Daniel Zander

Interim CFO, Controller and Accountant in self-employment with Cyprus Limited

Paphos, Cyprus

Experience

Sep 2023 - Present
1 year 11 months
Paphos, Cyprus

Interim CFO, Controller and Accountant in self-employment with Cyprus Limited

DZ Consulting & Trading Ltd.

  • Process optimization in the Shared Service Center Controlling (3 months) for an international public food industry company (€2 billion revenue, 5,000 employees) in Berlin.
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
7 months
Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany

Head of Finance & HR

Atera GmbH

  • Managed Finance (CO independently; accounting) and HR with 4 employees
  • Coding and posting of invoices
  • Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, point of contact for auditors
  • Monthly reports to shareholders for local entity and global product group
  • Profitability analysis at product and customer level
  • Conducting recruitment interviews
  • Reason for change: accounting responsibilities did not match the job description
Jan 2016 - Sep 2021
4 years 9 months
Memmingen, Germany

Commercial Director

Leeb GmbH & Co. KG

  • Managed Finance (CO independently; accounting), Procurement, IT and HR with 10 employees
  • Systematic revision of business processes focused on procurement, sales and production planning
  • Initiation and implementation of optimization projects (profitability improvement, capacity planning, inventory management, pricing and assortment management)
  • Monthly reports to the shareholder family and advisory board
  • Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Member of the executive management team
  • Company financing with maximum utilization of grants
  • Reason for change: management placed insufficient focus on mid-term development
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
2 years 6 months
Isny im Allgäu, Germany

Commercial Director

Landes Lederwarenfabrik GmbH

  • Head of Finance Department (CO independently; accounting) with 3 employees
  • Member of the executive management team
  • Analysis and optimization of business processes
  • Initiation and implementation of optimization projects (production output, inventory management, assortment management)
  • Monthly management reports including consolidation and preparation of advisory board, shareholder and bank presentations
  • Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Oversight of 3 subsidiaries (Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong)
  • Reason for change: no future-oriented concept; sold to a competitor in 2018
Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
1 year
Isny im Allgäu, Germany

Global Controller

Landes Lederwarenfabrik GmbH

  • Analysis and optimization of business processes
  • Initiation and implementation of optimization projects (production output, inventory management, assortment management)
  • Monthly management reports including consolidation and preparation of advisory board, shareholder and bank presentations
  • Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Oversight of 3 subsidiaries (Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong)
Apr 2010 - Apr 2013
3 years 1 month
Karben, Germany

Team Leader Finance

ESAB Cutting Systems GmbH

  • Head of Finance Department (CO independently; accounting; group reporting) with 6 employees
  • Preparation of monthly management reports for the global Cutting Systems business unit for the corporate headquarters in London
  • Responsible for monthly and annual financial closing
  • Coordination and presentation of annual planning
  • Realignment from a specialist provider to a modular “building block” provider
  • Commercial implementation of personnel restructuring
  • Reason for change: relocation with family to the Allgäu region
Jan 2008 - Dec 2015
8 years

Founder / Owner

Allerlei Bio

  • Established a food mail-order business as a side venture with annual revenue of approx. €80 K in 2015.
Oct 2007 - Mar 2010
2 years 6 months
Karben, Germany

Business Analyst Cutting Systems Global

ESAB Cutting Systems GmbH

  • Preparation of monthly management reports for the global Cutting Systems business unit for the corporate headquarters
  • Coordination of annual planning (budget and forecast)
  • Development of reporting for the global product segment
Jul 2003 - Sep 2007
4 years 3 months
Hanau, Germany

Controller with Additional Responsibilities in the Finance Department

European Advanced Superconductors GmbH & Co. KG

Apr 2003 - Jun 2003
3 months
Hanau, Germany

Specialist for Service Level Agreements for Spin-off

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co KG

Jan 1999 - Mar 2003
3 years 3 months
Singapore

Financial Liaison (Head of Accounting)

VACUMMSCHMELZE Sdn Bhd.

  • Head of Accounting (CO independently; accounting) with seven employees at three locations (Pontian & Pekan, Malaysia & Singapore)
  • Reason for change: return to Germany for family reasons
Jan 1998 - Dec 1999
2 years
Hanau, Germany

Clerk in Controlling & Reporting

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co KG

Summary

  • 23 years of professional experience in the commercial area with a focus on controlling and accounting in medium-sized manufacturing companies and international corporations
  • 18 years in leadership roles, of which 13 years with staff responsibility
  • 3 years abroad as Head of Accounting in Malaysia
  • Promotions within respective companies demonstrate performance
  • Strong hands-on mentality derived from medium-sized corporate environments on site
  • Risk-based analysis of business processes

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Aug 1995 - Jan 1998

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co KG

Apprenticeship as Industrial Clerk · Hanau, Germany

Aug 1989 - Jul 1995

Gymnasium and Secondary School of Otto-Hahn-School

Realschulabschluss · Hanau, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Controller IHK

IHK Frankfurt/Main

Systemic Family Counselor

DGSF