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Testimonials

“Joris has been instrumental in our plans to improve efficiency and implement a different way of working in Spain. Together with the Financial Director costs have been examined and where possible reductions have been proposed and implemented. A new structure has been implemented for better, quicker and more accurate reporting.

Furthermore, teams have been examined and efforts made to improve communication, cooperation and efficiency. Joris has successfully supported the management team to implement change, and has supported the Plant Director to improve efficiency in the factory and put more focus on people, machines and output. His support and leadership has resulted in a detailed plan including action plan, time frame, cost reduction scheme and EBITDA impact.
The project was completed within the time frame given and the result was excellent, leaving us a detailed, well-structured and calculated plan to put in action by the local management team. Thanks for the professional support and great efforts.”
Richard Schutte - CEO

“I would like to start with a few key words that describes Joris and his work: leadership, flexibility, time management, organizational skills, firefighting and humor. Joris performed his role with verve. In a very short time, he mastered the business, structured work(load), showed strong leadership to the team and was very flexible at any time. I can fairly say that he manifested himself in a short time as a true business partner for the organization, which has also been confirmed by Management Team. Thanks again for your support.

I would like to outline the situation in which Joris had to hold his own: we have brought Joris on board to temporarily fill the position of Operational Controller for five factories in Spain. A tough job since we immediately started with Forecast and 3YP, Joris had to master the business (FMCG) in a short time and got to know his team of plant controllers. We threw Joris at the deep end due to the upcoming deadlines, the market cirtcumstances and the amount of work that had to be done.”
Tim Winkelhuis - Head Controlling Spain

“I contacted Joris to do a complete scan of our accounting, risks and operations in Spain. His pro-active, knowledgeable approach and clear communications was a great help for me and for the administrative staff. He clearly presented the results to our Finance and Operations directors from the Netherlands. Because of this, they were able to incorporate Joris´ recommended optimizations and cost-saving changes into the scale-up plans for Spain.”
Eric Ottens - Country manager Spain

“Highly recommended and very value to any business, trust me, its worth it. Joris came to the rescue after we opened a new branch office and warehouse for in Valencia. Spain is different, the complexity of the work on the Spanish mainland was new and overwhelming. Joris showed us how to get back in control of our finances, supported us with developing our budgets and brought us in realtime control with the tools needed to make the right decisions every day.
The fact that he is able to easily switch between the Dutch headquarters and Spanish suppliers is of great value. I didn't quite understood the value of a controller for smaller companies before, but after meeting Joris I will never start a new business again without the systematic he has taught me.”
Ronnie Stevens - Director Spain

“I worked with Joris in Spain, where he designed and implemented our new budgeting process, as well as our new management information set-up. His role was pivotal, as he had to guide all department managers in implementing a new system that helps us to better control our business results, and to be agile in times of uncertainty and frequent business changes.….very satisfied with his approach. His clear communication and good understanding of our needs, meant that the implementation time was short, and adaptation was fluent.”
Laurens van den Oever - Commercial Director

“We highly recommend Joris to organizations in Spain which are in need of thorough analysis of their business, or that need more control over their business results. Joris took the lead in the financial analysis of one of our projects in a very professional and efficient manner. He is a great pleasure to work with, he clearly understands what is needed, and communicates well.”
Ilse Osterthun - Manager Operations

“We couldn't have choosen better and Joris has impressed all of us with his persistant way of working. From day one he showed a high level of understanding our business issues and took ownership. His way of working inspired his collegues which is of an enormous importance.”
Jan van den Brand - Manager Financial Shared Service Center

“I would recommend Joris to European companies that need any type of business - control - legal - accounting support and guidance. I was very content with his trustworthy, professional and consistent support for an extended period, until we were self supporting. He took on all necessary tasks flawlessly, for me to focus on servicing our clients.”
Peter Pigmans - General Manager

“It was time to make the change to a more professional way of working regarding our financial processes. Joris executed the implementation very effectively, working with the local accountant and organizing our new financial department. He knows very well how to communicate with employees on different levels of the organization.”
Henri Kerkhof - CEO

“...We like to promote him. He is a qualitative, intelligent reliable, direct productive an efficient part of our management information team. I enjoyed working with him.”
Serge Flantua - Director Financial Services

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Financial Control or Business Control, what is the relevance?

FINANCIAL CONTROL

Financial Control is the type of control to ensure financial health of the company, including early detection of problems in financial areas of the company. The main goals are knowing the financial situation of the company with certainty and in detail at any given moment and to seek for areas of improvement.

What Value does it add?

Financially controlling your company brings knowledge to eliminate risks and to choose the right path for the company. You will be able to answer questions like:

Questions answered

√ What product or department makes money or loses money?
√ What warehouse should we reorganize? And where to invest?
√ How can we make solid decisions the same week, not after a month?

In comparison let us look at the more operational control:

Business Control

Business Control leans more towards operational matters and support of the operational director, COO and CEO. The goals are to assess overall performance, identify where the business excels, analyse business processes, identify organizational blind spots to limit inefficiencies and promote business process optimization. What will this solve? What questions will it answer?

Related Questions

√ How should we structure the flow of information in our company?
√ What tools can we use to follow-up on our cost reduction plan?
√ How much will our company benefit if we change this process?

HIGHLY relevant for small & medium sized companies

This type of control used to be something only for corporate businesses, but now -more then ever- small and medium sized companies realize that the accurate control they have applied and the automation they have implemented, has actually helped them stay on top of their business in these difficult and changing times, meaning:

Being ready

Be ready to continue working with up-to-date technology, ready to take instant decisions, to ask for extented credit, knowing how long stock will last and when to approach next in line providers. All based on accurate information and a controlled business, both financially as well as operational.