Erik Goessens

In my current role as Program Director I'm leading two work streams within the Gemini program (splitting Philips): defining and implementing the Reporting Unit structure for both HealthTech and Lighting Solutions and setting up the Internal Control function for HealthTech

Within the Philips Corporate Internal Control Office responsible for making sure Philips complies with all financial laws and regulations.

Responsible for all Finance & Post Merger Integration projects within Philips Healthcare which have an IT component to it.

Responsible for managing two teams of business and SAP consultants at a SAP Competence Center for the SAP Industrial Kernel within Philips Healthcare. These teams are specialized in Finance & Accounting and Governance, Risk and Compliance. As from October 2008, responsibility for managing all IT compliance related matters (SOx, FDA, etc.) for Philips Healthcare (full sector) was added my scope of activities.

Business consultant SAP Finance (Fi/Co module) and next to that resposible for SAP compliancy with respect to Internal Control Standards (ICS), Sarbanes Oxley (SOx), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), etc. Also responsible for delivering business support for these matters.

Corporate Finance, Ext. Reporting (IFRS), Management Accounting, Internal Control & Accounting Information Systems, Treasury Management, Leadership for Financials, Strategic Management and Auditing & Due Diligence. Subject of Master Thesis: Case study on implementing Financial Shared Service Centers

Participated in the Philips Talent Program called Inspire (March - June 2010). At the end I performed a case study on combining Sales Channels of various Sectors in Ukraine.

Business Intelligence, Business Continuity, Logistics and Information, Management of Knowledge and Information, Enterprise Architecture, Advanced Resource Planning