Philipp D.
Freelance Project
Experience
May 2024 - Present
1 year 8 monthsSwitzerland
Freelance Project
AniCura AGs (Tierkliniken)
- Creating annual financial statements for multiple veterinary clinics in Switzerland (MARS Group)
- Leading audits of the Swiss entities with PWC
- Supporting & further developing the ongoing bookkeeping
Mar 2019 - May 2024
5 years 3 monthsDübendorf, Switzerland
Head of Finance, DACH Hotel Group
SV Hotel AG
- Leading operational accounting (authorized signatory) for 20 hotels in the DACH region (mostly Marriott business hotels as franchisee) across 8 entities in Germany and 5 in Switzerland with SAP S4/HANA
- Leading the audit with annex and management report in Germany & Switzerland
- Commercial pre-opening management for 8 new hotel projects in Germany and Switzerland
- Leading and managing the accounting team of 14 colleagues
- Responsible for the group's monthly and annual financial statements under Swiss Code of Obligations/Swiss GAAP FER and HGB, and the partial consolidated financial statements in Germany since 2023
- Cash management, treasury, forecasting, and weekly payment runs
- First point of contact for banks, auditors, and tax advisors
- Taxes (VAT, corporation tax, trade tax in Germany; VAT, profit and capital tax in Switzerland)
- Managing tax audits in Germany (2015-2018 & 2019-2021)
- Process improvements (digitalization) – especially in SAP and optimizing existing workflows
- Cash savings (FX management EUR/USD/CHF) of over CHF 900k
- Cost savings on fees and expenses at banks in the hotel division
- Pre-opening setup and systemic implementation of 10 hotel projects in Germany and Switzerland since 2019
- Successfully introduced a cross-border expense tool
- Strategic registration of SV Hotel AG with the German tax authorities – cash savings > €250k
- Successfully built an accounting department in Germany
- Reducing and collecting outstanding receivables of the hotel companies
- Successful liquidity management during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Reorganization of the hotel accounting team – change management
May 2018 - Jul 2018
3 monthsBaar, Switzerland
Operational Commercial Manager
Parfümerie Douglas AG
- Team lead for accounting with 3 employees
- Monthly and annual financial statements under IFRS standards
- VAT declarations and fixed asset accounting
- Management of accounts receivable and accounts payable
- Collaboration with KPMG on tax matters and audits
Jul 2012 - Dec 2017
5 years 6 monthsKilchberg, Switzerland
Business Controller Sales
Lindt und Sprüngli Schweiz AG
- Leading the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under IFRS standards
- Leading and coordinating the rolling forecast
- Analyzing and assessing existing business processes
- Implementing tailored SAP solutions
- Monitoring and optimizing existing SAP applications
- Budgeting revenue and costs
- Analyzing and reporting revenue reductions for key accounts
- Business consulting for the management board
- SAP key user for modules FI, CO, and COPA
- Project manager for accounting and controlling in the SAP project 'Hercules' aimed at making processes more effective and efficient
- Further development and optimization of the SAP modules FI, CO, and COPA
- Process harmonization of the FI, CO, SD modules in COPA
- Successful implementation of automated rolling forecast and budget
- Leading the rebuild of management reporting and financial reporting
- Implementation and testing of new SAP tools
- Providing functional leadership for 4 employees
Oct 2011 - May 2012
8 monthsFriedrichshafen, Germany
Sales Controlling Specialist
MTU GmbH
- Examining the data base for introducing a KPI dashboard
- Creating process metrics in sales
- Contributing to the optimization of sales processes
Mar 2010 - Sep 2011
1 year 7 monthsWangen-Brüttisellen, Switzerland
Financial Analyst
Coca Cola HBC Schweiz AG
- Monthly, quarterly and annual closing of key accounts according to IFRS
- Financial planning of the budget and the monthly rolling estimate
- Supporting key account managers with all financial matters
- Scenario calculations for new contract negotiations with customers
Oct 2009 - Mar 2010
6 monthsStuttgart, Germany
Accounting Associate
Allianz Deutschland AG
- Assisting in the preparation of the annual financial statements according to IFRS
- Quarterly reports / reporting to the Deutsche Bundesbank
Oct 2008 - Mar 2009
6 monthsSindelfingen, Germany
Part-time Controller (50%)
Daimler AG
Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
6 monthsSindelfingen, Germany
Controlling Intern
Daimler AG
Feb 2006 - Feb 2008
2 years 1 monthLindau, Germany
Tax Clerk
Steuerkanzlei Altenried & Partner
- Annual financial statements according to HGB, tax returns
- Bookkeeping for medium-sized companies
Sep 2002 - Jul 2005
2 years 11 monthsRavensburg, Germany
Apprenticeship as a Tax Clerk
Dreher Tax Office
Summary
As an entrepreneurial doer, I always strive for optimization. My strong implementation skills, interdisciplinary experience, leadership philosophy, and very good SAP knowledge support me. By looking at organizational structure and workflows holistically, my analytical thinking lets me start and carry out efficient and effective business processes. As an engaged professional in controlling and accounting, I apply these skills successfully in management and financial reporting.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
IntermediateEducation
Mar 2006 - Nov 2009
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Bachelor of Science in Controlling and Accounting · Business Administration · Sigmaringen, Germany
Sep 2002 - Jul 2005
Steuerkanzlei Dreher
Training as a tax clerk · Ravensburg, Germany
Sep 1992 - Jun 2001
Gymnasium Aulendorf
High school diploma (Abitur) · Aulendorf, Germany
Certifications & licenses
C Permit
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