Translator of business requirements to system design
Contact
Located
Amsterdam Area, the Netherlands
[email protected]
LinkedIn /mariekejansen/
Profile
I’m a senior consultant coming from the Treasury area. During my career, I have focused on the translation from business requirements to IT solutions.
For almost 20 years I’ve worked on selection, implementation and maintenance of Treasury systems for mainly large corporates. I have a passion for for learning new areas either content wise or in the field of applications. The last 5+ years I have shifted the focus from the subject matter expert in the field of Treasury to a more tool-oriented expert focusing on Automations, Excel, Notion and no code tools.
Clients and colleagues see me as analytical, structured, independent and creative. I first want to understand the underlying problem before starting to investigate for possible solutions and implementation.
Expertise
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Automation
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<img src="/icons/condense_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/condense_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Modeling
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<img src="/icons/atm_lightgray.svg" alt="/icons/atm_lightgray.svg" width="40px" /> Cash Management
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Languages
Dutch
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English
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French
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Tools
- Make.com
- Excel
- Airtable
- Notion
- SmartSuite
- Xero
- Softr
- Zapier
- SAP
Work Experience
KEJA automations & AutoPilots Studio – founder
January 2020 - present
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Tooling: Make.com, Notion, Airtable, SmartSuite, Softr, nocode tools, Excel
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Smaller automation projects to facilitate small businesses and sport venues to reduce manual work. Amongst others; scraping a website with competition data and sending a weekly newsletter with the updates found, support with the integration of Webflow CMS and external APIs using Make.com, setting up Notion related databases for dashboards, setup basic AI agents, and cooperation with developer to publish an add-on for Xero accounting
Letselschade bedrijf – adhoc support
Februari 2024 - present
- Tooling: Make.com, Airtable, Softr, SmartSuite
- Support to setup internal system for handling client requests
Denis Oakley – automation officer
March 2023 - present
- Tooling: Make.com, Google sheets
- Automate the data collection and setup dash board to monitor KPIs of mentoring program for startups
Finabling – automation officer
January 2020 - March 2025
- Tooling: Notion, Make.com, Airtable, Zapier, Xero
- Initial setup & continuous support for Notion workspace for a small team to handle project & task management, knowledge management, and basic CRM. Continuous support for setup of automations for own use and for client processes
Several start ups – business process set up
January 2020 - July 2022
- Tooling: Make.com, Xero, nocode tools
- Set up systems and automations for administration processes and act as a Virtual CFO and bookkeeper
Escrow agent – update existing Excel tools
November 2021 - June 2022
- Tooling: Excel
- Update and enhance existing Excel based tools for interest calculations, reconciliations for audit purposes and bulk payment files
Payment provider – business case modelling
May 2021- October 2021
- Tooling: Google sheets
- Prepare financial model to support the business case for Issuing a credit card
Dutch bank – business case modelling
January 2020 - October 2020
- Tooling: Excel
- Setup Excel model to compare card scheme fees for acquiring and issuing of different brands for 5-year period
Nets – Interchange pricing analyst
July 2022 - August 2023
- Tooling: internal systems, Excel
- Pricing analyst for the interchange related processes for the Danish and German Acquirer. From identifying required changes, analysing impact, testing & debugging in-house systems to documentation and reconciliation
Vattenfall – Application consultant
January 2013 - June 2019
- Tooling: SAP Treasury, Excel
- Requirement engineer for new developments/changes in the group Treasury system for Sweden, Netherlands and Germany for Treasury management, In house cash, Cash Management. Responsible for implementation of EMIR transaction reporting and Continuous linked settlement in SAP. Part of project team for merging local Dutch and Swedish SAP ERP landscapes
Heineken – Treasury manager Front office, Treasury control, Application consultant
May 2007 - December 2012
- Tooling: SAP Treasury, Excel
- As treasury manager the main responsibilities were FX hedging and cash management, roll out of European cash pool, Administration of Hedge accounting in SAP
As treasury controller the main responsibilities were Month-, Quarter- and Year End activities, reporting and analysing results. Set up of monthly Treasury reporting, Hedge accounting documentation and effectiveness testing, daily support for SAP treasury users and being the liaison between key users and SAP support
As application support consultant the main responsibilities were maintaining the SAP Treasury system to support the treasury functionality used by corporate office and the implementation of SEPA payment files for operating companies
Zanders – consultant
January 2001 - April 2007
- Tooling: several Treasury systems, Market data systems, Excel
- As a (senior) consultant I took part in a variety of projects at mainly large Dutch international companies (a.o. breweries, utilities, chemical company, media concern) but also at several financial institutions and public organisations.
Main responsibilities were implementation and upgrades of treasury systems (definition of blueprints, customisation of systems, documentation, unit and integration testing, conversion, training, roll outs), interim treasury management roles at both front office and back office, creating Excel based tools to facilitate the implementation processes, reporting and operational activities, advising in system selections and business cases