Experience
May 2021 - Present
4 years 4 months
- Coordination and management of multiple AI, IT and organizational projects.
- Implementation of AI, IT and organizational projects.
- Project communication with clients, stakeholders and the steering committee.
- Preparing project documents (WBS, project manual, etc.).
- Project planning (milestones, schedule, cost and resource planning).
- Close collaboration with common tools like MS Project, Confluence, Trello, Jira, Monday.com.
- Project controlling and reporting.
- Preparing monthly reports, forecasts and variance analyses.
- Budget planning.
- Monitoring project goals and milestones using key metrics.
- Acceptance of project deliverables.
- Risk management (risk assessment and calculation).
- Analyzing financial data on SharePoint.
- Formal project closure (archiving documents, lessons learned, open items list, closing event).
Apr 2019 - Present
6 years 5 months
- Conducting practical online one-day seminars in classic and agile project management on a freelance basis.
Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
1 year 1 month
- Leading the finance team (5 staff) within the IT project Allianz Virtual Client.
- Functional and disciplinary management of 5 employees.
- Project communication with clients, stakeholders and the steering committee.
- Preparing project documents (WBS, project manual, etc.).
- Project planning (milestones, schedule, cost and resource planning).
- Project controlling and reporting.
- Reporting in SAP R/3.
- Monthly, quarterly and annual closing according to HGB and US GAAP.
- Budget planning, budget, cost and variance analysis.
- Forecasting and ad-hoc analyses.
- Actual vs planned comparison and profitability review.
- Project analysis based on the PLM project list and project reporting in the AO tool.
- Three-year mid-term planning MOP 2019 (Forecast 09_2019, Budget 2020, Planning 2021/2022).
- Evaluation of time tracking for researchers & developers as project costs.
- Calculation of IFRS rates for specific projects (IFRS 38 and IFRS 15).
- Cash management for domestic and international operations.
- Responsibility for bank accounts in France and Germany.
- Handling payment transactions.
- Monthly payroll runs for employees.
- Quarterly VAT returns to the Munich tax office.
- Z4 reports to the German Bundesbank and summary reports to the Federal Central Tax Office.
- Issuing invoices at national and international levels.
- Data evaluation and analysis of operations costs, cash flow, balance sheet, working capital, capex, profit & loss, tax.
- Monthly financial data preparation in German and English (BAB, fixed asset schedule, tax asset schedule, budget, profit & loss).
- Balance sheet analysis and calculation of financial ratios.
- Determining monthly KPIs.
- Cash flow analysis.
- Monthly billing for clients (pricing & calculations).
- Enhancing controlling tools and processes.
- Support during tax audits.
- Preparing documents for year-end closing for auditors and tax advisors.
- Point of contact for auditors, tax advisors, banks, tax authorities and colleagues worldwide.
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
1 year 9 months
- Responsible for controlling.
- Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB and US GAAP.
- Budget planning, management and variance analysis.
- Creating forecasts and ad-hoc analyses.
- Cash management for domestic and international operations.
- Handling payment transactions.
- Data evaluation and analysis of financial metrics (operations costs, cash flow, balance sheet, working capital, capex, profit & loss, tax).
- Monthly financial data preparation and reporting (including SAP R/3).
- Improving controlling tools and processes.
- Point of contact for auditors, tax advisors and banks.
- Project reporting and analysis.
Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
1 year 10 months
- Coordinating and managing the IT project for rolling out the new ERP system Concur in the EMEA region.
- Creating business cases for EMEA and consolidation for APAC and North America.
- Project management tasks: planning, communication, controlling, risk management and closure.
- Close collaboration with tools like MS Project, Confluence, Jira.
- Responsible for finance management and controlling in EMEA.
- Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB and US GAAP.
- Budget planning, management and variance analysis for EMEA.
- Creating forecasts and ad-hoc analyses.
- Cash management and payments for EMEA.
Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
1 year 6 months
- Performing controlling tasks.
- Assisting with monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
- Budget planning and control.
- Creating cost and variance analyses.
- Preparing reports and ad-hoc analyses.
- Actual vs planned comparisons and profitability reviews.
- Supporting the improvement of controlling tools.
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011
6 months
- Performing controlling tasks.
- Assisting with monthly, quarterly and annual closings.
- Budget planning and control.
- Creating cost and variance analyses.
- Preparing reports and ad-hoc analyses.
- Actual vs planned comparisons.
Jan 2010 - May 2011
1 year 5 months
- Handling ongoing fixed assets accounting.
- Booking transactions in the area of fixed assets.
- Processing all entries and queries in fixed assets accounting.
- Data analysis for other Allianz divisions (e.g., incorrect asset classes, assets in costs).
- Advising and supporting Allianz companies on fixed assets accounting.
- Rebooking incorrectly assigned assets in SAP R/3.
- Quality assurance and cleanup of manual accounts.
- Ongoing monitoring and optimization of the fixed assets accounting process.
- Preparing and reviewing travel expense reports for staff at home and abroad.
Jan 2009 - Dec 2009
1 year
- Preparing reports for annual financial statements on the asset, earnings and financial position.
- Creating and disclosing annual and consolidated financial statements according to HGB and IFRS.
- Conducting annual and group audit engagements.