Marco Trautmann
Chief Financial Officer & ExCo Member
Experience
Sep 2024 - Present
11 months Eschborn, Germany
Chief Financial Officer & ExCo Member
Senacor Technologies AG
- Senacor is an IT consulting firm focused on digital transformations in Financial Services & Automotive with ~€250m revenues and ~1,000 employees.
- Led assessment & preparation for finance & business management transformation including roll out of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, Public Edition.
- Enhanced financial & project reporting by streamlining tools and introducing management dashboard.
- Introduced Opportunity Management reporting as part of the Business Operations activities.
- Prepared annual financial statements (HGB).
- Directed annual budget development and ExCo alignment.
Nov 2023 - May 2024
7 months Frankfurt, Germany
Director of Finance Operations (interim)
EMMA Sleep GmbH
- Emma is an international mattress retailer & scale-up with branches in Frankfurt, Lisbon, Manila, Mexico City, and Bucharest. The Emma Group employs ~1,200 FTE and has revenues of ~€1b.
- Managed day-to-day operations of global finance department (120 FTE) of Emma Group (€1bn revenue, 1,250 FTE) and reorganized team for future growth.
- Launched LEAN project to standardize and optimize core finance processes.
- Stabilized ERP (MS Dynamics) rollout project by adjusting governance, collaboration, and communication between departments.
- Steered company-wide cost reduction program.
- Rolled out Financial Planning processes & tools.
Jul 2019 - Jul 2023
4 years 1 month Frankfurt, Germany
Group COO & Member of the Board of Directors
SOLVIANS IT-Solutions GmbH (now WSD Ltd.)
- Solvians is a leading FinTech & RegTech, specializing in structured financial products with annual revenues of ~€8m and 70 FTEs across Germany, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. Solvians is the top data provider for structured products in Europe with clients like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Munich Stock Exchange, and SIX. The company also develops websites and applications for financial institutions and produces regulatory information documents, including PRIIP KIDs.
- Managed Corporate Services (Finance, Workplace IT, Human Resources, Legal/Compliance, Customer Support, and Data Maintenance).
- Led as Interim Country Manager Germany (May-July 2023) the integration of Solvians into WSD Group on behalf of private equity investor Bowmark Capital Partners.
- Transformed multiple business units to prepare for future growth by standardizing processes, introducing ITIL for Customer Support, establishing Employer Branding, and unifying the product portfolio.
- Internalized accounting function and implemented SAP Business ByDesign for all group companies, and prepared and audited individual and consolidated financial statements (HGB).
- Revamped Workplace IT by migrating to cloud services and rolling out Atlassian Jira to support an agile way of working across all functions.
- Established ISO27001-certified information security management system and business continuity management.
Nov 2015 - Mar 2019
3 years 5 months Frankfurt, Germany
Co-Founder, COO & Member of the Board of Directors
savedroid AG
- Savedroid, a trailblazing fintech startup, builds mobile apps that change saving habits and identify extra ways to save through spending analysis. Named ‘Fintech of the Year 2017’ by Deutsche Börse Fintech Hubs, Savedroid hit 100,000 downloads in just a few months.
- Built and managed commercial functions of savedroid AG including subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Liechtenstein as COO (Customer Support, Finance, Legal, Partners).
- Raised over €3m from business angels and institutional investors, ran a successful ICO with over €40m in revenue, and grew a team of 25 FTEs.
- Managed vendors including partner bank and other strategic business partners.
Jan 2013 - Oct 2015
2 years 10 months Frankfurt, Germany
Engagement Manager, Business Technology Office (BTO)
McKinsey & Company
- Ensured delivery of over €2 billion IT transformation for a global insurance group including centralizing data centers, network consolidation, and client virtualization.
- Managed value assurance activities for a global ERP rollout at-risk for a telecom supplier.
- Led development of a digital business model for a leading South African insurance group.
- Headed a globally distributed team to design new digital business models for a global insurance group.
- Developed a new innovation strategy together with the CIO for the board of an international stock exchange.
Jul 2007 - Nov 2012
5 years 5 months Kronberg, Germany
Manager, IT Strategy (SITE)
Accenture GmbH
- Led IT strategy and cost reduction projects mainly for financial service clients.
- Supported IT transformation & PMI programs and business case building, and implemented new IT service pricing and cost allocation mechanisms.
Aug 2005 - Aug 2007
2 years 1 month Hackenheim, Germany
Founder & Managing Director
Coting IT Consulting GbR
- Coting IT Consulting is a specialized firm that develops & maintains IT solutions for real estate valuations, especially for surveyors working on due diligence projects tied to non-performing loan portfolio transactions.
Summary
Passionate leader with a focus on Corporate Services such as Finance, IT, Customer Service, and HR functions. Experience in transforming and digitalizing business functions in management and consulting roles with hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial mind-set.
Languages
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Education
EBS University
Diplom Kaufmann, Business Administration · Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Katz Graduate School of Business
Master of Science · Management Information Systems · Pittsburgh, United States · Dean's List
Certifications & licenses
Business Continuity Manager (BCM)
BSI
ISO27001 Information Security Officer
PMP - Project Management Professional
The Executive Program for Prospective CFOs
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Yoga Alliance Certified (200hr) - Yoga Teacher
Yoga Alliance
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