Robert F.

Head of Accounting

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Berlin, Germany

Experience

Apr 2023 - Present
2 years 9 months

Head of Accounting

Zeotap

  • Owning finance and accounting team
  • Growth and training new team members
  • Full responsibility for audit, taxation, month and year end close
  • ERP NetSuite customization and continuous improvement
  • Automation of finance landscape with Python and Power Query
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 months

Senior Accounting Manager and Head Finance System

T-Knife GmbH

  • Automation of accounting and finance with Python and Excel Power Query
  • Building team and onboarding new team members
  • ERP administration NetSuite and continuous improvement and implementation of new automated financial tools
  • Responsible for audit, month and year end close, taxation and SOX compliance
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 8 months

Accounting Manager (until June 2021) / Finance Systems Lead

Gorillas Technology GmbH

  • Took accounting in-house for all countries (Employee number 3, lived the whole growth cycle until exit)
  • Monthly and yearly close
  • Controlling
  • ERP implementation (NetSuite)
  • Automation of accounts payables, cost of sales and receivables for whole group with Python and SQL
  • Help center and cross-functional support for treasury, accounting, BI and finance team
  • Onboarding of new joiners
  • KPI and ad hoc reporting
  • Project work and implementation of new tools to increase automation in accounting
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
1 year 1 month

Startup Finance Business Analyst and Management Accountant Consultant

Self-Employed

  • Automated whole finance and book-keeping processes with Python and VBA macros
  • Yearly and monthly end close according to German local GAAP (HGB) and German tax law
  • VAT statements
  • Ad hoc Excel controlling reports
  • Audit support
  • Communication with tax advisor and auditors
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
1 year 1 month

Senior Accountant

Zenjob

  • Automation of whole accounting processes with Python, VBA, Excel and SQL Postgres
  • Controlling
  • Full responsibility for audit with the financial auditor
  • Reporting of cash flow, P&L and balance sheet
  • Investor reporting
  • Leading junior accountants
  • Ad hoc KPI and accounting reports
  • Business intelligence with Postgres, SQL and Sisense/Tableau
  • Hands-on bookings for AP, AR, bank, assets, accruals and prepayments
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 month

Finance and Accounting Lead

DrSmile

  • Brought accounting in-house
  • Built finance and accounting team from scratch
  • Automated finance and accounting processes with Excel and VBA macros
  • Defined tax structure for whole company
  • Yearly and monthly end close, cash flow, P&L and balance sheet
  • Hands-on bookings for AP, AR, bank, assets, accruals and prepayments
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
11 months

Tax Adviser Associate / Management Accountant

Volker Wiebe Tax Advisor

  • Yearly and monthly end close
  • Worked with many startup clients across different industries
  • VAT and corporate tax declarations
  • Balance sheet bookkeeping
  • Defined tax structures

Summary

Passionate Finance Analyst and Management Accountant. I worked several years in different tax offices. My true passion is to work in startups. I have built finance and accounting teams from scratch. I love to automate all financial and accounting processes and to teach people new things. I like always to educate myself to the next personal and business level.

Skills

Independent, Goal-oriented Work And The Independent Implementation Of Projects In A Team. A High Standard Of Professionalism And Accuracy Are A Matter Of Course For Me.

  • Balancing According To German Gaap And German Tax Law
  • Business Intelligence: Sql, Sisense, Tableau
  • Excel: Power Query, Power Pivot
  • Python Pandas/numpy (Automation Data Workflow In Accounting Or Erp Systems)
  • Financial Planning
  • Erp And Accounting Software: Oracle Netsuite, Datev
  • Yearly And Monthly End Close According To German Local Gaap And German Tax Law
  • Vat Statements

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Sep 2012 - Jun 2017

HWR Berlin (Business School of Economics and Law)

Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration · Business Administration · Berlin, Germany

Aug 2009 - May 2012

OSZ Lotis

Tax Accountant Education · Berlin, Germany

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