Michael Bahr

Interim Manager – Head of Finance and Accounting

Essen, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present
7 months
Germany
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Stadtwerke Köln – Beteiligungsgesellschaften

  • Annual financial statements 2024
  • Optimization measures in accounting/controlling
  • Tax calculations for GmbH & Co. KG
Jul 2024 - Nov 2024
5 months
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Interim Manager – Head of Finance and Accounting

Misumi Europe GmbH

  • Open items for year-end closing as of 3/31/2024: individual financial statements under HGB and group IFRS
  • Support for introducing the new CRM module Newton
  • Taxes – chain transactions and intra-community acquisition/triangulation
  • IFRS 16 leases
May 2024 - Aug 2024
4 months
Hamburg, Germany

Interim Manager Transformation of Accounting Processes

Fielmann Group AG

  • Centralization of accounting for over 600 subsidiaries; subsystems at branch offices (invoices and orders)
  • Implementation of a new accounting process structure: R2R accounting, O2C accounting, P2P accounting
  • Optimization of P2P processes (scanning, master data, invoice verification, invoice posting; e-invoicing/EDI)
  • Optimization of invoice workflow in VIM/SAP S4/HANA
Sep 2023 - Feb 2024
6 months
Cologne, Germany

Interim Manager Transformation Finance, Reporting, Controlling

Presto Group / Jockel Group

  • Integration work for Presto/Jockel Group
  • Implementation of reporting structures according to Presto Group requirements
  • First-time consolidation
  • Preparation of a forecast and the 2024 annual budget
  • Reorganization of accounting (timetable, fast close deadlines, bridge from HGB to IFRS)
  • Focus topics IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16
  • Receivables and impairment under IFRS 9 expected losses
Apr 2023 - Aug 2023
5 months
Germany

Interim Manager Lead Controlling

Humbaur / Kogel GmbH

  • Cost controlling
  • Determination of margins and contribution margins by product group
  • Product costing – especially tipper bodies
  • Preparation of cost calculations and profitability analyses (make-or-buy)
  • Cost calculation for building a new factory hall and purchasing machinery, considering logistics costs from group suppliers (Hungary and Slovakia)
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
5 months
Trier, Germany

Interim Manager Finance & Accounting

Alwitra GmbH

  • IFRS accounting convention and introduction of IFRS reporting, especially IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 leases
Sep 2022 - Apr 2023
8 months
Schwerte, Germany
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HYDROSTAR Messtechnik GmbH

  • Introduction of product cost calculation
  • Development of costing sheets
  • Update of bills of materials
  • Update and follow-up of production times
  • Determination of manufacturing costs
  • Determination of machine run times
May 2022 - Oct 2022
6 months
Bochum, Germany

Head of Controlling / FP & A

Kelvion Technology GmbH

  • Restructuring
  • De-merger activities
  • Implementation of SAC/SPA with Hovarth & Partner
  • Update of TAGETIK release
Oct 2021 - May 2022
8 months
Berlin, Germany
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Energy Onyx-Power

  • Carve-out project 2019 Engie Energy Berlin
  • Rollout of SAP S4/HANA and SAP on Demand for small entities
  • Build-up of accounting
  • Billing of power plants and maintenance
  • PPA
  • Preparation of reconciliation statements HGB/IFRS
  • Year-end closings 2019–2021 under HGB/IFRS
  • Implementation of IFRS 15 and IFRS 16
May 2021 - Dec 2021
8 months
Germany

Interim Manager Finance & Accounting

LEONI AG

  • Group accounting – intercompany reconciliation
  • Process optimizations and automation of postings
  • Introduction of bots
  • Optimization of Order2Pay on SAP HANA
  • Tax accounting (withholding tax, permanent establishment taxation and deferred taxes; country-by-country reporting)
Oct 2020 - May 2021
8 months
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Remote

Interim Manager

Aveva GmbH

  • SAP S/4 HANA project management
  • Oversight of accounting & closings, remote
  • IFRS 15 implementation for revenue recognition in customer projects
  • Provisions for restructuring; decommissioning
  • Fast close process organization
  • Preparation of financial statements
  • Group reporting
  • Tax balance sheets
  • Special tax topics
Apr 2019 - Jul 2020
1 year 4 months
Paris, France

Finance Accounting & Controlling ad interim

Safran Cabin Germany GmbH

  • Monthly closings under HGB/IFRS
  • Annual closing (organization and execution)
  • Preparation of purchase price allocation after Safran/Zodiac Aerospace merger
  • Post-merger integration activities after acquisition by Safran
  • Tax optimization and documentation
  • SAP BFC reporting
  • SAP Disclosure Management
  • SAP S/4 HANA Safran Group project
  • Implementation of IFRS 9, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16
  • Collaboration with banks and consultancies
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
4 months
Buggingen, Germany

Interim Manager Finance, Accounting & Controlling

Pearl GmbH

  • Building KPI reporting
  • Cost management and action planning
  • Cash management and liquidity planning
  • Supply chain management
  • Cash flow control (AR/AP/factoring/PayPal)
  • Inventory management – process chain analysis
Oct 2018 - Jan 2019
4 months
Germany

Interim Finance Accounting Reporting & Analysis

APCOA Parking Holding GmbH

  • Support planning & reporting
  • Annual closing
  • Implementation of IFRS 16
  • Group accounting/consolidation in Tagetik
  • Liquidity planning and reporting
Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
1 year 3 months
Germany

Interim Finance & Accounting Manager

Leadec Services & Engineering GmbH & Co

  • IFRS 15 project execution and implementation
  • Contract valuation under IFRS 15
  • Lease contracts IFRS 16
  • Asset management and optimization
Jan 2018 - Jun 2018
6 months
Lindau, Germany

Interim Finance Manager

Xomox ChemPharma & Energy

  • Reporting with Hyperion/monthly reporting
  • KPI reporting
  • Financial planning Europe
  • Year-end closings under HGB/US GAAP
  • Impairment tests and optimizations
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
4 months
Duisburg, Germany

Interim Manager Group Accounting

Xella International AG

  • Introduction of IFRS 15, IFRS 16, and IFRS 9
  • Preparation and booking of deconsolidation entries
  • Post-merger activities URSA/Madrid
  • Calculation of deferred taxes and disclosure notes
  • Valuation of financial instruments/derivatives
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
4 months
Nuremberg, Germany

Interim Manager: Group Accounting

GfK – Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung

  • Introduction of new accounting standards IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 9
  • Implementation of change management process for IT systems
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
4 months
Vienna, Austria
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ZKW Group

  • Reorganization of accounting in Mexico
  • PMI/takeover accounting from external service company
  • Preparation of opening balance sheet for IFRS group Mexico
  • Training and support in project management
Dec 2014 - Sep 2016
1 year 10 months
Göppingen, Germany

Interim Manager Head of Accounting/Controlling

Schuler AG

  • Reorganization of finance & accounting
  • Switch to SAP S/4 HANA
  • Revenue recognition for long-term manufacturing under IFRS
  • Cost optimization and tax issues
May 2014 - Dec 2015
8 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Interim Manager – Head of Accounting, Finance & Controlling

Federal-Mogul Automotive

  • Reorganization of the sales division of the sub-group
  • Finance controlling and change management
  • Due diligence activities and preparation of purchase price allocation
Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
2 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Interim Manager “Post Merger/Change Management”

Celesio AG

  • IFRS & US GAAP accounting
  • Annual closing of McKesson Group
  • Preparation of opening balance sheet and process optimizations
Mar 2013 - Dec 2014
10 months
Marburg, Germany

Finance Interim Manager

Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics GmbH

  • Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements
  • Tax management and introduction of e-balance sheet
  • Introduction of OCR document workflow Order to Pay

Languages

German
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English
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French
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 1982 - Jun 1989
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Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration, Finance, Financial Statements, Tax, Law, Corporate Management, Banking · Germany

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Industrial Clerk · Germany

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High School Diploma · Germany