Joachim Abel
Consultant
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 7 monthsGermany
Consultant
- Project management for new addiction rehabilitation clinic
- Advising the board on large projects and reorganization
- Coaching/mentoring of new executive management
Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 2 monthsGermany
Consultant
- Setting up PMO (Legal & Compliance, IT departments, subsidiaries)
- Process development and implementation
- Building and positioning the SDM (Service Delivery Management) team in IT
Oct 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 3 monthsGermany
Consultant
- Developing and formulating strategy, implementing in business units
- Reorganization of the office – central/decentralized units
- Revising the IT strategy concept
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
1 yearGermany
Consultant
- Implementing a policy administration system (underwriting, claims) for a property insurer in three European countries (France, Austria, Netherlands)
- Structure, product catalog, process setup and process management
- Analyzing processes and organization
- Modifying existing and building new processes (systemic and organizational)
Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
8 monthsSwitzerland
Head of Claims and Care
- Member of the management team Switzerland/Liechtenstein
- Leading the division with 7 teams and 65 employees in daily operations
- Special focus: structure and processes, IT & operations organization
Oct 2020 - Sep 2022
2 yearsGermany
Consultant
- Realigning finance/controlling area
- Developing strategy, defining operational goals
- Reviewing and developing business areas
- Consolidating, optimizing, and digitizing financial workflows in the association
Apr 2020 - Oct 2020
7 monthsGermany
Commercial Managing Director
- Covering vacancy until new CFO appointment
- Preparing annual financial statements, revising controlling and reporting
- Advising the chairman of the board and division heads on financial matters
Nov 2019 - Nov 2021
2 years 1 monthGermany
Consultant
- Implementing a policy administration system (underwriting, claims) for a property insurer in four European countries (Switzerland, France, Austria, Netherlands)
- Structure, product catalog, process setup and process management
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
1 monthGermany
Consultant
Structuring client master data and information for a regional office
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
1 monthGermany
Consultant
- Due diligence using partly public and partly non-public information
- Market and company analyses for acquisition of insurance companies/portfolios by foreign investors
Apr 2017 - Oct 2018
1 year 7 monthsGermany
Interim Manager
- Building Product Portfolio Management for the international division of an insurance/assistance company (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia)
- Process analysis and development of internal processes, responsibilities
- Inventory of the existing product portfolio
- Revising and standardizing the international product catalog
- Analyzing and designing process interfaces of the new team with sales, pricing, controlling, and customer service in an international environment
- Evaluating and designing strategic product portfolio management
- Coaching new department head and staff
Jan 2010 - Dec 2013
4 yearsOberursel, Germany
Board Member Central Functions/Finance
DA Deutsche Allgemeine Versicherung AG
- Reorganizing finance and cross-functional areas
- Responsible for operations controlling, sales controlling, reinsurance, finance, investments
- Sales channels: B2C and B2B (fleet)
Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
6 yearsNeuhausen, Germany
Commercial Board Member/Managing Director
Real Garant Versicherung AG
- Adapting and optimizing operational functions within the Zurich Group
- Integrating new markets (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland)
- Sales channel: B2B2C
Responsible for finance/controlling, HR, operations organization, IT, administration, legal & compliance. Led 80 employees across nine European countries.
Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
2 yearsFrankfurt, Germany
Head of Automotive Europe
Zurich Europe General Insurance
- Project lead “Automotive Europe” – developing a value proposition for OEMs and creating an offering channel from the insurer's perspective in Europe
- Building a new European business unit and matrix organization in Europe
- Leading a European business area, central contact for car manufacturers in Europe for motor insurance
- Supporting development of value propositions in the Turkish and Japanese markets
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008
4 yearsBonn, Germany
Head of CEO Office and Head of GAIA
Zurich Group Germany
- Organizing the CEO office, interfacing with CEO and CFO
- Project lead for “Business Model 2007 – Industrialization” in evaluation and design phase at group level
Jan 2002 - Dec 2004
3 yearsWiesbaden, Germany
Head of Reporting
DBV Winterthur Lebensversicherung AG
- Sub-project lead for US GAAP implementation and internal control system setup
- Contributing to building specialized sales for occupational pension schemes and new products
Jan 2000 - Dec 2002
3 yearsMunich, Germany
CFO
XL Insurance Company Ltd./Winterthur International Germany
- Responsible for integrating finance and accounting (M&A Credit Suisse/Winterthur Switzerland with XL Insurance Bermuda)
- Building the new company as part of a three-person management team
Responsible for finance/accounting, controlling, administration, customer service, reinsurance
Jan 1995 - Dec 1999
5 yearsFrankfurt, Germany
Controller
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Building controlling for Tax and Legal Services areas
- Developing and implementing a management information system
Jan 1994 - Dec 1995
2 yearsAndreapol, Russian Federation
Site Business Administrator
STRABAG
- Managing on-site commercial matters
- Setting up on-site construction accounting and cash management
Summary
Personal
- Married, one child
Professional
- Consultant, Interim Manager (CxO), projects (14 years)
- Board member/CEO (7 years)
- Division manager/department head (8 years)
- Controller (4 years)
Responsible functional areas
- Finance/Controlling
- Customer Service
- Operations Organization and IT
- Administration
- Key Account Management
- Claims and Benefits
- Legal and Compliance
- Human Resources
- Product Management
Focus areas
- Organization, structures, processes
- Strategy – formulation, alignment of business units, reorganization
- Large projects (complex, complicated), management and consulting
- Coaching/mentoring of executive board, departments, teams, and employees
- Integration of divisions, functions, companies / de-integration
- Business analyst – systems, adaptation, development, implementation (insurance)
- International projects
- Interim – short-term, spontaneous
- Urgent issues and crisis situations
International/cultural awareness
- On-site locations: Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, UK, Russia
- Regular business trips/relations: Belgium, Austria (with Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia), Switzerland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Russia, France
- Project-related business trips/relations: USA, China, Australia, Baltics, Scandinavia, Turkey
Sales channels
- B2C, B2B, B2B2C, B2B2E
- Online, sales organization, key account manager
- Retail customers, commercial and mid-market, industrial clients
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateRussian
Elementary Education
CA Controller Academy, Wörthsee
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Diplom-Volkswirt · Economics · Germany
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