Carsten Bruun Christensen curriculum vitae finance business partner January 2022

1. Curriculum Vitae (CV) finance business partner Carsten Bruun Christensen, B.Sc. in Business Economics
Carsten Bruun Christensen B.Sc, phone: +45 21259722, e-mail: carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
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January 2022
Carsten Bruun Christensen
Aalborggade 7, st. tv.
DK-2100 Copenhagen
+45 21259722
B.Sc. in Business Economics
Skype: cbcokonomi
carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
http://dk.linkedin.com/in/cbcokonomi
Curriculum Vitae (CV) – skills & experiences
Finance Business Partner ✔
Carsten Bruun
B.Sc. in Business Economics
Profile:
Graduated B.Sc. in Business Economics and qualified auditor following experience as financial and business
controller, holding a solution-focused mindset.
Continued position with content as finance manager in a listed Danish software company and then setting up the
accounting and finance function at leading Nordic supplier of mobile platforms (mobile phone technology).
Latest controller manager position at an international leading audit and consulting company, has been the
inspiration to the current serving as Independent Business Consultant and Finance Business Partner for 11 years.
Very competent resource, valuable into the financial and accounting functions and match to the management in
any company. An entrepreneur driven by development and executing progress.
Meet me in the upcoming interview and listen to my presentation as to why we can cooperate in the future.
Business Qualifications:
My carrier in accounting, economics and auditing has included, shortly by industries:
- business consultant, controller manager 12½ yr Consultancy, photo- & camera reseller &-service,
biofuels, car import, temporary agency, architect,
housing development, graphic & design media,
medico, human search
- finance manager / financial controller 6 3/4 yr Software-devel.,mobile platform/computer program.
- financial controller 2 yr Meat-export, clothing, mobile phone manuf., medico
- business controller 3 yr IT wholesale, IT dev.&- manuf., telecom, housing
- bookkeeper / accounts clerk 2 ½ yr Hotel, restaurant
- auditor and junior auditor 5 3/4 yr Shipping, property rental, manufacturing, heating
.......... supply, farming
32 ½ yr business experience, 24years of these in Copenhagen
Focus:
Companies’ finance function and servicing these and business coaching all internal audiences like management
& additional organization and external stakeholders like customers and suppliers.

2. Curriculum Vitae (CV) finance business partner Carsten Bruun Christensen, B.Sc. in Business Economics
Carsten Bruun Christensen B.Sc, phone: +45 21259722, e-mail: carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
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Competences:
Business coach:
- to run / operate a finance function and think in solutions for the business, that I distribute for the management
and further organization.
- expect me as finance business partner and in business coaching of and driver for the management.
- business psychology and pursuing constant care / timely attention.
Financial Controlling:
Financial reporting:
# annual:
- prepare financial statements in small and medium-sized companies
- financial and annual reports for 'Private Limited Companies' (Ltd.) decided to deselect audit and for sole
proprietorships
- for two listed companies at the NASDAQ OMX stock exchange’s Small Cap+, prepared financial statements
and accounting records, submitted for audit and print service provider to the annual report
- key figure calculation, reporting by business area as well as preparing notes to the financial statements
- cash flow statements
- consolidation of accounts, national and international
- review and controlling of accounts and general ledgers before financial statement preparations
- reconciliations, including of payroll and generate working papers for audit at year end closure and annual
report, including VAT plausibility test
- contact to Danish and Nordic auditors
# ongoing:
- cash management; generating income, collecting receivables and to prioritize payments
- monthly financial reporting
- management reporting preparation, including participated in board presentations
- presentation of monthly accounts for the board of directors and managers
# occasional:
- setting up finance function
- insourcing of bookkeeping
- developing internal management reporting
- M&A, including consolidation into existing group at acquisition and due diligence statements at sale
- IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) implementing in year 2004/2005
- intangible assets, identifying and record development costs from time report and cost factor
- business plan’s particular financial part, with budget of application of funds by start-up & operating budget, in
order to attract investors
- reporting to authorities, of public co-financing for focused development and projects
Bookkeeping:
- sales invoices executing, incl. focus to recipient in the description and presentation on the invoices as well as
optimal set up of product catalogue and its utility in the invoicing / accounting system
- coding and entering incoming invoices and costs, incl. handling of incoming invoices from suppliers
- general ledger accounts, accounts receivable and accounts payable managements
- payroll preparation
Budget & cash:
- budget and forecast modelling, including design execution, deployment and operating. I create or maintain a
dynamic model in Excel spreadsheet.
- profit and loss budgeting, incl. to prefigure complete balance sheet and receivables and payables and thereof
calculating future cash flow, prior to investment and funding.
- liquidity forecast model; operating including cash flow calculation, from profit and loss and balance sheet
budget and forecast and actual figures and thereof calculating future cash flow

3. Curriculum Vitae (CV) finance business partner Carsten Bruun Christensen, B.Sc. in Business Economics
Carsten Bruun Christensen B.Sc, phone: +45 21259722, e-mail: carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
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Business Controlling / Management Accounting:
Sales controlling:
- statement of revenue, margin and revenue assurance
- ongoing margin per sales person per day at quarterly and monthly closure
- monthly assistance by forecasting
Cost controlling:
- statements of costs of goods sold (cogs) per business area
- cost analysis and estimates
- supervise for managers at budgeting
Business in general:
- cash management & working capital optimization / accounts receivable management
- profitability analysis
- fixed assets financial management at year end closing
- accounting analysis of the monthly accounts
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI) key figures creations, structuring and maintenance
- project management of building projects / building plots (2 months)
- treasury and interest rate risks management
- insurance contracts maintenance by demand assessment and preparement for insurance provider
Internal controls:
- business process description for accounting function, registrations and controls; written content for, after
having interviewed the organization and later maintained the script.
- workflow specifications created and implemented best practice in the procedures and inspired team members
about entry in the accounts of operation documents, incoming payments from debtors, payments of supplier
invoices and payroll preparation
IT system implementation:
- setting-up of accounting software system
e-conomic.com for over 25 companies
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 US version with intercompany
- setting-up of payroll system DanLon for over 5 companies
Geography
Milano, IT experience Feb. 2016-Oct. 2019
Copenhagen, DK study and carrier, 1990-April 2010, Nov2011-Fec2016, Oct 2019 ->
Odense, DK experience April 2010-October 2011
Nyborg, DK childhood, basic education, 1968-1990
Business Experiences:
Period Position Motivation End
Jan 2010 – Business Consultant at CBC Økonomi
by Carsten Bruun Christensen,
B.Sc. Business Economics
dk.linkedin.com/in/cbcokonomi, interim CFO for
established companies in change, start-up business
advice, system set-up, budgeting, entry in the accounts,
salary & reporting preparation for start-up companies as
well as controlling & financial reporting for existing
companies
bridging,
personal desire,
market situation,
conjuncture,
independency
Apr 2008 – Sep 2009 Controller manager / Finance consultant at
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
pwc.com, Comp. Adm. Serv.(CAS) in Copenhagen
step consultant economic
conjuncture
Dec 2005 - Feb 2008 Financial controller, acted as CFO, at Unwire Aps,
unwire.com, in Copenhagen, newly created position
establishment,
product growth
company sold
end tasks
May 2002 - Jun 2005 Financial controller, acted as Finance Manager, at
Danware A/S, listed on Nasdaq OMX stock exchange
netop.com in Copenhagen, newly created position
step carrier,
listed company
monotony,
personal
ambition
Dec 2001 - Apr 2002 Financial controller, at IC Companys A/S
icgroup.net, in Copenhagen
listed company
apparel/fashion
org. chance
work climate

4. Curriculum Vitae (CV) finance business partner Carsten Bruun Christensen, B.Sc. in Business Economics
Carsten Bruun Christensen B.Sc, phone: +45 21259722, e-mail: carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
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Oct 2000 - Nov 2001 Financial controller, at ESS-FOOD division in Danish
Crown A.m.b.a. , ess-food.com, in Copenhagen
International,
prior colleague
closure in Cph
of activities
Jun 1998 - Sep 2000 (Business) Controller, at WM-data BFC / WM-data,
cgi.dk, in Copenhagen, newly created position
step carrier,
IT industry
economic
conjuncture
Oct 1995 - May 1998 Bookkeeper / accounts clerk, at Hotel Kong Frederik
i by Remmen Hotels Aps in Copenhagen,
firsthotels.com / dangleterre.com
step carrier,
desire to execute
challenges
fullfilled
Feb 1992 - Sep 1995 Auditor, at Christiansen & Engelbrechtsen I/S
Auditing
beierholm.dk, in Copenhagen
step carrier lack recogniti.
execute desire
Jul 1990 - Jun 1991 Guard in The Royal Danish Guard in Copenhagen,
forsvaret.dk/lg, military conscription, chosen force
experience,
family proudness
ordinary
Aug 1988 - Jun 1990 Junior auditor, at Edvin Munk / KPMG in Nyborg
ey.com/DK/da/About-us/Nyborg
calculation
interest, good job
ordinary
Temp. employee / consultancy tasks solved for Kelly Services: 2mth2005;3mth 2009;3mth2011/2; 3mth2014/5
Education:
2003 Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Financial Management Accounting
Bachelor’s degree B.Sc. in Economics, HD(R) from Copenhagen Business School
www.cbs.dk,
thesis in profitability by company acquisition /-merging,
Bryggerigruppen A/S’ / Royal Unibrew A/S’s acquisition of Albani Bryggerierne A/S
1985 – 1988 Higher Commercial Examination Programme at Tietgen Business College in Nyborg
tietgen.dk/en/for-students/hhx/
Courses:
2012 March Treasury & Cash seminar, by FYI Events Denmark and S|E|B bank etc.
2011 May Toolpack.net seminar of budgeting, forecast and reporting solution, financial intelligence
2009 April Business Controlling, by PwC Learning & Education
2008 Lean, waste elimination and value maximizing, by PwC seminar
2008 Sep. Excel, Economy with Excel, PwC; data formats, ‘if’function, lookup, macro, sorting
2005 Dec. Excel for controllers & CFOs at Confex / Azlan, Aarhus
1988 - 2019 Financial Reporting & taxing seminars at leading auditing companies and tax authorities
- latest at PwC in Jan. 2019 and KPMG in Dec. 2011
Languages:
English Written and oral negotiation level, good understanding
German Written and oral negotiation level, very good understanding
Swedish & Norwegian Oral at the functional level, good understanding
Italian Beginners level from Studieskolen in Copenhagen, studieskolen.dk, course in 2008
and daily practice from living in Milano from 2016 to October 2019
Finnish Daily expressions learned from originally Finnish ex-girlfriend
Information technology:
Have been working with and achieved skills with the following electronic tools:
Calculating: Excel spreadsheets - skilled user
- Pivot-tables, VLOOKUP, graphics
ERP system: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 US-version - skilled user
SAP version ECC 6.0 - user
e-conomic - skilled super user
KeyBalance - user
Oracle - user
Scala - user
Maconomy - user
Lawson - user
Navision Attain & Financials - skilled user
Concorde C4 - skilled user
Invoice workflow: Ibistic - skilled user
Payroll system Dataløn, DanLøn - skilled user

5. Curriculum Vitae (CV) finance business partner Carsten Bruun Christensen, B.Sc. in Business Economics
Carsten Bruun Christensen B.Sc, phone: +45 21259722, e-mail: carstenbruun@christensen.tdcadsl.dk
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Consolidation: FDC, Hyperion - user
Data Warehouse: EIS (Executive Information Supply), DI Diver - great experience
Resource managementTimeSheet, Retain, SØS - user
Other: MS Office in general (Word, Outlook, Power Point) - skilled user
Lotus Notes - skilled user
For me IT is a natural assistive tool in business management and reporting and I always aim to be improving and
innovative from this.
Personality:
Ambitious, dynamic, analytical, enterprising, innovative, focused, quality-conscious, responsible, flexible, strong
Personal profile in working situation:
Possesses and demonstrates good accounting and financial management skills and technology understanding,
insight, analytical, solution-oriented, service minded, experience, adaptability, empathy, intuition, situational
awareness, judge of human character and read human behavior.
Based on Master Person Analysis, by activesearch.dk 04/28 2015, chosen possible answers have resulted in this description:
Ego drive:
*performance orientation: Thrives with achievable goals with sufficient time to ensure a good process
*self-assertion: Perceived as primary well-balanced regarding influence in the group
*personal energy use Mostly a few tasks at a time, persistent with the ongoing task
Social factors:
*emotional control: Will most often be experienced as carefree and with a rational approach to the tasks
*social contact: Thrives by working independently & in groups, networks with other participants at events
*confidence Can be experienced restrained & critical. Thrives by things said directly without reversal
Working style:
*detail orientation: Finds into the details to create an overview and perceived as structured in way of working
*safety: Preference to carefully consider and think through the basis prior to a decision.
*abstraction: Perceived as practitioner with focus on solving tasks. Thinks in & develops new methods
Date of birth:
26 June 1968 in Nyborg, Denmark
Free time interests:
Private life, health, long walks, running, Italian, music & cultural experiences, dancing, family, Europe, football
as spectator
Marital status:
Living solo from 2015