Leading the financial steering and integration of a UK and Canada target with a combined annual revenue of approximately EUR 50 million. Defining a group-wide integration strategy including process harmonization, cross-border SLAs and transfer pricing.
ERP migration ramp-up and operationalization for the UK target from SAGE to Workday, including process mapping and designing new workflows.
Budget modelling for target companies and their inclusion into the group-wide model.
IFRS translation from local GAAPs and setting up monthly closing reports of financial and non-financial KPIs for management, investor and lender reporting.
Performing audit and accounting activities for month-end to ensure business continuity during a sudden personnel shortage.
Sep 2020 - Mar 2023
2 years 7 months
Munich, Germany
Project Lead Strategy & Finance, CFO-Direct
IU Group (Oakley Capital Portfolio Company)
Seconded to London for 15 months: Supported the acquisition of a target in the UK with a low seven-figure turnover, including financial, commercial and legal due diligence, and managed the closing, post-merger integration and financial steering of the target.
Developed strategy for brand expansion and market entry in the UK and business planning for internationalization.
Supported the group’s M&A and integration strategy.
Assisted with corporate finance activities and worked closely with the private equity investor.
Supported interim management and restructuring of an underperforming business unit.
Managed the relocation of the company headquarters from Germany to Belgium.
Prepared board presentations professionally.
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
8 months
Munich, Germany
Senior Consultant
mm1
Provided strategic support to align the B2C business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for one of the top three telecom players in Germany.
Conducted migration and pricing analyses and prepared board documents to boost sales.
Led growth project ramp-up at an international payment service provider for premium subscriptions.
Managed projects.
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
7 months
Nuremberg, Germany
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Invent
Led an agile transformation at a mid-sized bank by creating a strategic roadmap and running agile training and workshops for management and staff.
Offered strategic support to realign end-to-end process management at a mid-sized bank.
Managed a global initiative to scale AI and data analytics projects.
Took on various PMO roles including stakeholder management and project coordination.
May 2018 - Oct 2022
4 years 6 months
Frankfurt, Germany
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Waiterfy GmbH
Created a business and financial plan.
Established and grew a GmbH, registering a European brand.
Developed an MVP for digital ordering and payment in hospitality, hotel and events.
Managed accounting and prepared annual financial statements.
Liquidated and closed the company.
Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
1 year 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany
Mentor of a Refugee intern
DekaBank
Mentored a refugee intern.
Mar 2017 - Mar 2019
2 years 1 month
Frankfurt, Germany
Specialist for private banking solutions & digitalization
DekaBank
Collaborated on a cross-bank digital private banking initiative.
Managed the sub-project for quantitative risk profile determination for corporate clients.
Led the project for a digital service to automate investment strategy creation for advisors.
Represented Private Banking to client decision-makers at presentations and training sessions.
Developed process-optimizing tools within the unit.
Enhanced a portfolio optimization tool.
Validated capital market parameters for structured private banking solutions.
Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
1 year 4 months
Frankfurt, Germany
Trainee in Wealth Management
Deka Investment GmbH
Supported and developed decision bases for investment allocations.
Managed portfolios of individual mutual funds.
Independently developed Excel VBA applications for investment analysis in risk management.
Gained technical insights through rotations in capital market trading, fundamental research, fund management and strategy.
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
3 months
Freiberg, Germany
Volunteer
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
Assisted in setting up and running a refugee shelter.
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
4 months
Kolkata, India
Internship in the Indian mech. engineering sector
VDMA India
Worked on databases to improve networking between Indian and German companies.
Organized events and invited decision-makers from Indian companies.
Nov 2013 - Nov 2013
1 month
Berlin, Germany
Tutor for Financial Accounting
EBC Hochschule
Tutored first-semester students in financial accounting.
Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
4 months
Freiberg, Germany
Internship in Banking for corporate clients
Sparkasse Mittelsachsen
Arranged financing for corporate clients and prepared financing options.
Prepared financial covenants.
Mar 2013 - Mar 2013
1 month
Şile, Turkey
Team Manager, Enterprise 2013 Competition
Isik University
Managed a team of six members.
Achieved the highest share price among all simulated companies in the MarkStrat simulation.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Spanish
Advanced
French
Advanced
Italian
Advanced
Education
Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
James Cook University
Singapore
Sep 2012 - Jul 2015
EBC Hochschule Campus Berlin
Bachelor, Focus Finance · International Business Management · Berlin, Germany · 1.49