Jonathan
I am a driven business consultant who challenges and improves existing processes and systems. I enjoy setting and accomplishing challenges for myself and with my team.
My expertise lies in MS Excel, financial analysis, cash flow management, budgeting, accounting, SEO, Wordpress, Digital marketing and multilevel communication in Dutch, French and English.
Work Experience
Consultant – Owner • 亮點顧問有限公司 - Enlightened Consulting
November 2018 - Present
- Maximized European business clients’ financial efficiency:
- Standardized consolidation & Guided local accountants, CFO & shareholders
- Streamlined cashflow, P&L, budgeting, payments, overhead reporting
- Boosted profitability by analysing P&L and slashing costs across ecommerce companies by at least 20%
- Analysed PSP/acquirer data which resulted in the collection of reserves +80k EUR
- Digital marketing services (Wordpress, affiliate marketing, content creation and SEO)
- Business management and consultancy services – https://enlightenedservices.org
- Provide wealth solutions to clients – https://brighttrades.net
General Manager • 波思貝有限公司 - Posebay
August 2022 - April 2023
Marketing agency
- Hire and manage a marketing team : marketing manager, operations manager, and customer
service agents and manager.
- Set up and manage live chat, advertising, support ticketing, social media, SEO & build websites
- Manage client's marketing budget in the cryptocurrency, casino and camping industries
Finance Manager • Iron Group
September 2017 - October 2018
- Hired and mentored accountants & payment-assistant
- Centralized consolidation and month-end processes across all entities which caused closing and consolidation times to be halved.
- Project management: Headed implementation of Concur to accelerate month-end closing
- Developed forecasts and budget for all aspects of the P&L & Balance sheet
- Financial control: Screened all balance sheets, P&L, payments, revenue and VAT calculations
Accountant • Iron Group
September 2016 - September 2017
- Optimised cash flow forecast accuracy through debtor reconciliations and expense forecasting
- Forged relationships with lawyers, auditors, local tax authorities NL, UK & IRL
- Cut time spent by 14 finance staff on month-end processes by creating excel functions and
macro's/VBA to automate revenue, accrual and journal creation
- Decrease Sage X3 & XRT implementation costs by at least 5k GBP by using VBA to transfer data
- Entered all accounting entries AR, AP & GL to produce P&L, Balance sheet and declare taxes
Group Finance Assistant • Onefinestay
November 2015 - September 2016
- Led consolidation, capital expenditure, stock usage procedures and analysis across the group
and reported findings to senior management. Included macro's to improve everyone's work.
- Minimised chargebacks, rejection rates and cash reporting errors through analysis of PSP data.
- Balance sheet reconciliations incl. bank, prepayments, interco & fx
- Expense allocations by city cost centre (in Xero) and revenue reconciliations
Credit Controller • Kuoni
December 2014 - November 2015
- Accelerated the collection, allocation and analysis of accounts worth 3m EUR/month
- Built relationships with customers and sales in French and English
- Created macro's (VBA) that send email statements to client's which saved hours for 15 people.
English Teacher • Kuoni
October 2013 - December 2014
Oct 2013 - Dec 2014 gap year, Gjun (Taipei, Taiwan) ,
Accounts assistant • Interoute
December 2012 - October 2013
- Analysed credit reports/annual reports to accept or reject prospective client's
- Advised account managers and client's in French, Dutch & English
- Collected up to 2.5m EUR/month by resolving disputes e.g. a payment plan, credit notes, etc.
- Improve own and colleagues' efficiency by creating macro's/add-ins
Marketing Assistant - Voluntary Internship • Society
June 2012 - September 2012
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Financial Advisor • Ergo Insurance
February 2011 - May 2011
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Education
2015 - 2015
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Certificate in Business Accounting
2011 - 2012
Nottingham Trent University
Finance,Economics
2008 - 2011
Ghent University College
Business Administration
2000 - 2008
Wispelberg High school
Mathematics,Science
Skills
- Communication
- Forecasts
- Analysis
- CRM
- Accounting Softwares
- Ms. Excel
- VBA
- Accounting
- Digital Marketing
- Office 365
- Sage Accounting Software
- Oracle
- Microsoft Dynamics
Languages
- English — Native or Bilingual
- Dutch — Native or Bilingual
- French — Professional
- Chinese — Intermediate
