Van Der Geest Financieel Management

Interim assignments - Sr Financial Management positions

Owner

Easywalker

- Management of P&L, balance sheet & cashflow
- Preparation of Budget 2025
- Sparring partner for owner & shareholders

Head of Finance a.i.

Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a carve out from ABB and have migrated to a new SAP platform (S4HANA)
in Apr-23. The assignment includes, amongst others:
• Re-create and strengthen end-to-end processes
• Improve data quality
• Set up qualitative forecasting
• Financial management of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow
• Implementation of SOX controls

Sr Business Unit Controller a.i.

Voorschoten '97

Voluntary role in the board of Football & Athletics Club Voorschoten ‘97. 
- Management of P&L, balance sheet & cash flow
- Creation of long term strategic vision & P&L statement
- Stakeholder management, incl local goverment
- Set up of joint buying desk with multiple sport venues

Treasurer (voluntary)

L'Oréal

Building a Benelux Finance & Controlling organization, incl. 
- Creation of BNL Finance & Controlling structure
- Harmonize & simplify tools, processes and ways of working
- Creation of one BNL P&L and KPI reporting
- Manage tax impact of new structure
- Managing a team of 50 FTE
- Member of the Benelux ManCom

Responsibilities:
- P&L, Balance Sheet and CAPEX management
- Business Unit Controlling
- Corporate Controlling
- Accounting
- Tax 
- Internal Control
- Purchasing

CFO L’Oreal Netherlands & L’Oreal Belgilux

Responsible for Accounting, Tax, Controlling, Internal Control & Purchasing for L’Oréal Netherlands. Member of the country ManCom. Managing a team of 35 people.

CFO L’Oreal Netherlands

Responsible for the L'Oreal Consumer Products Division in the Nordics
- Change management: Develop a new, more centralized controlling organization
- Re-define, harmonize and simplify controlling processes on a Nordic level and in the countries
- Improve the level of internal control
- Management of Planning & Control cycle
- Control of Sales & Marketing budgets, OPEX and CAPEX
- Develop team members
- 4 direct and 7 indirect reports

Finance Director Nordics Consumer Products Division

Responsible for the L'Oreal Consumer Products Division P&L in the Netherlands (50% of total L'Oreal NL turnover):
- Management of Planning & Control cycle
- Control of Sales & Marketing budgets, OPEX and CAPEX
- Set up and maintain high level of internal control 
- Strategic vision on the development of the division
- Develop team members
- Member of the Management Team.
- 4 direct reports.

Business Unit Controller CPD Netherlands

Responsible for implementing a promotional planning and analyzing tool, being able to analyze promotional efficiency taking into account different external factors like competitors promotions, media, etc. Leading a team of 4 people, working together with external consultants. Direct reporting to L'Oreal HQ.

Project Leader Promotional Analyzing & Forecasting Tool

Sales Controller Consumer Product Division

Footgolf Masters

Organising a Footgolf event raising €13.500 for the Dirk Kuyt Foundation, a foundation which supports disabled people to join all kinds of sports. The event is a combination of soccer and golf where amateurs and 20 professional players, like Denny Landzaat, Lex Immers, Edwin Zoetebier, Joost Broerse, Barry van Galen, Barry Opdam and lots of others compete eachother. The organisation includes raising sponsors, promotion and marketing of the event (both online and in media), several buying trajects and operations.

Founder

Heineken

Business Consultant

Assistent Controller Retail

Strong finance professional with more than 20 years of experience in management, controlling and financial projects in fast paced, complex and international environments. Dedicated and result driven manager with a strategic focus, being able to delegate and to build winning teams. Strong analytical skills, business oriented and always trying to find solutions.

Specialties:
- Management
- Business unit controlling
- Corporate controlling
- Internal control/audit 
- Purchasing
- FMCG industry
- SAP (BW)
- Project management
- Building strong teams

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