Greater Hamburg Area
I am a VP/Director who has lead Finance, HR, IT, BI, Program Management, Sales Operations and Demand Management departments with over thirteen years experience in Leadership Positions, supporting the CEO as sparring partner and right-hand navigator in all business and strategic matters as well as maximizing stakeholder satisfaction. Experience being the Managing Director of German GmbHs as well as organisational and legal entity restructurings are part of my skillset. Adjacent to generating actionable insights and managing daily business while driving vision-cascaded projects to fruition with execution rigor, I continuously evolve the Finance, HR and IT functions towards best in class states and towards the mutually generated vision, coach and empower my cross-cultural teams to success in a positive emotion and high-energy setting. Securing the compliance, legal and tax gate alongside with unabated diligence is standard repertoire. What signifies me is that I work with passion, drive and ambition jointly with my teammates towards the company’s vision and have zero tolerance for non-collaborative and paralysis analysis behaviors. An ego-free approach coupled with an intrinsic hunger for success, excellent and nimble analytical and strategic skills, high emotional resilience, a growth mindset and a meticulous way of working adds to that. Value-driven and open-minded, I exemplify integrity and authenticity, holding a positive view of individuals. Relevant Experience Corporate FP&A, Accounting (certified IFRS/US GAAP and German GAAP), Reporting, Value-add Controlling, Liquidity Management, Legal, Compliance, Governance and Corporate Risk Management, Tax, Contract Management and Negotiations, M&A, SAP / S4Hana implementations, PowerBI implementations, BPO / Process Optimization and Automation, Evolution of finance department, Business Partnering, Shared Services, Strategic Analysis and Projects, SK&P Commercial Excellence, Reorganisation and Restructuring, Mitigation and recovery planning, Change Management, Lean Management, Project Management, Program Management, Demand Management, Cultural Transformation and Leadership methods such as Goleman Emotional Leadership, Korn Ferry FYI, Building High-Performance Teams, GROW Model Coaching, Growth Mindset v. Fixed Mindset etc.. I look forward to engaging with you.
Leading Finance, HR and Sales Operations internationally, all countries outside US. Strong growth / Scale-up opportunity.
Initially only leading Finance, HR and Sales Operations was introduced later on.
Leading the European Finance, IT and BI Teams (appr. 31 FTE), Promotion: IT responsibility added in 2021 ELP: Executive Talent Program (Korn Ferry Leadership Assessment, Wharton School of Business, etc.) Corporate FP&A, Accounting (certified IFRS/US GAAP and German GAAP), Reporting, Value-add Controlling, Liquidity Management, Legal, Tax, Compliance, Governance Sparringspartner to CEO and Management Board, Professionalization of the Finance function and organisation, Implement M&A process (3 NBO/DDs, Valuations etc), Strategy projects, Production Plants CAPEX projects SAP S4Hana implementation, Power BI implementation Finance automation projects XSuite, SAP Concur Lean Management, Commercial Excellence based on Simon Kucher & Partner
s. above excluding IT.
Promotion from Finance Director Germany Promotion to GmbH Managing Director of three legal entities Lead of 8 FTE in FP&A, Accounting (certified IFRS, German GAAP), Reporting, Controlling, Compliance, Legal, Tax, Master Data Management, Demand Forecasting in Territory GER/CH/AUT (appr. 200m€ Revenue, 400 FTE) Month end and year end closings (consolidation) , Budgeting and Forecast, Reporting Sparring Partner to Managing Director, Restructuring projects, Shared Service Center Outsourcing projects, Risk Management and GRC, Legal point of contact, Commercial Excellence Simon Kucher & Partner Segment analysis and strategic controlling Capex projects M&A, strategic analysis and planning Supply chain and operations controlling, S&OP
s. above exccluding CH and AUT.
Construction Chemicals Manufacturing (300m€ Revenue, 1.500 FTE), Lead of 4 plus interns in International Business Controlling, Commercial and Operations Controlling, Business Intelligence (IBM Cognos / SAP BW) International Business Controlling (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statements) with assignments in Poland, Turkey and Russia Introduction Operations Controlling on basis process costing and process improvements Implementation Supply Chain Controlling including process costing and process improvements Project Lead SAP ERP implementation (integrated value and quantity flows) Project Lead Business Intelligence project (SAP BW) Project Lead Cost Improvement Projects
Internal Promotion from Projects Controller International Business Controlling (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statements, Sales, Operations and Finance KPIs), Sales Controlling, Project Controlling, Services Controlling, Two Demergers/Carve Outs Cash Flow Optimization Project - Accounts Receivables Finance & IT projects (Cash Flow Project, etc.)