Daniel Zander

Interim CFO, Controller and Accountant as Freelancer with Cyprus Limited

Paphos, Cyprus
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
1 year 11 months
Paphos, Cyprus

Interim CFO, Controller and Accountant as Freelancer with Cyprus Limited

DZ Consulting & Trading Ltd.

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

Head of Finance & HR

Atera GmbH

  • Led finance (cost controlling independently; accounting) and HR with 4 staff
  • Coding and booking invoices
  • Preparing monthly and annual financial statements, contact for auditors
  • Monthly reports to shareholders for local company and global product group
  • Profitability analysis at product and customer level
  • Conducting hiring interviews
  • Reason for change: accounting tasks did not match job description
Jan 2017 - Sep 2021
4 years 9 months
Memmingen, Germany

Commercial Manager

Leeb GmbH & Co. KG

  • Led finance (cost controlling independently; accounting), purchasing, IT and HR with 10 staff
  • Systematic overhaul of business processes focusing on purchasing, sales and production planning
  • Initiated and implemented optimization projects (profitability increase, capacity planning, inventory management, pricing and assortment management)
  • Monthly reports to shareholders and advisory board
  • Preparing monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Member of management
  • Company financing with maximum use of grants
  • Reason for change: management placed too little focus on mid-term development
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016
2 years 6 months
Isny im Allgäu, Germany

Commercial Manager

Landes Lederwarenfabrik GmbH

  • Led finance department (cost controlling independently; accounting) with 3 staff
  • Member of management
  • Analyzed and optimized business processes
  • Initiated and implemented optimization projects (production output, inventory management, assortment management)
  • Monthly management reports including consolidation and preparing presentations for advisory board, shareholders and banks
  • Preparing monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Supervising 3 subsidiaries (Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong)
  • Reason for change: no sustainable concept; sold to competitor in 2018
Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
1 year
Isny im Allgäu, Germany

Global Controller

Landes Lederwarenfabrik GmbH

  • Analyzed and optimized business processes
  • Initiated and implemented optimization projects (production output, inventory management, assortment management)
  • Monthly management reports including consolidation and preparing presentations for advisory board, shareholders and banks
  • Preparing monthly and annual financial statements, contact for banks and auditors
  • Supervising 3 subsidiaries (Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong)
Apr 2010 - Apr 2013
3 years 1 month
Karben, Germany

Finance Team Leader

ESAB Cutting Systems GmbH

  • Led finance department (cost controlling independently; accounting; group reporting) with 6 staff
  • Prepared monthly management reports for the global Cutting Systems business unit for HQ in London
  • Responsible for monthly and annual financial statements
  • Coordinated and presented annual planning
  • Realigned from specialist provider to “modular” provider
  • Commercial implementation of personnel restructuring
  • Reason for change: move to the Allgäu region with family
Jan 2008 - Dec 2015
8 years

Founder / Owner

Allerlei Bio

  • Built a part-time food mail order business with annual turnover of approx. EUR 80 K in 2015.
Oct 2007 - Mar 2010
2 years 6 months
Karben, Germany

Business Analyst Cutting Systems Global

ESAB Cutting Systems GmbH

  • Prepared monthly management reports for the global Cutting Systems unit for HQ
  • Coordinated annual planning (budget and forecast)
  • Established reporting system for global product segment
Jul 2003 - Sep 2007
4 years 3 months
Hanau, Germany

Controller with additional tasks 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 2000 - Mar 2003
3 years 3 months
Singapore

Financial Liaison (Head of Accounting)

VACUMMSCHMELZE Sdn Bhd.

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

Specialist in Controlling & Reporting

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co KG

Summary
  • 23 years of experience in commercial roles focusing on controlling and accounting in mid-sized manufacturing companies and international corporations
  • 18 years in leadership roles, 13 years with staff responsibility
  • 3-year stay abroad as Head of Accounting in Malaysia
  • Promotions within each company prove performance
  • Strong hands-on mentality from mid-sized companies on site
  • Risk-based analysis of business processes
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Aug 1995 - Jan 1998

VACUUMSCHMELZE GmbH & Co KG

Industrial Clerk training · Hanau, Germany

Aug 1989 - Jul 1995

Gymnasium and Realschule of Otto-Hahn-Schule

Intermediate school certificate · Hanau, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Controller IHK

IHK Frankfurt/Main

Systemic Family Therapist

DGSF

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