Oksana Niedermair - Managing Partner: Consulting Services

Nidderau, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Present

7 months

Nidderau, Germany

Apr 2024 - Jan 2025

10 months

Hanau, Germany

Optimization and monitoring of process performance reporting
Continuous development and implementation of process optimization initiatives ("backlog")
Evaluation, approval, coordination, and global rollout of process improvements
Creation of work instructions and training for Local Process Owners (LPOs) and PGM Controllers
Implementation of financial strategies related to precious metals (PGM)
Enhancement of reporting, planning, and financial analysis tools
Global coordination of PGM controlling across AC, PMC, and FC
IT liaison to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical capabilities
Development and setup of new Metals-to-Value organization, setup of follow-up processes and governance
Establishment of the Global Process Owner function
Mapping, quantifying, and visualization (including in Power BI) of metal flow within the Umicore group worldwide, defining optimization opportunities.

Aug 2021 - Mar 2024

2 years 8 months

Hanau, Germany

Management of global metal controlling topics
Implementation of strategies to optimize metal inventories worldwide
Leading cross-functional teams in identifying and executing metal loss reduction projects
Budgeting and multi-year planning of metal results
Standardization of metal accounting across all PMC sites
Review of PGM hedging positions and correction of open metal positions
Establishment and leadership of a global metal controlling team
Implementation of PMC’s overall financial strategy, especially around PGM to optimize BU return and achieve strategic goals
Organization and participation in internal PGM audits at PMC legal entities
Preparation and execution of stocktakes in Hanau twice a year, oversight and analysis of stocktakes in Tulsa (USA) and Tsukuba (Japan)
Defining Homogenous Catalysts (HOC) product standard costs in SAP
Implementation of PMC Precious Metal Manual and guidelines covering purchases, customer contracts, accounting, reporting, security, etc.
Determination and improvement of metal production losses in Germany, USA, and Japan, aligning and standardizing metal accounting across all PMC sites
SAP PP Japan implementation and SAP S/4HANA implementation
Six Sigma Green Belt certification: Traceability of precious metals to optimize metal inventory (including WIP & slow-moving). Total positive effect > EUR 1 million.

Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

7 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Financial business partner for site, regional, and top management in Tech Ops, IT and CIS
Personal responsibility
Development of strategic recommendations based on variance analysis
Annual budget and multi-year planning (Balance Sheet, P&L, Liquidity)
Monthly rolling forecasts and financial controlling
Financial reporting (for more than 35 data centers worldwide), profitability calculations and deviation analyses
Development, standardization, and optimization of financial reports for site, regional, and top management

Aug 2017 - Dec 2020

3 years 5 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Financial and operational oversight
Personal responsibility
Ensuring compliance with IFRS and HGB accounting standards
Monitoring and compliance with key business performance indicators and strategic targets
Preparation, development, and maintenance of variance analyses, ad-hoc reports, and monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports
Production cost calculation and profitability planning
Budgeting and rolling forecasts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Investments)
Development and maintenance of all necessary data in SAP and subsystems, cost allocation cycles, monthly closings in Schedule Manager (SCMA), setup and maintenance of cost centers, cost objects, profit centers, and material master data
Ensuring compliance with corporate policies and regulations
Primary point of contact for internal and external auditors
Preparation of decision-making templates for senior management based on various analyses and evaluations
Initial determination of production costs (standard & actual), including all necessary measures such as adjustment of BOMs, rate routings, cost allocation cycles, and accurate mapping in SAP
MM and CO SAP adjustments due to split of company into production and sales organization

Feb 2016 - Sep 2016

8 months

Ehringshausen, Germany

Jan 2009 - Dec 2014

6 years

Mykolaiv, Ukraine

Corporate reporting at business unit level (P&L, Sales, AR, AP, Working capital, HFM Reporting), management and other operational reports (margin and profitability analysis, Extra Mile Reporting, Excellence Reporting, intercompany reconciliation, etc.)
Monthly financial closing according to IFRS
Monthly commentary on business performance
Budgeting and forecasting (including consolidation and reconciliation of sales, industrial, and personnel budgets, SWCR, cash flow)
Variance analysis (VC, FC, SG&A analysis)
Investment reporting
Treasury reporting (bank reconciliation, business unit reporting in HFM)
Contribution to internal audits and ad-hoc reports
Corporate financial reporting for Myktrans (transport and logistics services for Lafarge) – P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash flow.