Manuela Hofmann
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) / Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Experience
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) / Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Intelligent Fluids GmbH - SmartChem (SMAC)
Developing and implementing a long-term financial strategy in collaboration with the executive board and other leaders
Responsibility for budgeting, financial forecasting, and liquidity planning
Monitoring the company's financial performance and identifying risks and opportunities
Defining basic financial principles
Developing strategies to optimize business processes
Improving or implementing management information systems
Leading financial communications, maintaining relationships with shareholders and investors, and overseeing internal audits
Human resources management and general services
Designing a financial, controlling, and reporting system for the company
Ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all financial reports and documents
Ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements in finance
Leading the finance team and coordinating with external auditors and tax advisors
Managing off-balance-sheet transactions (acquisitions, mergers, divestitures)
Managing cash operations and financing
Maintaining third-party relationships with bankers and auditors
Monitoring and validating company controlling (planning, budgeting, reporting, data analysis)
Preparing and managing annual financial statements, accounting, management reports, federal gazette filings, and supporting auditors
Handling legal and tax matters
Creating financial business plans for the parent company and future subsidiaries
Consolidating results
Coordinating financial due diligence and audits
Implementing effective financial controls and procedures
Optimizing financial processes and systems to increase efficiency
Evaluating investment opportunities and risk management strategies
Preparing studies on industrial and financial investments
Liquidity management
Developing a comprehensive IT strategy to support business goals
Ensuring the security and integrity of all IT systems and data
Responsibility for selecting, implementing, and maintaining IT infrastructure and applications
Monitoring compliance with all IT policies, regulations, and standards
Identifying and managing IT risks and security threats
Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure IT systems meet business requirements.
Controller
KXINNO GmbH
- Ensuring compliance with legal regulations
- Monitoring company key figures
- Controlling
- Supporting management in defining and achieving targets
- Project steering and planning
- Performance and target control
- Cash flow planning
- Actual vs. target comparisons
- Preparing cost-benefit analyses
- Cost center and cost unit accounting (budget planning)
- Process optimizations
- Supporting marketing together with HR
- Collaborating with HR management
Project Manager
SBSW GmbH Swiss Workshop for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Coordinating the project "New product line for the Christmas season in the food market - main SBSW location in cooperation with regional food manufacturers"
Planning, execution, and design of the project
Customer contact
Budget responsibility
Strategic planning in cooperation with stakeholders
Sourcing locations for food and confectionery production
Creating statistics and site analyses
Preparing scope of work documents
Organizing and structuring the "Location Change" project
Management tasks and planning next steps in the project
Building new organizational structures
Supporting customers for project implementation
Preparing specifications and tenders
Customer communications
Project Manager
Business Leads HRNetworx
- Project management and coordination of MISSION NOW 2022
- Project cash flow planning
- Event planning
- Organizing and structuring the project
- Management tasks and planning next steps in the project
- Building new organizational structures
- Supporting customers in project execution
- Coordinating project staff
- Project billing
PMO / Freelance Project Management for unITy
VAT Vacuum Valves AG Haag
- Project Management Office and freelance support in the controlling project management area
- Analyzing and providing expertise on the work methods of team members in the unITy PMO project
- Restructuring the PMO and building new structures through digitalization
- Planning project staff travel using cloud-based software to simplify document access
- Planning review meetings on project status, including VAT management
- Organizing and structuring
- Management tasks
- Workforce planning
- Creating process documentation in Dynamics
- Developing work templates for integration into the controlling area in Dynamics
- Managing external projects: planning and coordination
Strategic and Operational Business Consultant
Dörte Freitag - Personal Training & DDProject
- Restructuring and rebuilding general company structures for the Dresden location
- Cash flow planning
- Event planning
- Financial Reporting
- Forecast planning
- Budget planning
- Organizing and structuring the Dresden location
- Management tasks
- Drafting GDPR-compliant contracts
- Building new organizational structures
- Managing client databases
Financial Analyst
Liberty International AG
- Cash flow planning
- Controlling for 80 offices worldwide
- Financial Reporting
- Risk management plan for COVID-19 crisis intervention
- Forecast planning
- Budget planning
- Organizing and structuring the Liechtenstein location
- Management tasks
- Project creation to structure the Salzburg headquarters
- Staff planning
Administrative Coordinator
TU Dresden | Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus | OncoRay
- Responsible for planning around 30 third-party funded projects with budgets from €500K to €6M, including releasing project funds and coordinating project activities
- Securing and calculating new project funds
- Project accounting
- Creating statistics
- Personnel resource planning for all third-party funded projects
- Organizing and coordinating events, conferences, and workshops
Project Assistant
TU Dresden | Vodafone Lehrstuhl
- Managing 25 sub-projects of Collaborative Research Center 912 with budgets from €500K to €4M
- Budget control
- Financial controlling
- Project accounting
- Administrative correspondence with funding agencies
- Handling personnel-related tasks
- Organizing events, conferences, and workshops
Third-Party Funding Officer
TU Dresden | Zentrum für Informationsdienste und Hochleistungsrechnen
- Managing 30 projects regarding project funds with budgets from €100K to €2M
- Project accounting
- Organizing events, conferences, and workshops
- Preparing timesheets in coordination with project sponsors
- Planning business trips for the directorate
- Travel expense reporting
Administrative Officer
TU Dresden | Center for Teacher Education | School and Vocational Education Research
- Support management in acquiring new research and third-party funded projects
- Budget monitoring
- Contribute to study-related informational materials
- General administrative and management tasks
Summary
For many years I have been working as an independent corporate consultant and passionately run my own company, ELA Corporate Consulting. In this role I have specialized in corporate consulting, leadership, financial compliance, controlling, and digitizing processes from IT to finance. I have deepened this broad expertise through my self-employment and previous roles as CFO, CIO, and authorized officer. My career and recent positions have given me a comprehensive insight into business processes, digital transformation, and the legal aspects of corporate governance. I have complemented my solid theoretical foundation from my business administration studies with continuous practical experience to develop tailored solutions. I am particularly committed to optimizing process flows, increasing efficiency, and fostering a motivated work atmosphere and strong team building. My goal is to gain clear control over company metrics and sustainably increase company success through empathetic communication and precise controlling. With my extensive expertise and many years of experience, I actively support companies in implementing measurable controlling processes and reducing costs. I am convinced that this will ultimately lead to increased efficiency and profitable growth.
Skills
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- Microsoft Sharepoint
- Teamviewer
- Anydesk
- Excel
- Word
- Powerpoint
- Outlook
- Sap
- Erp Systems
- Canva
- Asana
- Pipedrive
- Microsoft Planner
- Datev
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Project
- Agicap
- Developing And Implementing Long-term Financial Strategies
- Responsibility For Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, And Liquidity Planning
- Monitoring Financial Performance, Identifying Risks And Opportunities
- Developing Strategies To Optimize Business Processes
- Improving Management Information Systems
- Managing Financial Communications
- Building And Maintaining Relationships With Shareholders And Investors
- Overseeing Internal Audits
- Human Resources Management
- Creating Financial, Controlling, And Reporting Systems
- Ensuring Compliance With Legal And Regulatory Requirements In Finance
- Leading Finance Teams
- Coordinating With Auditors And Tax Advisors
- Managing Off-balance-sheet Transactions, Cash Management, And Financing
- Maintaining Third-party Relationships With Bankers And Auditors
- Monitoring And Validating Company Controlling
- Preparing And Managing Annual Financial Statements
- Handling Legal And Tax Matters In Finance
- Creating Financial Business Plans
- Coordinating Due Diligence Audits
- Implementing Financial Controls And Procedures To Improve Efficiency
- Evaluating Investment Opportunities
- Risk Management Strategies
- Preparing Studies On Industrial And Financial Investments
- Liquidity Management
- Developing Comprehensive It Strategies To Support Company Goals
- Ensuring The Security And Integrity Of It Systems And Data
- Selecting, Implementing, And Maintaining It Infrastructure And Applications
- Monitoring Compliance With It Policies, Regulations, And Standards
- Identifying And Managing It Risks And Security Threats
- Effectively Leading Multidisciplinary Teams
- Developing And Promoting A Motivated And Performance-oriented Corporate Culture
- Delegating Tasks And Responsibilities
- Creating An Open And Trusting Work Environment
- Establishing Clear And Transparent Communication Channels
- Leading By Example With Ethical Behavior And Integrity
- Handling Conflicts And Crisis Situations
- Identifying And Developing Talent
- Promoting Career Opportunities Within The Company
Languages
Education
Diploma in Business Administration (BA) · Business Administration · Germany
Certifications & licenses
LinkedIn Online Workshop
VA Business Management Remote Working Online Workshop
Travel Expense Law Training
KOPRA Training
TU Dresden
SAP Training
TU Dresden
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