Steinau an der Straße, Germany Experience
Dec 2023 - Jun 2024
7 months
- Contact for the General Manager & Finance Director
- Support for the year-end close
- Covered vacancy as Team Lead Accounting/Reporting
- Provided operational support to local bookkeeping in all areas
Apr 2023 - May 2024
1 year 2 months
- Contact for the Director of Controlling, Group CFO, and external tax advisor
- Coaching of the accounting team (Head of Accounting)
- Analyzing and harmonizing processes in group accounting
- Monthly consolidation & reporting at the parent company level using LucaNet
- Support for the group year-end close and annual audit
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
6 months
- Support for implementing OneStream
- Process harmonization in setting up a group structure (private equity)
- Management reporting at both group and business unit levels
- Reviewing consolidation for completeness and accuracy
- Budget planning & forecasts
- Cash flow, variance, trend, and scenario analyses, plus ad-hoc analyses for the Finance Director & Group CFO
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
1 year 9 months
- Budget planning, forecasts, and monitoring
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under HGB/IFRS
- Coordination of accounting during closing periods
- Detailed monthly reporting to management in the UK and Germany
- Cash flow analysis
- Actual vs. budget variance analysis
- Ad-hoc reporting
- Sparring partner for management
- Contact for business line and team leaders
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020
10 months
- Business partner & process owner for revenue recognition
- Leading the local Revenue Recognition team
- Lease accounting
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
2 years 5 months
- Annual financial statement audits of SMEs & publicly listed companies / audits under HGB & IFRS
- Process documentation & review of internal control systems
- Variance analyses, trend analyses, plausibility checks, forecasts, etc.
- Inventory audits
- Industries: Logistics, Automotive/Metal, Food/Retail
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
5 months
- Handling departmental HR matters
- Annual financial statement audits in the public sector
- Supporting the implementation, optimization & audit of internal control systems
May 2016 - Feb 2017
10 months
- Processing transactions in accounts payable
- VAT returns
- Intercompany matters
- Assisting with annual financial statement audits