Mette Makinen

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Finance Director at Klarna | ex-Meta

Klarna
Stockholm, Sweden · CET (UTC+1)
10+ years experience
KU Leuven
English, Swedish
Co-founder
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Overview

22 years in finance, the last 2 at Klarna, where I lead the FP&A team. Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions. Closed the books in 4 days, down from 18. Before that: Meta and Philips.

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Skills
Anaplanfinancial modellingforecastingFP&A
Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
closes in 3 months

Looking for a design-minded co-founder for payroll for agencies

The idea
Payroll for agencies
Stage
Idea
I bring
14 years in FP&A
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Stockholm or remote

I bring 22 years of FP&A (currently Klarna). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

Stockholm, Swedenfp&afinancial modellingforecasting
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Experience

  1. Finance Director
    Dec 2024 - Present
    Klarna · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $213 million raise.
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 16.
  2. Controller
    Jun 2022 - Dec 2024
    Meta · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  3. Controller
    Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
    Philips · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  4. FP&A Manager
    Feb 2018 - Aug 2020
    Doctolib · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Closed the books in 3 days, down from 16.
    • Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  5. Financial Analyst
    Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
    Microsoft · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Stockholm, Sweden
    • Saved $6 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.

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Education

  1. KU Leuven
    MSc, Commerce
    2007 - 2009
  2. University of Amsterdam
    BSc, Commerce
    2001 - 2004

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