Jose Romano

MBA | Business Finance Manager | FP&A | MedTech |

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

About

MBA graduate from Germany’s top-ranking business school and Production engineer with +15 years work experience. I have been involved in situations where I used my adaptability, strategic thinking and leadership skills to work in multidisciplinary teams in projects throughout the value chain in the MedTech, Food, Chemical and Automotive industries. I am a goal-oriented professional with high communication abilities to create and manage relationships with customers and suppliers. I have permanent motivation to learn and integrity is my most important value.

Experience

  • Business Finance Manager at Novocure
    Aug 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    - Proactively deliver business and financial insights that provide assigned businesses with important, actionable ways to improve business results - Understands levers of the impact of assigned businesses and actively participates in business reviews - Provide management with insight on all areas of cost and revenue - Assist business leaders with the development and delivery of financial plans, forecasts and analyses - Ownership of management reporting for assigned businesses - Primary point of contact between the business and the finance organization

  • Plant Controller at Voith Turbo
    Aug 2020 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    - Oversee the monthly reporting, including the derivation of specifics savings measures - Preparation, evaluation and presentation of all relevant key figures in monthly/quarterly/annual work reviews - Implementation of measures to increase productivity and reduce costs through different projects with Production and Assembly area managers, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain and Operational Excellence leaders - Follow up the main Plant KPIs like Efficiency, Delivery Rate, Cost per hour, level of inventories, Quality claims, etc - Responsible for the business planning process coordinating activities with Central Controlling and the different areas in the plant - Responsible for investment planning as well as the pre- and post-calculation of the NPV and ROIs calculations - Compliance officer responsible within the Plant - Oversee the product cost analysis in cooperation with the Calculation team - Carry out special commercial and strategical analyzes.

  • SBU Material Controller EMEA at Tenneco
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    - Analyze and support financial reports in an accurate, transparent and timely manner - Communicate monthly, quarterly and annual material costs evolution in comparison to prior year, forecast and budget - Conduct reviews and evaluations for performance improvements opportunities - Provide support and/or guidance to the plant in relation to SOX audits, with regards to processes related to material flows - Manage the SBU´s financial monitoring and reporting systems with regards to material costs

  • Supply Chain Controller at DöhlerGroup
    Sep 2014 - Aug 2017 · 3 yrs

    - Project work in the area of materials management and controlling - CAPEX Controlling - Monitoring strategic and operational goals - Preparation of budget / actual analyses - Monitoring the annual budget - Monthly preparation of supply chain reporting - Ad hoc analysis for business partners and management - Personal responsibility for process and system optimization

  • Manufacturing and Supply Chain Controller EMEA at Styrolution
    Mar 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    -Summarize Plant Fixed and Supply Chain Cost for the annual EMEA budget -Prepare and consolidate the monthly Operations KPIs in the region for the Manufacturing VP -Devise monthly inventory reports for finished goods and raw materials, providing actual and forecasted values for the different business units