Résumé Hugo J.K. de Vries

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Controller, manager finance & control, SOX consultant, B2B services, financial institutions, trade, not-for-profit. Immediate available on fixed, flex or project basis. Anywhere.

Employment history

2005-2008: ICCO & Kerk in Actie.
Controller Disaster Management Unit.
Joint emergency relief programmes of ICCO and Kerk in Actie, concerning the national appeals for tsunami, Pakistan earthquake, Java earthquake. They are funded mainly by the giro 555 contributions of the Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (SHO). Monitor the relief projects for reporting to SHO.
Final report ACT Appeal regarding Bam earthquake.

2004-2004: Airbags International Ltd..
SOX consultant.
Sarbanes-Oxley project in U.K.

2004-2004: Brunel Finance.
Counterpart project manager SOX project.
Assistance to SOX project team at ING Bank Nederland (Wholesale).

2002-2004: Intergraph Benelux B.V.
Finance manager Benelux and EHQ, member management team.
Change processes due to verticalization of the business units Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (IMGS), Power, Plant & Off-shore (PP&O), and European Technology Center (ETC) to establish shorter and more efficient communication lines between BUs and finance department. Implementation of MS-eEnterprise modules (project accounting). Company budgets & forecasting. US & NL GAAP reporting of Benelux as well as EHQ. Implementation SOX. FTE 7.

1987-2001: Banco di Caribe N.V.
1989-2001: Head reporting/AO.
Regulatory reporting to central banks of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, statutory reporting to shareholders and management reporting. Design and implementation of comprehensive reporting systems. Reports regarding the bank’s administrative organization (AO). FTE 2.
1987-1989: Head internal audit department.
Set up audit department. Operational and financial audits.
Parallel roles:
2000-2000: Interim head ICT department.
Set up new ICT department; resolve outstanding issues regarding new bank system. FTE 17.
1996-1999: Project manager implementation bank system.
Research, selection, implementation, conversion, personnel training, as to software, hardware and infrastructure. The project has been successfully delivered on time. Budget $ 3M. FTE/Consultants 30.

1982-1987: S.E.L. Maduro & Sons N.V. (shipping, travel)
Manager accounting, member management team.
Management of the finance department. Reporting to management and shareholders regarding the company and a number of affiliated companies. Reorganization of the department due to a major decrease of activities (from FTE 28 to FTE 7).

1977-1982: Ernst & Young.
Team leader.
Audit of ABN-bank, Caribbean Mercantile Bank and government companies (Public Works). Administration and fiscal work of SME. Fraud investigations. Manage finance department. (FTE 5).

1972-1977: Accountantskantoor B.J. Schuuring R.A.
Assistant-Accountant.
Audits and administration of SME.

Skills

Software: MS Office, MS eEnterprise, Kindle Banking Systems, Lotus, HTML4/CSS2, dBase, accounting software.
Languages: Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.

Professional education

1972-1974: Nivra accountancy, general part.
1968-1972: NEH (Erasmus University), business administration.

Supporting information

Born: June 14, 1948. Dutch nationality.
Present and past extracurricular roles: Treasurer school board, secretary/treasurer automobile club, host seafarer's centre, teacher business administration havo, contact-person Wild Geese Foundation.
Hobbies: : Photography, poetry and stories, genealogy, website, classical music, fitness, swimming, power-walk, traveling, spiritual debating group.

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