Per Kjeldsholm

Experience

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  TDC A/S

  Apr 2001 - Aug 2007

  Director, Accounting and Tax

  Role: Heading the accounting and tax department. Business partner to TDC Solutions on accounting, restructuring, financial issues and divesting implications.Responsibilities: In charge of setting up and reporting legal accounts on a monthly basis at very strict deadlines. Dealing with foreign and domestic subsidiaries and their financial managers on reporting to the parent company.Finishing of accounts for five divisions to be forwarded to the parent company for consolidation.Shared Service Center collaboration developmentAd hoc- assignments on mergers, internal control procedures (SOX), training of staff, implementing new legislation on annual reports (IFRS). US Gaap/IFRS comparison.Being lead on and participating in due diligences and major acquisitions in Scandinavia and Hungary.Dealing with external and internal auditors when preparing annual reports.Selected projects:- Implementing IFRS Staff: In charge of nine Controllers, one Tax and one VAT person, whereof three are under my remote managementResults: Successfully implementation of IFRS. Successfully implementation of SOX. Show less

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  Actavis (now Teva)

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2013

  Finance Director/CFO

  Role: Heading the finance team in Denmark and coordinating Nordic cluster reporting with the local Nordic FDs Responsibilities: Management accounting, financial accounting, IFRS, Compliance. Ensuring processes and procedures are in place to ensure correct, timely and precise financial management reports and statutory reports.Preparing, reviewing and contributing to key reports and work papersPreparing consolidated overview of the Nordic cluster financial performance and ensuring excellent collaboration and efficiency in and between the financial entities in the Nordic regionCoordinate and standardize finance reporting, reports and reconciliation toolsAd hoc common coordination of the Nordic marketsCompliance liaison officer with HQ in ZugStaff: In charge of one Chief accountant, one Business controller, 2 cost controllers and 2 accountants Results: Successfully building the finance and management accounting department, implementing SOPs in finance, running fast closure project and IFRS compliance projects. Successfully streamlining the reconciliation and reporting work. Show less

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  Omnicom Media Group UK

  Mar 2013 - Sept 2015

  CFO

  Role:Heading finance, IT, domicile, reception and canteen, reporting to the CEO and dotted line reporting to CFO, EMEAResponsibilities:Budgeting and monthly rolling forecasts, monthly financial management reporting to EMEA (US GAAP), Cash flow and cash pool, updating and developing the IT infrastructure, credit insurance, Payroll. Pension and insurance.Ad hoc report to EMEA on client profitability and client spend. Input to client pitches.SOX compliance and quarterly self testingStaff:In charge of up to 16 staff, including one Business controller/ Chief accountant, three accountants, one IT manager and one IT assistant, one facility manager, two receptionist and a messenger girl. Results:Developing new IT infrastructure, implementing new telephone system (pure mobile), automatizing expense report approval and cost invoice approval. Implementing holiday registration and approval system. Interim HR (cover during maternity leave). Negotiating new supplier agreements in various areas. Running pension and insurance tender. Show less

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  None

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2016

  None
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  Clipper Group A/S

  Oct 2016 - Oct 2019

  Director, Head of Accounting

  Role:Heading the global corporate accounting departmentResponsibilities:Financial controlling, Creditor and payment, Commercial accounting and corporate accountingStaff:In charge of up to 20 staff

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  N/A

  Nov 2019 - Aug 2020

  Sabbatical year

  Travelling. Spending time with family

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  PKJ Consult

  Sept 2020 - now

  Owner

  Consulting on Finance, accounting and related matters.Consulting assignment with major hospitality company in Copenhagen., heading the accounting department with 8 employeesHelping scale-up company. Providing data for corporate finance house in Austria to find investors. Reporting to international bond issuer and applying for funding

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  Bellagroup

  May 2021 - now

  Director, Head of Accounting

  Role:Heading the corporate accounting departmentResponsibilities:Financial controlling, Creditor and payment, Receivables, corporate accounting. In charge of delivering numbers for 3 hotels and a Venue division. Staff:In charge of up to 8 staff