Ralf (Peter) Wüstermann
Finance and Controlling Manager
Experience
Finance and Controlling Manager
Vanderlande Industries do Brasil Ltda
- International reporting in English
- Budgeting
- Production controlling
- Process optimizations
Head of Accounting and Finance
KNDS Deutschland Tracks GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB
- Consolidated financial statements
- Intercompany billing
- Cash flow planning
- Advising on and implementing uniform group-wide accounting policies
- Support with tax issues
- Optimization of accounting processes
Financial Accountant
Ramudden Global GmbH
- Recording ongoing transactions for 4 companies
- Monthly and annual financial statements under HGB and IFRS
- Worldwide group consolidation
- VAT advance notifications
- Statistical reports for the Federal Statistical Office
Finance and Controlling Manager
Vanderlande Industries GmbH & Co. KG
- Monthly closings under IFRS and HGB
- International reporting in English
- Budgeting
- Production controlling
- Process optimizations
- Responsible for 6 employees
Commercial Director
Areal Shared Services GmbH
- Developing the growth strategy for the corporate real estate group
- Valuation of companies in the real estate sector
- Strategic acquisitions in the real estate industry
Head of Finance
Hans von Mangoldt GmbH
- Liquidity planning and control
- Budget planning and preparation
- Monthly closings under HGB
- Investment analysis and special projects
- Cost optimization
Senior Accountant
Copart Deutschland GmbH
- Reconciliation of general ledger accounts
- Development of folder structures
- Preparation of the notes and management report
- Development of a reconciliation bridge HGB - US GAAP
- Optimization of accounting processes
Data Management
GEA Germany
- Master data migration and completeness check of data from IScala to S 4 Hana
Professor and Program Director for General Management
EUFH Europäische Fachhochschule
- Teaching courses in market research, accounting and financial statements, cost and performance accounting, controlling, corporate management, investment management
- Professor of General Management and Program Director
- Controlling
- Financial statements and accounting
- Corporate management
- Investment management and financing
- Cost and performance accounting
- Corporate partnerships, alliances and networks
- Market research, marketing, service marketing
Group Accounting
Schweizer Electronic AG
- Valuation of a direct investment in China
- Consolidation
- Group accounting according to HGB and IFRS
- Fixed asset schedule for all domestic and international companies
- Provisions schedule for all domestic and international companies
Training in traditional and agile project management
WBS Training
- Traditional and agile project management
Head of Finance
UKM Fahrzeugteile GmbH
- Setting up and developing a liquidity calculation
- Measures to increase and optimize liquidity
- Monitoring daily liquidity
- Process optimization in accounting and controlling
- Monthly reporting
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings according to HGB
- Personnel responsibility: 6 employees
Head of IT, HR, Finance and Controlling
CCL Design GmbH
- Leading IT projects in production and administration
- Managing and optimizing HR processes
- Staff development
- Implementing an electronic workflow
- Monthly reporting in English
- Process optimization in production and administration
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings according to HGB and IFRS
- Personnel responsibility: 12 employees
Head of Finance and Accounting
IT Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings according to HGB and BilMoG
- Administration and oversight of public funding
- Receivables management
- Liquidity management
- Implementing an electronic workflow
- Personnel responsibility: 14 employees
Psychology for Managers
Corporate Happiness
- Psychology for Managers (hourly)
Plant Controlling
Mayr-Melnhof Gernsbach GmbH
- Monthly international reporting
- Investment calculation and special projects
- Process optimization in controlling
- Integration of individual reporting software into an ERP system
Commercial Manager
ELB-Form GmbH
- Management of finance and accounting
- Leading controlling
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under UGB
- Process optimization in accounting
- Short- and medium-term financial planning
- Liquidity and budget planning
- Reporting
- Introduction of a partial costing
- Process optimization in controlling
- Personnel responsibility: 6 employees
Head of Finance
Dronco GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB and US GAAP
- Financial reporting
- Strategic and financial planning
- Corporate taxes
- Plant controlling
- Budget creation and forecasting
- Personnel responsibility: 5 employees
Plant Controlling
Z & J Technologies GmbH
- Optimization of preliminary costing
- Optimization of ongoing costing
- Setup of an electronic workflow for costing
Senior Controller
DigitasLBi AG
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB and IFRS
- Consolidated financial statements
- International group reporting in English
- Support for the implementation of SAP/R3
Head of Financial Accounting
Gedore-Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial statements according to HGB
- Budget preparation
- Intercompany reconciliation (German, English, Portuguese)
- Accounts receivable management
- Liquidity management
- Process optimization in accounting
- Management: 12 employees
Senior Controller
ThyssenKrupp Industriesolutions GmbH
- Cost center controlling
- Product division controlling
- Personnel controlling
- Strategic and operational personnel planning
- Further development of the planning tool
Accounting / Finance Manager
nicko tours GmbH
- Optimization of accounting processes
- General ledger postings
- Standard and margin postings
- Resolution of VAT issues in the tourism industry
Senior Controller and Head of IT
Mondi Raubling GmbH
- Management of IT department: 3 employees
- Personnel management: 9 employees in accounting and IT
- Authorized signatory for Bauernfind Blockheizkraftwerk GmbH and Mondi Raubling GmbH
- Group reporting (monthly, quarterly and half-year financial statements according to HGB and IFRS)
- Monthly financial statements according to IFRS and HGB
- Transfer from SAP to HFM (Miras) and upload
- Project implementation: automatic SAP to HFM upload
- Optimization of monthly reporting
- Forecast creation and planning
- Budget preparation
- Investment calculations and special projects
- Automation of waste paper valuation and waste paper logistics
- Implementation of the One sales software
- Optimization of project processes and project management
Investment Controller
Sell GmbH
- Development of a business case in English
Branch Manager
Sana Rechnungswesen GmbH
- Monthly and quarterly financial statements under HGB and IFRS for 15 group companies
- Liquidity planning
- Cash flow statement
- Multi-year financial planning
- Team leadership: 15 employees
Deputy Head of Project Controlling
Engineering Dobersek GmbH
- Setup of the project controlling department
- Optimization of financial processes for projects
- Introduction and setup of a key performance indicator system
- Introduction of contribution margin accounting
- Introduction of a working capital analysis
- Monthly project reporting
- Introduction of project forecasts
- Budget planning and preparation
- Introduction of a project analysis with development forecast
- Introduction of project planning
- Introduction of rolling project management
- Introduction of DATEV
- Support during month-end closing
- Introduction of partial cost accounting
- Introduction of a chart of accounts
- Introduction of cost center and cost object accounting
- Introduction of an overhead cost allocation to projects
- Introduction of monthly calculation of utilization rate
- Preparation of planned balance sheets and profit and loss statements
- Project management in Bulgaria
- Creditworthiness analysis of foreign partners
- Negotiations with partners in Bulgaria
- Team leadership: 2 employees
International Controlling
B2X Care solution GmbH
- Preparation of the IT budget
- Further development of the IT budget as a rolling budget
- Development of a credit limit form with credit rating indicators
- Responsible assignment and validation of credit limits
- Creation of travel expense policies in English and German
- Creation of travel expense claim forms and user guides
- Development of a template letter for travel expense claim errors
- Development of a customer invoicing form and template letters
- Development of a template letter for input tax verification
- Preparation of a specification sheet for the further development of a time tracking software
- Preparation for ISO 9000 certification
Group Controlling
Deutsche Telekom AG
- Development of monthly reporting for the ROCE metric in English
- Validation of figures from the ERP system for various scenarios and periods
- Preparation of the report for the CFO
- Initiation of a rolling optimization process for the 19 European subsidiaries
- Support for optimization measures
Deputy Head of Group Controlling
Spheros GmbH
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under HGB
- International group reporting in German and English
- Reporting for the international private equity firm, banks and subsidiaries
- Budget preparation and forecast creation
- Expansion and automation of international reporting
- Development of group transfer pricing (transfer pricing and management fees)
- Special analyses and evaluations for international subsidiaries
- Preparation and support of a due diligence review
- Team leadership: 4 employees
Controller and finance manager for the Austria and Switzerland branches
Trane Deutschland GmbH
- Preparation and execution of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to IFRS
- Payroll accounting
- Corporate taxes for Austria and Switzerland
- Monthly reporting in English
- Ad hoc analyses
- Budget monitoring and preparation
- Forecast creation
- Team leadership: 2 employees
Reporting / Controlling
easycash GmbH
- Set up monthly, quarterly and annual reporting as a payment institution in line with legal requirements
Finance and accounting / reporting / controlling
Seppelfricke Armaturen GmbH
- Interim management of finance and accounting
- Consolidation and monthly closings for 8 companies
- Reorganization of accounting
- Preparation of annual and partial group financial statements
- Monthly reports, IFRS reporting
- Participation in accounts receivable, accounts payable, fixed assets and general ledger accounting
- Dunning and general accounting activities
- Team leadership: 4 employees
Finance and accounting / reporting / controlling
DSB Bank N.V.
- Set up a German finance and accounting system
- Weekly and monthly reports
- Special analyses
- Transfer pricing documentation
- Daily accounting tasks
Reporting / Controlling
Hitachi Metals
- International reporting
- Special business analyses
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements under IFRS and US GAAP
- Consolidation
- Adaptation to international accounting standards
Plant Controlling
ESK SIC GmbH
- Plant controlling
- Investment controlling
Sales and Plant Controlling
Sanha Kaimer GmbH
- Sales controlling
- Group reporting
- Transfer price documentation
Group and Plant Controller
Rütgers Chemicals GmbH
- Group accounting
- Monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to HGB, IFRS and US GAAP
- Consolidation
- Internal and external reporting
- Plant controlling
- Group transfer prices (transfer pricing)
- Development of KPI systems
Senior Controller
Avery AG
- Reorganization of plant controlling
- Further development of the KPI system
- Special analyses and introduction of new KPIs
- Further development of group reporting
Group and Plant Controller
Evobus GmbH
- Plant controlling
- Budget monitoring
- Benchmark analyses
Treasury Manager
Edscha AG
- Operational treasury
- Operational liquidity management for the entire group
- Global liquidity planning
- Setting up a Europe-wide daily electronic account clearing and electronic rooming
Controller
Johann Hay GmbH & Co KG
- Plant controlling
- Development of a system of metrics
- Optimizing the use of the FI and CO modules in SAP R/3
- Support for the implementation of BDI
- Further development of group reporting
Plant controlling
Daimler AG, NL Port Elisabeth
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Plant controlling
Daimler AG, NL Juiz de Fora
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Plant controlling
Johann Hay GmbH & Co KG
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
- Implementing metrics from SAP R/3
Senior Controller
Jackstädt GmbH
- Further development of controlling
- Structuring profit centers
- Development of KPI systems
- Production controlling
- Further development of reporting
Lecturer
Köln Data
- IT training, entire MS Office suite with MS Access
Lecturer
AEG Signum
- Business training
Lecturer
Manß & Partner GmbH
- SAP training, business training
Head of Finance and Accounting, Business Development
Leonhards GmbH & Co. KG
- Year-end closing for a non-calendar fiscal year
- Liquidity management, liquidity and financial plans
- Development of a cash flow analysis
- Development of profit centers and profit center accounting
- Market analyses of profit centers
- Market development and customer retention measures
- Employee motivation across all company departments
- Development of a profit-sharing model for employees
- Management of 6 employees
Head of Accounting
Uponor Anger GmbH
- Managing financial accounting, accounts receivable and payable
- Performing postings independently
- Reconciliation of subsidiary ledgers
- Preparation of tax filings
- Cash flow management
- Dunning management
- Monitoring rental, leasing and service contracts
- Managing a team of 6 employees
Senior Audit Assistant
KWU Gesellschaft für Unternehmensbewertung GmbH
- Auditing all balance sheet items
- Contract controlling
- Company analysis and valuation
Office Manager
Aritech Europe GmbH
- General administrative tasks
- Developing and expanding administrative operations
- Dunning management
Accounting and Controlling
Toyota Deutschland GmbH
- General administrative tasks
- General accounting tasks
- Reporting
- Developing key performance indicators
Plant Controlling
Jenoptik AG
- Evaluating machinery assets and investment planning
- Analysis and evaluation of setup times
IT activities and lecturer
AOK Hessen
- Development and expansion of a database
- Cost-benefit analysis of two IT programs
- Training for AOK business administrators
Commercial Manager
Krima Modevertriebs GmbH
- Managed controlling, finance and organization departments
- Set up a controlling system
- Liquidity planning and medium-term financial planning
- Expanded the administrative department
- Managed 5 employees
Customer Service Development
Techniker Krankenkasse
- Development of a complaints tool
- Development of a strategy for customer-oriented handling of complaints
Enhancing reporting using SAP R/3
Gebr. Wicharz GmbH
- Database development
- Use of the reporting tool
Enhancing reporting using SAP R/3
DeTe Immobilien
- Database development
- Use of the reporting tool
Instructor
Sinn Leffers AG
- Trained commercial apprentices in all three years of their apprenticeship
Translator
Wal Mart Deutschland
- Business English
SAP / R3 User Training
Siemens / Nixdorf AG
- Instructor for SAP and accounting
SAP / R3 User Training
Manß und Partner GmbH
- Instructor for SAP and accounting
Teacher
Deutsche Angestellten-Akademie GmbH
- Training in business administration
- Training in accounting
- Training in Windows and MS Office
Lecturer in Cost Accounting and Controlling
Hanzehogeschool van Groningen
- Part-time teaching in cost accounting and controlling
Financial Accountant
Amadeus Fire
- Set up and conversion of reporting from HGB to IFRS
- Adjustments in SAP
Owner, freelance project manager and interim manager
W-Consulting
- Controlling, finance and accounting, and business development
Controller
ADIA Interim GmbH & Co.
- Plant controlling
Deputy Head of Finance
Klinikum Erfurt GmbH
- Managing 52 employees
Practical management and leadership training seminar
Fulde Personaltraining
Managing Partner and Project Manager
W&H International Trade and Service
Head of Accounting
Ostseetrans Verkehrs GmbH
- Managed a team of 10 employees
Trainee in Accounting
Hochtief AG
Audit Assistant / Audit Manager
KPMG Deutsche Treuhand Gesellschaft AG
- Audit focus areas: industry and trade
- From 01.03.91, transferred as Audit Manager to the new Erfurt branch
Intern
Lady Sandra of Canada Ltd.
Intern
Zürich Versicherung AG
Insurance Clerk
Versicherungsagentur Kost & Beintker
- Part-time administrative work during studies
Apprentice Wholesale and Foreign Trade Clerk
Opel Autohaus GmbH
Industries Experience
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Experienced in Professional Services (31 years), Manufacturing (9 years), Insurance (7 years), Automotive (5 years), Education (4 years), and Transportation (3.5 years).
Business Areas Experience
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Experienced in Accounting (31 years), Finance (30.5 years), Strategy (28 years), Operations (7 years), Business Intelligence (5 years), and Information Technology (4 years).
Skills
Controlling
- Managing Operational And Strategic Controlling
- Sales, Plant, Equity And Group Controlling
- Cost Analyses Using Sap R/3 And Other Erp Programs
- Setting Up And Developing Controlling, Kpi And Planning Systems
- Developing, Documenting And Calculating Transfer Prices And Group Prices
- Establishing And Developing Group Transfer Pricing Systems
- International And Domestic Reporting
- Investment Calculations And Special Analyses
- Complex Process Optimizations
Accounting
- Leading National And International Finance And Accounting With Up To 52 Employees
- Monthly, Quarterly And Annual Financial Statements Under Hgb, Ifrs, Us Gaap
- Group Accounting And Consolidation Under Hgb, Ifrs, Us Gaap
- Payroll, Financial And Balance Sheet Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable And Asset Accounting
- Developing And Expanding Cost Center Systems
- Harmonizing Group Chart Of Accounts
Finance
- Rolling And Fixed Budgeting In Group Companies And Smes
- Operational And Strategic Financial Planning
- Cash Management And Planning In Smes And Group Units
- Tax Planning And Optimization Of Business Taxes
- Vat Pre-registrations And Returns
- Treasury In Smes And Group Units With Daily International Electronic Account Balancing Between Group Units (Electronic Rooming)
Corporate Development
- Direct Investments
- Planning And Developing Business Units
- Corporate Restructuring
It Skills
- Microsoft Office: Excellent Skills In Word, Excel, Works, Access, Outlook, Powerpoint
- Sap R/3: Very Good Skills In Fi, Co, Mm, Pp, Sd
- Accounting Software: Good Knowledge Of Datev, Lexware, Khk, Hyperion, Navision, Iscala And Other Accounting Software
- Business Software: Very Good Knowledge Of Windows 10
Languages
Education
GAU Girne American University
Doctor of Philosophy Degree, Business Management · Business Management · Summa cum laude
BUW Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Diploma in Economics · Economics · Wuppertal, Germany
Technical High School for Business, Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Germany
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