Carsten (R.) Schoenberg
CFO
Experience
Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
6 months Hamburg, Germany
CFO
Kabs Service & Logistik (Kabs PolsterWelt)
- Head of Controlling, HR, Accounting & Legal
Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
6 months Hamburg, Germany
Head of Shared Services (HR, Controlling, Accounting)
moebel.de Einrichten & Wohnen AG
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
5 months Germany
Senior Project Manager (ERP)
Hitachi Solutions Europe (Germany)
- Project manager in ERP projects
- Microsoft D365 | Talent | CE (CRM)
- Presales
Jun 2019 - Present
6 years 1 month Hamburg, Germany
Interim- & Project Manager
Carsten Schoenberg | Interim- & Projectmanagement
- ERP Project Manager
- BI Consultant
- CFO / CIO
- Senior Controller
- ERP & Process Consultant
Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
1 year 2 months Hamburg, Germany
Managing Director Shared Service Centre / Head of Finance Germany
Eurofins
- I did lead transactional Finance for Eurofins Germany. Which means 400 Million Euros Turnover and 5000 colleagues in 100 Legal Entities.
- I do this as Managing Director of a Shared Service Centre with 50 employees.
- I enabled the achievement of bottom-line results by developing and implementing both financial and operations management plans for approximately 100 legal entities and 5000 employees. I maintained a trajectory of growth while avoiding obstacles arising from constantly changing demands of staff and operations across three departments. I increased staff’s performance and motivation levels of total 5o employees in three departments through three direct reports.
- Managing indirect spend and maximising savings by implementing P2P Platform (COUPA) in 70 legal entities.
- Introduced a ticket system to maximise service quality for more than 2.000 customer requests per month.
- Replacing parts of an ERP system with a modern cloud solution and replacing OCR scanning of ingoing invoices and PDF (Email) utilisation for purchase orders by 50%.
Jul 2016 - Jun 2018
2 years Hamburg, Germany
Head of Finance IT Germany
Eurofins
- I was the Department lead for Finance IT Germany. Leading multimillion dollar Migration and ERP rollout projects.
- I was responsible for 1st level support of the ERP System with 1700 Users in Germany.
- I was the lead of the internal project & process management team for Eurofins Germany (Shared Services).
- I assembled, coached, deployed, and monitored high-performing team of five personnel for seamless operations. I rendered exceptional financial management advice as a consummate professional by rigorously reviewing all internal and external financial operations in Germany. I introduced workflow and project management systems to streamline day-to-day activities of SSC. I lead company’s demand management to forecast, plan, and manage the demand for products and services while conducting business analysis to deliver value to stakeholders.
- Acknowledged for completing 20 post-merger integration projects in two years, reducing the time from initiation to end from six months to two months.
- Designed a project management framework for whole company and introduced a new project management software; reduced ramp up time for migration and integration projects from weeks to 0-5 days.
- Built business intelligence tools to increase data transparency into financial and operational KPIs by 100 %.
Jun 2014 - Aug 2016
2 years 3 months Germany
Project Manager Finance & IT
Hermes Fulfilment GmbH Member of OTTO Group
- I created the business analysis to drive the main financial controlling processes.
- I lead projects that shapes the operations of several thousand employees and the complete finance department.
- I drove projects related to IT and finance management operations under strict time and budget constraints. Integrated systems/sources of information and implemented a time tracking system by establishing management information and controlling system in SAP, BI, and CATS. I expanded and optimised the creditors accounting for the e-commerce business of external customers, including Escada, LEE, Wrangler, and Adidas by using Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
- Recognised by higher management for changing and boosting overall systems and processes efficiency by transforming paper based invoice workflows into electronic workflows (SAP FI).
- Invented a complete business dashboard for account payment department controlling based on an IT/BI project.
Nov 2012 - Jun 2014
1 year 8 months Bremen, Germany
Financial Controller
DSV
- I was the financial controller for DSV Germany shared services and several business units.
- I transformed the operations and reporting for all internal allocations and cross charge activities fundamentally.
- I was driving sales centring and played a vital part in profit maximization activities.
- I identified threats and risks associated with the shared service Centre Germany while crafting business continuity plan accordingly. Set-up financial budgets and oversaw P&L activities for administrative areas of DSV in Germany. I enforced end-to-end controls for operational compliance with set standards/policies for subsidiaries of DSV road. I calculated costs and allocated all overheads in SAP FI / CO, leading to an accurate cost calculation of products and activities in many operational areas.
- Set up a detailed full scope reporting for all financial flows between the shared service centre and all operational Business Units ad Legal Entities to support higher authorities for the decision-making process.
- Decreased time for budgeting of all German SSC SUBBU´s, departments, and cost centres by 40%.
- Reduced the time spent for preparing, executing, reporting, month-end activates, and closing in SCC from 20 days to four days by establishing several digital tools (mostly VBA based).
Jun 2011 - Oct 2012
1 year 5 months Germany
Finance & Treasury Specialist
Hansa Heavy Lift GmbH
- I set up the Treasury department from scratch in a startup.
- I invented and designed all treasury processes.
- I drove the entire hedging, cash management, debt management and investment controlling for multimillion dollar projects and operations.
- Acknowledged for designing all treasury related processes & organizational structures in the treasury department of a PE backed Shipping Start Up. Established operational excellence in all cash management, derivative handling & risk management processes for a fleet of ore than 20 multi purpose & heavy lift vessels. Generating multi millon dollar savings & revenues by:
- Refinancing a complete fleet for natural currency hedging reasong. Creating interest payment savings of 3 millon EUR p.a.
- Designed an Access based database for all hedging & financing activities in the company. Maximising transparency reducing all reporting time from days to minutes.
- Driving FX & Bunker hedging activities generating profits / savings of several millon dollars.
Mar 2010 - May 2011
1 year 3 monthsTreasurer & Controller
Beluga Group
- Beluga Group was the worlds largest provider in Heavy Lift & Project Shipping.
- All kinds of Projects in Corporate Finance
- Restructuring
- Budgeting of Chartering Department
- Vessel Financing & Loan Admin
- Cash Management
- FX, Interest & Commodity Price & Risk Management / Hedging
Aug 2001 - Sep 2004
3 years 2 monthsPrivate & Retail Banking
KSK Walsrode
- Trainee in banking / sales & back office
Summary
10 Years in Corporate Finance, IT and Projects. Proven leader in IT and finance departments and as Managing Director with 50 Employees. Experienced hands on accountant, business analyst, financial modeller, Excel Pro and financial controller.
I can support you with operational, hands on, strategic and leadership tasks in all the areas mentioned above.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Elementary
Education
Oct 2009 - Jun 2009
Massey University
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management · New Zealand
Oct 2004 - Jun 2009
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Master's degree · Economics · Oldenburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
CPA
CPA Australia
NYIF Certificate in Professional Treasury Management
PRINCE2® Foundation CPD
Power BI Black Belt
Professional Scrum Master
Project Management Professional (PMP)®
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