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Jekaterina Schörling
Interim Financial Specialist
Experience
Sep 2024 - Present
1 year 6 monthsInterim Financial Specialist
Construction Industry Company (Group)
- Support for management and the finance department
- Handling special projects in finance
- Analyzing, optimizing and documenting processes
- Supporting SAP harmonization
- Acting as a coach and sparring partner
Nov 2023 - Jun 2024
8 monthsInterim Head of Finance
Modern Technology Company
- Supporting the CEO and global management
- Implementing administrative processes (finance, HR, IT)
- Analyzing, optimizing and documenting processes
- Financial reporting
Jan 2023 - Nov 2023
11 monthsInterim Head of Group Accounting and Consolidation / Interim Head of Finance
Private Equity Firm (Group)
- Supporting the CFO
- Implementing standardized consolidation processes
- Supporting the transition of reporting in the holding company and its subsidiaries
- Analyzing, optimizing and documenting processes
- Acting as interim head of finance (03/2023–10/2023)
- Supporting the CFO on financial matters
- Onboarding the new head of finance (from 09/2023)
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
1 year 2 monthsInterim Head of Finance / Interim Financial Controller
Waste Disposal and Recycling Company
- Supporting the new CEO
- Implementing administrative processes (finance, HR, IT)
- Analyzing, optimizing and documenting processes
- Financial controlling and reporting
- Acting as interim financial controller (until 06/2022)
- Preparing account and variance analyses
- Reporting to the head of controlling and the CFO
Apr 2021 - Sep 2022
1 year 6 monthsInterim Manager Finance (part time)
Media and Software Company
- Caretaker for the Finance Director
- Supporting process optimization in finance and HR
- Integration and migration into the new group structure
Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
5 monthsInterim Finance Manager
Healthcare company (group)
- Caretaker for the Head of Transaction Accounting
- Support in implementing new processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Reporting to Head of Finance and CFO
Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
1 year 6 monthsInterim Finance Director
Media and software company
- Support in monthly, quarterly and annual reporting, including under US GAAP and UK GAAP
- Responsibility for the finance department including staff management
- Responsibility for the HR department of the German company
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Reporting to national CEO and European Group CFO
May 2018 - Sep 2019
1 year 5 monthsInterim CFO
Glass equipment manufacturing company (group)
- Interim Chief Financial Officer
- Responsibility for finance and controlling departments
- Staff management
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Implementation of new processes (group-wide)
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Reporting to CEO and Group CFO
- Caretaker for CFO successor
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
8 monthsSenior Consultant
Healthcare company (group)
- Project management and consulting in consolidation
- Further development of reporting and support for the introduction of new accounting standards under IFRS
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Implementation of new processes (group-wide)
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
8 monthsInterim Finance and Controlling Manager (part-time)
Glass equipment manufacturing company (group)
- Caretaker for CFO successor
- Support in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB and French GAAP
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Implementation of new processes (group-wide)
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Reporting to CEO
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
7 monthsInterim CFO
Glass Apparatus Manufacturing Company (Group)
- Finance director and caretaker for the successor CFO
- Responsible for finance and controlling
- Personnel management
- Optimization of accounting processes
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Implementation of new processes (group-wide)
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Reporting to the CEO
Jan 2016 - Present
10 years 2 monthsShareholder Managing Director
DIRINA GmbH
- Management of the company
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017
1 year 2 monthsHead of Accounting
Healthcare Company (Group)
- Managing the group's accounting
- Reporting to the CFO
- Point of contact for the subsidiaries
- DATEV project management
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes
- Implementation of new processes (group-wide)
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Monitoring group reporting
- Activities according to §6 (3) and (4) StBerG
May 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years 8 monthsBoard Member / CFO
Real Estate Company (Group)
- Responsible for finance and controlling
- Responsible for human resources
- Investor relations and public relations
- Organizational responsibility
- Contract and conflict management
Sep 2012 - Apr 2013
8 monthsHead of Finance
Real Estate Company (Group)
- Managing accounting, controlling and finance
- Preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB and IFRS, in cooperation with tax consultants and auditors
- Point of contact for the subsidiaries
- Analysis, optimization and documentation of processes, as well as implementation of new processes
- Preparation of account and variance analyses
- Activities according to §6 (3) and (4) StBerG
Apr 2011 - Sep 2012
1 year 6 monthsTeam Leader Accounting
Company in the renewable energy sector (Group)
- Manage the accounting
- Support in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under HGB
- Monitor the closing schedule
- Serve as the contact person for the subsidiaries
- Analyze, optimize, and document processes
- Prepare account and variance analyses
- Support the implementation of a new ERP system
- Activities under Section 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
Feb 2009 - Mar 2011
2 years 2 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Group Reporting / Accounting Principles and Compliance
Company in the energy and mineral oil industry (Group)
- Support in financial accounting under IFRS and consolidation
- Support in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under IFRS
- Prepare sign-off reports and GAIT entity owner reports for the parent company
- Serve as the contact person for the subsidiaries
- Contact person for HR controlling
- Prepare to take over accounting processes in HR
- Contact person for the service center staff in India
- Analyze, optimize, and document processes
- Prepare account and variance analyses
- Monitor the group/IFRS schedule
- Activities under Section 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
- Document process flows for internal control
- Develop special topics, for example bio-quota
- Collaborate with statutory reporting
Nov 2008 - Jan 2009
3 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Company in the energy sector (Group)
- Interim head of finance
- Report to the group's CFO
- Support in financial accounting and consolidation
- Support in preparing monthly financial statements under HGB
- Analyze, optimize, and document processes
- Prepare account and variance analyses
- Contribute to the monthly group reporting
- Monitor the schedule
- Activities under Section 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
- Onboard new employees and mentor trainees
Jul 2008 - Oct 2008
4 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Company in the quality assurance and inspection services sector
- Support management in restructuring the finance department
- Analyze, optimize, and document processes
- Perform balance sheet analysis and reporting
- Support in preparing the annual financial statements under HGB
- Collaborate with auditors
- Prepare account and variance analyses
- Clear open items in accounts payable/receivable (legacy balances)
- Activities under Section 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
- Serve as the contact person for accounting staff on special topics like leasing, asset capitalization, and travel expenses
- Document process flows and hand over to the head of accounting/controlling and the commercial director
Mar 2007 - Jun 2008
1 year 4 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting / Finance Director
Trading company
- Manage the accounting
- Coordinate the external finance service provider's activities with the company's accounting policies
- Point of contact for the service provider's manager and staff
- Contact person for management
- Support in preparing monthly financial statements under HGB/IFRS including cash flow statements
- Support in preparing annual financial statements under HGB/IFRS including cash flow statements
- Collaborate with auditors
- Analyze, optimize, and document processes
- Perform balance sheet analysis and reporting
- Prepare account and variance analyses
- Document process flows
- Activities under Section 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
- Collaborate with controlling
Jan 2007 - Mar 2007
3 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Electrical Engineering
- Supporting the preparation of subsidiaries' annual financial statements under HGB and IFRS
- Working with auditors
- Preparing consolidation documents
- Analyzing balance sheets under IFRS and national tax law
- Supporting the accounts receivable manager on special topics such as due date analyses and retention of title
Jul 2006 - Nov 2006
5 monthsInterim Manager / Contract Acquisition in Australia
Australia
- Acquiring contracts in Australia
- Liaising with recruitment agencies and companies in Australia for interim management
- Sharing experiences with interim managers in Australia
Mar 2006 - Jun 2006
4 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Energy/Raw Materials/Waste Management
- Supporting the head of finance (holding)
- Assisting in preparing monthly financial statements under HGB/IFRS
- Consolidating subsidiaries to prepare the parent company's financial statements
- Converting HGB to IFRS
- Preparing the cash flow statement
- Activities under § 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
- Preparing discussion materials for the holding and its affiliates' financial planning
- Reporting under the holding's accounting guidelines
Mar 2004 - Feb 2006
2 yearsInterim Manager Credit Analysis
Mortgage Bank
- Conducting credit analyses of borrowers under § 18 KWG and Basel II
- Analyzing financial statements from various industries
- Assessing individuals' income and asset situations
- Preparing risk reports including ratio analyses according to the bank's internal guidelines as a basis for loan approvals or continuations for the bank's executive board
- Contributing to projects and special assignments
Nov 2002 - Apr 2004
1 year 6 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting / Accounts Payable
Chemicals/Pharma
- Special project: converting accounts payable to ERS
- Special project: optimizing processes in collaboration with departments involved in the finance process
- Taking over accounting from the UK, including data cleansing and reconciliation with the current ledger
- Helping prepare monthly financial statements under HGB and US GAAP
- Preparing account and variance analyses
- Clearing open items in accounts payable
- Working on monthly reporting and supporting controlling
- Carrying out tasks under § 6 (3) and (4) StBerG, including travel expense reports and payment transactions
- Documenting workflows and handing over deliverables to a financial shared service center in Hungary
Sep 2002 - Present
23 years 6 monthsShareholder Managing Director / Interim Manager
CASON GmbH
- Commercial management of the company
- Client-oriented tasks in accounting, tax and controlling/reporting
- Project management
- Contract management
- Outsourcing
- Process optimization
Aug 2002 - Oct 2002
3 monthsInterim Manager Credit Analysis
Hypothekenbank
- Analyzing financial statements for bank loan renewals under Section 18 of the German Banking Act and Basel II
- Preparing risk reports with key figure analysis based on internal bank guidelines for the bank's management board
- Participating in projects and special tasks
Oct 2001 - May 2002
8 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting / Finance Director
Energie/Rohstoffe/Entsorgung
- Led the accounting department after the company was acquired by a competitor in the energy sector
- Point of contact and coordinator for the accounting staff
- Assisted in preparing monthly financial statements under HGB/IFRS
- Analyzed, optimized and documented processes
- Prepared account and variance analyses
- Documented process workflows
- Tasks according to Section 6 (3) and (4) of the German Tax Consultancy Act
- Collaborated with the head of controlling
- Consolidation of subsidiaries
May 2001 - Oct 2001
6 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Transport/Logistik/Touristik/Verkehr
- Fully responsible for accounting services for a railway company within the group
- Assisted in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB
- Analyzed and documented processes
- Prepared account and variance analyses
- Contributed to monthly reporting to the French parent company
- Tasks according to Section 6 (3) and (4) of the German Tax Consultancy Act
- Documented process workflows
- Supported controlling (data entry)
Mar 2001 - Aug 2002
1 year 6 monthsFinancial Accountant / Interim Manager
CASON - Dirk Schörling e.K.
- Client-oriented tasks in financial accounting
- Client-oriented tasks in controlling/reporting
Mar 2001 - May 2001
3 monthsInterim Manager Finance / Accounting
Software/IT Consulting/IT Services
- Processing backlog items in accounting
- Collaborating with the tax advisor
- Preparing creditor, debtor, bank and fixed assets accounting documents for the tax advisor
- Tasks in accordance with § 6 (3) and (4) StBerG
Jan 1996 - May 2001
5 years 5 monthsBalance Sheet Accountant / Financial Clerk
Company (supplier) in the automotive and commercial vehicle industry
- Preparatory work for the annual financial statements
- Ongoing accounting in financial accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and fixed assets accounting
- Cross-departmental projects in cost and performance accounting and organization
- Commission calculations for the subsidiaries
- Various assignments in financial accounting, accounts payable and accounts receivable (Financial Clerk until 11/1998)
Skills
Cfo / Head Of Finance
Team Leadership
International Financial Reporting (Ifrs, Us-gaap)
Hgb Accounting Including Bilrug
Group Accounting Including Consolidation
Project Management
Sap R/3
Sap Ec-cs
Sap Bcs
Oracle
Datev
Lexware
Dcw
Ifs
Ms Office (Including Basic Vba Skills)
Languages
German
AdvancedEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Nov 2017 - Jan 2022
Euro-FH Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg
Master of Business Administration (MBA) · Business Administration · Hamburg, Germany
Oct 2016 - Oct 2017
Euro-FH Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg
Master entry program · Hamburg, Germany
Sep 1994 - Oct 1994
BPW Ltd.
Overseas training as an industrial clerk · Leicester, United Kingdom
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Certifications & licenses
International Certified Accountant (IHK)
IHK Emden
National Certified Accountant (IHK)
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Where is Jekaterina based?
Jekaterina is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
What languages does Jekaterina speak?
Jekaterina speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).
How many years of experience does Jekaterina have?
Jekaterina has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Jekaterina has worked in at least 24 different roles and for 29 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 11 months. Note that Jekaterina may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
What roles would Jekaterina be best suited for?
Based on recent experience, Jekaterina would be well-suited for roles such as: Interim Financial Specialist, Interim Head of Finance, Interim Head of Group Accounting and Consolidation / Interim Head of Finance.
What is Jekaterina's latest experience?
Jekaterina's most recent position is Interim Financial Specialist at Construction Industry Company (Group).
What companies has Jekaterina worked for in recent years?
In recent years, Jekaterina has worked for Construction Industry Company (Group), Modern Technology Company, Private Equity Firm (Group), Waste Disposal and Recycling Company, and Media and Software Company.
Which industries is Jekaterina most experienced in?
Jekaterina is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Automotive, and Energy. Jekaterina also has some experience in Manufacturing, Information Technology (IT), and Real Estate.
Which business areas is Jekaterina most experienced in?
Jekaterina is most experienced in business areas like Accounting, Finance, and Project Management. Jekaterina also has some experience in Operations, Human Resources (HR), and Legal and Compliance.
Which industries has Jekaterina worked in recently?
Jekaterina has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Information Technology (IT), Media, and Entertainment and Publishing.
Which business areas has Jekaterina worked in recently?
Jekaterina has recently worked in business areas like Finance, Accounting, and Project Management.
What is Jekaterina's education?
Jekaterina holds a Master in Business Administration from Euro-FH Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg and a Master in Master entry program from Euro-FH Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg.
Does Jekaterina have any certificates?
Jekaterina has 2 certificates. These include: International Certified Accountant (IHK) and National Certified Accountant (IHK).
What is the availability of Jekaterina?
Jekaterina is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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