Baard Bjørndal - Consultant

Norway

Experience

Aug 2020 - Present

5 years 6 months

Consultant

Management for hire

Implementation SAP ERP Public Cloud
Internal controls and process documentation for a large Norwegian co-operative
Financial controller Norway for a healthcare company. Improvement of processes, reporting to group and year end statutory reporting. Systems IFS as ERP, Cognos for reporting
Business Solution Manager SAP Finance for Alliance Healthcare Norway (Retail and Wholesale)
Translate business requirements to IT requirements, create business case if required, prepare required change request, drive for effective and improved use of existing systems
Initiated and participated in the replacement of Oracle Financials with SAP S4 Hana Cloud
Initiated and participated in upgrade of SAP S4 Hana from version 1808 to version 2021

Apr 2019 - Aug 2020

1 year 5 months

Senior Consultant

Devoteam Fornebu Consulting AS

Advisor within systems implementation and process improvement
Assisted with implementation of NetSuite at a major Nordic hotel group
Responsible for test management, release management and defect management
Worked closely with NetSuite consultants and the customer’s integration team
Supported the project manager with project planning and stakeholder management

May 2014 - Mar 2019

4 years 11 months

General Manager

NG Fellestjenester AS

General Manager for Shared Services Transactional Processing within the NG group, managing 12 employees. NG Group is the largest recycling company in Norway
Managed Shared Services department, transactional processing for the NG group
Reconciliation of intercompany balances
Outsourced the accounting and payroll to service provider in Lithuania

May 2014 - May 2015

1 year 1 month

Department Manager

Management for hire

Oct 2009 - Apr 2014

4 years 7 months

Nordic Finance Controller

Pepsico Nordic

Responsible for reporting, cash flow forecasting, balance sheet forecasting, and internal controls
Project participant from the Nordics MU during the creation of a new SAP template for the West Europe region

Mar 2007 - Oct 2009

2 years 8 months

Associate

Resources Global Professionals

Internal controls advisor/compliance at oil service company
Compliance audit at pharmaceutical company

Aug 2005 - Feb 2007

1 year 7 months

Sarbanes Oxley Manager

Telenor Eiendom

Planned, facilitated, monitored and reported on the compliance status
Improvement of processes and controls
Documented existing and new business processes
Business process reengineering

Jan 2002 - Dec 2005

4 years

Consultant

Bjorndal Consulting

Systems implementation assignments for Reckitt Benckiser, Stolt Seafarm ASA, TiTech Visionsort AS, Dekkmann AS
Sarbanes Oxley/internal controls, IT audits, documentation and testing for Enersys, Exide, Columbus McKinnon, PGS ASA, McCann

Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

3 years

Senior Consultant CRM

Ementor

Implementation of Siebel eBusiness applications
Set up of SAP/Siebel integration
Provided technical and functional support, 1st and 2nd line

Jan 1998 - Dec 2000

3 years

Senior Consultant (Finance) ERP

Capgemini

Implemented BaaN IV at Glamox ASA
Trained in Oracle, BaaN and JD Edwards

Jan 1997 - Dec 1998

2 years

Business Controller

Honeywell

Implemented Oracle GL as the Norwegian project participant in a cross Nordic team
Worked with reporting and process improvement in connection with the close process

Jan 1987 - Dec 1998

12 years

Various positions within auditing, accounting, management

Wide experience within auditing, accounting and management
Worked as business controller, finance manager, accounting manager, general manager, project manager, auditor

Summary

Extensive experience within Auditing, Accounting, Business Controlling, Financial Controller, Management of Shared Services, Outsourcing
Extensive expertise within reporting and month and annual close in both international and national companies
Cash flow reporting
Project Management (Prince 2 Foundation Certified)
Advisor within systems implementation of ERP Finance and CRM, systems management/-improvement and process improvement
Internal Control/ Sarbanes Oxley, Documentation and GAP analysis, IT & Finance Audits/Internal Controls Advisor (FCPA)/ Compliance Audit
Implementation SAP S4 HANA Cloud and upgrade of SAP S4 HANA Cloud (v1808 to 2021), super user SAP ECC