Board and Business Advisor, part-time

Reported to Group CIO, managing stakeholder relationships across Finance, IT, Operations, Treasury, Legal and Audit functions. Led up to 100 FTEs and governed >€25M in annual budgets.

Led the Finance IT integration of the Group's largest M&A deal, executing the platform migration (SAP-to-Oracle), introducing them to the Group Shared Service Centre (FSSC) and ensuring post-acquisition operational stability and business continuity.

Successfully integrated 15 additional multi-country acquisitions across cybersecurity, laboratory and TIC services; directed financial integration planning, system migration roadmaps and coordinated with local and regional management teams and Operations on execution and go-live stabilization.

Managed due diligence and post-close integration planning for each acquisition, including assessment of legacy systems, financial processes, compliance requirements and integration risk.

Coordinated the outsourcing and restructuring of Finance IT operations, transitioning 90% of global IT tasks to an external partner while maintaining >95% service level agreements and critical service delivery; implemented ITIL and ServiceNow frameworks.

Co-authored the redesign of the finance operating model incorporating risk management controls and compliance frameworks, rolling out standardized financial governance across 45 new Group countries.

Led the multi-year NextGen ERP & EPM fit-gap evaluation (D365, SAP, Oracle Cloud) and developed comprehensive financial forecasts including TCO/ROI analysis, multi-year cash flow projections and capital allocation scenarios ranging between €50-100M+ in transformation investment.

Championed cloud-first strategy, expanding to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure; deployed 10+ SaaS solutions across Finance, Legal and HR functions, retiring obsolete systems while establishing modern analytics (Power BI).

Accountable IT partner to the CFO for the 35,000 user ERP and enterprise systems ecosystem; oversaw strategy, planning, projects and operations in 140 countries with 45 holistically revamped.

Stabilized finance and back-office IT systems and processes following a major Private Equity ownership transition; moved transactional work offshore to reduce cost structure; closed the 2018 FY audit in record time to support PE portfolio company revaluation and investor reporting.

Led comprehensive due diligence and post-deal integration for a double-the-size acquisition covering 20 African countries and business in the Middle East; performed detailed techno-functional audit of financial systems, operational processes, AI lending tools and contract/liability landscape.

Directed the financial integration and transition planning, including unified Chart of Accounts, payment systems harmonization, consolidation architecture and regulatory compliance frameworks across diverse jurisdictions; guided and coached local teams through integration.

Implemented Oracle Cloud ERP across 30+ countries, replacing fragmented legacy systems; managed cross-country data migration, established standardized financial processes, improved reporting accuracy by 40% while reducing team and systems costs.

Commercialized a complementary service for HR spend under management for Fortune 500 clients; the pay agency service became a differentiator and helped retain and attract new clients across all global regions.

Led 15 FTE strong cross-functional IT, Finance, Operations and HR teams to implement and operate the pay agency service, delivering integrated vendor-middleman-client reconciliation, orchestrating reverse invoicing, aggregated payments, tax reporting and securing compliance for the cross-border solution.