Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland
I am a Finance professional with more than 10 years of experience in multiple areas. I have been an integral part of financial departments and performed various administrative duties (accounts payable, accounts receivable, budget control). With a focus on quality results for companies that offer opportunities to utilize my skills in the best way and which provide me with opportunities to grow professionally. Furthermore I possess an ability to create and keep track of financial and accounting records so that financial decisions can be made timely and cost effective. In addition I work well individually as well as part of a team
Lead and develop a team of finance professionals supporting PartyLite Trading SA, PartyLite Switzerland, PartyLite Nordics, PartyLite UK and Inventory acctivities for both PartyLite Trading SA and PartyLite WW to support all reporting and planning requirements, including ensuring backup plan situation process. Manage and participate in the financial close process, consolidation of entities through Hyperion, including preparation of financial statements and reports, responsible to keep the accounts, reconcile G/L and sub-accounts, ensure that everything is booked in the corresponding period and with accordance to US-GAAP and Local GAAP. Ensure timely financial reporting by establishing deadlines, month-end cut-off dates for related areas and monitoring the work of subordinates to ensure accuracy in reporting. Monitor financial status of the organization by reviewing financial data, maintaining financial security by implementing and monitoring controls. Cash: overview payments and reconcile cash accounts, accurate cash management, reviewing and approving local, international, inventory and intercompany payments. Play a key role as an internal consultant, partner with all areas in gathering and analyzing data and recommending action, with external auditors, Luminex partners and Controlling Team. Oversee all aspects of the annual Capital Budget and the Capital Appropriation Requests (CCR’s) including establishment Trading’s yearly budget and quarterly Fcsts. Strengthen financial process understanding, management, documentation and reporting within organization. Improve ease of doing business with and within the Finance department
Responsible for the development, analysis and communication of data that is relevant to the company’s success. Support the PartyLite business in identifying options to improve the business performance and profitability. Work closely with the VP Finance Europe, North America, Australia & GM PartyLite Trading to analyze financial performance. Gather and analyze data from multiple sources; issue monthly reports to management and the markets; and work on special group projects requiring analytical support. Support local management with special analysis and reports as requested
Preparation of monthly financial closing according to IFRS and local legal requirements including the financial reporting in the Novartis Reporting software FCRS, Reconciliaitions for all BS accounts for Belgium in JD Edwards. Preparations of VAT monthly declarations and Annual Financial Statements. Preparing and Submitting Sales Transmission in JD Edwards. Adoption of new accounting standards and new requirements according to the Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM). Coordination with Novartis stakeholders to ensure accurate financial data (Local Finance organization, NVS Consolidation and Reporting team, Group treasury, Supply Chain, etc.). Preparation and processing of General Ledger transactions including rebates, discounts, sales returns accruals, payroll, warranty reserves, cost allocations, inventory adjustments, techical service allocations, deparamental accruals etc. Transfer Pricing calculations, supporting R2P,ICO departments and Benelux GL team, P&L and BS reviews with CFO. Inventory and ad hoc analysis. CIT preparation.
Preparation of monthly financial closing according to IFRS and local legal requirements including the financial reporting in the Novartis Reporting software FCRS, Reconciliaitions for all balance sheet accounts for Spain in Portugal in SAP, as well as for Portugal in JD Edwards. Adoption of new accounting standards and new requirements according to the Novartis Accounting Manual (NAM). Deal under control with tax advisors and tax authorities to handle tax requirements such as VAT, etc. Preparation and processing of General Ledger transactions including rebates, discounts and sales returns accruals.
Perform month/quarter/year closings (provisions, revaluations, analyse, account reconciliation) for 5 direct countries: Switzerland including 14 distributors in LATAM and CEE, local business and HQ, Netherlands, Austria, Poland,Sweden, Denmark and South Africa (past France) Maintaining GL and invoice processing with SAGE Mas500 for accounting purposes. Assist with preparing VAT filling, tax returns and corporate reporting requirements. Analyse revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis. Maintaining Fixed Assets, Assist with analysing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances. Assist with budget preparations. Review of the business expenses reports. Verifying if all expenses are in line with local and corporate policies.Verifying and uploading GL for different countries which are still not in house. Maintaining AR with Distributors, control if they are in line with credit limits, as well as cooperating with them in some CS issues. Cash applying and AR control for different countries as well as improving cash collection. AP tasks including invoice control. Orders processing and invoice issuing in SpineIT Portal. Preparing Sales trends. Leasing analysis for all OUS countries. Assisting in HR services for Switzerland and Netherlands entity.
Introduction of new employees into the system ProConcept.Participation in preparation of documents for variables, for salaries and for tax at source. Assisting with the day-to-day efficient operation of the HR office. Calculations. Archiving. Correspondence
Accounting. Processing of payments and invoices. VAT and CIT reporting. Preparing financial statements.