Erik Colen

Finance & Control Consultant at Sparke & Keane
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands, NL
Languages
  • Nederlands Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Engels Professional working proficiency
  • Duits Elementary proficiency

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Noël Nix EMFC RC

Ik heb Erik Colen mogen begeleiden als docentbegeleider op zijn stage in Australië. Het tijdsverschil en de fysieke afstand maakte communiceren soms lastig. Desondanks is er geen moment geweest dat ik heb getwijfeld dat het resultaat van de scriptie niet van voldoende kwaliteit zou zijn. Dat zegt iets over de zelfstandigheid en doorzettingsvermogen van deze student. Terug in Nederland heeft Erik de puntjes op de i gezet en met hard werken een prima presentatie neergezet en deze afgelopen vrijdag met verve verdedigd. Erik dank je wel voor de goede samenwerking en ik vond het bijzonder om jou op afstand te mogen begeleiden met deze bijzondere stage en scriptie.

Joe Power

Erik spent 2 separate period working within the Medtronic VAT department and made a significant contribution in terms of some specific projects like our VAT working capital initiatives. He's very diligent in terms of the quality of his work, delivering work products on time and efficiently. He integrated very well into the Medtronic VAT team and within the wider Medtronic network.

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Credentials

  • Lean Yellow belt - level 1b
    Lean Competency System
    Mar, 2023
    - Oct, 2024
  • Microsoft Office Specialist
    Certiport - A Pearson VUE Business
    Nov, 2015
    - Oct, 2024
  • Bedrijfsadministrateur (mbo-4)
    ROC Leeuwenborgh
    Jul, 2015
    - Oct, 2024
  • Financieel administratief medewerker (mbo-3)
    ROC Leeuwenborgh
    Jul, 2014
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • Netherlands
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Finance & Control Consultant
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      Als consultant bij Sparke and Keane zit mijn energie op ‘doen’. Moeilijke dingen makkelijk maken. Niet vóór jou, maar mét jou. Realistisch werken met wat er al is. Met een frisse blik en strak proces. Stap voor stap gericht op eenvoud en resultaat. Want dat geeft vertrouwen en “drive”. Binnen Sparke and Keane zijn we experts in: - Strategy Consulting - Project & Program management - Finance & Control - Digital Transformation Dit doen we met ons team van ruim 100 consultants, van WO-werkstudenten tot executives. Breed geïnteresseerd en opgeleid in controlling, audit, econometrie, information management, strategic management of bedrijfskunde. Wat we gemeen hebben is dat we allemaal zijn opgeleid als lean black belt. We werken met een strak proces zonder prefab plannen onder regie van managing consultants. Ervaren specialisten op executive niveau. Zij zijn je eerste aanspreekpunt en verplaatsen zich in jou. Ze begrijpen wat nodig is en organiseren dat het wordt gerealiseerd. Hierdoor werken wij met de juiste experts in de juiste samenstelling. Open vizier, zodat we niet tegen dezelfde muren aan lopen. En met een rotsvast vertrouwen in het proces, onze experts en de samenwerking met jou. Als echte bontgenoten. Interim | Consultancy | Werving en Selectie | Trainingen www.sparkeandkeane.nl Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Financial Consultant
      • Jun 2022 - Present

      Mijn werkzaamheden waren voornamelijk: - Ondersteuning bieden bij het integreren naar SAP S4/Hana; - Het optimaliseren van upload-templates; - Doorbelasting trajecten onder de loep nemen, optimaliseren en uitvoerbaar maken. Mijn werkzaamheden waren voornamelijk: - Ondersteuning bieden bij het integreren naar SAP S4/Hana; - Het optimaliseren van upload-templates; - Doorbelasting trajecten onder de loep nemen, optimaliseren en uitvoerbaar maken.

  • ColenCreative Photography
    • Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
    • Photographer
      • Jul 2021 - Present

      Fotografie gespecialiseerd op de automotive sector en reis-fotografie. Recente opdrachten uitgevoerd voor BMW Renova en Garage Maestricht. www.colencreative.nl Fotografie gespecialiseerd op de automotive sector en reis-fotografie. Recente opdrachten uitgevoerd voor BMW Renova en Garage Maestricht. www.colencreative.nl

    • Germany
    • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Agent Tax
      • Sep 2020 - May 2022

      Creating and filing of VAT returns while applying the correct VAT-laws and regulations. Both on national and international (Europe and Africa VAT-returns) level. Analysing and controlling of booked transactions. Creating and filing of Intrastat returns. Onboarding of activities of Sub-Sahara businesses within DHL to improve the quality assurance and the compliance with laws and regulations.

    • Expert Agent VAT
      • Apr 2020 - Sep 2020

    • VAT Compliance Employee
      • Sep 2019 - Apr 2020

    • Australia
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intern Finance Department
      • Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

      During this internship, I wrote my bachelor thesis with the following title: "Optimizing finance processes for acquired businesses within the Imperium Capital Group." During this internship, I wrote my bachelor thesis with the following title: "Optimizing finance processes for acquired businesses within the Imperium Capital Group."

    • Netherlands
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Employee vegetable and fruit department
      • Mar 2012 - Feb 2019

      My responsibilities excist of: - Filling and maintaining the capacity of the shelves; - Ensuring a good presentation and quality of the products; - Inventory management via SAP with a PDA; - Ensuring a clean and save environment for customers and colleagues. My responsibilities excist of: - Filling and maintaining the capacity of the shelves; - Ensuring a good presentation and quality of the products; - Inventory management via SAP with a PDA; - Ensuring a clean and save environment for customers and colleagues.

    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Admin Services Contingent - VAT department
      • Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

      Holiday-worker at the VAT-department of Medtronic's European Operations Center in Heerlen. During this holiday-work, my activities were; -The "VAT-receivable project" on which I also worked on during my internship. During this project I was involved in optimalising and reducing outstanding VAT-amounts within Medtronic's entities in the EMEA-region. - Creating a matrix regarding invoice-requirements per country within the EMEA-region in preparation to implement 'self-billing' of invoices; - Creating a manual to make certain tasks and processes more accessible; - Compliance activities, such as analysing reports; - Ad hoc activities. Show less

    • United States
    • Medical Equipment Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Intern VAT-department
      • Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

      Internship at the VAT-department of Medtronic's European Operations Center in Heerlen. Titel of the internship report: "Reducing and maintaining the outstanding VAT receivables in the EMEA region." My activities were: - Doing research and contributing to the "VAT-receivable project", which is about reducing and optimalising outstanding VAT-receivables of Medtronic's entities within Europe, the Middle-East and Africa; - Creating a decision tree to map out the tax-classification traject per country; - Setting up a ruling request; - Compliance tasks, such as analysing reports; - Ad hoc activities. During this internship I worked with SAP and I used certain aspects of the Six Sigma methodology in my internship report. Show less

    • Netherlands
    • Truck Transportation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Employee Containerplanning
      • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

      My activities were:- Controling and entering freightletters of the truck-drivers.

    • Intern financial department
      • Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

      During my internship at Meulenberg Transport, my activities were:- Taking care of the debtors- and creditorsadministration;- Taking care of the bank account, the cash book and the memorial;- Updating material fixed assets tables concerning depreciating and investments.These activities are performed for Meulenberg Transport as well as their subsidiaries Container Terminal Stein (CTS), Rail Terminal Chemelot (RTC) and Meulenberg Logistics Slovakia S.R.O. During this internship I worked with ERP-software AccountView. Show less

    • Intern financial department
      • Sep 2013 - Jan 2014

      During this internship, my activities were: - Taking care of the bookkeeping for certain SMEs. The administration contained the debtors- and creditors administration, the bank- and cash account as well as the memorial. During this internship I worked with bookkeeping software of Davilex. During this internship, my activities were: - Taking care of the bookkeeping for certain SMEs. The administration contained the debtors- and creditors administration, the bank- and cash account as well as the memorial. During this internship I worked with bookkeeping software of Davilex.

Education

  • Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
    Bachelor of Science - BSc, Finance and Control
    2015 - 2020
  • ROC Leeuwenborgh
    Business Administrator (secondary vocational education)
    2014 - 2015
  • ROC Leeuwenborgh
    Financial Administrator (secondary vocational education)
    2012 - 2014
  • DaCapo College
    Pre-vocational secondary education - Theoretical learning path
    2008 - 2012

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