncology and paediatrics, as well as full data services capabilities.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing month/quarter/year-end close for Dutch companies & assists in budgeting and cash flow forecasting;
  • Leading and improving the Financial Reporting from the outsourced third-party back to the AP function in-house;
  • Tax, SOX Compliance, Financial Audit & Statutory reporting;
  • Review monthly BS, PL & posts monthly AR & AP, fixed asset, and job cost subsidiary ledgers into the general ledger;
  • Participating in the implementation of a (new) uniform reporting platform from BEST Enterprise to Oracle;
  • Provides support tasks for project expense processing, investigator grant processing & project invoicing;
  • Serves as the backup to Finance Director – Europe, Meeting with Finance Group in UK quarterly.

 

Senior Accountant – Permanent

Network Appliance – www.netapp.com | Schiphol | The Netherlands

System: Oracle 11i

September 2005 – May 2006

Network Appliance (NASDAQ: NTAP) is a leading full-line provider of unified enterprise storage solutions that deliver simplified data management, flexible and scalable storage infrastructure, comprehensive data protection, and reliable data access for major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo!.

Responsibilities:

  • Month End Close at the European Head Quarters and Reporting for the Netherlands Companies & EMEA;
  • Country Upload to Hyperion and reconciling to Oracle;
  • Ownership of all balance sheet accounts through monthly reconciliation reviews i.e. Accruals and Prepayment for local (NL), Fixed Assets Maintenance, I/C and regional review within EMEA;
  • Assisting in preparing for external Financial and SOX audits and periodic testing environment;
  • Working closely with Consolidation Accountant for Intercompany (cross charges to all Countries) and Cost Allocations among cost centres for General Admin and Cost of Sales;
  • Monthly comparison review actual against forecast;
  • Monthly tasks such as Process Payroll Postings (for EHQ and Middle East), including reconciliation to the GL, Illness and Pension, Wage Tax and Social Security declaration;
  • Assist in Oracle’s Periodic Upgrade Testing and play an active role in improving accounting processes.

 

Senior Corporate Accountant – Permanent

UPC corporate – Liberty Global – www.libertyglobal.com | Schiphol Rijk | The Netherlands

System: Oracle 11i, HCS (Hyperion Consolidation System)

July 2003 – September 2005

Liberty Global is the largest international cable company with operations in 14 countries. Their market-leading television, broadband internet, and telephony services are provided through next-generation networks and innovative technology platforms that connect 24 million customers who subscribe to nearly 48 million services.

Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of financial reports and financial analysis (Budget versus Actual) for a high-level top summary of Corporate Overheads as well as monthly management reporting;
  • Develop budget guidelines and forecast models and discuss the process with the responsible heads of departments;
  • Develop automatic Excel using Oracle & Hyperion based tools on Actual versus Budget;
  • Controller of the quarterly transfer pricing calculation among the countries & I/C;
  • Assisting head departments with cost allocations;
  • Dealing with accounting issues (PO accruals system, automatic & manual accruals, capitalization of labour, impairments, prepayment etc.) – US GAAP policy;
  • Coaching and assisting Oracle A/P departments to ensure the proper cut-off on a monthly basis;
  • Play an active role with monthly and quarterly closings and assisting with SOX (Sarbanes Oxley) compliance;
  • Timely and complete preparation for interim/annual audit with objective of “clean” audit result.

 

Corporate Accountant – Permanent

NCS Benelux – ANT Trust – www.ant-trust.com | Amsterdam | The Netherlands

System: Excel spreadsheet

May 1999 – July 2003

ANT Trust provides a comprehensive range of services, including accounting services for several International clients. The Company fully represents its clients in The Netherlands in dealings with various advisers, tax administration, institutions and business relations.

Responsibilities:

  • Bookkeeping for preparing monthly or quarterly reporting of interim/final figures and generating details GL;
  • Monthly/quarterly/final close with details balance sheet and supplementary figures are reported in accordance with the client’s policies (US GAAP & Dutch GAAP) and timetables;
  • consolidating accounts for holding companies together with consolidated cash flow figures;
  • maintaining the loans and interest calculation from debentures classified as face value and principal value based on capital contribution agreement;
  • I/C reconciliation among holding, subsidiaries and investment companies and their foreign currency;
  • Assist with a financial audit by a public accounting firm;
  • Foreign inter-company to Dutch Central Bank and Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics;
  • Assisting external tax lawyer in order to prepare the tax returns for the Corporate Income Tax;
  • preparing monthly VAT and Wage Tax Returns / Social Security Matters.

Senior Financial Auditor – Permanent

Price Waterhouse – www.pwc.com | Jakarta | Indonesia

System: Audit Software

November 1994 – July 1998

Price Waterhouse – the last position was Senior Audit. Involved in audits and assisted in special projects in Jakarta, Indonesia, generally, as Senior in Charge, where I was in charge of planning, conducting and supervising the Business Services and Financial Audit.

Responsibilities:

  • Conducting and planning details of financial audit works with audit programs;
  • Preparing audit reports and financial statements, including sub-notes, and arranging for the final audit meeting with the Client, Partner and Manager;
  • Issuing the Internal Control Memorandum and/or Memorandum on Examination based on the audit issues and ensuring that the accounting policies are in accordance with US GAAP;
  • Dealing with the client and resolving, where possible, all the audit issues at the end of audit fieldwork, i.e. going concern matters, provision receivable/payable, CAPEX policy;
  • Assessing the risk in various components of the audit, appropriate work programs, and budgets prior to audit work;
  • Developing internal accounting and financial controls behind all accounting/finance functions;
  • Reviewing the client’s accounting system and the GL together with its supplementary records in order to trace some fraud possibilities on the client’s business.

 

Accounting Supervisor – Permanent

Colliers Jardine Group – http://www.colliers.com/en-us

Jakarta, Indonesia

December 1993 – July 1994

Colliers International is a leader in global real estate offering comprehensive services to investors, property owners, tenants and developers around the world. A subsidiary of FirstService Corporation

Responsibilities:

  • Bookkeeping for daily operational especially focusing on payment instalments for built progress apartments;
  • Monitoring all accounting functions related to AP, AR & GL;
  • Supervising and coaching subordinates;
  • Preparing monthly financial reports and their supported general ledgers.

Junior Financial Audit – Trainee

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International – www.deloitte.com

Jakarta, Indonesia

March 1993 – August 1993

Responsibilities:

  • conducting details works of the audit with the guidance of Senior and Manager;
  • stock-taking to investigate obsolescence inventories;
  • ensuring cut-off inventory properly and liaising with AR/AP;
  • reviewing write off provisions and liaise with general ledgers;
  • vouching for substantive evidence based on audit programs.

Education History

Vrije Universiteit – Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jan 2012

CMA Certified Management Accountant

Trisakti University – Jakarta, Indonesia

Jan 1990 – Jan 1994

Bachelor of Economics Accountancy

Trainings

  • RBS in-house banking training;
  • Postgraduate IFRS course (ACCA program), Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands;
  • PeopleSoft & nVision;
  • Oracle 11i training, Battle, UK;
  • ADP training – payroll system, Rotterdam;
  • US GAAP training by Deloitte & Touche, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;

Personal Background

  • Nationality: Dutch;
  • Born: Jakarta, November 28th, 1971;

Strengths: Strong IT skills, Financial process enhancement, Reporting skills, Dynamic team player & sense of responsibility;

Languages

  • Dutch – business level;
  • English – business level;
  • Indonesia – native

ERP Software Packages – IT Skills

  • HFM, HCS, Smartview, OBIEE, CONCUR, Assurenet, GEOS (Oracle), Jeevan (IFS), PeopleSoft, Microsoft Navision, Datacube, PowerBI, Business Analytics, Walker, Cartesis, ESSBASE, INEA Business Intelligent, Business Object; SAP BPC, SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation, BI Report, Microsoft AX Dynamics, Oracle 11i, nVision (Reporting Tool for PeopleSoft), Account View, Exact, BEST Enterprise.
  • Microsoft Office, e.g., Word, Excel (ADVANCE USER)