Experience

OPUS Finance Recruitment
• Norway
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Financial Controller Freyr Battery

  • Sep 2023 - Present

Norconsult Digital AS
• Chief Financial Officer

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2023


Catholic Diocese of Oslo

• Religious Institutions

• Finance Manager

  • Mar 2018 - May 2022

  Head of the Finance and accounting department. - Revenue: MNOK 215 (2021) - Approximately 180 employees - More than 30 properties and 200 buildings - Professionalisation of reporting, salary, liquidity management and internal control - Responsible for yearly budget process - Monthly liquidity forecast - Quarterly reporting for the group of companies - Overall responsible for accounting, salary, tax and internal control - Participation in sale of property including due dilicence - Participation in strategy work - Member of the management team Show less



Anker STI

• Norway
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Accounting and Human Resources

  • Jun 2009 - Feb 2018

  The responsibility for accounting, tax, internal control and HR. Participation in budgeting, liquidity forecast, monthly reporting and strategy. I participated in improving the quality of the routines and deliveries in the accounting department, especially to support the growth through acquisitions and construction projects. - Annual turnover up to 288 millions - Manager for five employees in the Accounting Department - HR responsibility for 250 employees in Anker group of companies - Responsible for compliance with laws and regulations within accounting, tax and HR - Participation in liquidity forecasting - Responsible for monthly reporting - Implement and improve internal controls within accounting and tax - Budgeting - Prepared estimates related to sale of companies - Participated in financial due diligence - Prepared analyzes for strategic decisions - Participated in two mergers with the focus on the formal process and accounting - Member of the top management team - Implemented a new system for time registration - IT system owner for accounting and payroll systems - Tested accounting and payroll systems after upgrade and change of IT supplier - Support and guidance to managers and employees in HR questions Show less



Telenor ASA

• Norway

• Manager in Group Internal Audit

  • Jan 2006 - May 2009

  The main focus was on financial internal audits and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), but I also worked with operational audits. The audits were performed in Norway, Hungary, Denmark, Serbia, Ukraine and Sweden. I participated as a SOX expert and in training of employees in Hungary, Malaysia and Thailand. - Co-operation with PwC in implementing SOX in Telenor Group of Companies - SOX presentations and training of employees - SOX testing - Other financial audits - Operational audits participation, for instance the billing and collection process, fraud, and startup of new business Show less



KPMG AS

• Spain
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager/ State Authorized Public Accountant

  • Aug 1998 - Dec 2005

  I had the audit responsibility for a number of clients in different industries. Examples: GE Energy (Norway) AS, Siemens AS and Skanska. Among other things I gained experience with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), through being the responsible auditor on the team testing SOX at Siemens AS, after their implementation of SOX. I also participated in the training of Siemens employees in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. At Skanska I participated in auditing long-term construction contracts. I had the audit responsibility for a number of clients in different industries. Examples: GE Energy (Norway) AS, Siemens AS and Skanska. Among other things I gained experience with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), through being the responsible auditor on the team testing SOX at Siemens AS, after their implementation of SOX. I also participated in the training of Siemens employees in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. At Skanska I participated in auditing long-term construction contracts.