Ralph Geertsema

Experience

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  DHV

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1996

  Controller

  Project controller at DHV headquarters

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  AT&T

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Fixed asset accountant

  Fixed asset accountant for AT&T Unisource accounting for € 800 mio worth of assets in 12 differenmt european countries. Large exposure to VAT & tax accoutning across europe

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  Telfort

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Senior controller

  senior controller at telfort with a small team of management accountants

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  BT Group

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2011

  Responsible for complete delivery of major change programs in Finance. End responsible for SSC setup, Oracle financials (ERP) system implementation and Change management projects. Responsible for transition & stabilisation management of an outsourcing project of 120 FTE in 15 countries with Accenture Responsible for approx 50 management accountants across europe - overall revenue line € 1,3 bn Responsible for business control of BT Benelux

  • Head of Finance system at BT Group finance

    Nov 2008 - Aug 2011

  • Head of outsourcing transition management

    Apr 2006 - Nov 2008

  • Head of management accounting Europe

    Feb 2004 - Apr 2006

  • Manager Controlling

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
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  SeventyOne RG

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Interim assignment rebuilding 75+ FTE End-to-End process SSC for 24 Countries, Consolidating two SSC (Canada & NL) into one (25 FTE), scope P2P, R2R, O2C, Tax, Treasury. Interim assignment: Shared Services strategy redesign and implementation plan for 700 FTE in 20 countries including a detailed design to build a multifunctional SSC and move to a GBS structure.

  • Interim Director Transaction Processing (European Fashion retail multinational)

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  • Interim SSC Strategy Consultant (White Goods Multinational)

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
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  SeventyOne RG

  Jan 2013 - Sept 2014

  Interim manager for finance transformation programs (SSC, ERP implementations, outsourcing).Speaker on global trends in the SSC & Outsourcing domain. Interim Assignment Feasibility Study for a SSC implementation for Central & Eastern Europe (14 Countries), for 125 FTE in the finance function across P2P, R2R, Tax & Treasury. Interim assignment setting up first phase of a pan-European outsourcing program organisation for a 400+ FTE finance organisation across P2P, R2R, O2C function in 24 countries across Europe.

  • Interim Manager Finance Transformation

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2014

  • Interim Strategy Director (E-commerce Multinational)

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  • Interim Program Manager Global Outsourcing program

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
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  EY

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2017

  Executive Director

  Executive Director in the advisory practice of EY focused on SSC & Outsourcing. Running major global programs in the finance, SSC outsourcing and ERP domain.

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  LeasePlan Nederland

  Apr 2017 - May 2019

  Program Director Digital

  At Leaseplan I have been responsible for transformation programs in the ERP (SAP), Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence domain.

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2023

  Partner

  Finance Consulting Partner and member of the global consulting leadership team in the finance, accounting and shared services transformation (FASST) domain

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  FTI Consulting

  Sept 2023 - now

  Senior Managing Director OCFO at FTI consulting

  Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, co-leading the Office of the CFO practice across EMEA. Ralph has over 27 years of experience leading large and mid-scale digital transformation finance consulting and program teams throughout his career.