Rainer Pack - Senior Controller

Dortmund, Germany

Experience

Jan 2025 - Jul 2025

7 months

Senior Controller

e. Stahlhandel-Servicecenter Bönen

Controlling project work: implementing customer offer calculation with trading/forward calculation for sales
Developed a cost of goods manufactured calculator
Theoretical design and practical implementation: interim Excel version and integration into INFOR LN with requirements specification
Project management with Loop, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint
Regular reporting on contribution margins and post calculations

Mar 2024 - Dec 2025

10 months

Senior Controller

Automobilzulieferer (MAGNA-Gruppe), Wuppertal

Local and group reporting, planning and forecasting
Proficient in Infor, Kepion, OneStream
Accounting topics under HGB and US GAAP, reworking older financial statements, sales tax issues, publishing corporate figures
Working capital management
Mostly operational controlling tasks

Jan 2024 - Dec 2025

1 year

Berater

Stahl-Konzern, Niedersachsen

Research and collection of external company data
Enriching competitor information
Deriving financial benchmark key figures
Financial statement analysis of German and international companies

Oct 2023 - Mar 2024

6 months

Senior Financial Controller

Anbieter für Cloud-Dienstleistungen, Köln

Operation and further development of BI systems: ETL packages, database maintenance with SQL
Use of Microsoft Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio
Integration of forecast, budget and actual into BI system
Connecting new databases in ERP conversion project AX → Odoo
Various controlling tasks
Special project: commercial support for GAIA-X funding program

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

7 months

Senior Financial Controller

Aluminiumgießerei, Soest

Operational support in controlling, accounting and purchasing
Building and optimizing finance processes after leaving the shared service center
Focus on production, sales and financial controlling
New internal reporting and planning setup (P&L/BS/CF/Capacity) for Dutch parent company and US group
Integration project after group change
Developed cash flow forecast with Excel, reporting key business drivers, headcount and KPIs
Prepared annual financial statements including company acquisition
Replacing SAP R/3 with SAP B1

Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

1 year

Senior Financial Controller

Glashütte, Marsberg

Supported strategic targets with controlling tools: analysis and modeling
Prepared and presented restructuring calculations
10-year planning model (P&L/BS/CF/financing needs) for expert report
Fast close initiative to improve reporting efficiency
Introduced profit center accounting and segment reporting for production
Preliminary and post calculations for glass products
Prepared make-or-buy decisions for finishing, melting, graphics, and supply chain
Competitor financial analysis with key figure comparison
Extended BI tool Cubeware for automated reporting, trained staff
Created and rolled out reports in NAV/BC, Excel-heavy

Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

5 months

Senior Financial Controller

Lebensmittelhersteller, Bönen

Covered vacancy as financial controller
Quickly familiarized with corporate planning and reporting under GKV and UKV
Responsible for monthly reporting (HGB/IFRS) for UK head office and US parent, written and oral
Expanded Lucanet and Excel reporting
Introduced 52-week planning and unit cost calculation

Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

1 year 5 months

Senior Finance Manager

IHK-GfI mbH, Dortmund

Technical responsibility for accounting, tax matters, annual financial statements, reports and management report
Communication with auditors and banks
Responsible for corporate and forecast planning, cost center and cost object budgets, allocations
Timely, high-quality reporting
Further development of NAVISION, Jet Reports and Easy Workflow
Project manager for COMPANY subproject in strategic project GfI 4.0

Aug 2016 - Jul 2020

4 years

Senior Controller

SWYX Solutions AG, Dortmund

Operational company planning and full responsibility for controlling topics
Modeled long-term business cases (P&L/BS/Cash flow) with Corporate Planner
Sales controlling: set up and managed analyses, sales cube in Cubeware, automated reporting
Introduced cost center accounting and monthly reporting
Used NAVISION and Excel
Implemented Lucanet
Due Diligence in acquisition process

Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

2 months

Berater Unternehmensplanung

Utimaco Gruppe, Aachen

Support for corporate planning 2016/17

Jun 2015 - May 2016

1 year

Manager Finance & Controlling

CUBE Engineering-Gruppe, Kassel

Responsible for accounting closings of eleven companies of various legal forms and tax systems
Controlling and corporate planning, key figures, sales controlling, communication with sites
Led due diligence for company acquisition by foreign investor
Liquidity planning, receivables management
Bank reporting and negotiation of credit lines
Project management: costing and reporting
Grant management
Further development of SAP B1 and Maringo project management tool
Financial management of a wind farm

Jan 2013 - May 2015

2 years 5 months

Controller

Utimaco Gruppe (Sophos Gruppe), Aachen

Created short- and mid-term business cases in Excel, presented to investors, auditors and banks
Developed integrated corporate plans and scenarios in Excel, financial due diligence
Set up cost center accounting, monthly reporting and coordination with responsible parties
Participated in ERP implementation (SAP B1)
Supply chain management: purchasing, orders, deliveries, goods receipt, incoming invoices, customer documents, warehousing; optimized purchase-to-pay process
Developed a supply chain model in Excel to map all material flows

Feb 2010 - Dec 2013

2 years 11 months

Leiter Finanzen und Controlling

Sophos Astaro Software GmbH, Karlsruhe

Consolidated financial statements for ten companies (national and international)
Corporate planning, monthly, quarterly and annual closings under HGB, US GAAP and IFRS for UK parent
Cost accounting, liquidity planning, sales controlling and investment controlling
Due diligence Astaro/Sophos, transfer pricing, revenue recognition, tax planning, supply chain model, workforce planning
Implementation and key user for IT systems
Winner of the Astaro Award 2010

Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

5 months

Beteiligungscontroller

Altira CFC Industriebeteiligungen GmbH & Co. KGaA, Dortmund

Integrated budget planning (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
Liquidity planning and monitoring
Implemented controlling processes and professional communication with portfolio companies

Jul 2005 - May 2009

3 years 11 months

Financial Controller

OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte, Wermelskirchen

Group-wide multi-year financial and results planning, cash flow and balance sheet planning
Determined financing needs for stores and corporations
Analyzed liquidity risks in domestic and foreign subsidiaries
Reporting and presentations to management board and supervisory bodies
Treasury activities including daily solvency report and working capital management
Implemented Hyperion financial planning software

Apr 2004 - Jan 2005

10 months

Bereichsleiter Controlling

Venturion AG, Hamm

Multi-year profit and liquidity planning, balance sheet and cost center planning, reporting and forecasts
Cost reduction program and restructuring of accounting in DATEV
Prepared IPO: created factbook

Apr 2000 - Sep 2003

3 years 6 months

Leiter Controlling

PRO DV Software AG, Dortmund

Central controlling responsibility in PRO DV group
Implemented and administered NAVISION operations management system
Project controlling: planning and resource management
Annual planning and forecasts, performance management with variance analyses
Sales controlling: setup, planning and CRM tool
Receivables and liquidity management

Oct 1995 - Mar 2000

4 years 6 months

Controller (Schwerpunkt Vertrieb)

Krombacher Brauerei Bernhard Schadeberg GmbH & Co. KG, Kreuztal

Customer and product costing, sales reporting
Budgeting, forecasting and planning
Management of sales-focused field force behavior
Introduced a management information system

Summary

Trained bank clerk / degree in business administration
Over 28 years in controlling and accounting
More than 8 years as Finance & Controlling Manager
Strong knowledge of P&L/balance sheet/cash flow, consolidation, financial statement analysis, and financial modeling.
Participated in several M&As and financial due diligences
Leadership experience
All-rounder in finance
Since Nov 21 independent consultant for accounting/controlling