Summary
Erik Tromp is an experienced interim finance professional with over 18 years of hands-on expertise in accounting, statutory reporting and tax compliance across EMEA, built on an early career at Deloitte. He has spent 20+ years at Progress Software in multiple senior finance roles, managing multi-country teams and leading global filings, SOX and ERP-related projects. As a frequent interim controller and finance manager for multinational firms including Pfizer, IFF and Puma Group, he excels at fast onboarding, month-end close optimization and complex GAAP conversions (US GAAP, IFRS and local EMEA GAAP). His technical strengths span consolidation, transfer pricing, corporate income tax and cash pooling, backed by practical experience with shared service centers and audit coordination. Known for a pragmatic “can-do” mindset (echoed by his GitHub motto), he brings both big-picture process improvements and detailed, auditable controls to transitional and scaling finance functions. Based in Utrecht, he combines deep statutory knowledge with a track record of delivering clean, timely closes in change-driven environments.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
not completed Accounting and Finance, not completed Accounting and Finance at NIVRA
VWO, VWO at Gemini College
English, German