Horw, Lucerne, Switzerland
Dynamic Senior Finance Professional with a broad range of cross-industry expertise in large, complex, and matrixed organizations. Skilled in Accounting, Commercial Finance, Business Controlling, R&D Finance, FP&A, and Cash Flow Management. Demonstrated success in driving strategic and transformational changes, leading diverse teams to meet critical financial objectives and achieve optimization in challenging environments. A recognized change agent with a robust, hands-on management style, often regarded as the go-to person for achieving goals with precision. Possesses strong analytical skills and a collaborative approach, making him an effective partner to senior leaders. Committed to delivering impactful results with ethics and integrity.
Reporting to the EMEA CFO and business partnering with the regional SVP Sales and functional leaders, managing a team of 4 and overseeing $4.3B in sales across 1,900 sellers. Led all FP&A reporting and forecasting activities involving commercial and top line forecast. improvements, including ad hoc strategic projects and policy development.
Reported to the Group’s VP of FP&A, overseeing gross profitability and group-wide gross FCF forecasting and reporting. Managed a team of 3 and served as business partner for the 3 Business Unit GMs. Key Achievements: • Forecasting and Reporting: Managed gross profitability forecasting by partnering with Supply Chain and Procurement teams, streamlining material and logistics cost inputs across production sites. • Strategic Partnership: Redesigned processes for gross margin calculation and R&O tracking, enhancing financial visibility for the Animal Nutrition and Human Health units. • Animal Nutrition Project: Supported the R&D and ramp-up phases of a patented methane reduction product, overseeing business case development (IRR/NPV analysis). • IT/SAP Implementation: Led cash and gross profitability workstreams during SAP S/4HANA implementation, aligning financial processes with global standards.
Selected for GE’s Executive Leadership Program, deploying on high-impact audits, including M&A transactions, business integrations, and critical business unit reviews. Focused on controllership, working capital management, and FCF modeling, while partnering with local accounting teams to establish SOX, IFRS, and US GAAP compliance, including IFRS 16 Rev. Rec. Delivered actionable recommendations to optimize financial processes and ensure integrity on sensitive and complex assignments.
Entrusted with full P&L oversight for the Engineering Operations, reporting to the CFO and VP of Engineering. In charge of forecasting/actual reporting and punctual quarter closing. Led process automation, enhanced analytics transparency, and managed transformation initiatives.