Robert Fuhrmann
Head of Accounting
Experience
Apr 2023 - Present
2 years 4 months Berlin, Germany
Head of Accounting
Zeotap
- Owning finance and accounting team
- Growing 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 Berlin, Germany
Senior Accounting Manager and Head Finance System
T-Knife GmbH
- Automating accounting and finance with Python, Excel Power Query
- Building the team and onboarding new members
- ERP admin NetSuite with continuous improvement and implementation of new automated financial tools
- Responsible for audit, month and year-end close, taxation, and SOX
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 8 months Berlin, Germany
Accounting Manager (Until June 2021) / Finance Systems Lead
Gorillas Technology GmbH
- Took accounting in-house for all countries (Employee Number 3 - living the whole growth cycle until exit)
- Monthly and yearly close
- Controlling
- ERP implementation (NetSuite)
- Automation of accounts payable, cost of sales, and receivables for the whole group with Python and SQL
- Help center and cross-functional support for treasury, accounting, BI and finance teams
- 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 Berlin, Germany
Startup Finance Business Analyst and Management Accountant Consultant
Self-Employed
- Automated whole finance and bookkeeping 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
- Personal communication with tax advisor and auditors
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
1 year 1 month Berlin, Germany
Senior Accountant
Zenjob
- Automation of all accounting processes with Python, VBA, Excel, and SQL (Postgres)
- Controlling
- Full responsibility for audit with the financial auditor
- Reporting: three financial statements (cash flow, P&L, balance sheet)
- Investor reporting
- Leading junior accountants
- Ad hoc KPI and accounting reports
- BI: Postgres, SQL, Sisense/Tableau
- Hands-on support for all AP, AR bookings, bank, assets, accruals, and prepayments
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 month Berlin, Germany
Finance and Accounting Lead
DrSmile
- Brought accounting in-house
- Built finance and accounting team from scratch
- Automated all finance and accounting processes with Excel and VBA macros
- Designed tax structure for the whole company
- Yearly and monthly end close, cash flow, P&L, balance sheet
- Hands-on support for all AP, AR bookings, bank, assets, accruals, and prepayments
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
11 months Berlin, Germany
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
- Tax structure
Summary
Passionate finance analyst and management accountant with several years in different tax offices. My true passion is working in startups. I have built finance and accounting teams from scratch. I love automating all financial and accounting processes and teaching people new things. I always aim to grow personally and professionally.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Education
Sep 2012 - Jun 2017
HWR Berlin
Bachelor of Arts · Business Administration · Berlin, Germany
Aug 2009 - May 2012
OSZ LOTIS
Tax Accountant Education · Berlin, Germany
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