About Sébastien
Finance Profesionnal with a knack for providing clarity in your numbers and providing actionable insights.
Experience with MedTech, Financial Due Diligence, EC funding, Grants, Analytical Accounting, (Project) Budgeting, In-depth analyses, Day-to-day finance activities, Board Presentations and much more.
I go beyond the numbers and actively engage in shaping a way forward.
Dutch
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Basic
Spanish
Basic
Can work on-site
Aarschot (up to 50km)
Experience
- SER EuropeFinancial ConsultantFebruary 2026 - Today (4 months)My key responsibilities in this short mission are:
- Ensure successful closing of the 2025 annual accounts
- Revise financial reports to the European Commission
- Develop the 2026 budget in close collaboration with the COO and Project Officers for approval to the Board
- Prepare the organization for external audits
- Take the lead of the day-to-day activities of the Finance & Admin Office in a transitory phase
- SER EuropeFinance & Admin OfficerFebruary 2023 - April 2025 (2 years and 2 months)Took on a lead role in the back-office professionalization of SER Europe, a growing international NGO focusing on Ecological Restoration.
- Built the budgeting framework from scratch, structured around EC grants funding and indirect cost allocation
- Designed and delivered financial reporting for a non-finance Board, translating complex data into accessible insights
- Implemented analytical accounting to track and manage externally restricted funds, including grants awarded by the European Commission, and overhead cost control
- Led the annual accounts closing process and presented results to the Board
- Streamlined day-to-day financial operations in collaboration with the external accountant
- Led compliance improvements
- AbbottSenior Financial AnalystJanuary 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 11 months)
- Owned end-to-end budgeting and forecasting processes across 3 markets (+ €50M, following up with detailed variance analysis
- Partnered with country and marketing managers across multiple markets to drive P&L accountability and support strategic decisions
- Analyzed large datasets using Excel and Power-BI to deliver actionable insights, and streamlined processes
- Took on expanded responsibilities within 18 months, including thefull North region
- Widely recognized as 'high-potential' in the Finance Department
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Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 Project Management Foundations: Budgets EY Analytics - Data integration & visualization - SilverChartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 Project Management Foundations: Budgets EY Analytics - Data integration & visualization - Silver
- Master's DegreeKU Leuven2017Master's Degree