Business Unit R&D Controlling Consultant

• Analyze as-is processes in R&D Controlling to determine improvements and manage their execution.
• Align global R&D Controlling and Accounting procedures.

• Lead the project to separate SDC from manufacturing costs, including adjustments of target setting and planning processes.

Project Lead to Establish a New Cost Category:

• Separate supplier development costs (SDC) from manufacturing costs to establish them as an own cost category.
• Introduce target setting, planning, and reporting methods for the new SDC category.
• Track project milestones and consolidate stakeholder issues.
• Prepare top management presentations on project status.
• Interact with the IT department to implement process changes.

• Manage various finance projects such as setting up a global shared service structure.
• Support the carve-out of two business units.
• Analyze a financial steering logic.
• Establish an integrated planning approach.

Consultant for New Steering Logic:

• Propose a steering logic which better suits the organizational structure.
• Conduct workshops to derive business needs.
• Detect gaps of responsibility.
• Discuss pros and cons of different steering models.

Consultant for Organizational Structure in Controlling:

• Review the global organizational set-up of the business function Controlling.
• Identify improvement potential in the Controlling structure.
• Propose a new set-up for supporting clear roles, responsibilities, and the degree of centralization.