Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Senior finance, transformation, and Global Business Services (GBS) executive with 25+ years’ experience across multinational life sciences and consulting organisations. Proven track record in IFRS-based financial governance, shared services scale-up, and enterprise transformation delivery in highly regulated environments. I have held multiple senior accounting and finance leadership roles, including Group Financial Controller ANZ and Head of Group Closing Procedures, with accountability for statutory and consolidated reporting, audit readiness, and multi-entity financial control. In Australia and New Zealand, I led finance organisations of up to 25 FTE and delivered the accounting integration of a >AUD 100m M&A transaction with no disruption to business operations. Beyond finance leadership, I have played a key role in designing and expanding captive GBS operating models, supporting growth from ~2,000 to ~5,000 FTE and integrating end-to-end processes such as Order-to-Cash and Source-to-Pay. As Head of Business Process Management, I established global BPM capability, implemented enterprise KPI frameworks, and embedded knowledge management standards to drive transparency, efficiency, and scalability. Most recently, I led PMO governance and organisational change for a major pharmaceutical supply chain transformation, building senior project management capability and strengthening delivery discipline, risk management, and executive decision-making. I am known for a pragmatic, outcomes-focused leadership style and for translating strategy into measurable, sustainable business results across finance, shared services, and transformation agendas.
Transitioning to Sydney, Australia
Led organisational change management and PMO governance for a major supply chain transformation within the Pharma division, including people leadership of a team of senior project managers
Headed up the Business Process Management function within a captive Global Business Services organization, driving end-to-end process improvement initiatives, defining and implementing a global KPI framework, and establishing enterprise-wide knowledge management standards
Partnered with Senior Leadership on the design and scale-up of a captive Global Business Services (GBS) model, supporting the expansion of shared services from ~2,000 to ~5,000 FTE. Contributed to the evaluation and inclusion of end-to-end process scopes (Order-to-Cash, Source-to-Pay,...), with a focus on process excellence, standardization and operational scalability
Served as Group Financial Controller ANZ/ Head of Accounting ANZ , with accountability for IFRS-compliant financial reporting, statutory compliance and financial governance across the ANZ region, leading a team of 25 FTE and being responsible for financial accounting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, tax and credit management functions, and partnering with local, regional and global leadership
Led global legal-entity close and reporting processes under IFRS, managing a team of three FTE and ensuring accurate, compliant inputs for consolidated group financial statements
Senior SAP consultant supporting the design, implementation and global rollout of SAP EC-CS consolidation for a multinational LifeScience company, aligning system functionality with IFRS group reporting requirements