Heinrich Schroeder

Senior Director
Heinrich Schroeder
HOME BASE
Leland, North Carolina
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • Deloitte UK

  • Advoca Auditing Inc.

ALMA MATER
  • South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, CA (SA)

  • University of South Africa, Post-graduate, Applied Accounting Sciences
  • University of Pretoria, Bachelors Degree, Accounting

HOME BASE
Leland, North Carolina
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • Deloitte UK

  • Advoca Auditing Inc.

ALMA MATER
  • South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, CA (SA)

  • University of South Africa, Post-graduate, Applied Accounting Sciences
  • University of Pretoria, Bachelors Degree, Accounting

Heinrich is a Senior Director with a decade’s experience in management consultancy. His expertise include enterprise and finance technology transformation, finance function improvement, post-merger integration, and finance operations strategy.

Prior to joining Accordion, Heinrich held a Manager position at Deloitte UK based out of London, where he led global finance transformation and post-merger integration programs. Managing teams of up to thirty, he partnered with CFO’s and CIOs to realize benefits and synergies coming from the transformation of people, process, and technology.

Heinrich has experience working with a broad range of clients spanning from small startups to global enterprises across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. His industry experience includes the worlds largest online media businesses such as Google, eBay, Adevinta, and OLX Group; banking and financial services such as HSBC Bank and AA Insurance; and technology businesses such as HP and MicroFocus.

Heinrich started his career as an auditor and accounting specialist at Advoca Auditing Inc. in South Africa, after which he immigrated to the UK to join Deloitte Consulting at their London office as a Manager in Enterprise Transformation and Platforms and led the practice’s proposition for Record to Report excellence.

He graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Bachelors in Commerce and Accounting, followed by two post-graduate degrees in Advanced and Applied Accounting Sciences. Heinrich qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Something you should know
  • Born and bred in South Africa where ‘braai' (BBQ) is a culture, not just an activity
  • Loves mountain biking and hiking
  • Has a passion for Christ, travel, sports and specialty coffee
  • Learnt how to play the Ukelele one summer - but has since lost his Ukelele
Noteworthy
  • Member of South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • APMG Better Business Case - Foundationally Certified