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Stefan van Duyvendijk

Stefan van Duyvendijk is the Accounting Operations Evangelist at FloQast. Previously, Stefan served as the Corporate Controller for Kodiak Cakes, a private equity owned, leading consumer packaged food company, and as a Controller for Skullcandy, a multinational headphone CPG. These positions followed his five years at KPMG. His experience includes ASC 606 implementation, reduction of financial close timelines, accounting operational improvements, business combinations, financial statement audits, SOX audits and implementation, management reporting, debt, treasury, and systems integrations/implementation.
I see accounting as this great catalyst to change the future of the organization. - Stefan van Duyvendijk

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Highlights:

  • Reduced the financial closing process from 12 to 7 days at Kodiak Cakes, and from 10 to 5 days at Skullcandy.
  • Successfully implemented the ASC 606 revenue recognition standard.
  • Executed a pre-IPO strategy before a private equity transaction.
  • Managed multiple accounting teams, ensuring efficient and accurate financial operations.

Experience:

  • Held Financial/Corporate Controller positions at multiple companies.
  • Accumulated over 3 years of experience as an associate, specializing in audits, at KPMG.
  • Contributed as a guest lecturer at various professional associations, including The Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business.

Expertise:

  • BSc. and Masters in Accounting from Westminster University.
  • 13+ years of experience in the finance and accounting fields.
  • Former volunteer at the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants.

“After decades of everybody talking about continuous reporting and continuous close, I really think we’re on the precipice of getting there with these FinTech tools like FloQast and some of the others, put together on your accounting team.”

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