JK Financial Services

Controlling, M&A’s, Treasury, Credit & Collection

About us

We provide full or part-time financial competency to assure the short or long term continuity in crucial financial processes for CFO’s of companies in an international production environment through freelance finance interim management services. Also, we provide financial compentency in parellel to holding minority participations in small companies.

Recent Missions

November 2023 - July 2024

Finance Manager Catalent Gosselies

Supervise the finance operations and prepare the consolidated financial statements in USGAAP, prepare financial reports and analysis Have a strong implication in the Budget / Rolling Forecast Processes Connect the dots and facilitate data exchanges between the different departments, train members of other departments on finance processes, listen to their feedback and foster a culture of continuous improvement and finance literacy. Act as a Business partner People management: lead the accounting team and ensure individual development plan of his/her team member is in place and followed.

September 2023 - October 2023

Head of Group Finance Business Partnering

Provide Directors with strategic reporting and analysis (EXCO level) on business performance of Staff & Support BU’s (actuals and forecast) to to support in their financial, operational and investment decisions. Lead, coach and develop the team of Group and Staff and Support Finance business partners (12 FTE’s). Support Staff & Support BU in execution of BU strategy: support the strategic plan process and annual budgets and follow-up revenues and expenses, in order to set a framework of KPI’s & targets. Define the optimal process for the reporting exercise at Group level (monthly, quarterly, yearly), including clear documentation, ownership and roles and responsibilities.

February 2023 - July 2023

Plant Controller

Plant controller at Amcor Flexibles for the site of Monceau sur Sambre:
- Forecasting, reporting for the plant and legal entity – revenues of 35 MEUR.
- Manage internal and external audits, including sox. Challenge people in the plant, question about the numbers and challenge people on improvement propose improvements & cost reductions.
- Direct reporting to plant manager and BU Finance Director
- Responsible for the accounting for local and US gaap, including VAT, salary administration, accounts receivable and payables administration, inventory management.
- Reporting of absorption, waste statistics, machine hourly rates.
- Finance management relating to the closure of the plant

December 2021 - February 2023

EMIA Finance Business Partner Procurement

Reporting, analyzing and controlling the impact of procurement on the P&L and balance sheet (savings & cost avoidance analysis), raw materials variance analysis, raw material outlook as well as indirect procurement outlook, and on overall reporting, budgeting & analysis and KPI dashboard management.

Providing data, analysis and insights on market dynamics, EMEA procurement performance & assessment of trends & plans, and linking these to the Financial Performance of Bridgestone EMEA

August - November 2021

Business Controlling Manager Europe Commerce

Responsible for the timely and accurate consolidation and reporting of periodic budgets, variance analysis on actuals and supporting ad-hoc requests from management. Setting the right KPI's.

Coordination & monitoring of stock counts (service/demo), slow movers, capex-budget & - stock, absorption calculation and reporting/communication on the sales and marketing performance.

Overall responsibility of the European Credit & Collection performance.

April - July 2021

Senior Manager Commercial Finance

Acting as the primary financial interface for the internal and external brand stakeholders in all aspects of financial brand management, including franchise P&Ls, quarterly business review elaboration, profitability analysis and reporting, innovation value-chain development, and follow-up, supervision of monthly close analyses and ensuring a high level of reliability in the financial forecast.Participation in various financial and value management projects.

Competences

Blog

Protecting margins from highly fluctuating raw material prices
Posted on 08.12.2022

In the current economic environment raw material prices tend to fluctuate significantly and affect margins of many companies. A constant re-evaluation of suppliers and product specification optimizations are necessary to remain competitive. Now, what is the process to be put in place to protect your margins despite fluctuating raw material prices and proactively adjust sales prices? Here are the steps […]

Our activities in a few words
Posted on 09.12.2021

We provide full or part-time financial competency to assure the short or long term continuity in crucial financial processes for CFO’s of companies in an international production environment through freelance finance interim management services.Main focus is on the following processes:ControllingEnsure effective and efficient utilization of organizational resources so as to achieve the planned goals. Controlling measures the deviation of actual […]

Hiring an Interim Manager in Belgium because of behavioral aspects?
Posted on 16.11.2021

Working with Interim Managers have two well-known advantages that are known to many of us:Bring in specific knowledge, that is not available in the organisationProvide extra capacity, when needed for a project or in case of illness, without creating a permanent position and this way keeping a flexible cost structureBut Interim Managers can bring other advantages that can be summarized […]

Optimize your route planning
Posted on 19.07.2021

Ever thought of optimizing the route planning of your service engineers or delivery experts? Doing it in a way that less time is spent in traffic and more with the customer? A route planning such that service engineer and sales work in the same geographical area? Working with pick-up points instead of a central warehouse? In case of a new […]

Power BI
Posted on 19.07.2021

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Contact

Don't hesitate to contact us :

Address Rue du Monument, 22 / 1340 Ottignies
Phone +32 497 43 10 57
Email jason.kruise@jkfs.be