Martina Maurer
Financial Controller
Experience
Oct 2021 - Present
3 years 9 months Berlin, Germany
Financial Controller
DC Heidi GmbH
- Interim positions as a Finance project consultant supporting the CFO
- Optimise processes in the accounting department
- Support the compilation of the annual financial statement German GAAP and IFRS especially the IFRS Notes, evaluation and interpretation of accounting issues
- Restructuring cost centers
- Implement monthly reporting, consolidating data, ad hoc reporting, deviation analysis
- Project Clients: Goodmills Deutschland, EMIXA, LMtec
Nov 2018 - Jun 2023
4 years 8 months Germany
Financial Controller/Company Secretary
DC Heidi Pty Ltd & GmbH
- Implementation of a new accounting system XERO and Lexoffice
- Liquidity management, treasury, cash management
- Workflow optimisation of financial processes in connection with budget planning to realise synergy effects
- Project Controlling: Definition of results-oriented financial milestones
- Monitoring budget target/actual comparison, deviation analysis
- Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with HGB, IFRS/Australian GAAP and preparation of tax returns
- Project Clients: Telstra, Digital Realty, Department of Defense
Sep 2014 - Nov 2014
3 months Townsville City, Australia
Interim Position CFO
TAIHS – Townsville Aboriginal & Islander Health
- Interim position with primary responsibility for leading the finance team (6 people) and supporting the CEO
- Monitoring of budgets, as well as their recalculation
- Release and approval of payments, in particular for salaries
- Management of cash flow
Jun 2014 - Oct 2018
4 years 5 months Townsville City, Australia
Finance Manager
Maurclaw Pty Ltd
- Restructuring Workflow, implementation of accounting system (MYOB)
- Development and improvement of the reporting package and the forecast tools
- Monitoring budgets targets Monitoring budget target/actual comparison, deviation analysis
- Optimisation of cash flow
- Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS/Australian GAAP and preparation of tax returns
Apr 2012 - May 2014
2 years 2 months Sydney, Australia
Financial Controller /Accountant
German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Preparation and controlling of the annual budget: target-actual reconciliation, cash flow management
- Coordination and preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements (IFRS and HGB), quarterly reporting to the DIHK in Germany
- Provision of relevant evaluations and statistics for executives and the Supervisory Board – key figure analysis, ad hoc analyses
- Coordination of internal and external audits
- Implementation, further development and employee training of a new accounting system XERO
- Adaptation and optimization of existing reporting processes
Jul 2007 - Oct 2011
4 years 4 months Berlin, Germany
Audit Senior/Tax Consultancy
PKF Fasselt Schlage
Audit:
- Participation in statutory audits of annual and consolidated financial statements, listed companies, implementation of the risk-oriented audit approach
- Solving accounting and valuation problems, coordinating cross-company assessment of individual audit fields
- Preparation of financial statements of most legal forms according to HGB, IFRS, UK-GAAP
- Induction and guidance of new employees, management of audit teams
Tax Consulting:
- Legal tax declaration of partnerships and corporations, extensive tax returns of natural persons
- Accompaniment of the tax authorities in the case of external tax audits
- Tax structuring of company sales
- Processing of questions relating to international tax law
Summary
German– Australian Financial Controller, CPA (Australia) accountant with more than five years experiences in the Australian financial environment as a Financial Controller and a solid background in the German tax and audit environment.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask and capable to meet deadlines.
In-depth knowledge of procedures within the financial departments. Hands-on manager with strong skills in assessing and managing key and complex procedures.
Effective communicator with great inter personnel skills with clients and team members.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Education
Oct 2003 - Jun 2004
University Rennes I
Rennes, France
Oct 2001 - Jun 2007
University of Augsburg
Diplom-Kauffrau, Economic auditing and controlling, business taxation, sociology & psychology of work · Business administration · Augsburg, Germany
Oct 1999 - Jun 2001
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
Industriekauffrau apprenticeship · Hamburg, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Cpa (Certified Practising Accountant) Australia
Cpa Australia
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