Robert Fuhrmann
Interim Director of Accounting
Experience
Sep 2023 - Present
2 years 5 monthsBerlin, Germany
Interim Director of Accounting
Foodspring
- Leading accounting team of 6 FTEs
- Training and development of employees
- Automation of accounting processes with SQL, Python and PowerQuery
- Owning year and month end close
- Taxation topics
- Audits
- Netsuite Admin and further development
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023
6 monthsBerlin, Germany
Interim Head of Accounting
Zeotap
- Owning finance and accounting team
- Growth / training new team members
- Full responsibility for audit, taxation, month and year endclose
- ERP Netsuite customisation and continuous improvement
- Automation of finance landscape with Python, SQL and Power query
Sep 2022 - Mar 2023
7 monthsSan Francisco, United States
Interim Senior Accounting Manager and Head Finance System
T-Knife GmbH
- Automation Accounting and Finance with Python, Excel power query
- Building team and growing/onboard team members
- ERP Admin Netsuite and continuous improvement and implementation of new automation financial tools
- Responsible for Audit, month and year endclose, taxation and Sox
Jan 2021 - Aug 2022
1 year 8 monthsBerlin, Germany
Accounting Manager (until June 2021) / Finance Systems Lead
Gorillas Technology GmbH
- Took accounting inhouse for all countries (Employee Number 3 - living the whole growth cycle until Exit)
- Monthly and yearly close
- Controlling
- ERP implementation (Netsuite)
- Automatisation of accounts payables, cost of sales and receivables for whole group with Python+SQL
- Help center / crossfunctional support for treasury, accounting, BI und finance team
- Onboarding of new joiners
- KPI und adhoc reporting
- Project work / implementation of new tools to increase automation in accounting
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
1 year 1 monthBerlin, Germany
Startup Finance Business Analyst and Management Accountant Consultant
Self-employed
- Automised whole finance and book-keeping processes with Python, VBA Macros
- Yearly and monthly endclose according to German Local Gaap(HGB) and German Tax law
- VAT statements
- Adhoc excel controlling reports
- Audit
- Communication with tax advisor and auditors personally
Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
1 year 1 monthBerlin, Germany
Senior Accountant
Zenjob
- Automation of all accounting processes with Python, VBA (Excel) and PostgreSQL
- Financial controlling
- Full responsibility for audits with external auditors
- Reporting: three financial statements (cash flow, P&L, balance sheet)
- Investor reporting
- Leading junior accountants
- Ad-hoc KPI and accounting reports
- BI: PostgreSQL, SQL, Sisense/Tableau
- Hands-on support for all bookkeeping: AP, AR, bank, assets, accruals, and prepayments
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
1 year 1 monthBerlin, 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 entire company
- Handled yearly and monthly close: cash flow, P&L, balance sheet
- Hands-on support for all bookkeeping: AP, AR, bank, assets, accruals, and prepayments
Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
11 monthsBerlin, Germany
Tax Adviser Associate / Management Accountant
Volker Wiebe Tax Advisor
- Handled yearly and monthly close
- Worked with many startup clients across different industries
- Prepared VAT and corporate tax filings
- Managed balance sheet bookkeeping
- Developed 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
- Balancing According To German Gaap And German Tax Law
- Business Intelligence (Bi), Sql
- Excel: Power Pivot And Power Query
- Python (Pandas/numpy)
- Financial Planning
- Independent, Goal-oriented Work And The Independent Implementation Of Projects In A Team
- A High Standard Of Professionalism And Accuracy
- Python Pandas/numpy (Automation Data Workflow In Accounting Or Erp Systems)
- Business Intelligence: Sql, Sisense, Tableau
- Excel: Power Query, Power Pivot
- 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
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
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 · Berlin, Germany
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