Netherlands
As a seasoned finance executive with 15+ years of international experience, I specialize in shaping finance organizations into strategic business partners. Throughout my career, I have led financial transformations, built and optimized shared service centers, implemented ERP systems, and strengthened governance structures in complex, fast-paced environments. I currently serve as Chief Financial Officer at The People Group, with end-to-end responsibility for finance, governance, risk and compliance. In addition to my CFO role, I act as Security Officer (ISO 27001) since mid-2025 and Quality Manager (ISO 9001) since November 2025, leading the design and implementation of professional management systems for information security and quality. My passion lies in creating value beyond the numbers — improving processes, enabling growth, and helping organizations navigate change with financial excellence. I thrive in environments where finance is a driver of business performance and innovation, not merely a support function. I am particularly energized by internationally oriented companies that embrace transformation, scalability, and operational excellence — organizations where finance plays a pivotal role in strategic decision-making and growth acceleration. Let’s connect and explore how we can collaborate.
As Chief Financial Officer, I drive financial performance, governance, reporting, internal controls and operational excellence across the organisation. In addition to my CFO responsibilities, I serve as Security Officer (ISO 27001) and Quality Manager (ISO 9001), with overall responsibility for information security, risk management, quality governance and continuous improvement. My focus is on building a resilient, future-ready organisation by strengthening financial discipline, operational processes, security controls and quality standards. I work closely with leadership and teams to ensure that the organisation is well positioned to navigate large-scale market challenges, including the ongoing energy transition. I believe in turning complex information and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable insight and equipping leadership and teams with pragmatic tools that support better decision-making. By setting clear expectations, aligning stakeholders and building strong, well-equipped teams, I help the organisation achieve its strategic and operational goals. Above all, I value collaboration, trust and leadership by example. No matter how demanding the environment, I believe there is always time to support, develop and empower people to perform at their best.
I am part of the global BPM leadership team (Process, People/Business, Technology) overseeing the group of Riwal GPO's (Global Process Owners). Responsible for embedding process (change) management and continuous improvement related to our global systems in the same way we operate as a business. Key goals are best user experience, best practice processing and harmonization/standardization.
As a group manager responsible for design and management of effective global accounting standards and processes to allow quality, harmonized and benchmark reporting. As GPO responsible for incorporation of these standards in the InSync cloud based ERP system global roll out. As Group Tax manager leading in creating an effective Global Tax strategy and managing Tax compliance.
This is a temporary position in which I will join our Group project for the global roll out of our new integrated ERP system(s): NetSuite, InspHire and Shepherd. I was already involved in the selection, design and development stages of the pilot GoLives realized in 2018 and 2019. My responsibilities within this stage of the project will be the global finance template quality (chart of accounts, reference data, master data setup, posting setup) in line with our harmonized standards, roll out run-book quality on finance elements (road-map steps, checklist, milestones, planning, training, etc), quality of financial data migration (data from your old system into the new), manage financial training schedules and material together with the Riwal Academy, support and bridge communication business to consultant and vice versa, manage and support legal and tax localization requirements and finance related request to change or improve.
Responsible for corporate (group) accounting (GAAPstandards/processes/control framework) and tax (CIT/VAT/WHT/Expat), Global Process Owner, ERP implementation project team. Improving speed, quality, control and (global) standards in accounting and period closing, minimize tax risks in operational processes and compliance, creating tax control and (re)design of the global TP documentation.
Allison Transmission is the world leader in fully-automatic transmissions for medium and heavy duty commercial on- and offhighway vehicles. I am responsible for all Accounting (US and Dutch GAAP) and Tax (VAT/CIT) issues within the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) area, creating and maintaining a proper internal control (SOX) environment, optimizing the use of SAP R/3 for accounting, analyzing differences in GAAP, the completion and review of internal and external reporting and aim to close any reporting period within 1 working day.
Supervising team in the external audit of Financial statements; Meeting with the board of director of my client to discuss financial statements, as well as audit findings and conclusions of midsized companies; Supervise and perform Due Diligence investigations, Assurance assignments and reporting to client in writing or in a meeting; Review of internal control and advising how to improve it; Analysis of inherent and internal control risks to review whether management is in control; Instruction to local auditors of foreign subsidiaries, setting and communicating audit approach, analyzing differences with local accounting principals and compiling/reviewing international consolidations; Review of audit paper by trainees, coaching and supervising team members in performing the audit; Active participation in a commission on automated Financial statement and the setting of standards for digital audit papers. Responsible for functional maintenance of templates for the report generator (CaseWare/CaseView); Active participation in the Dutch commission on the CaseWare Audit Manager in cooperation with a Dutch branch organization Samenwerkende Register Accountants (SRA: www.sra.nl). Design of the necessary adjustments to support the company Audit approach of Van Oers; Teaching trainees in workshop on technical and audit related subjects; Acquiring new business and clients in the financial service area of our company. Accountmanagement of audit client.