Description

Interim-CFO en financieel strateeg met sterke ervaring in scale-ups, PE-backed bedrijven en het MKB.

Ik combineer financial expertise (modellering, businesscases, pricing, rapportages) met hands-on commerciële ervaring in marktontwikkeling, key account management en commerciële procesverbetering.

Dankzij mijn achtergrond in zowel finance als commercie kan ik strategische keuzes doorvertalen naar uitvoerbare plannen, van omzetgroei tot operationele automatisering.

Languages

Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Utrecht (up to 50km)

Freelance
Finance-as-a-Service Consultant
January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Primarily offering financial planning, value creation, fundraising and sales operations services to fast-growing start- and scale-ups.

Financial modelling and analysis services:
Liquidity planning
Fundraising & investor readiness
(Hiring) scenario planning
Business case development
Valuations
Reporting & KPI/OKR dashboards
Interim/fractional projects: Finance process improvements / automation, Sales targets & incentive plans, Pricing strategy and margin improvement
Financial Modeling Pricing strategy Fundraising Financial Reporting Sales Excellence
Swiss B2B SaaS scale-up (Series A)
CFO
SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
March 2022 - October 2024 (2 years and 7 months)
Zurich, Switzerland
As commercial Head of Finance/ CFO I acted as trusted strategic partner to the CEO and was part of the management team. During the first 18 months I balanced dual roles as Head of Finance (50%) and BD Manager (50%).
Key achievements:
Raised Series A round, and convertible debt (bridge loan)
Multiplied revenue, mainly through pricing improvements. Led pricing improvement projects in cooperation with sales team
Created and implemented incentive plans leading to the above mentioned growth
Designed and implemented financial strategies to shift company focus from pure top line growth to profitability, while maintaining strong revenue growth
Built financial model (5 yr. forecast) from scratch to enable data-driven decision making on funding requirements, new market entries, pricing, FTE growth and cost structure
Built investor reporting from scratch on all relevant sales, financial and other company metrics, shared within 5 business days after each month
Established and maintained relationships with key investors, resulting in successful follow-on rounds and convertible debt financing
Managed external accountant (CH), tax advisor (CH & DE) and auditor (CH)
Led the establishment of the German entity: legal, incorporation, payroll, taxes etc.
Sales: built the Dutch market from scratch, acquiring new clients like ING, Deloitte, Ahold Delhaize, Heineken, PepsiCo and Fugro
Pricing strategy Sales Excellence Budgeting Financial Modeling Fundraising
PE-backed retail scale-up
Business Development Manager
PRIVATE EQUITY
December 2019 - February 2022 (2 years and 2 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Responsible for development of new and existing partnerships, creating profitable business cases, commercial proposals and tender bids. Due to my financial modelling background I was involved in (re)financing, budgeting processes and financial reporting to shareholders. Reported directly to the CEO on most projects.
Lead in successful development of new partnership (business case, technical layout, contract draft and negotiations) for 10 sites in Germany
Project co-lead on tender bid to an international railway company (won)
Multiple financial/ commercial proposals to key partners (largest oil industry players) to enable a profitable continuation of our cooperation
Successful debt/shareholder (re)financing during the first months of COVID-19
Built company budget model & 5-year forecast model
Provided key insights for renegotiation of Capex agreements with railway partner
Financial Modeling Revenue Operations Corporate Finance Sales Contract Negotiation