William Scholten

The first player in the market for digitally printed corrugated packaging with in-house production. Unique transparent online pricing and real-time 3D configurator. Developed from idea into a great business, active across Europe; e-commerce. Yearly double digits in revenue growth. Responsible for financial management, HR, long-term strategy, IT. Production facilities in the Netherlands and Germany. Process owner of IT-projects and online-activities.

Accounting and consultancy firm focused on SME's and their major shareholder. Automated accounting for several companies; annual reporting by just a click of a button. Challenged entrepreneurs to improve their performance. Entering interim figures and financial dashboards for small businesses. Guided entrepreneurs to improve their business. Member of the Dutch organisation for Accountants (1999-2022).

Responsible for the growth strategy, finance and daily management. Main point of contact for external stakeholders. Optimised all business processes (subsequently ISO certified). Made productivity measurable and increase. Led IT-projects, for ERP, administration and workflow. Founded rental and leasing company and developed software and calculation tools. Responsible for purchasing and remarketing of vehicles throughout the EU.

Ultimately responsible as accountant for a large group of clients. Responsible for a team of employees and their budget and timesheets. Initiator of digitalization of the company; transformed the company from a paper file into digital dossiers and automated the annual reporting process. Responsible for ensuring that purchased branch-offices operate in accordance with internal guidelines.

Selected & participated the high potential program (ILP). Testing the effectiveness of internal control measures. Carrying out line checks on business processes. Providing advice on the administrative organisation to improve the accuracy and completeness of financial reporting. Checks / audit on the annual figures provided by the clients, both to end-of-year and interim audits. Based on legal provisions, it was not permitted to provide advice on optimizing revenue models to clients subject to audit.