Creating Transparency to Shape Future | Interim Manager & Consultant with Startup and Corporate Experience

A consultant on various aspects of business:

• Creating visibility
• Development and implementation of strategic initiatives
• Digitalization of finance processes
• Growth and sales internationally
• Turnarounds and transformations

• CFO for global business line with sales volume of approx. 200 mEUR
• Managerial responsibility for global finance team of 30 employees in 8 countries (China, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, UK & USA)
• Board of Directors Member in Denmark, Norway, China and Italy
• Execution of the strategy "Digitalization of Maritime Industry"
• Management and improvement of strategic and operational reporting structures and processes to reflect the changing organizational structure in an agile environment
• Initiation and implementation of various rationalization programs (e.g. development of target-operating model to improve profitability, Covid Mitigation)
• Development of KPI schemes and dashboards to measure strategic target achievement
• Optimization of approval processes (incl. implementation of electronic workflows)

Achievements:

• Improved reporting and planning processes resulted in increased forecast accuracy, enhanced visibility and optimized strategic focus
• Development and implementation of a target-operating model to increase EBIT by 6 percentage points in FY2020 (pre-covid)
• Performance optimization of finance and controlling team (global FTE reduction)

• Responsible for finance, controlling, IT and human resources in DACH region
• Managerial responsibility for two employees and management of external service provider
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements
• Creation and improvement of reporting to French HQ
• Liquidity planning and cash flow management
• Creation and improvement of operational controlling processes and tools
• Business analysis and strategic planning
• Development of international transfer pricing scheme
• Management of back-office functions
• Incorporation of Swiss entity

Achievements:

• Net sales growth from 4 to 8 mEUR
• Improvement of forecasting accuracy
• Increased visibility lead to gross margin optimization of 7 percentage points
• Integration of Swiss entity

• Budgeting, forecasting and reporting for local management and international headquarter
• Brand portfolio analysis
• Business Analysis (ROI on marketing activities)
• Development and implementation of Controlling- and Reporting-Tools
• Budget responsibility for all OPEX of the business unit
• Contact person for marketing, PR and sales in finance topics and SAP support

Achievements:

• Support of several product launches
• Development and implementation of OPEX planning tool that was used cross-divisional in Germany