As director of Financial Services Alliances, Klaas is focused on the development and deployment of the latest finance and risk technology for financial services clients.
He moved from audit into consulting with a focus on new technology, implementing Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) services for financial consolidation, planning and forecasting. During this period, Klaas published articles, EPM studies, Fast Close research, training and contributed to many conferences with presentations and demos.
Before joining EY, Klaas built his own consulting and software company in 2005 and specialized in regulatory reporting solution.
After acquiring his Bachelor Professional of Business Information at Erasmus University and postgraduate course, he started his career as Certified EDP auditor.
How Klaas is building a better working world
Klaas works with financial institutions to help them adopt new technologies in their accounting and risk data platforms, so they can deliver high-quality financial and risk data to their stakeholders. Better data is fundamental to help clients make better-informed decisions, innovate and drive efficiencies, ultimately helping them to build trust in the industry and support a more sustainable future.