Mühlheim, Hesse, Germany
Financial Analyst with 5+ years of experience in financial reporting, forecasting, process automation, and project management. Skilled in optimising close cycles, enhancing data accuracy, and supporting €200M+ budgets through actionable insights. MBA- trained with a global business perspective and a strong analytical mindset. Passionate about turning data into actionable insights. Enthusiast about numbers, problem-solving, and analytical challenges.
◦ Led monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing activities with Accounting team for the Web Coating GmbH business unit, ensuring 100% on-time financial reporting and statement accuracy. ◦ Managed financial reporting across 25+ cost centers, monitoring manufacturing cost trends and inventory movements to support operational and management decision-making. ◦ Partnered with the operations to analyze cost estimates, investigate unknown postings, manage budgets, and evaluate project profitability providing actionable insights for business decision. ◦ Coordinated the month-end management of accruals, provisions, and burden allocations, ensuring timely and accurate project controlling and financial compliance. ◦ Automated SAP transaction processing using VBA, SAP scripting and Power automate eliminating approximately 3 hours of manual closing activities per month (36 hours annually) while improving process consistency. ◦ Utilized Blackline and Anaplan to reconcile over 50+ GL accounts and improve journal entry accuracy, reducing manual workload and strengthening internal controls.
◦ Performed quarterly and annual Plan/Target vs Actual comparisons for European entities, providing commentary for senior management on variances and uncovering potential cost-saving opportunities of up to 12% ◦ Delivered over 15 ad hoc SAP reports, supporting strategic and transformation decisions for 200M+ Euros in global IT spend across multiple business units. ◦ Automated SAP IP reports using Power Query, VBA, and KPI dashboards in Excel, reducing manual reporting time by 70% (saving roughly 3 business days) and improving data accuracy across OE submissions. ◦ Led quality assurance and central data integrity checks during reporting cycles, cutting missing or erroneous financial entries by 20% and enhancing audit readiness. ◦ Tested and assisted a Power BI KPI dashboard alongside SAP reports using Power Query data modeling to maintain consistent figures across platforms. ◦ Developed and deployed a AI Finance Chatbot using the Allianz GPT lab, increasing efficiency for IT controllers by 30% and reducing email load through real-time responses to finance queries.
- Designated PMO for team of 45+ resources across shores. - Audited over 3000+ patient accounts on monthly basis to keep check on team's performance - Took care of Team's production and implemented different strategies to resolve client issues. Dedicatedly traced team's performance using EPIC software reports - Dealt PMO activities including Client Asset Management, Offshore Delivery Center (ODC) Management, Event Management during Client Visit.
- Onboarding SME- tracked E2E onboarding process within 8+ Scrum team and 250+ resources across shores. - Tracking Sprint Metrics performance for 8+ scrum pods on various contractual metrics and KPIs - Prepared Dashboards using PowerBI tool to get live resource count data for leadership. - Used VBA scripting to automate onboarding process. - Dealt directly with clients in reporting and managing team. Reconciliation exercises for 100+ resources to avoid any monetary discrepancies. - Served in well being committee for project and organised multiple events for teams of 1000+ resources