Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium
Experienced finance professional in all aspects of finance/controllership/ IT on corporate level and on plant level. Involved in advanced R&D >manufacturing>sales>supply chain activities. Being a true sparring partner to Leadership Teams. Driven by mastering complex situations and getting the job done. Convinced that people make the difference. Global thinker based on deep rooted expertise amongst: reporting cycles, working capital improvements, product costing, scorecards, factoring and reverse factoring, intercontinental ERP A-Z implementation (2 years), consolidation, beyond budgeting, cost reduction program, 100% project accounting, ABC -systems etc.
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Smulders is an international organisation with more than 1.000 employees working at five plants: Iemants, Willems, Smulders Projects Belgium, Smulders Projects UK and Spomasz. We are a sound and flexible business partner, offering more than 50 years' experience in the engineering, construction, supply and assembly of unique steel constructions and therefore qoated as a worldwide preferred project partner. The activities of Smulders are divided into 3 market segments: Offshore Wind, Offshore Oil & Gas and Civil & Industry. Smulders is a member of the Eiffage Group, a leading figure in the European concessions and public works sector operating through four business lines: Construction, Infrastructure, Energy and Concessions. Customer satisfaction, efficiency, quality, safety and environment are the key words in our company policy. This policy succeeds by using an integrated management system as a guide for all employees within Smulders Group, suppliers and contractors, based upon on ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. See more @ www.Smulders.com Working in a corporate staff position as the Group Financial Controller: - Standardization of the accounting & reporting procedures - Project accounting & Contracts in progress accounting - Management consolidation of 20 companies (Belgium, Netherlands, Poland,UK, Middle East…) - Coordination statutory compliance (consolidated and individual annual accounts) - Reporting consolidated accounts to shareholders on 5th working day - Implementation of Activity Based Cost systems - Tax compliance, branch set-up and dealing with complex VAT situations - Set-up of full transfer pricing system through the group - Coordination of IT enhancements such as workflow management, ERP modules, licenses etc. - Coordination from A to Z of the yearly budget exercise and monthly follow-up - Cost savings
A challenging position in a complex sales/manufacturing/warehouse environment: - Responsible for all financial affairs - Positive cash flow generation via working capital programs - Sparring partner of the leadership team - ISO audit compliance - Special projects: product costing, cost saving programs, due diligence - Core team member for the restructuring of the plant (- 100 FTE) - Implementation of factoring, supply chain finance - Do more with less (lean, Kaizen,VSM…) - What you see is what you get… (BI and ERP) - ...
Main achievements: - Successful ERP implementation in various countries (during 2 years) - Monthly group financial statements (PL) on 4th working day - Introduction of KPI plant reports per division worldwide - Obtain commitment from local financial controllers (main expertise point) - Implementation of new product costing system / manufacturing accounting
NOV 94-SEP 99: Starting as the Group Financial Accountant of the RIZLA Group (under UBS parentship) and moving to the position of Commercial Controller of IMPERIAL TOBACCO PLC (Rizla brand) (after the takeover by Imperial Tobacco Plc). An exciting opportunity to get involved with change management and restructuring activities in a fast-moving entrepreneurial culture. Main achievements: - Starting from scratch, we created a headquarter and lifted up this private owned group (>20 legal entities) towards the standards of a UK-quoted Company - Design of group reporting package/Consolidation - Set up a Dutch HQ incl. an international sales office (sales to 110 countries) - Headquarters accounting (cost sharing agreements, back to back, etc.) - Expertise point for international tax matters
Assistant Group Controller of the LOMMAERT Bedrijven belonging to the Arbed-Sidmar Group. Employed in the controlling center of the group. Reporting to the Group Controller. Main achievements: - Accounting/tax from A to Z in an international perspective - Implementation of new group reporting software - Consolidation expertise/tax units in Holland - Able to replace the group controller at meetings
Junior Auditor at RISKE & CO, a medium-sized auditors company On-the-job experience of in-depth auditing, internal control in large companies.