About Wiebe Westerhof
Interim credit manager and business controller. I turn receivables and reporting into predictable cashflow and better decisions.
What I’m hired for
Cash acceleration
Lower DSO, fewer 60+ days, CEI > 90%. Clean disputes. Calm in collections.
Reliable numbers
Forecasts that match reality. One KPI page the MT trusts. Clear variance analysis.
Pragmatic change
Policy, tools, and team cadence that stick after I leave. No theatre, just output.
Disciplines
Credit risk & policy
Scorecards, limit matrix, approvals, governance. Alignment with insurers.
AR & Collections
Segmentation, flows, call scripts, dispute triage, write-off hygiene.
Business control
Budgeting, forecasting, scenarios, P&L and balance sheet analysis.
Factoring & insurance
Selection, contract economics, non-recourse, off-balance structures.
AI & Python
Receivables scoring, smart reminders, cash forecasting, workflow automation (n8n, Power Automate), data pipelines, Power BI.
Leadership
Interim team lead, coaching, Works Council savvy, cross-border stakeholders.
How I work
- Diagnosis. Data scan of AR aging, cash, forecast, margins. Python notebooks to reconcile ERP data.
- Targets. DSO, CEI, write-off and margin levers. Ownership per bucket. One-page scorecard.
- Quick wins. Collections flow, AI-drafted mails, dispute fixes, dashboard v1.
- Implementation. ERP/CRM workflows, factoring/insurance if useful, team training. Black Belt stability.
- Handover. Runbook, KPI cadence, MT reporting. No dependency on me.
Tooling & ERP
Comfortable with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, AFAS, Exact, Unit4, Twinfield; Power BI and Excel modeling; n8n and Power Automate; Python for data prep, scoring, forecasting.
Credentials
- ~20 years in credit management and business control
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Experienced with credit insurance and factoring (recourse, non-recourse, SCF, off-balance)