Dr. Daniel Wolf

Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Bad Iburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

About

CFO, experienced leader in global financial controlling and project management/PMO, i. e. in the Automotive industry. Proven global restructuring competence in the areas of profit improvement/cost reduction, procurement transformation and business process optimization also for digital transformation.

Experience

  • Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at PRAZI GROUP
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Group-wide responsibility for Finance, Controlling, IT, Procurement and Quality Management as well as Corporate Development and Project Management/PMO

  • BENTELER Automotive ()
    • VP/Vice President Enterprise Program Management Office
      Jan 2014 - Feb 2019 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      - Global responsibility for the project management for customer projects and in-house projects - Lead the global program manager/project leader community and the trainer-network - Owner of Product Development Process (PDP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)-System - Portfolio-Management of the major in-house projects for strategy implementation

    • Director Program Management Office Restructuring Program
      Jan 2013 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr

      - Headed the company wide program to improve the profit and cash situation - Development and implementation of the new company strategy

    • Director Controlling of the Business Unit Modules
      Aug 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Controlling of the global Business Unit (BU) for Chassis and Front-End Modules - Focus is on the global BU controlling, offer calculation and project controlling - Introduced effective target costing standards for the projects of the BU

  • Head of Corporate Controlling at Schüco International KG
    2007 - 2011 · 4 yrs

    - Realigned group controlling in a rapidly growing market during a multi-year change process - Global responsible for reporting, forecasting and budgeting of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow - Orchestrated roll-out of SAP (CO, BW) in the subsidiaries and an group-wide SAP BI-solution

  • Head of Project and Product Controlling at Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
    2004 - 2007 · 3 yrs

    - Accountable for the lifecycle controlling of the strategic full vehicle and roof top projects - Realigned the project controlling due to increasing price pressure - Implemented target pricing & costing, cross-functional cost work and low-cost country scenarios

  • Consultant at McKinsey & Company
    2000 - 2004 · 4 yrs

    - Focus on the automotive and logistics industry - Projects at global players with focus on strategy, P&L improvement/cost cutting and optimization of procurement, logistics and lean production