Optimizing controlling, budget and forecast processes
Tableau
Microsoft Navision
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
4 months
Hamburg, Germany
Freelance, Data Governance Consultant
Vehicle Manufacturer via Aequitas Affinity GmbH
Master data analysis
Workshops and consulting for data governance
Aug 2024 - Oct 2024
3 months
Germany
Freelance, Interim Controller
Mail Order Business
Setting up controlling, cost calculation and automating reporting, category management and purchasing
Project management for controlling knowledge transfer
Optimizing controlling and data management
Microsoft Power BI
KLAR!, Deltamaster
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024
5 months
Hamburg, Germany
Freelance, Project Manager Accounting and Reporting
Private Plumbing, Heating & Ventilation Company
Project manager for accounting succession, outsourcing accounting
Project management for reporting handover, liquidity planning
May 2023 - Jul 2024
1 year 3 months
Stuttgart, Germany
Freelance, Project Manager Data Management and Reporting
Arverio Deutschland GmbH (formerly Go-Ahead)
Project manager for data strategy, data warehouse and data quality
Managing various software vendors, BI consulting
Defining KPIs for all business units (management, operations planning, HR, sales, energy, safety, quality assurance, traffic contract management, controlling)
Creating dashboards and reports for all departments
Selecting and migrating an ETL tool (CloverDX)
Requirements management, specification “operational state roadmap”
Data quality management
Process optimization (analysis, documentation, modeling)
Scrum – agile methodology and ticketing systems
Microsoft Power BI
CloverDX, SQL, Azure DF
Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
1 year 4 months
Gerdau, Germany
Team Leader Controlling
Bohlsener Mühle GmbH & Co. KG
Restructuring controlling (production, financial, purchasing, sales, sustainability, cost center controlling)
Introducing and migrating QlikView to Power BI, dashboards
Adjusting and redesigning cost calculation
Designing and implementing the budgeting process, corporate planning, forecast
Conducting actual vs. plan comparisons and analyses
Introducing data management
Sub-project lead for ERP MS Business Central implementation – requirements analysis and master data/controlling specifications
Process optimization and modeling
Developing ETL processes and data warehouse
Assisting with annual and monthly closings, regular inventory valuation
Leading a team of 3 specialists
Scrum – agile methodology
Jira, Confluence
MS NAV
MS SQL
Microsoft Power BI: data visualization
Talend ETL, SQL
Sep 2020 - Jul 2021
11 months
Hamburg, Germany
Head of Business Analytics & Processes
Bauer Media Group, Publishing Germany
Leading selection and implementation of BOARD, requirements and stakeholder management, project controlling
Process analysis, BPMN modeling and optimization in controlling and finance
Designing, developing, testing and optimizing corporate planning (budget, forecast)
Designing quality management processes
Ensuring clear data requirements, data management, assessing data quality and migration
Data warehouse migration from SAP BW to MSSQL
Creating and extending personnel reporting, budget reports and BU/Group reporting
Building and leading a team of technical and business staff
BOARD, Microsoft Power BI, Excel
Scrum and classic IT project management
Jira, Confluence
SAP CO
MS SQL
Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
5 months
Hamburg, Germany
Business Intelligence Controller
Bauer Media Group, Publishing Germany
Leading selection and implementation of BOARD, requirements and stakeholder management, project controlling
Process analysis, BPMN modeling and optimization in controlling and finance
Designing, developing, testing and optimizing corporate planning (budget, forecast)
Designing quality management processes
Ensuring clear data requirements, data management, assessing data quality and migration
Data warehouse migration from SAP BW to MSSQL
Creating and extending personnel reporting, budget reports and BU/Group reporting
Building and leading a team of technical and business staff
BOARD, Microsoft Power BI, Excel
Scrum and classic IT project management
Jira, Confluence
SAP CO
MS SQL
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019
3 years
Hanstedt, Germany
Executive Assistant to Managing Director, Head of Controlling
Deerberg GmbH
Advising and supporting management on strategic and operational decisions/projects
Establishing and managing company-wide controlling, including marketing, sales, online, purchasing, supply chain, branch, HR and IT controlling
Leading, planning, selecting, analyzing, executing, monitoring, coordinating, quality and data management, and requirements management for agile (SCRUM) and classic software projects (ERP, PIM, eShop), data warehouse and BI systems
Creating dashboards and visualizations, mining customer data and assortment structures
Restructuring
Coordinating digitalization, data strategy, process optimization
Conducting actual vs. plan comparisons, analyses and budgeting
Assisting with annual and monthly closings, regular inventory valuation
Liquidity planning
Building and leading a team of technical and business staff
Tableau, SAP BO
mgm Commerce ERP (Choice 6)
Scrum and classic IT project management
Jira, Confluence
Talend, MS SQL
Datev
SQL
PIM – eggheads
Jul 2014 - Sep 2016
2 years 3 months
Hanstedt, Germany
Team Leader Controlling & Business Intelligence
Deerberg GmbH
Advising and supporting management on strategic and operational decisions/projects
Establishing and managing company-wide controlling, including marketing, sales, online, purchasing, supply chain, branch, HR and IT controlling
Leading, planning, selecting, analyzing, executing, monitoring, coordinating, quality and data management, and requirements management for agile (SCRUM) and classic software projects (ERP, PIM, eShop), data warehouse and BI systems
Creating dashboards and visualizations, mining customer data and assortment structures
Restructuring
Coordinating digitalization, data strategy, process optimization
Conducting actual vs. plan comparisons, analyses and budgeting
Assisting with annual and monthly closings, regular inventory valuation
Liquidity planning
Building and leading a team of technical and business staff
Tableau, SAP BO
mgm Commerce ERP (Choice 6)
Scrum and classic IT project management
Jira, Confluence
Talend, MS SQL
Datev
SQL
PIM – eggheads
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
6 months
Hanstedt, Germany
Business Informatics Specialist / BI Consultant
Deerberg GmbH
Advising and supporting management on strategic and operational decisions/projects
Establishing and managing company-wide controlling, including marketing, sales, online, purchasing, supply chain, branch, HR and IT controlling
Leading, planning, selecting, analyzing, executing, monitoring, coordinating, quality and data management, and requirements management for agile (SCRUM) and classic software projects (ERP, PIM, eShop), data warehouse and BI systems
Creating dashboards and visualizations, mining customer data and assortment structures
Restructuring
Coordinating digitalization, data strategy, process optimization
Conducting actual vs. plan comparisons, analyses and budgeting
Assisting with annual and monthly closings, regular inventory valuation
Liquidity planning
Building and leading a team of technical and business staff
Tableau, SAP BO
mgm Commerce ERP (Choice 6)
Scrum and classic IT project management
Jira, Confluence
Talend, MS SQL
Datev
SQL
PIM – eggheads
May 2011 - Dec 2013
2 years 8 months
Lüneburg, Germany
Senior Software Engineer
AIC Group GmbH
Designing, specifying, analyzing requirements and implementing analytical campaign management software and customer master/data quality services
Building custom reports, DWH and data quality systems for retailers (>€6bn)
MicroStrategy
Java / Spring
REST
Hibernate
Scrum – agile methodology
Jira
Talend
MS SQL, Oracle, DB2
ai.Suite – campaign management software
Customer master, SaaS OfferEngine
Nov 2010 - Apr 2011
6 months
Lüneburg, Germany
Software Engineer
AIC Group GmbH
Designing, specifying, analyzing requirements and implementing analytical campaign management software and customer master/data quality services
Building custom reports, DWH and data quality systems for retailers (>€6bn)
MicroStrategy
Java / Spring
REST
Hibernate
Scrum – agile methodology
Jira
Talend
MS SQL, Oracle, DB2
ai.Suite – campaign management software
Customer master, SaaS OfferEngine
Jan 2009 - Oct 2010
1 year 10 months
Lüneburg, Germany
Software Engineer
Werum Software & Systems AG
Developing, specifying and implementing production software (MES) for the pharma sector
Designing and implementing quality and test management processes
Java / JUnit
Scrum – agile methodology
Jira
PAS-X MES Suite
GMP
Oct 2007 - Nov 2008
1 year 2 months
Hamburg, Germany
Working Student & Master’s Thesis, Projects and Systems Department
bonprix Handelsgesellschaft mbH (Otto Group)
Successfully leading own software projects in teleshopping and competitive analysis (web mining)
Reporting for purchasing control
PHP
Oracle
SQL
Mar 2004 - Sep 2005
1 year 7 months
Karlsruhe, Germany
Research Assistant, Diploma Candidate and Intern, Department of Interoperability and Assistive Systems
Fraunhofer Institute IITB (now IOSB)
Designing and implementing information systems in multinational research projects (EU-CHIL, NATO-CAESAR)
Java
OWL, ontologies, Semantic Web, Protege
Software agents
Feb 2002 - Aug 2002
7 months
Lüneburg, Germany
Full-time Intern, Statistical Information Systems Department
Werum Software & Systems AG
Designing and implementing web applications
PHP, MySQL
Summary
Strong interdisciplinary, strategic and solution-oriented work style
Leading projects for company-wide software and digitalization
Building and migrating BI, controlling and reporting systems
Extensive experience in controlling and process optimization
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Oct 2005 - Feb 2009
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Master of Science, Business Information Systems · Business Information Systems · Lüneburg, Germany · 2.0
Sep 2000 - May 2005
FH Nordostniedersachsen
Diplom-Business Informatics (FH) · Business Informatics · Germany · 2.0