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Employer: BEA Systems Netherlands BV
Business: Software Industry
Job: Controller Benelux
Since: April 13 –
(from April 13 – Juli 30 as an interim manager)
BEA is the 5th largest independent Software company in the world. Present in 30 countries throughout the world. Revenue appr $1.5bln and 4500 employees.
Tasks: Revenue recognition, Forecasting, Closing, HR, Facilities, Payroll, Deal shaping, Business partnering with Country manager.
Dutch entity appr. 40 employees including WW fulfilment centre. Belgian entity 16 employees. Responsible for Sales and Marketing departments (License revenue) and responsible for statutory books

All jobs from 1994 until 2005 are performed as a self employed
freelancer.

Employer: Royal Van Zanten B.V., Maasdijk and Rijsenhout
Business: Manufacturing basematerials for plant and flowergrowers
Job: Manager Accounting
Period: March 2004 - present
Royal Van Zanten are one of the largest suppliers of basematerial for plantgrowers in the Netherlands. They provides basis material for flower and plantgrower (cuttings). The production locations have established in South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Brazil and Costa Rica.
: Since July 2003 RVZ has had problems to fulfil the function of head administration.
Tasks: The task is the function temporarily fulfil until definite interpretation has been found. Major points of interest are establish a regural flow in the workload and minimize the backlog. By multiple changes in the staffing the situation was rather restless, tasks to create and maintain a situation where people can fulfill their duties to their and the employers’satisfaction. Two employees are managed.
The manager of the accountingdepartment is responsible for monthend reporting, annual accounts, reconciliation of the intercompany accounts, royaltyadministration, day to day accounting, administration of the fixed assets and many other activities that end up on the accountingmanagers’ desk. While the department only consists of 4 persons, a “hands-on mentality” (lifting invoices also) for this job is needed to be able to get the job done every month.
As from 1 February the task has been extended with budget and reporting activities caused by departure of the division controller
Used systems: JD Edwards, Peoplesoft Oneworld, Stockflow , Outlooksoft

Employer: NUON CCC
Business: Energy supply en infrastructure
Job: Employee central office credit management
Period: January / February 2004
Jobdescription Nuon is the second largest energy supplier and carrier of the Netherlands. Since partial opening the energy market a problem has arisen at collecting concerning the carrierfunction. As a result, delays have arisen at collecting outstanding receivables.
Tasks: My tasks in the team "External providers” (competitive energy companies) to handle backoffice activities to support the collectors in the team. The activities exist mainly from the matching of (large) files using MsAccess and MsExcel, produce outstanding amounts lists and solving differences with clients.
Results: Important lowering of the outstanding receivable amounts meeting the targets by far.
Used systems: SAP, MsAccess and MsExcel


Employer: Eneco Energie Utrecht B.V.
Business: Energy supply en infrastructure
Job: Head of invoicingdepartment Service Provider
Period: Eight months; January / August 2003
Jobdescription: Building a newly formed department in the Service Provider department. Since January 1st, 2003, Eneco reorganised the Infrastructure company. They changed the invoicingprocess from decentral to central.A new department for invoicing was needed. Focus was on forming a “team” from people who did not apply for this job, on implementing the invoicing proces in the team and implenting and garding controls. The department is placed under the controldepartment
Tasks: The tasks in this job were as follows:
1. Form a team of eight individuals who did not apply for this job, but
were placed after a reorganization of the company
2. Place the department in the organization by describing the administrative processes referring to the billing process
2. Develop and describe controls
3. Take care for a timely, just and complete billing of all infrastructural billing
4. Develop the department into a “going concern” so the function of departmentmanager can be fulfilled by someone less experienced in poele and changemanagement, because the activities has been moved to a more day to day situation.
5. In busy periods also be one of the team aswell as a rolemodel also producing many invoices
For invoicing a projectaccountingsystem is used. The system is used for checking the right amounts, to determine the right moment of invoicing after also consulting contracts, projectmanagers and constructionmanagers. The manager is responsible for this process.
Results : a team was formed, a successor is chosen from the co-workers. The processen are developped en described and the department is ”going”.
Used systems: Baan IV, Excel, Cognos
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Employer: IBM/Lotus
Business: Software sales and Consulting
Job: Integrationmanager)
Period: Three months; April / September 2001
Jobdescription: The Lotus organisation is in the middle of a process that
will bring them towards a total integration in the IBM corporation, as a part of thesoftwaregroup. Lotus will no longer excist as a seperate company. My job is to get Lotus ready for this operation.This means maintain contacts with the managers involved in IBM. The main subjects are HR, Payroll, Facilities and Accounts Payable. During this period Lotus still works as an independent entity, and day to day operations are also the responsibillity of the Integrationmanager. This function also contains Finance Manager, Sales
Operations Manager, and Facilities Manager. In this job four people report to me directly.

Employer: Lotus Development Nederland B.V.
Business: Software sales and Consulting
Job: Finance Manager/Controller (self employed)
Period: 18 months; October 1999/ March 2001
Jobdescription: Responsible for accounting, payroll, HR, facilities and
sales operations. Also responsible for backoffice integration process. The Nederland Accounting Department als did the accounting and payroll for Lotus
Development Belgium. All backoffice activities, as far as possible, were to
be integrated into the IBM processes. This operation took place in the
second half of the Year 2000, and was completed at the end of that Year.
Accounting personnel moved into jobs in IBM Netherlands of made redundant.
Non accounting personnel stay on their jobs until full integration takes
place. In this function eight people were reporting to me directly.

Employer: Global Crossing Holdings B.V.
Business: Cable carrier
Job: Manager Accounting Department
Period: Two months; August/October 1999
Jobdescription: Processing the financial accounting, including account
payable, for all European countries with two collegues reporting to me

Employer: Vedior Holding B.V.
Business: Temporary employment
Job: Manager Holding Administration
Period: Two months; June/August 1999
Jobdescription: Responsible for all accounting activities for all holding
entities, and also planning and controls. Also responsible for the corporate financing structur, and world wide intercompany interest charges. In this job two
people were reporting directly to me.

Employer: Origin Nederland B.V.
Business: IT-consultancy and systems engeneering
Job: Manager Intercompany Accounts
Period: Eight months; October 1998/June 1999
Jobdescription: Responsible for monthly balancing and settling of the
international intercompany account. Also sorting out balance history.
Two people were reporting to me in this job directly.

Employer: ISIS International BV (owned by Origin)
Business: IT Management Education
Job: Finance Controller
Period: Five months; May/ October 1998
Jobdescription: Responsible for accounting, project administration, planning
& control and fulfiillment. Two people reported to me directly. I also
reported inside situation to the Accounting Manager of Origin.

Employer: Origin Nederland BV
Business: IT-consultancy and systems engeneering
Job: Subsidiairy Accountant
Period: Eight months; September 1997/ May 1998
Jobdescription: Responsible for the monthly closing activities of two
subsidiaries, which consist of accounting, financial analyses and
reporting.

Employer: Ludolf Beye Import en Export
Business: Import and export of potted plants
Job: Manager financial administration
Period: Five months; June / November 1997
Jobdescription: Head of accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable
and payroll. Day to day business and annual reporting. Three people were reporting to me directly.

Employer: Bank Labouchere NV
Business: Investment banking
Job: Backoffice executive
Period: 11 months; July 1996/ June 1997
Jobdescription: Two specific tasks. I had reorganize the financing structure
of the bank’s subsidisiry, Legio Lease. This company leases equity to consumers.The financing of the purchases from the stockmarket is done by the bank. There was a wide variety of products and new issues of products. After a number of years the financing structure became incoherent and unclear, so it needed reorganisation, The second job was to sort out a problem in VAT accounting, and hand a solution to prevent problems in the future.

Employer: KEMA
Business: Utility and means of power research
Job: Accounting Consultant
Period: Eight months; October 1995/ June 1996
Jobdescription: This company had just implemented Oracle for their finance
Administration. Their was something wrong in the system. The sum of the parts (businessunits) balances did not equal the outcome of the company's total balance. My job was to fix is, write a report about it, and to write a procedure to make sure this defect would not occur again, and to teach the businessunit accountants how use the proper procedure, and why.

Employer: ENECO NV
Business: Utilityprovider
Job: Accountant/ Consultant
Period: Seven months; November 1994/ June 1995
Jobdescription: This company moved from central financial administration
activities to decentral. My job to kill the central debtorsadministration,
and have all balances moved to the different businessunit systems.

Emplorer: Myself
Business: Accounting firm
Job: Owner
Period: May 1994/ June 1997
Jobdescription: Setting up an own accountingfirm after leaving
Driebergen&Driebergen. After discovering freelancing for large companies, I put it beside me and only serviced the clients I had at that moment. Later I
stopped my activities, because I wanted to focus on freelancing totally.

Employer: Driebergen & Driebergen Accountants
Business: Accountants/Auditors firm
Job: Accountmanager.
Period: 12 months; May 1993 / May 1994

I held a portfolio of clients, and was responsible for all (usual
accountants) actions to be taken for these clients. Five other assistants
reported to me as far as their activities involved those clients.

Employer: Ernst & Young Accountants (and predeccessors)
Business: Accountantsfirm
Job: Accountmanager / systemscontroller
Period: 9 Years; May 1984 / May 1993
Jobdescription: I held a portfolio of clients, and was responsible for all
(usual accountants) actions to be taken for these clients. Six other assistants reported to me as far as their activities involved those clients. I also was responsible for the (local) network and computersystem.




Education

M.A.V.O. 1977
H.A.V.O 1979
PD boekhouden 1982 Accounting diploma (base level)
M.B.A. 1983 Accounting diploma (extended level)
SPD I and II 1992 Accounting and Business administration diploma
(level inbetween Bachellors and Masters degree)



Languages

Dutch (native)
English (fluent)
German (conversation level)

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