Skill set (14)
Karen in a few words
- Masters degree in Business Engineering and Finance
- 15 years professional experience: 10 years as finance business partner and controller, 5 years project management/PMO
- Varied finance experience in accounting, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and actuals analysis of overhead, project and COGS cost, as well as in ROI calculations, respecting US GAAP and IFRS standards
- Large business acumen through broad scope finance roles in multinational matrix structures, in FMCG
- Recognized for being able to analyse financial data and turn it into information for non-finance managers and decision makers
- Skilled at building networks all through the organisation, attuned to stakeholders' needs
- Four years management experience, direct and in project structure
Experience
- RichemontProgram Management Office for Sustainability Project Team (temp)May 2022 - March 2023 (10 months)Geneva, Switzerland• SPOC for a team of 10 project managers for planning, progress and expenses tracking for innovation projects• Supporting development of a medium term strategy for program and project prioritization methodology including KPI and success factors development• Forecasting, budgeting and actuals follow up in SAP
- Coach Karen StudioPersonal TrainerJanuary 2021 - July 2022 (1 year and 6 months)Lausanne, Switzerland• Set up an independent Personal Trainer company with coaching in own studio and at clients' home• Managed full project from legal requirements over marketing to invoicing with limited funds• Coached clients on mental blockers and limiting beliefs, mindful of personality traits, lifestyle, learning methods
- Philip Morris InternationalProject Manager Digital Platform (Salesforce)January 2019 - December 2020 (1 year and 11 months)Lausanne, Switzerland• Managed project team and implementation of a technology platform in Salesforce aimed at revolutionizing the delivery of services to employees, running over 2+ years• Presented project progress to management for buy-in and budget sign-off, compiled the required marketing materials• Modeled and presented to management substantial strategic operating model changes into 3 Tier model• Collected and described user requirements, including as-is and to-be process maps in collaboration with SMEs• Supported agile software development in JIRA and testing, product owner representation in scrum meetings
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Education
- Master's degree, Accounting and FinanceUniversity of Hasselt2007Master's degree, Accounting and Finance