Martina Maurer
Interim Finance
Experience
Oct 2021 - Present
3 years 5 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 2007
University of Augsburg
Business administration · Germany
Oct 2003 - Jun 2004