Philippe Desombere
Verified Expert in Finance
Finance Expert
Meise, Belgium
Toptal member since August 31, 2022
Philippe is a finance expert assisting his clients with complex finance, accounting, and strategic issues. At EY, he was a senior audit partner specializing in CFO consulting. Philippe's collaborative approach focuses on delivering measurable high-quality results, refined judgment, in-depth analysis, and creativity, enabling him to provide workable solutions. He joined the Toptal network to work on challenging projects such as finance and performance analysis.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
DCF Valuation and Deal Negotiation
Corporate Governance
Strategic and Financial Planning
Expertise
- Executive Coaching
- Finance Strategy
- Financial Controlling
- Management
- Management Consulting
- Process Management
- Risk Management
- Team Mentoring
Work Experience
Executive
NORRIQ (Freelance)
- Established KPIs and budgets for the core consulting business and the distribution of its products globally.
- Redesigned the corporate governance, roles, and responsibilities while defining ambitious financial targets.
- Prepared the company for accelerated growth and improved financial performance, including installing accelerated recruitment processes to increase the headcount from 100 to 150 in 18 months.
Managing Partner - Financial Services
EY
- Built from scratch and led a mature leading practice of 500 professionals in the Belgian market focusing on financial services, with a spectrum of capabilities in business and technology consulting, financial audit, transactions, and tax services.
- Worked as an audit partner on the most significant accounts of EY Belgium in various industries, such as construction, pharmaceutical, banking, telecommunication, retail, and consumer goods.
- Delivered a broad range of business and technology consulting services, including digital transformation, finance, risk, cyber, and transformation projects, as a lead partner accountable for the largest bank in Belgium for over 20 years.
- Signed the consolidated accounts and many large institutions and international corporations in various industries as a financial audit partner of SWIFT for many years.
- Experienced in composing a team, bringing the right people in the right place, coaching, motivating, and mentoring to reach their maximum in suitable roles.
- Built an EY financial security practice, including anti-money laundering, customer due diligence, and transaction monitoring.
- Experienced in finance, risk management, internal control frameworks, accounting, valuations, and financial audit, as an accredited financial auditor of the National Bank of Belgium.
- Delivered business consulting engagements for leading clients in technology-enabled business transformations, CFO advising, risk management, and financial security.
- Handled corporate restructuring operations, acquisitions, transactions, and finance process improvements.
- Delivered financial auditing and CFO consulting across various sectors, including construction, life sciences, consumer products, retail, payments, and financial services.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Economics
Catholic University of Leuven - Leuven, Belgium
Master's Degree in Applied Economics
Catholic University of Leuven - Leuven, Belgium
Certifications
Accredited Auditor for Financial Institutions
National Bank of Belgium
Certified Accountant
Institut des Réviseurs d'Entreprises (IBR-IRE)
Skills
Finance
Finance Strategy, Valuation, DCF Valuation, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Forecasting, Financial Model Auditing, Accounting, Risk
Industry Expertise
Financial Services
Other
Financial Controlling, Auditing, Audits, Management Consulting, Risk Management, Teaching, Finance Director, Management, Executive Coaching, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft, Public Speaking, Team Mentoring, Business Transformation, Process Management, Regulatory Risks, Finance, Corporate Governance, Boards, Board Reporting, Budget Modeling, Strategic Planning, Reporting, Governance
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