Frank (Martin) Schneiderlöchner
Principal Consultant
Experience
Principal Consultant
Unit4 Prevero GmbH
Business and technical consulting on the use of Unit4 products (ERP, FP&A, and HCM) and their optimal use by clients
Project management in the energy, healthcare, service, and public sectors
Mentoring colleagues in process and project management (FP&A Bootcamp for consultants)
Sales support and organization/execution of client workshops
Support in preparing proposals for public tenders
Workshops on requirements analysis & design and conducting training sessions
Implementation of cloud-based financial planning and analysis software (FP&A) with intelligent forecasting algorithms (predictive analytics/neural networks)
Implementation of People Planning & Analytics software (PPA)
Rapid onboarding into clients' business processes and requirements
Modeling custom planning models with MOLAP tools
Technologies used: Unit4 products, Azure Cloud, Azure DevOps, Service Now, Power BI, SAP (including migration to S/4 HANA)
Director Business Intelligence and Controlling
pfm medical ag
Realignment of the traditionally structured controlling department (group and function controlling) to a modern BI-supported business partner model
Development and implementation of a business intelligence and controlling strategy and a framework for business performance management
Development of data- and analysis-driven concepts to optimize business processes and support implementation
Execution of strategic and operational planning and reporting processes by preparing relevant key figures using BI solutions
Served as a bridge between strategic and operational planning
Rolled out an FI and HR dashboard with the new BI tool prevero
Forecasting using predictive analytics methods in R
Improved the service quality of the controlling department
Technologies used: prevero, MS SQL Server BI stack, SAP NW BW, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
Head of Business Intelligence Services & Projects
Grünenthal Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Defining the BI strategy and BI governance
Evaluating and deciding on BI data and BI ETL architecture topics
Operating and further developing the corporate BI systems
Application management to support planning and reporting processes
Data integration from SAP and non-SAP systems
Requirements management, project portfolio management, and service-level agreements
Project management for building the backend (as a central data warehouse) of a new performance management system and a new planning system for R&D
Implementing ITIL-like processes in the BI structure services and introducing standardized project approaches in BI development projects
Implementing the service cost ownership concept in BI
Technologies used: SAP NW BW/BO, SAP FI/CO, MS SQL Server BI stack, Cognos TM1, SharePoint, QlikView
Group Leader Internal Control
Toll-Collect GmbH
Auditing central and decentralized IT systems/processes and reviewing procedures with regard to management and client requirements
Technical operation and re-engineering of a data warehouse to monitor data flows
Identifying and reporting key performance parameters
Creating and evaluating the monthly management report for executive management and consortium partners
Advising executive management on quality and risk situations
Developing work and procedure instructions for quality assurance
Obtained technical operating approval for the monitoring system from an auditor
Federal bonus payment for high detection rate of toll evaders
Reduced data warehouse operating costs by €1.5 million
Technologies used: Oracle DB, SAP Business Objects, TOAD for Oracle, ACL audit tool, SPSS
Group Leader International Information Management / Projects & Services
CC-Bank (today Santander Consumer Bank)
Multi-project management and change management
Coordinating international reporting channels and key figures management
Evaluating an internationally deployable core banking system
Introducing and rolling out MS Office products in branches for office automation; integrating optical archiving
Carrying out process organization measures as the bank organization's representative on the anti-money laundering committee
Building an integrated master database as part of the CC-Bank and AKB-Bank merger process
Technologies used: SAS, Oracle
Head of Controlling and Information Management
BARMER Health Insurance Fund
- Finance/Controlling department with line management of five people and project responsibility
Staff Unit for IT Coordination & Organization
Global Health Insurance (DKV German Health Insurance)
- Coordinated IT organization, reporting directly to management (CIO)
Database and Network Administrator
SAVAG Insurance (now Generali Insurance)
- Administered IBM databases and networks in the IT service department
Research Assistant
DFKI – German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH
- Worked on the WIP project "The Automatic Synthesis of Multimodal Presentations"
- Knowledge representation: building semantic networks
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Healthcare (9 years), Insurance (8 years), Pharmaceutical (7.5 years), Energy (6.5 years), Government and Administration (6.5 years), and Transportation (5.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Business Intelligence (25.5 years), Project Management (20.5 years), Information Technology (15.5 years), Finance (13 years), Audit (5.5 years), and Quality Assurance (5.5 years).
Summary
With my experience in leading various consulting projects and in disciplinary leadership positions in controlling, internal audit, organization, and IT, I can set the course for successful digitization within your functional areas.
My work focuses on optimizing decision-making processes and internal business processes.
This happens, e.g., through the introduction and expansion of business / artificial intelligence (BI/AI) processes & tools, implementation of ERP systems, building cloud-based/on-prem data architectures, and data analysis using SAP and Microsoft tools.
I can navigate confidently in both traditional and agile project environments, especially in the role of a project manager.
Skills
Management Experience / Studies
- Conceptual Skills And Strategic Thinking
- Stakeholder Management And Customer Orientation
- Appreciative Leadership And Motivation
- Willingness To Take Risks And Rapid Decision-making
Methodology / Architecture Knowledge
- Bi Strategy And Bi Governance
- Project Management Methods (Pmbok/pmi, Safe 6.0, Scrum)
- Business Analysis (Babok)
- Data Analytics Processes (Crisp)
- Itil, Cobit, Iso 9001
Business Administration Knowledge
- Planning/reporting And Controlling
- Audit
- Process Performance Management / Performance Measurement
- Financial Accounting (P&l And Balance Sheet, Consolidation)
Technical Knowledge
- Data Warehouse Methods (Db/dwh Design & Modeling)
- Artificial Intelligence
- (B) Sql (C) Python
Languages
Education
University of Saarland
Diploma in Computer Science, focus on knowledge-based systems and AI; minor in Economics · Computer Science · Saarbrücken, Germany
Staatliches Gymnasium Saarlouis
Abitur · Saarlouis, Germany
Certifications & licenses
CISA-Certified Information Systems Auditor
ITIL
Prince2
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