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Jonathan

Consultant - Owner
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, SEO, Wordpress, profitability analysis, cash flow management, budgeting, accounting softwares and multilevel communication in Dutch, French and English.
亮點顧問有限公司 - Enlightened Consulting
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Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Taipei, Taiwan

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Accountant / Treasurer
    Financial Analyst
    Digital Marketer
  • Fields
    Accounting
    Finance
    Marketing / Communications
  • Work experience
    10-15 years (6-10 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 1-5 people
  • Skills
    Communication
    CRM
    Digital Marketing
    SEO
    Wordpress
    Canva
  • Languages
    English
    Native or Bilingual
    Dutch
    Native or Bilingual
    French
    Professional
    Chinese
    Intermediate
  • Highest level of education
    Master

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
    Consultant - Owner
  • Desired work locations
    Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Freelance
    Full-time freelancer

Work Experience

Consultant – Owner

Nov 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
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General Manager

Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
9 mos
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 casino and camping industries

Finance Manager

Sep 2017 - Oct 2018
1 yr 2 mos
- 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

Sep 2016 - Sep 2017
1 yr 1 mo
- 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

Nov 2015 - Sep 2016
11 mos
- 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

Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
1 yr 0 mos
- 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

Oct 2013 - Dec 2014
1 yr 3 mos
Oct 2013 - Dec 2014 gap year, Gjun (Taipei, Taiwan) ,

Accounts assistant

Dec 2012 - Oct 2013
11 mos
- 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

Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
4 mos

Financial Advisor

Feb 2011 - May 2011
4 mos

Education

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Other
Certificate in Business Accounting
2015 - 2015
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Master of Science (MS)
Finance, Economics
2011 - 2012
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Business Administration
2008 - 2011
High School Diploma
Mathematics, Science
2000 - 2008