Felix Grabsch

Head of Group Controlling @Böllhoff | CFO&MD @Archimedes New Ventures

Greater Bielefeld Area

About

Experienced CFO in Corporate Venture Capital and Manager of Group & Business Controlling Team. Track record in automating & standardizing financial processes and improving financial risk management. Skilled in Treasury Management, M&A, Venture Capital & Financial Controlling. My leadership principles: Trust, honesty, transparency, take responsibility, be a role model.

Experience

  • Archimedes New Ventures (Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland)
    • CFO, Managing Director
      Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Investing in innovative founders and supporting our Startup Companies to grow.

    • CFO, Director
      Jun 2020 - Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Investing in innovative founders and supporting our Startup Companies to grow. In addition I support our Corporate Incubation & digital innovation projects.

  • BÖLLHOFF Group (Bielefeld)
    • Head of Group Controlling
      Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

      • Lead of Group Controlling Team including Business Controlling for Holdings, Corporate Functions, IT & European Logistics • Responsible for Group Management Reporting to Management Board, Advisory Board & Banks • Implementation of a BI Finance system and standardized group chart of accounts • Implementation of a group wide forecast & planning tool • Lead of M&A projects • Improvement of finance processes through automation (RPA), harmonization & standardization

    • Treasury Manager
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

      • Responsible for Group Financing, Cash Management, Asset Management, M&A, Financial Controlling & Financial Risk Management (direct report to Group CFO) • Global rollout of Treasury Management System (Ataq) • Implementation of BI Treasury for automated self-service reporting • Improvement of reporting and daily business processes • Development & implementation of Currency Risk Management Tool • Further development of groupwide hedging strategy

    • Assistant to CFO
      May 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos

      • Support of M&A Projects • Development and implementation of Compliance Management System • Implementation of Group Treasury Management System • Financial analyses • Tax and accounting compliance analysis (Transfer Pricing) • Process analyses and project lead in process improvement projects • Internal audits • Creation of presentations, commentaries & speeches for the Group CFO

  • Commerzbank AG (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Private & Business Banking
      Jul 2010 - Mar 2016 · 5 yrs 9 mos

      Client Relationship Management, Private & Business Banking, Finance, Asset Management, internal Sales Controlling

    • Apprenticeship / Ausbildung Bankkaufmann
      Aug 2008 - Jun 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Corporates & Markets, Client Relationship Management at Commerzbank AG New York
    Feb 2014 - May 2014 · 4 mos