Trilingual People manager, driven by a strong interest in ICT, with broad experience in finance management, accounting, reporting, analyses, budgets, organisation, administration, financial- and staff management.

• Strong motivator and leader, mature personality
• Team-player, social, flexible, studious
• Excellent communication skills
• Punctual, orderly, very well organised
• Analytical, very good with numbers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE as Interim Manager

Cembrit • Aartselaar

 As one of the leading distributors and manufacturers of fibre-cement products in Europe, Cembrit offers a wide range of Durable Products and solutions for Facade, Roofing, Indoor and Build.

• 04/05/20 – 10/07/20

Finance & HR Manager Western Europe (BE, NL, FR, GE)

• Responsible for the Financial and Administrative departments for the Belgian, Dutch, French and German entities.  Team of 3 FTE’s
• Responsible for the complete accounting of the Western region in AX Dynamics in IFRS (16).
• Accounting A-Z for the German entity.
• Responsible for month end closing and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the Holding in Hyperion (HFM).
• Ad hoc reporting in Power BI.
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Contact with external Accounting firms in all the countries. 
• HR & Payroll responsible for BE, NL and Ge, follow up on Corona measures in thes 3 countries.
• Communication 60% Dutch, 30% English, 5 % French and 5% German.

Reditech Engineering • Bornem

Reditech provides solutions trough software and engineering to help you automate your complete production environment. 65 automation consultants are available for turnkey projects, staffing and interventions.  Reditech has offices in Belgium, Holland, UK, Signapore and Thailand.

• 05/08/19 – 31/10/19 ► Extended to 17/04/2020

Finance Manager

• Responsible for the Financial and Administrative department. Team of 2 FTE’s
• Coaching and training of the administrative employees (who don’t have a finance background).
• Responsible for the complete accounting of the entire Group in Exact online. Bringing the accounting standards to a higher level.
• Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the CEO’s in Bright Analytics.
• Setting up cashflow reporting and other ad hoc reportings.
• Preparing the Annual Accounts for all entities.
• Setting up a new accounting in May 2019 (Aerts et Filot Labaratoires sprl) in AXI due to an acquisition.
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Contact with external Accounting firms (DNF, Vermetten).
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Communication 95% Dutch, 5% English.

BARC/Cerba Healthcare Belgium • Zwijnaarde

Cerba Healthcare is an international network of medical biology laboratories that offers a comprehensive solution in terms of biological diagnosis from the sample centre to the specialities laboratory. BARC facilitates clinical studies on new medicines around the world.

• 05/11/18 – 30/06/19 ► Extended to 09/07/2019

Financial Accounting Manager

• Responsible for the Financial and Administrative department. Team of 5 FTE’s
• Coaching of all Finance employees in Belgium, 5 FTE’s 4 companies.
• Responsible for the complete and analytical accounting of 4 companies in AXI.
• Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the French Mother in SAP BFC (Viareport).
• Preparing the Annual Accounts for all entities and the Annual Works Council for Cerba Healthcare Belgium.
• Setting up a new accounting in May 2019 (Aerts et Filot Labaratoires sprl) in AXI due to an acquisition.
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Contact with external Audit Firm (PWC).
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Communication 70% Dutch, 25 % French, 5% English

Showpad • Ghent

Showpad has developed an all-in-one sales enablement platform that makes it easy for sales to discover, present, and share the right content for each buyer and invest more in the content and buyer experiences that impact revenue.

• 06/08/18 – 06/10/18 ► Extended to 26/10/2018

Financial Consultant

• Implementing a Purchase Order Module in the ERP system Netsuite :
  • Defining the scope of the project
  • First line contact with the developers (Deloitte)
  • Testing the PO Module
  • Training the people involved and documenting the entire process
• Setting up and finetuning the Management Reporting in Adaptive :
  • Setting up a Cash Flow Statement
  • Setting up a Condensed Balance Sheet report (Including eliminations for consolidation)
  • Finetuning the Balance Sheet report

PRG (Production Resource Group) • Tildonk

PRG is the world’s leading provider in Entertainment and Event Technology Solutions.  PRG has clients in the world of concerts & festivals, automotive events, fashion shows, corporate events etc. This all over the world.  PRG Central Europe consists of PRG Belgium (2 companies), PRG Netherlands, France and Spain.

• 11/12/17 – 31/03/18 ► Extended to 30/04/2018

Director Finance, HR & Administration Central Europe

• Responsible for the complete Central Europe Financial and Administrative departments (including IT). Team of 10 FTE’s
• Co responsible for the daily management of the companies in Belgium (+/- 100 employees).
• Coaching of all back office employees in PRG CE.
• Setting up a set of reporting tools (actuals, forecasts,…).
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Responsible for monthly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the Management.
• Contact with external Audit Firm (Grant Thornton) and banks, insurance companies and leasing company.
• Fleet Manager.
• Follow up on the complete and analytical accounting in US GAAP in Oracle.
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Making monthly forecasts and variancy analyses.
• HR Management from A to Z.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE on payroll

CAVIAR • Brussels

Caviar is a production company with several companies in Belgium, London, Paris, Madrid and LA.  Caviar makes commercials worldwide  (Coca-Cola, Nike, Fanta,…) and movies & tv series (Black, Sprakeloos, clan, Amateurs, Het Lichaam van Coppens,…).  In Belgium Caviar has 9 companies.

• 01/02/15 – 10/12/17        

Financial & HR Manager / General Manager

• Responsible for the complete Belgian Financial and Administrative departments (including IT).
• Co responsible for the daily management of the company (+/- 50 employees).
• Coaching of all employees in Caviar.
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Responsible for all budgets, including perennial strategic plans.
• Responsible for quarterly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the BoD.
• Responsible for the annual accounts and corporate taxes.
• Contact with external Audit Firm (BDO) and Ministry of Finance (taxes, VAT), banks, insurance companies and leasing company.
• Fleet Manager.
• Follow up on the complete and analytical accounting in Belgian GAAP and IFRS in Agresso (ERP software).
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Making monthly forecasts and variancy analyses.
• HR Management from A to Z.

GHENT DREDGING NV • Ghent

Ghent Dredging is one of the bigger players on the Belgian dredging market. It’s active in Belgium, France and Holland.  Financially it’s an extremely healthy company that continuously grows.

• 01/02/13 – 31/01/15     

Financial & Administration Manager / Internal Prevention Advisor / Responsible Safety &Quality

• Responsible for the Financial and Administrative departments.
• Co responsible for the daily management of the company (+/- 50 employees).
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts
• Responsible for quarterly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the MD and BoD.
• Responsible for the annual accounts and corporate taxes.
• Contact with external Audit Firm (Deloitte) and Ministry of Finance (taxes, VAT), banks, insurance companies and leasing company.
• Accounting (a-z) for the French and Dutch companies.
• Follow up on the complete and analytical accounting in Belgian GAAP.
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Making quarterly forecasts and variancy analyses.
• Responsible for public tenders and administrative follow up on granted tenders.
• Internal prevention adviser and responsible safety & quality ( VCA ** and ISO 9001).

ENDEMOL BELGIUM NV • Mechelen

Endemol is a tv production company with several companies all over the world. It’s known for formats as The Voice, Big Brother, The Wall, Baantjer

• 16/07/08 – 15/01/13  

Financial & Administration Manager

• Responsible for the complete Belgian Financial and Administrative departments (including IT).
• Co responsible for the daily management of the company (+/- 30 employees).
• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Responsible for all budgets, including perennial strategic plans.
• Responsible for monthly, quarterly and annual closings and fiscal declarations. Reporting to the MD and BoD in SAP BPC.
• Responsible for the annual accounts and corporate taxes.
• Contact with external Audit Firm (BDO) and Ministry of Finance (taxes, VAT) and BBI, banks, insurance companies and leasing company.
• Complete and analytical accounting from a-z in Belgian GAAP and IFRS.
• Fleet Manager.
• Follow up on the complete and analytical accounting in Belgian GAAP and IFRS in Agresso (ERP software).
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Making monthly forecasts and variancy analyses.
• HR Management from A to Z.
  

Universal Music / ARS ENTERTAINMENT,  BMC PUBLISHING and HARVEST PROPERTIES • Kontich / Woluwe

ARS is the record company of artists such as Laura Lynn, Milk Inc and of hitcompilations as ‘De Foute CD van D&O’, ‘Kids Top 20’ ‘Tien om te zien’ etc.  ARS also releases DVD’s of Belgians best known Tv series such as ‘Familie’, ‘Wittekerke’ and Katarakt and is also a major  player on the market of give-aways with newspapers and magazines.

• 13/10/03 – 15/07/08

Financial Controller  – Royalty & Copyright Manager

• Financial controlling, monitoring of costs and margins, reconciliation of accounts.
• Monthly reporting to Managing Director and (foreign) Holding in Hyperion.
• Experience with external audit and control institutes.
• P&L analyses, pre- and post-calculations.
• Ad hoc analyses concerning different departments.
• Making monthly forecasts and variancy analyses.
• Making contracts with musicians and other record companies concerning exploitation of their music.
• Monthly processing of sales figures.
• Financial administration of advances towards musicians, authors/composers and other record companies and publishers.
• Semi-annual processing of sales figures in Record Maestro (Counterpoint), royalty/copyright statements. Processing sales figures to Sabam.
• Specialised in all kinds of rights in music industry.
• Former member of the BoD of Simim.

VRYDAGH & BORIAU NV • STROMBEEK-BEVER

V&B is a credit collection company with 6 internal employees en 6 external inspectors.  Biggest clients are Electrabel and AXA Belgium.

• 15/04/03 – 25/07/03

Office Manager

• Quarterly reporting to clients.
• Strong interest in IT, I’ve made this office paper free.
• Stern but polity credit management.
• Contact with clients, lawyers and bailiffs.
• Co responsible for the daily management of the company (6 employees).

LIGHTNING RECORDS NV • Deurne

Lightning Records NV was a record company with 8 employees, 15 exclusive and 50 free-lance musicians and with 4 recording studios.  The company went bankrupt on 11/03/03.

• 13/01/97 – 11/03/03 

Royalty & Account Manager

• Monthly processing of sales figures.
• Financial administration of advances towards musicians, authors/composers and other record companies and publishers.
• Semi-annual processing of sales figures in excel, royalty/copyright statements. Processing sales figures to Sabam.
• Preparation of the accounting (external accountant)

Dutch : Native language
English : Excellent verbal & written knowledge
French : Very good verbal & written knowledge
German : Basic verbal & written knowledge

COMPUTER LITERACY

Excellent knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Access en Powerpoint in Windows and Mac Os.
Axi, Exact, Venice, Oracle, Fiadpro, JD Edwards, ADM 2000 and Wings : accounting software
Netsuite, Agresso, Cordis and Winhits : ERP systems
SAP BFC, Adaptive, SAP BPC, Hyperion and Report Builder : reporting software
Isabel : payment software
Record Maestro : royalty/copyright software

PERSONAL DATA

Belgian, born in Brasschaat on 31 October 1971.
In a relation, 1 daughter.
Former president fraternity Hermes 1994-95 (500 members).
Former member of the BoD of Simim June 2007 – July 2008.
Former member of the management of footballclub Gooreind SV 1997-2001.
Passion : Music and skiing
Hobby : Books, Sports