Andreas G.
Interim Manager Finance and Controlling
Experience
Nov 2024 - Nov 2025
1 year 1 monthGöttingen, Germany
Head of Controlling (ad interim)
Amedes Group
- Professional and disciplinary leadership of the Controlling department with 12 employees
- Assessment, stabilization, and restructuring of the Controlling Business Unit, Corporate Controlling, and Central Controlling
- Implementation of a cost-saving project (Top Tier Consultant) aimed at a significant improvement of the EBITDA margin
- Simplification and acceleration of the reporting, planning, and forecasting process
- Identification and implementation of business-critical KPIs
- Improving the commentary on business performance to shareholders
- Establishment of IT and sales controlling
- Support for financial statement preparation under HGB and IFRS
- Enhancing collaboration with Accounting and Treasury
May 2021 - Nov 2024
3 years 7 monthsCologne, Germany
Director Controlling (ad interim)
Cleverbridge GmbH
- Restructuring and rebuilding of the Controlling department
- Special tasks as part of the transaction support in 2021, with the successful completion of the transaction process in 2022 (acquisition of Cleverbridge by PE investor EMH)
- Sparring partner to the CFO
- Comprehensive development of reporting, budgeting, and corporate planning
- Structuring and introduction of contribution margin accounting
- Establishment of sales and investment controlling
- Implementation of Power BI as a controlling tool
- Building a centralized data warehouse
- Very close collaboration with Accounting, Tax, and Treasury
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
1 year 3 monthsKronberg, Germany
Senior Controlling Consultant
MVC GmbH
- Conducting workshops to develop and implement an expanded cost accounting system and contribution margin accounting
- Improving reporting and building Power BI dashboards
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
3 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Senior Controlling Consultant
Officebricks GmbH
- Developing and implementing corporate planning, budgeting, and reporting
- Conducting business model analysis
- Creating pitch decks for subsequent funding rounds
Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
1 year 4 monthsDüsseldorf, Germany
Interim Project Manager Business Intelligence/GDPR
Vodafone GmbH
- Leading the project team, communicating with stakeholders, project controlling, and budget management
- Ensuring deletion or anonymization of personal data in BI
- Introducing new software to enhance personal data protection under GDPR
- Rolling out the solution, developing and conducting user training, webinars, and online help; successfully concluding the project in December 2019
Jan 2016 - Sep 2018
2 years 9 monthsEschborn, Germany
CFO (ad interim)
swoplo AG
- Built the first online marketplace for load carriers
- Secured financing and liquidity
- Completed two successful funding rounds in double-digit millions
- Set up controlling, budgeting, and corporate planning
- Developed the business model and a payment feature for the marketplace
- Prepared annual financial statements and KPI reports; communicated with banks and investors
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
3 monthsBrunsbüttel, Germany
Senior Controlling Consultant
Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH
- Developed new approaches in controlling
- Redesigned a contribution margin accounting model
- Developed KPIs and redesigned management reporting
- Optimized asset and investment controlling
Jan 2012 - Nov 2012
11 monthsDeißlingen, Germany
Restructuring Consultant
Menath Transporte OHG
- Developed a restructuring concept for a banking consortium and implemented comprehensive controlling and professional liquidity management
- Produced a restructuring expert report under IDW ES6 together with auditor Prof. Dr. Werner Nann
- Successfully negotiated the restructuring strategy with the participating banks
Feb 2011 - Dec 2015
4 years 11 monthsWörnitz, Germany
Commercial Director (ad interim)
vpool GmbH
- Restructured the commercial and operations departments
- Built a new data warehouse
- Selected and implemented a business intelligence solution for future controlling (DeltaMaster by Bissantz)
- Reorganized the finance, accounting, and controlling department
- Developed the planning process and implemented tool-supported planning and budgeting
- Introduced a transport management software (OPHEO by Initions AG) and made necessary adjustments to the existing ERP system
Mar 2003 - Mar 2009
6 years 1 monthFrankfurt, Germany
Commercial Director, Authorized Signatory
TFG Transfracht GmbH
- Led 35 people (finance, accounting, controlling)
- Reorganized and restructured the company
- Cost savings project: improved EBITDA margin from -10% to +8%
- Established company-wide controlling
- Introduced modern controlling tools (DeltaMaster)
- Restructured the ERP system and data management
- Established risk management
- Implemented transport management software
Aug 2001 - Feb 2003
1 year 7 monthsHamburg, Germany
M&A Project Manager
KPMG Transaction-Services
- M&A advisory, due diligence, business valuations
- Consulting for mid-sized companies
- Industries: transportation, logistics, energy, retail, mechanical engineering
Sep 1999 - Jul 2001
1 year 11 monthsVancouver, Canada
Audit Manager
KPMG LLP Audit
- Auditing and consulting for mid-sized companies
- Industries: transportation, timber industry, legal services, retail, mechanical engineering, First Nations, software/high-tech
Dec 1996 - Aug 1999
2 years 9 monthsHamburg, Germany
Audit Assistant and Audit Manager
KPMG AG Audit
- Auditing and consulting for mid-sized companies
- Industries: food, logistics, transportation, retail, mechanical and plant engineering, construction, healthcare
Summary
Action-oriented expert with a hands-on mentality. Empathetic problem solver, even in difficult situations. Over 25 years of international project and leadership experience in controlling and finance, IT, business intelligence, digitalization, restructuring, M&A, and auditing. For 15 years, successfully working as an independent interim manager.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1991 - Jun 1996
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Diploma in Business Administration · Economics · Giessen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Analyzing And Visualizing Data With Power BI
Microsoft
Certified Management Consultant
BDU
Controller Certificate Levels I to IV
Controller Academy
KPMG Training Program Germany and Canada
Leaders Of Learning
Harvard X
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