Peter Merz

Lecturer

Berlin, Germany
Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
1 year 7 months
Berlin, Germany

Lecturer

Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht

Jan 2022 - Present
3 years 7 months
Berlin, Germany

Lecturer

Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft

Jul 2018 - Present
7 years 1 month
Waldsolms, Germany

Managing Partner without Operational Role

pt plus GmbH & Co. KG

  • full-service marketing agency for global technology corporations
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
3 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Lecturer

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Jan 2010 - Present
15 years 7 months
Berlin, Germany

Managing Partner

vanedo GmbH

  • consulting and interim management
  • lecturer and trainer
Jan 2010 - Dec 2022
13 years
Rüsselsheim, Germany

Lecturer

Hochschule Rhein-Main

Jun 2007 - Dec 2009
2 years 7 months
Eschborn, Germany

Head of Finance/Controlling (Asset Management & Planning)

Techem Energy Contracting GmbH

  • business and technical project controlling
  • planning/budgeting
  • sales controlling and key account management
  • monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (including audit and group reporting)
  • cash and receivables management
  • procurement and management of commercial processes (in-house and outsourced)
  • IT systems
  • outsourcing receivables management/collections
  • reporting to financial investor
  • changes in annual financial statements for the short financial year
May 2006 - May 2007
1 year 1 month
Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Germany

Senior Manager

Evimcon GmbH

  • advising mid-sized corporations on group consolidation and integrated group management
  • sales and client acquisition
  • project leadership, management, and controlling
  • requirements evaluation and software selection
  • project support during software implementation
  • process optimization in group financial statement preparation (fast close)
  • software selection workshops
  • interim management in accounting and controlling
  • creation of proposal templates and demo applications for consolidation
Jan 2006 - Dec 2009
4 years
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Lecturer

Graduate School Rhein-Neckar

Nov 2002 - Apr 2006
3 years 6 months
Bad Homburg, Germany

Head of Finance/Controlling

Context Management Consulting Unternehmensberatungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

  • controlling of the corporate group
  • business project controlling and management
  • sales controlling and key account management
  • workforce planning
  • mergers & acquisitions
  • cash and receivables management
  • procurement and management of external service providers (SLA provider management)
  • annual financial statements
  • introduction of project contribution margin accounting
  • update of bonus system for professionals
  • set up reporting for international cooperation partners of Eurogroup Consulting Alliance
Jul 2002 - Oct 2002
4 months
Berlin, Germany

Managing Partner

Coledampf´s Culturcentrum KG

  • revision of shareholders’ agreement
  • development of the branch concept
Jan 2002 - Jun 2002
6 months
Berlin, Germany

Head of Accounting/Finance

Deutsche Ärzteversicherung AG

  • led accounting department
  • monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
  • annual reports
  • collections
  • institutional investment including real estate management
  • controlling
  • reporting to supervisory bodies
  • annual statements and reports for seven professional pension schemes (investment assets over €10 billion)
  • preparations for founding a management company for the pension schemes
Jan 1998 - Dec 2001
4 years
Berlin, Germany

Head of Controlling

Landesbank Berlin

  • overall bank management
  • planning/budgeting
  • cost/revenue accounting, profit center accounting
  • product costing
  • advising business divisions
Apr 1995 - Dec 1997
2 years 9 months
Berlin, Germany

Project Manager Credit Office, Implementation of Technical Requirements for 5th Amendment to the German Banking Act (KWG)

Landesbank Berlin

  • design and implementation of processes and structures for credit reporting (§§ 13 ff. KWG)
  • development of applications for credit reporting (MS Access, SQL queries)
Jan 1994 - Dec 2020
27 years
Frankfurt, Germany

Lecturer

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Bankakademie)

Jan 1994 - Mar 1995
1 year 3 months
Berlin, Germany

Auditor Credit Review

Landesbank Berlin

  • procedure audits and credit engagement audits (preparation, execution, reporting)
Sep 1992 - Dec 1993
1 year 4 months
Berlin, Germany

Deputy Chair of the Board and Managing Director (during studies)

Studentische Darlehnskasse e.V.

  • executive management
  • accounting
  • annual financial statements and reports
  • preparation and leadership of board meetings
  • recruiting and onboarding new staff
Jan 1991 - Aug 1992
1 year 8 months
Berlin, Germany

Clerk (during studies)

Studentische Darlehnskasse e.V.

  • advising students
  • processing loan transactions
  • dunning and collections
Mar 1990 - Apr 1990
2 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Intern

Arthur Andersen & Co. GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs-/ Steuerberatungsgesellschaft

Aug 1989 - Sep 1989
2 months
Cape Town, South Africa

Intern

First National Bank

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B.Braun Pharma- und Medizinbedarf

  • design of IFRS group cash flow determination
Frankfurt, Germany
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Deutsche Bank

  • strategic planning
  • alignment of global division and local legal entity plans
  • process relaunch of non-performing loans (NPL) reporting after offshoring to an internal service center

Head of Unit Regulatory Reporting

Deutsche Börse AG

  • banking regulatory reporting (KWG, SolvV, LiqV, FinRep/CoRep, CRD/CRR)
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Genossenschaftliche Finanzgruppe

  • migration to core banking system agree21
  • bank management, reporting, payments
  • deposit business, taxes (especially withholding tax, FATCA, CRS)
  • rollout of business area accounting (sync of IFRS accounting and management figures, especially in capital markets)

Interim Head of Group Consolidation and Group Management

KUKA Robotik

  • responsible for preparing group financial statements
  • update of consolidation manual

Interim Head of Finance

NIBC Bank und IKANO Bank

  • responsible for annual financial statements including consolidation and audit
  • banking regulatory reporting (KWG, SolvV, LiqV, FinRep/CoRep, CRD/CRR)
  • tax filings and declarations
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PHOENIX Pharmahandel

  • implementation of an application for group consolidation and integrated group management
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Rothenberger Werkzeuge

  • support in software selection for consolidation and integrated group controlling
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Sparkassen Finanzgruppe

  • migration of overall bank management (new bank management)
  • functional tests, implementation and system configuration
  • update of IT structures and processes (DORA)
  • interim head of finance
  • responsible for preparing financial statements including consolidation and audit
  • prep of reporting non-financial data like ESG/CSRD sustainability
  • process design for provisions accounting (IFRS fast close)
Summary
  • result-oriented and goal-focused in task completion

  • demanding performance in personnel management but always supportive of employees

  • assertive during problem situations and willing to confront conflicts if needed, balanced and inclusive in finding and implementing solutions

  • strong communicator and experienced presenter externally

  • design and implementation of financial accounting and controlling systems as management information systems

  • project and program controlling

  • strategic and operational controlling

  • accounting, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements

  • group consolidation and group controlling

  • financial reporting (including non-financial data like ESG/CSRD sustainability)

  • costing and modeling of business cases including scenario and sensitivity analyses

  • risk controlling and asset valuation

  • investment management and M&A

  • management of commercial processes and SLA provider management

  • bank regulatory requirements and reporting, bank steering

  • IT migrations (concept, testing, implementation)

  • development of standard software solutions (e.g., Excel, Access) for pre- and post-processing of data from core banking and ERP systems

  • team leadership (team building, personnel development, management by objectives)

Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Apr 1989 - Sep 1993

Freie Universität Berlin

Pre-diploma · Business Administration · Berlin, Germany

Apr 1989 - Sep 1993

Technische Universität Berlin

Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Berlin, Germany

Oct 1972 - Jun 1985
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High School Diploma · Gummersbach, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Pilot License

Chamber of Commerce Bank Clerk Certificate

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