Consulting for a financial and payment service provider
Checking and submitting regular reports to the Deutsche Bundesbank and BaFin (forecast, actual monthly statements, payment transactions statistics, passive participations, capital planning).
Documenting reporting processes and monitoring and updating the reporting calendar according to the Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG).
Coordinate with Accounting and Controlling teams.
Support in regulatory approval and licensing procedures both domestically and abroad and coordinate approval or licensing processes with third-party service providers.
Complaint management: handling complaints using the OCM tool used in the group.
Independently record external purchasing processes and invoice posting.
Ongoing monitoring of regulatory requirements and banking accounting (under KWG and IFRS).
Developing proposals for concepts and measures to meet reporting requirements.
Advising on the preparation (including taking minutes) and execution of the monthly Operations and Risk Committee and the monthly Organizational Committee.
Software: SAP S/4 HANA, Dynamics 365.
Apr 2023 - Feb 2024
11 months
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Commercial Specialist
Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials GmbH
World-leading research institute in composite materials.
Preparation of the spin-off in the fiber-thermoplastic composite field in the EXIST research transfer project.
Project management:
Creating the project plan.
Defining milestones.
Preparing progress reports.
Recording project costs.
Budget control.
Pricing calculation.
Developing the business plan for manufacturing hydrogen pipelines:
Defining the business model.
Defining the supply and service offer.
Building the product cost calculation.
Preparing profit and financial planning.
Competitions / funding programs:
Preparing and submitting applications.
Pitching the business idea to various committees.
Organizational and administrative preparation of the spin-off.
Software: Teams Planner, Obsidian.
Mar 2017 - Apr 2023
6 years 2 months
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Manager of Finance and Human Resources
ThinkParQ GmbH
Software provider of a parallel file system in high performance computing.
Accounting under HGB:
General ledger and sub-ledgers such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, dunning, asset accounting, financial accounting, payroll accounting, ongoing payments.
Receivables management.
Preparing annual financial statements.
Contact person for the tax advisor.
Planning, controlling, reporting:
Budget planning, evaluations and analysis, cash flow monitoring, regular reports for management and shareholders.
Sales - inside sales / customer support:
Creating offers, order confirmations, invoices.
Reporting to the Deutsche Bundesbank (Z4 for incoming and outgoing payments under the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (AWV)).
Expertise in integrating and implementing payment gateways and online payment methods like PayPal, credit card.
Managing and maintaining license agreements.
Implementation of Weclapp (CRM system 2017):
Research, automating the entire business process: implementing a workflow for seamless handover from quotes to order confirmations to invoices and reminders, data preparation/cleaning/import, employee training, creating manuals, roll-out, system administration.
Implementation of Salesforce (CRM system 2020):
Configuration, data preparation/cleaning/import, employee training, creating manuals, roll-out, system administration.
Implementation of the HR tool (Perbit):
Research, configuration, data preparation/cleaning/import, employee training, creating manuals, roll-out, system administration.
Implementation of the accounting software (Buchhaltungsbutler):
Research, configuration, data preparation/cleaning/import, employee training, creating manuals, roll-out, system administration.
Expertise in integrating payment service providers (PSPs) and banking systems to automate payment processing, collections and invoicing.
Human resources:
Recruiting, contract drafting, master data management.
Quality management:
Process instructions for sales, accounting and controlling.
Project management:
Introducing project management with Trello for all major projects.
Administrative planning, organization and monitoring of company projects.
Software:
Accounting: DATEV, Buchhaltungsbutler.
ERP: Weclapp.
HR: Perbit.
CRM: Salesforce.
Project management: Trello.
Business analysis: Power BI.
MS Office.
Nov 2015 - Nov 2016
1 year 1 month
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Board Assistant Corporate Finance
Saitow AG
Manufacturing and selling e-commerce systems.
Supporting the CEO with strategic projects:
Documenting the business strategy in the business plan.
Support in M&A projects (company profiles, term sheets, reviewing contract terms).
Supporting the company's digital transformation processes (Industry 4.0):
Agile management.
Introducing the project software Jira and the knowledge software Confluence and training employees.
Controlling project progress.
Software: project tracking Jira, Confluence.
May 2007 - Jun 2014
7 years 2 months
Mainz, Germany
Credit Analyst in Central and Eastern Europe
Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG
New and existing business in commercial real estate financing with a focus on Poland (credit authority level B).
Preparing credit proposals (analysis of appraisal reports including cash-flow modeling, market analysis, credit analysis, creditworthiness check of the borrower).
Reviewing developments according to standard regulations (KWG, Basel III, MaRisk, SolvV, lending manual, IFRS).
Reviewing credit, collateral and syndication agreements.