Alexander Becker

Management Consultant, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Controlling, Global Transformation Lead

Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

- Finance executive with more than 15 years of experience in managing multi-billion Euro organizations - Highly engaged transformational leader with excellent collaboration and communication skills - Proven track record in complex company transformations, reorganizations, and global business process redesign - People centric and result driven leadership style with a strong entrepreneurial mindset

Experience

  • Management Consultant at Alexander Becker
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Bayer (9 yrs 4 mos)
    • SVP, Head of Transformation and Controlling Enabling Functions
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      CFO for Bayer’s Enabling Functions managing a budget > 4.5 bn €, direct report to the Group CFO, and member of the Global Executive Circle Leading the restructuring of Bayer's enabling functions with the target to reduce cost by > 40% Implemented a cultural change program introducing new ways of working Established clear E2E responsibilities

    • SVP, Head of Transformation
      Sep 2020 - Dec 2020 · 4 mos

      Program Lead for the global restructuring of Bayer’s enabling functions

    • SVP, Transformation Office Lead
      Jan 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Responsible for the program planning, implementation, and tracking of the restructuring of Bayer’s enabling functions Stakeholder management (Functions, Divisions, Regions, Countries and European employee representatives) Development of a global change & transformation narrative

  • Bayer MaterialScience (8 yrs)
    • Head of Central Controlling
      Jan 2010 - Feb 2014 · 4 yrs 2 mos

      Global responsibility for planning, forecasting, reporting and transfer pricing, 11.6 bn € sales Leading global projects to improve financial performance: Global Planning and Rolling Forecast incl. strategic & operative FTE planning, Working Capital Initiative, Dynamic Business Scenario Simulations, Strategic Cost Management Received Hackett Group Award for Best in Class in Financial Controlling

    • Head of Internal Accounting & Controlling
      Mar 2006 - Dec 2009 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Global responsibility for Cost Controlling and Product Costing Leading global projects to improve financial performance: Service Level Agreements, Process Standardization Leader global restructuring program

  • Management Consultant at Alexander Becker
    Nov 1999 - Feb 2006 · 6 yrs 4 mos

    Process Standardization and Reengineering, Risk Management, Advanced Analytics, Data Warehousing, Software Development

  • General Manager at evivax it consulting GmbH
    Jun 1999 - Mar 2003 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Owner Manager evivax it consulting GmbH