Katrin Rabow
Interim Payroll Accountant
Experience
Interim Payroll Accountant
Responsible for accurate posting of monthly payroll and payments in 15 EMEA countries, including special topics such as company cars and benefits in kind, and reconciliation of balances for period close.
Act as the interface between Finance, HR and Treasury, providing support for processes and developing solutions.
Developed an application to automate preparation of booking lists for SAP, saving the team several hours per month and significantly reducing error rates.
Tasks:
Point of contact for all payroll inquiries
Account reconciliation and harmonization
Pre-close controls
Improvement and establishment of existing and new processes
Skills: financial accounting, payroll, Python
Tools: SAP, ATAQ, MS Excel, IntelliJ IDE, MS Power Automate
Business Engineer
Conceptualized and advanced an AWS-based service for automated and quality-checked processing of georeferenced data with a map-based visualization component.
Analyzed digital planning processes for telecommunication construction projects and implementation planning within the proprietary platform.
Tasks:
Supported the product owner in requirements analysis
Reviewed and further specified existing requirements
Identified and eliminated redundant requirements
Refined acceptance criteria based on gathered requirements
Skills: MapStore, SAFe
Tools: Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira
Trainer
Conduct workshops on behaviour driven development in various settings, tailored to participants' needs.
Guide participants from a feature vision to a user story using example mapping and BDD, deriving low-effort automated tests and developing code.
Tasks:
Preparation and execution of workshops
Skills: Java, Cucumber, AsciiDoc
Test Engineer
Haufe-Lexware
Enhanced an on-premises ERP system, addressing legal requirements and changed customer demands, and modernized outdated technologies.
Expanded test automation scope.
Tasks:
Refined user stories via example mapping
Developed and executed sprint-aligned test cases in Gherkin
Performed exploratory testing
Created test plans and test suites
Conducted risk analysis and impact assessment of defects
Supported maintenance of automated test suites
Skills: Gherkin, C#, SpecFlow, behaviour driven development, Scrum
Tools: Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Teams, Miro
Business Analyst, Quality Assurance, Service Design
Designed and developed a web application for monitoring fault detection and visualization of heating systems (system status, KPIs, time-series of measurements) and provided optimization recommendations.
Tasks:
Elicited customer needs through regular interviews
Created personas and modeled use cases
Supported the product owner in deriving user stories
Refined acceptance criteria based on collected requirements
Developed a test concept
Derived functional tests based on quality requirements and acceptance criteria
Conducted manual and automated testing of the web application
Skills: Scrum, Cypress, SQL, TypeScript, AsciiDoc, BPMN
Tools: MS Azure, GitLab, IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence
Business Analyst, Test Manager
Digitized administrative services under the Online Access Act to improve citizen and business access to e-government services.
Developed digital application processes and extended baseline components to handle OZG service cases.
Tasks:
Elicited customer needs through regular workshops
Analyzed and revised existing requirements collaboratively
Modeled detailed requirements as use cases with quality requirements and acceptance criteria, ensuring user-centered design
Analyzed interfaces and data transformations
Defined test cases based on requirements and supported test execution
Collaborated with authorities to evolve the XGewerbeordnung standard
Conceptualized gender-neutral language and accessibility features in the application
Skills: Kanban, UML, BPMN
Tools: Atlassian Jira, TestRail, Atlassian Confluence
Business Consultant
Provide finance and payroll accounting as a service to small and medium-sized enterprises lacking in-house expertise or resources.
Support clients either on a project basis or ongoing basis for maintenance of general ledger and payroll processing.
Tasks:
Maintenance of employee master data
Preparation of payrolls
Communication with health insurance providers and external authorities
Ongoing financial accounting and preparatory tasks for financial closing
Skills: master data management, financial accounting, payroll accounting
Tools: Lexware Financial Office
Developer
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Developed custom form files for users of the Lexware portfolio, creating customer-specific layouts for order forms and management reports using the prescribed scripting language.
Conducted requirements gathering in close collaboration with end users, working in an agile, iterative manner.
Tasks:
Process analysis
Requirements elicitation and documentation
Form design
Iterative implementation of new script files
End-to-end testing on client systems
Adjustments after version updates
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (14 years), Professional Services (9 years), Government and Administration (1 year), and Utilities (0.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Information Technology (14.5 years), Accounting (9 years), Finance (9 years), Human Resources (9 years), Product Development (4.5 years), and Quality Assurance (2 years).
Summary
Katrin Rabow has been supporting her clients for many years as a consultant, combining her professional expertise in Finance & Accounting with agile software development. As a business informatics specialist, she brings solid theoretical knowledge in business, methodology, and technology alongside her extensive practical experience. This enables her to take on a wide range of tasks, from roles as a payroll accountant and requirements engineer to technical projects.
Katrin Rabow is known for her strong sense of responsibility and customer focus. Thanks to her ability to listen well, adapt quickly to new situations, and work with a goal-oriented approach, she can successfully resolve challenging situations.
Skills
Agile Software Development
Process Optimization
Payroll & Accounting
Workshops & Training
Process Analysis And Modeling
Stakeholder Management
Change Management
User Acceptance Testing
Presentation And Moderation
Workshop Facilitation
Analytical Skills
Business Analysis
Sense Of Responsibility
Behavior Driven Development
Communication Skills
Quality Assurance
Conflict Management
Test Planning
Structured And Goal-oriented Work Approach
User Training
Scrum
Kanban
Sap
Datev
Lexware
Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Confluence
Ms Office
Python
Sql
Java
Gherkin
Cucumber
Asciidoctor
Uml
Bpmn
Languages
Education
Technical University of Darmstadt
Master in Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Darmstadt, Germany
Technical University of Darmstadt
Bachelor in Business Informatics · Business Informatics · Darmstadt, Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigshafen branch
Business Administration · Ludwigshafen, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified Professional For Requirements Engineering
IREB
FIM Information Manager
Federal Information Management
Scrum Master
scrum.org
Scrum Product Owner
scrum.org
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