Frederik Van Baelen

– Budgeting and forecasting – Financial statement preparation and analysis – Performing monthly and year-end closings – Forecasting CoGS & aligning with the Marketing team on Pricing strategy – Financial reporting to the CFO, Management Committee & Board of Directors – Coaching my team towards becoming reliable business partners – Year-end collaboration with audit team to ensure accuracy of P&L & compliance with GAAP – Analysis software: Power BI

– Defining the commercial, financial and HR strategy, together with rest of the Area Management team, to reach the yearly and quarterly objectives – Driving the budget & forecast process for 21 H&M stores in Brussels & Wallonia – Reporting on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to the Country Management team – Securing adherence to the financial/commercial strategy & targets through daily store visits – Establishing the most profitable offer of merchandise for each store & ensuring the right stock levels – Training store managers on their profitability mind-set and analytical competences – Participating in the yearly evaluation process of store managers – Accounting/Analysis software: SAP & Microsoft BI

– Budgeting and forecasting – Financial statement preparation and analysis – Monthly and year-end closings – Monthly follow-up of Profit & Loss (P&L) statements with assigned business units – Year-end collaboration with audit team to ensure accuracy of P&L & compliance with GAAP – Accounting/Analysis software: SAP & Microsoft BI

– Order Management of 80+ B2B accounts, including several focus accounts of HP.

– Project Management Office: resource planning, scheduling, process documentation – Business development: completing tenders & ensuring that all documentation requirements, as set out in the EU procurement, are met.