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Sander den Hartog

CEO & Owner, Cost & Profitability Management

Experience 20 Years in cost & profitability modeling
Expertise
Budgeting and ForecastingCost AllocationCost OptimizationFinancial ServicesGovernment & Public SectorIT Financial ManagementProfitability ManagementRegulatory ReportingTelecom
Education & Accreditations
MSc Econometrics University of Groningen
About the author

Sander den Hartog is CEO and Owner of CostPerform, with over 20 years of experience in cost management, profitability analysis, and financial consulting. Before joining CostPerform in 2018, he held senior roles at KPMG Advisory and KPMG Plexus, where he led cost and performance management engagements across financial services and healthcare. He works directly with finance leaders across banking, government, telecom, and manufacturing.

He regularly speaks at industry events, hosts the annual Costing Conference and webinars on cost management and profitability with senior finance practitioners from organizations including ING and Nedbank. He has also published on Activity-Based Costing and cost management methodology in Controllers Magazine.

Articles by Sander den Hartog

Cost allocation, profitability, and cost transparency written for finance leaders.
CASE STUDIES

ADJD Launches ‘Mezan’ Project

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has launched the ‘Mezan’ project for the calculation of government services costs through the application of CostPerform. Mezan calculates costs by providing the latest in data analytics, reporting, statistics and comparisons at all financial levels. This can provide a comprehensive perspective on the actual costs of services. By providing […]

2 min read · Dec 17, 2020
COST ALLOCATION FOR IT SERVICES

CostPerform tip: download the free IT spending transparency maturity model

CostPerform fully endorses the US Federal Government’s goal to implement Technology Business Management (TBM) by 2022 in order to increase IT spending transparency.

2 min read · Oct 27, 2020
PRODUCT UPDATES

CostPerform version 2020.2 is out now!

As part of our ongoing efforts to bring you the best software, we have just released version 2020.2. As you can see, this version uses a new naming convention: it’s the second regular release of 2020. In this release, we’ve implemented 47 new functions and squashed 61 bugs. This blog highlights the most important changes.

2 min read · Oct 6, 2020
COST ALLOCATION SOFTWARE & TOOLS

SAP PCM maintenance has ended… now what?

As you might already know, SAP PCM’s maintenance has ended, so let's take a look at CostPerform as a replacement.

2 min read · Sep 30, 2020
COST ALLOCATION FUNDAMENTALS

Blog #5: What do cowboys and accountants have in common?

This is the fifth guest blog of Gary Cokins.

6 min read · Sep 21, 2020
COST ALLOCATION FUNDAMENTALS

A missed opportunity advocating Activity-Based Costing

This is the fourth guest blog of Gary Cokins.

5 min read · Sep 7, 2020
COST ALLOCATION FUNDAMENTALS

Blog #3: CFOs – Are You a Vanguard or a Villain?

This is the third guest blog of Gary Cokins.

4 min read · Jul 30, 2020
PRODUCT UPDATES

CostPerform Feature Spotlight: Model Validation tool

You’re building your cost model in CostPerform and the numbers don’t check out? CostPerform can help with its built-in Model Validation tool.

2 min read · Jul 22, 2020
COST ALLOCATION FUNDAMENTALS

Blog #2: Beware of Misguided Accountants

This is the second guest blog of Gary Cokins.

6 min read · Jul 14, 2020