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Interim Management/Consultant

Work Experience

Entrepreneurial Professional Experience
Nov 2003 - Dec 2003 PEOPLEXS
Responsible for Sales and business development. See below for an explanation on the company and responsibilities.

Dec 2002 – Oct 2003 GENERAL ELECTRIC - CAPITAL, EEM
(T.I.P. & Modular Space - Amsterdam Shared Service Centre)
EEM offers services that are customer-focused and centered on renting, leasing, selling and buying of modular spaces, trailers and storage equipment. Additionally, customers can take advantage of many innovative value-added services ranging from mobile maintenance to trailer delivery to vehicle protection plans.

HQ Accountant a.i.
Day to day accounting. Monthly closure work for three separate holding companies. Maintenance of the Internal Billing System for EEM. GL maintenance in SmartStream (Dunn & Bradstreet), account reconciliations, reconciling and sorting out historical problems and prepare statutory accounts and consolidation for local GAAP, liaising with External KPMG consultants and auditors, VAT filings.

Since Nov 2000 PEOPLEXS
(Fulltime 03’02 – 12’02)PeopleXS is a software development company that builds Internet solutions and provides project consulting for recruitment. PeopleXS is the software application created for the on-line recruitment market.

Co-Founder and Consultant
•Operational responsibilities in business development, sales, consulting (implementations), project management,. Activities include process analyses and re-design of business procedures for the various customers.
•General finance & administration. Developed financial budgets and strategic plans for start up and financing.

Employed Professional Experience:
Oct 1995 – Feb 2002 NU SKIN ENTERPRISES
Nu Skin Enterprises is one of the largest direct-selling companies that distributes premium quality health and skin care products and services through three core business opportunities, Big Planet, Pharmanex and Nu Skin Personal Care. The regional European office in Hoofddorp is a business service center for the European markets.

Mar 2001 – Feb 2002 Business Controller - Central Europe
Internal Controlling, Analyses and re-design of business processes and structures. Advising management on improvements. Liaising with IT on process automation. Coordinate, facilitate and analyze management reporting. Quarterly financial business reviews.
Special Achievement: ERP Project Implementation of Microsoft Axapta, finance modules

Sep 1998 - Feb 2001 Finance Manager
Developing strategic financials plans and budgets for the local markets (Benelux and France), developing internal controls, coordinating internal/external audits, preparing monthly and quarterly financial statements and management reports, analysis monthly financials, preparing VAT returns (including returns for Danish, Swedish and Icelandic distant selling organizations), coordinating payroll and income tax returns, cash flow management, payroll, accounts payable and general ledgers, Intercompany accounting, supervising a team of two administrators and an Accountant.

Special Achievements:
-Business process analyses and Workflow design for automation of the various administrative processes and improved controls (such as credit card payment & authorization collections, interface electronic payments a/o, cash flow planning, reconciliations, and management reporting tools).
-Set up procedures for the sales reconciliation/accounts receivables, accounts payables a/o.
-Implementation of European Network Account (ENA) from ABN AMRO through the region to improve cash visibility
-Implementation of functional cost center reporting structures

Oct 1995 – Aug 1998 Finance & Operations
Planning/coordinating human resources, payrolls (Exact ‘E-Salaris’), supervising the regional inventory control function, analyzing and planning the product by product sales forecasts (SAP), accounts payable (Platinum), short-term cash flow management, VAT returns NSNL, NSEU and NSI, Regional Cost accounting, safe guarding the transfer prices, administrating Intercompany transactions, Intercompany invoicing, and assisting the local financial manager and regional finance controller.

Special Achievements:
-Developed inventory spreadsheet model with 12 month rolling forecast by product. Later this was used as SAP upload interface worldwide. Furthermore initiated a push model in order to improve the inventory turns and minimize inventory, warehousing and shipping costs dramatically.
-Coordinated set up of transfer pricing rulings and achieved customs rulings for the regional import function of Nu Skin International, Inc. under a bonded warehouse facility.

Education

Oct 1999 - Jun 2001 Master Business Administration
Webster University (St. Louis) Diploma June 2001

Completed courses Webster Leiden Campus:
-International Accounting
-Advanced Corporate Finance
-Business Information Systems
-Entrepreneurial Finance/Venture Capital
-Managerial Economics
-Organizational Behaviour
-Managing Entrepreneurs
-Cross Cultural Management
-Operations Management
-Business Policies and Strategies

Completed Courses Webster Bangkok (Cha-am), Thailand -Campus:
-Marketing
-Applied Business Statistics

Aug 1995 - Sep 1998 HEAO-BE, Haagse Hoge School, Sector E&M – diploma 1998
Seminar communication and management techniques
Integration Project: advisory group for re-structuring the VVV-Laakdam
Thesis: ‘Inventory Control at Nu Skin Europe BV’

Jul 1993-Aug 1995 California Carlsbad Mission, USA (Non-profit Experience)
Performed voluntary and missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Worked as teacher and trainer. Held district and zone leadership position. Worked directly as assistant to the mission president. Gave and received various management & leadership trainings in these various capacities.

Sep 1990 - Jul 1993 HEAO-AC, Haagse Hoge School, E&M
1st and 2nd year Accounting

Aug 1983 - Jul 1989 HAVO – Dalton Scholengemeenschap (Den Haag)

Skills

Experience with Smartstream GL (from Dunn & Bradstreet)
Experience with Navision Axapta (Finance modules)
Experience with Exact ‘E-Salaris’
Extensive Experience with Platinum financial software by Epicore
Extensive Experience with FRx Report Generator from Epicore
Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel
Experience with Microsoft Project
Experience with SAP/R3 Inventory Forecasting & MRP

Languages

Fluent in English (written & spoken)

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