Description

Ruud is an experienced Performance Management professional that last held the position of Senior Manager at EY in Dubai. He is able to organize for actionable insights and performance through his nearly ten years of relevant (Consulting) experience in Strategic Transformations, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Stakeholder Engagement, KPI Framework Development and Project Management for international organizations in a range of complex industries (including UAE governmental).

He previously held the positions of Annual Reporting & ESG Reporting Lead at Royal Schiphol Group and Senior Manager Finance and Performance Management Transformation at PwC Netherlands. Ruud is an enthusiastic and highly energetic person and passionate coach that keeps a strategic overview and thrives bringing diverse backgrounds together to deliver sustained impact to organizations.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Conversational

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Dubai City (up to 50km)

PwC Netherlands
Senior Manager
October 2015 - August 2023 (7 years and 10 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Led an organization-wide program on designing a corporate KPI house ensuring alignment between different business units, functions and regions. This program included the design of a BI-dashboards and the cascading to team-level KPI's.
• Led the design and implementation of an outsourcing target operating model, standardized finance and back office processes, service catalogue and performance KPIs, governance framework for the client engagement, business case, and a standard costing framework and services costing model.
• Led the design of a Performance Management framework, Performance Management cycle, balanced scorecard, financial models, and BI-dashboards ensuring alignment between different functions and OpCos.
• Designed corporate governance models, including the adjustments in Executive Committees' responsibilities, to align with new business strategies.
• Led the design of KPI frameworks, balance scorecards, and performance management cycles ensuring alignment between different functions and OpCos.
• Set up multiple business case models for new target operating models, including the tracking of benefits realization (incl. cost savings and profitability changes).
• Led the design and implementation of a new ERP, automated O2C, P2P, and R2R processes, implementation of varying accounting and tax standards, and the cutover to a BPO for the finance function. The scope included a finance target operating model for 23 OpCos and the headquarters.
• Led an organizational redesign program including the automation of finance processes (O2C, P2P, R2R) through an ERP implementation and data architecture and data governance model, and automated a redesigned product and service portfolio with modular contract setup.
• Designed the invoicing, purchasing, planning & budgeting, revenue & cost forecasting, CAPEX and investment reporting, and transfer pricing processes for multiple global organizations.
Performance Management Project Management Budgeting & Forecasting
Royal Schiphol Group
Annual Reporting & ESG Reporting Lead
September 2023 - May 2024 (8 months)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team lead ESG Reporting team – 6 FTE
• Supervised and coached the ESG Reporting team that was responsible for overall sustainability (performance) reporting, internal communication, and (senior) stakeholder management.
• Designed and implemented new KPI's into the asset management and investment process and organization-wide ESG reporting strategy and governance model.
• Led the vendor and tooling selection for an ESG ERP tool as Business Owner and design of the data architecture for the tool. Reporting
• Led the Annual Reporting process with a cross-departmental team and delivered the Annual Report (management report, financial statements, sustainability statements).
• Coordinated with internal and external auditors throughout the audit and with external vendors (designers, translators, and writers) as Business Owner.
• Coordinated the sign-off process with the CFO, Executive Committee, External Auditors, and Audit Committee and advised them on the impact of sustainability reporting and regulatory obligations.

Annual Reporting lead – 9 FTE
• Led the Annual Reporting process with a cross-departmental team and delivered the Annual Report (management report, financial statements, sustainability statements).
• Coordinated with internal and external auditors throughout the audit and with external vendors (designers, translators, and writers) as Business Owner.
• Coordinated the sign-off process with the CFO, Executive Committee, External Auditors, and Audit Committee and advised them on the impact of sustainability reporting and regulatory obligations.
ESG & Sustainability Management Reporting Project Management
EY
Senior Manager
June 2024 - Today (2 years)
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
• Led the design of multiple financial sustainability and sustainability policies for governmental and real estate entities in alignment with GCC national strategies.
• Led the development of (sustainability) management systems based on recognized international ISO standards, and the reporting and monitoring of adherence to internal policies and management systems for a governmental UAE entity.
• Led the internal audit of an inaugural sustainability report, verifying the compliance with leading sustainability reporting frameworks and monitoring the contribution of sustainability initiatives to the sustainability strategy performance for a real estate organization in KSA.
ESG & Sustainability Project Management