Philipp Debastian
Freelance Project
Experience
May 2024 - Present
1 year 3 months Switzerland
Freelance Project
AniCura AGs (Tierkliniken)
- Preparation of annual financial statements for several animal clinics in CH (MARS Group)
- Led the audit of the Swiss entities with PwC
- Support & development of ongoing accounting
Mar 2019 - May 2024
5 years 3 months Dübendorf, Switzerland
Head of Finance Hotel Group DACH
SV Hotel AG
- Management of operational accounting (authorized signatory) for currently 20 hotels (mostly Marriott-run business hotels as franchisee) in the DACH region – (8 entities in DE and 5 entities in CH) with SAP S4/HANA
- Led auditing with notes and management report in DE & CH
- Commercial pre-opening management for currently 8 new hotel projects in Germany and Switzerland
- Leadership & management of the accounting team with 14 colleagues
- Responsible for the monthly and annual financial statements of the hotel group according to OR/Swiss GAAP FER and HGB / partial group financial statements Germany from 2023
- Cash management, treasury, forecasting and weekly payment runs
- First point of contact for banks, auditors, tax advisors
- Taxes (VAT, corporate tax, trade tax Germany; VAT, income & capital tax CH)
- Led tax audits in Germany (2015-2018 & 2019-2021)
- Process improvements (digitalization) – especially in SAP and optimization of existing workflows
- Cash savings (FX management EUR / USD / CHF) over CHF 900k
- Cost savings of fees & charges at banks in the hotel division
- Build-up (pre-opening) and system implementation of 10 hotel projects in Germany and Switzerland since 2019
- Successful rollout of a cross-border expense tool
- Strategic registration of SV Hotel AG with the financial authorities in Germany – cash savings > EUR 250k
- Successful setup of an accounting department in Germany
- Reduction & collection of open receivables of the hotel companies
- Successful liquidity management during the Corona pandemic
- Reorganization of the hotel accounting team – change management
May 2018 - Jul 2018
3 months Baar, Switzerland
Operational Commercial Manager
Parfümerie Douglas AG
- Head of accounting team with 3 employees
- Monthly and annual financial statements under IFRS standards
- VAT declarations and fixed asset accounting
- Management of accounts receivable and payable accounting
- Collaboration with KPMG on tax issues and audit
Jul 2012 - Dec 2017
5 years 6 months Kilchberg, Switzerland
Business Controller Sales
Lindt und Sprüngli Schweiz AG
- Management of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under IFRS standards
- Leadership and coordination of the rolling forecast
- Review and evaluation of existing business processes
- Design and implementation of SAP solutions based on needs
- Monitoring & optimization of existing SAP applications
- Budgeting of revenue and costs
- Analysis and evaluation of revenue deductions of key accounts
- Business consulting of the management board
- SAP key user for FI, CO and COPA modules
- Project manager for the accounting and controlling areas of the SAP “Herkules” project aimed at making processes more effective and efficient
- Further development and optimization of SAP FI, CO and COPA modules
- Process harmonization of FI, CO, SD in COPA
- Successful introduction of automated rolling forecast and budget
- Led the build-up of management reporting and financial reporting
- Implementation and testing of new SAP tools
- Technical lead for 4 employees
Oct 2011 - May 2012
8 months Friedrichshafen, Germany
Sales Control Employee
MTU GmbH
- Analysis of data base for introducing a KPI cockpit
- Creation of process KPIs in sales
- Support in optimizing sales processes
Mar 2010 - Sep 2011
1 year 7 months Wangen-Brüttisellen, Switzerland
Financial Analyst
Coca Cola HBC Schweiz AG
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements for key accounts under IFRS
- Financial planning of budget and monthly rolling estimate
- Support of key account managers in all financial matters
- Scenario calculations for new contract negotiations with customers
Oct 2009 - Mar 2010
6 months Stuttgart, Germany
Accounting Employee
Allianz Deutschland AG
- Support in preparation of annual financial statements under IFRS
- Quarterly reports / reporting to the German Bundesbank
Oct 2008 - Mar 2009
6 months Sindelfingen, Germany
Controller (Part-time 50%)
Daimler AG
Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
6 months Sindelfingen, Germany
Controlling Intern
Daimler AG
Feb 2006 - Feb 2008
2 years 1 month Lindau, Germany
Tax Specialist Employee
Steuerkanzlei Altenried & Partner
- Annual financial statements under HGB, tax returns
- Accounting for medium-sized companies
Sep 2002 - Jul 2005
2 years 11 months Ravensburg, Germany
Trainee Tax Specialist
Steuerkanzlei Dreher
Summary
As an entrepreneurial doer, I strive for optimization. My execution skills, interdisciplinary experience, leadership philosophy, and very good SAP knowledge help me with that. When looking at the overall setup and process organization, my analytical thinking lets me initiate and implement efficient and effective business processes. As a committed professional in controlling and accounting, I use these skills profitably in management and financial reporting.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Intermediate
Education
Mar 2006 - Nov 2009
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Bachelor of Science, Controlling and Accounting · Business Administration · Sigmaringen, Germany
Sep 2002 - Jul 2005
Steuerkanzlei Dreher
Trainee Tax Specialist · Ravensburg, Germany
Sep 1992 - Jun 2001
Gymnasium Aulendorf
Matura (Abitur) · Aulendorf, Germany
Certifications & licenses
C permit
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