Adrian Braem

Team Leader Business Solution & Outsourcing

Zurich, Switzerland

About

Highly accomplished senior finance professional with a Master of Science in Business Administration and 18 years of solid experience in business finance roles, spanning financial analysis, accounting, and systems and process management. Proven history of acting as a partner to senior business leadership, including providing the reports, tools, and data necessary to drive core business decisions. Insightful analyst able to compile, extract, and quantify relevant data. Exceptional skills in reporting and ledger management, ensuring transparency and accuracy in all business finance functions. Strong talent for providing audit support through reconciliation and validation of key finance documents. Excellent team collaborator thriving in a cross-functional, multicultural environment.

Experience

  • Team Leader Business Solution & Outsourcing at BDO
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Responsible of managing a team and coordinating their tasks and assignments. Additionally, the role includes serving as an interim finance manager, overseeing financial operations and providing guidance to clients in various finance-related areas. The primary responsibility is to address the financial needs and challenges of clients by offering solutions and strategies to improve their financial performance. This includes assisting with financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

  • Global Business Controller at Belimed
    Dec 2019 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Ensuring timely and accurate Financial Reporting for the divisions Medical and Consumables. Manage all aspects of Finance and Accounting Operations from revenue and expense recognition thru monthly financial statement. Report and explain all budget variances to executive management. Consult with senior managers to develop and analyze results from various strategies. Build-up financial planning processes and design as well as implement overall business plans. Manage and assist with the annual budgeting, planning and ongoing forecasting process. Provide strategic accounting guidance and participate in various finance projects. Selected Achievements: • Implemented Credit Risk / Management at Belimed • Implemented new COPA reports which provide visibility on ASP and Sales performance • Built up a tool for capital budgeting to evaluate cash flows

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Global FP&A at LifeScan
    Oct 2018 - Nov 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Managing actuals and planning coordination, consolidation, analysis and presentation for worldwide HC data and financial results. Transitioning Day1 and Day2 countries into the new financial setup as standalone company. Lead automation of GP reporting and consolidation. Standardized and automatized business plan submission, reports and reviews. Streamline sales and marketing plans and operations of the LifeScan business unit to ensure alignment with organizational long-term plans, priorities of new owners, and attainment of KPIs. Selected Achievements: • Implemented new global P&L and Headcount reporting processes. • Established the LifeScan carve out from Johnson & Johnson. • Implemented Essbase and trained the stakeholders.

  • Senior Financial Analyst - WW FP&A J&J Diabetes Care Companies (LifeScan) at Johnson & Johnson
    Mar 2017 - Sep 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Recruited to manage BPC vs. BRAVO global systems audit support; review balance sheets against source documents to verify accuracy. Oversee global and EMEA sales reporting, including monthly sales closing, sanity checks, and analytics. Liaise with personnel throughout EMEA to collect necessary comments. Evaluate and report on transmittal letter changes. Implement updates to the BRAVO product hierarchy. Managed global BPC consolidation. Take an instrumental role in the success of the carve out project. Selected Achievements: • Maintained 100% accuracy and accountability for the EMEA and global sales dashboard. • Ensured on-time refresh of Tableau analytics. • Established clear, actionable standards for BP decks, including managing forecast cycle update decks in compliance with ES&P standards.

  • Career Note at Various
    Jul 2015 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Travelling Canada and the US, as well as undertaking numerous professional development courses