Johannes (Dipl.-kfm.) Schaeffer
CFO
Experience
CFO
Genesis Mining LTD
One of the largest international mining companies, Crypto/Blockchain. Responsible for building entire accounting system from organizing bank and wallet accounts to creating CEO statements, group financial statements and coordination with authorities.
Key achievements:
- Built accounting system with all sub-systems and team
- Created group financial statements and subsidiaries + tax returns (long periods) + coordination with authorities
- Coordination of auditors
- Advisory for shareholders in Dubai
- Proposed group reorganization
- Liquidation after spin-off
Detailed responsibilities:
- Team building/management
- Creation of HK statements project plan
- Collection of bank and wallet accounts - five digits, millions of documents
- Structuring/preparation of all legal transactions (technology agreements with listed company, power plant purchase, SPVs, spin-off, investment/disinvestment structures, profit sharing)
- Chart of accounts setup by profit centers
- Fixed assets setup/management
- US system QuickBooks accounting setup
- Created all bookings (millions)
- Account clearing of all accounts
- IC reconciliations with major subsidiaries including permanent establishment
- Reconciliation of all business transactions B2B, B2C, self-mining, several ten thousand wallets/exchanges/credit cards with large volumes
- Negotiation of settlements of outstanding amounts (double-digit million amount)
- Mandating auditors/tax consultants
Bond Refinancing Coordinator
Douglas Group
Coordination of €2.6B refinancing in finance area: Bonds (various risk tranches, term loan/RCF), alignment of advisory teams for offering memorandum, creation of data book for entire bond financing with all data sources and documents, creation of weekly, worldwide short term cash forecasts and explanation to shareholders (PE, CVC) and top management, process optimization
Treasury Manager/Structuring Execution
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Member of international team of >10 employees for structuring and completion of international real estate financing (several billion EUR).
Core competencies: Structuring expertise, implementation strength, negotiation experience, bank communication, portfolio management competence, strong in service provider management, insurance expertise, risk management, planning/reporting competence, compliance/regulatory
Responsibilities: Initiation, design, negotiation and implementation of large international real estate financing, support of fund financing, bank management, reporting, coordination of financing partners + lawyers + notaries + debt advisers + insurance brokers + insurance companies + other service providers, internal coordination with fund management + investment committee + asset and transaction management + hedging departments + depositaries + SPVs + boards + other service providers like ops/accounting/taxes
Achievements: Completion of >10 real estate financing contracts, support of 5 large funds >50 banks, organization of worldwide insurance change in banking area, participation in standardization projects. Negotiation, coordination, completion of 10-year refinancing of large international real estate portfolios
CFO
FFG E&A
Responsibility: Overall group finance FFG E&A - 15 countries, cashflow, investments, results, group financial statements, AC/TR, financing, restructuring. Finance department >150 employees
Key competencies: Leadership experience, team motivation, profit & cashflow management, restructuring experience, group financial statement preparation, consolidation, IFRS/HGB, sparring partner CEO/supervisory board, digitalization/automation competence of financial processes, M&A competence, treasury/tax expertise, liquidity/working capital management, negotiation experience, risk management
Responsibilities:
- Planning/implementation of restructuring
- Professionalization of management & organization
- Team motivation/building
- Liquidity assurance
- Preparation of individual and group financial statements
- Coordination tax consultants/auditors
- Accounts receivable & payable management
- Working capital management
- Modernization of financial processes
- Realization of synergies
- Budget planning
- Monthly reporting
- Coordination with shareholders/supervisory board
Achievements:
- Creation of restructuring concept (S11 and S6 reports) and alignment with shareholders/supervisory board
- Team professionalization
- Preparation of several full and partial group financial statements 2016-2018, preparation 2019
- Setup of tax department and treasury organization
- Planning of 2 plant closures
- Purchase and sale of business units
- Efficiency increase through digitalization of financial processes (electronic invoices, bank bookings, POs)
- Cleared backlogs in accounts receivable and payable management
Head of Group Treasury & Finance
Escada
Liquidity planning and management as sales preparation, introduction of treasury system - Bellin, automation of credit card settlements + reconciliation, modernization of SSC with SAP in Manchester, as preparation for sale of group to US investor
Group Director Treasury
Apcoa Parking Holdings GmbH
Leadership & development of strong group finance & treasury organization with cash and credit card transactions (C&PM). Growth strategy development. Cost reduction. Successful covenant resets & restructuring. Debt to equity swap ca. €560M. Building efficient corporate finance organization with TMS, in-house bank, payment factory.
Key achievements:
- Strong working capital improvement (supplier payment term extension, tighter receivables management), cashflow and capital structure
- High reduction of interest, hedging and credit card costs. Reduction of financial requirements >€20M through cash centralization
Strategy & organizational development and digitalization:
- Creation of economic concepts for digitalization & automation of parking garages - "Mobility Concept" and modernization of cash and electronic card transactions with strategic partnerships - growth strategy with roadmap
- Building efficient group treasury & finance organization (structure, policies, processes, IT systems) with treasury management system and reporting to financial partners, shareholders & banks
- Team motivation & development of group finance teams
- Advising senior management, subsidiaries and departments in financial matters
- Participation in tenders (Europe & Middle East)
- Standardization & automation of financial processes for automated booking of credit cards & cash transactions, payment runs, cash status, liquidity planning and cashflow
Restructuring: Significant contribution to restructuring (change of shareholders, halving of old debt by €450M with simultaneous new credit lines of €100M). IDW S6
Budgeting, group financial statements, financing:
- Development of group-wide integrated corporate planning with KPI reporting in Tagetik/Navision
- Creation of two strategic 5-year plans
- Forward-looking performance management
- Reviews
- Derivation of measures
- Internal controls
- Clarification of all IFRS accounting issues regarding group financial statements
- Successful negotiation of group credit agreements and credit terms (syndicated loan, €800M, 50 banks, covenant reset with IBR)
- Compliance assurance
- Building efficient in-house bank for all subsidiaries
- Standardization of European-wide payments via payment factory
- Introduction of automatic cash pools
Group Director Finance & Treasury & Manager Financial Accounting
Plastal Group AB
Leadership & modernization of finance & accounting, taxes, treasury & insurance to maintain and expand competitive position. Preparation of group financial statements. Conversion US GAAP to IFRS. Significant tax optimization. Digitalization of finance functions. Carve-out of subgroup and sale in bidding process. Post-merger integration. Member of Plastal supervisory board. Development of TMS & cash management. Negotiation of large financing.
Achievements:
- Performance management through budget planning (balance sheet, P&L, cashflow and KPIs), reporting, reviews, measures for result assurance
- Group financial statement preparation & consolidation
- Merger accounting (PPA), deferred taxes
- Impairments
- Coordination auditors, tax consultants and tax auditors
- Conversion US GAAP to IFRS
- Optimization of complex tax structures with high savings
- Workflow automation (OEM credits, incoming invoices)
- Setup of shared service center
- Introduction of central insurance programs with large savings
- Carve-out of automotive division
- Separation of all group relationships and setup of own structures
- Sale of automotive division in M&A bidding process to Nordic Capital (due diligence, company valuations, VDD)
- Negotiation with investors
- Post-merger integration
- Negotiation of large financing agreements (ABS, factoring, leasing, real estate, plants)
Commercial Director
Albani Gruppe
Globally responsible for development & integration of all commercial functions: treasury, finance, accounting, controlling, tax, HR, IT, purchasing, production planning, logistics. Introduction of group SAP R/3 & key performance indicator systems. Purchase and integration of companies (M&A, PMI). Managing director of investments.
Achievements:
- Corporate results management
- Multi-year budgets
- Investment controlling
- Monthly reporting
- Results analysis and measures management
- Implementation of management information system with KPIs for profit-oriented group management
- Investment controlling
- Building integrated group from formerly independent individual companies
- Process improvements & realization of synergies
- Works council negotiations
- Cost optimization through setup of European central warehouse
- International insurance programs
- Merging of locations
- Preparation of annual financial statements and consolidation
- Setup of shared service center
- Introduction of ERP system (SAP R/3) in group
CFO/Commercial Director
Christian Schwaiger
Turnaround management for digital satellite receiver technology family business
Head of Controlling
Conrad-Gruppe
Head of controlling and managing director of subsidiary for Europe's largest electronics mail order company. Development of MIS with key figures
Manager Business Development
Phonomatic Group AG
Change management in music industry
Management Consultant
Baumgartner & Partner
Introduction of controlling instruments
Assistant to Owner
Vogeley Gruppe
Purchase/integration of three companies for food/mixed group family business
Working Student R&D Controlling
SEL AG
R&D controlling at European market leader in telecommunications equipment
Summary
Languages
Education
Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen
Dipl.-Kfm. · Wirtschaftswissenschaften · Germany
Forest-Row England
United Kingdom
Freie Waldorfschule Stuttgart Uhlandshöhe
Germany
Certifications & licenses
20 Reuters Bafin-Kurse
Reuters
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