Dirk Bergner
Freelance Controller and Coach
Experience
Freelance Controller and Coach
Midsize corporate group – mechanical engineering industry: Interim Head of Controlling (set up group controlling, preparation for planned IPO, realignment of monthly reporting)
Midsize company – steel / mechanical engineering industry:
- Project to develop cost and performance accounting
- Set up a structured cost accounting sheet (BAB) to determine hourly and overhead rates for preliminary and final costing
- Set up a Profit Center accounting to present P&L by business units
Startup – optics / photonics industry: Interim CFO
- Prepare financial and liquidity planning for financing rounds and grant projects
- Point of contact for investors during due diligence processes
- Set up monthly reporting for internal and external stakeholders
- Prepare annual financial statements in cooperation with external tax consultancy (inventory valuation, provisions etc.)
- Point of contact for project sponsors for funded development projects
- Optimize and digitize financial business processes
Startup – robotics industry: Interim Head of Finance (implemented business processes, supported financing rounds)
Midsize company – mechanical engineering industry: Project to implement cost and performance accounting
Director Business Process Management, 2 employees, authorized officer
SÜSS MicroTec SE
- Set up a new department to optimize business processes (goal: efficiency gains to increase output)
- Focus on reducing internal lead times for machine orders in order processing, design, purchasing and production
- Contributed to formulating a corporate guideline including personnel management
- Set up cross-department reporting for internal organizational projects
- Other optimization projects in administrative areas (streamlining approval processes, simplifying travel expense reports etc.)
Director Controlling, 5 employees (at 2 locations), authorized officer
SÜSS MicroTec SE
(Special) mechanical engineering, publicly listed, sales €200 m, 880 employees (in 14 companies)
- Responsible for group controlling and since 03/2009 also for operational controlling of the German subsidiaries
- Introduced a structured annual planning process and interim forecasts
- Built monthly group reporting based on a consistent data platform (OLAP database)
- Led the introduction of the SAP CO module in 2008; continuous development within the SAP standard since then
- Developed a comprehensive cost object controlling
- Controlled R&D projects by quantitative and qualitative aspects
- Established group-wide risk management
- Contributed to consolidated quarterly and annual financial statements under IFRS (until 2005 under US GAAP)
- Participated in M&A projects and post merger integration
Consultant (for Business Intelligence applications)
MIS GmbH (today part of the Infor Group)
Provider of performance management solutions
- Implemented software solutions & provided business consulting in the following areas
- Reporting & planning
- Group consolidation
- Individual controlling projects based on MIS OLAP technology
Financial Controller
Deutsche BA Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH (later part of the airberlin group)
Investment Controller
Vossloh Elektro GmbH
- At that time a divisional holding within the Vossloh group
- Manufacturer of components for the lighting industry
Summary
I help companies build and develop scalable controlling structures. Through maximum number transparency, tailored KPIs and automated processes.
Languages
Education
Administrative and Business Academy Bochum
Business Administrator (VWA) · Business Administration · Bochum, Germany
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