Rüdiger Tiedemann
Senior Accounting Specialist
Experience
Nov 2024 - Feb 2025
4 monthsCologne, Germany
Senior Accounting Specialist
Alpha Trains Europa GmbH
- Specialized topics like IFRS 9 / booking of complex syndicated loans
- Accounting for two subsidiaries
Oct 2024 - Present
1 year 4 monthsDüsseldorf, Germany
CFO / CMR
CMR CureDiab Metabolic Research GmbH
- Part-time - finance & reporting - external accounting, fundraising
Nov 2023 - Sep 2024
11 monthsFinance Manager / Senior Expert
Macaw
- Preparing annual financial statements for previous years for three group companies
- Process optimization in finance and performance
- Ongoing accounting and administration, consolidation
- Reporting with LucaNet and Power BI
Feb 2023 - Jun 2023
5 monthsZürich, Switzerland
Finance Consultant
Egon Zehnder AG
- Process optimization in the finance function across various offices
- Implementation of purchase orders
Jun 2022 - Jun 2022
1 monthCologne, Germany
Consultant
Kaya & Kato GmbH
- 10-year financial planning including cash flow, details on margins by customer and product group etc. for negotiations with investors
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
10 monthsBergisch Gladbach, Germany
CFO
Safran Data Systems GmbH
- Fast close and reporting locally and to HQ in Paris
- Migration of reporting tools from Hyperion to SQL
- Internal Controls
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
8 monthsAachen, Germany
Head of Accounting
next e.GO Mobile SE
- Operational accounting
- IFRS conversion
- Introduction of internal control system and digitization of the P2P process, consolidation
- IPO preparation
Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
1 yearFrankfurt, Germany
Head of Finance / CFO
T-Balance Therapeutics GmbH
- Budgeting, cash management, reporting
- Presentations and due diligence with potential investors
Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
10 monthsKiel, Germany
Head of Accounting/LCA
KVP Pharma + Veterinär GmbH
- Local country accounting: responsible for accounting, reporting, and payments/treasury for the manufacturing company KVP in Kiel (EUR 250 million revenue, ~1,000 employees) as part of a carve-out from Bayer AG; supported two additional sites
- SOX implementation
- Optimization of key processes - P2C, O2C, R2R
Oct 2019 - Sep 2020
1 yearFrankfurt, Germany
Senior Expert Finance
Interxion GmbH
- Fixed assets: accounting, reporting, capex approval process, IFRS 16, SOX, HFM reports
- Process optimizations, including during the sale to Digital Realty
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
2 monthsFrankfurt, Germany
Senior Controlling Expert
Groupe SEB
- Review billing terms for the past 3 years, about 15k line items, based on postings, invoices and contracts
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
7 monthsIdstein, Germany
Senior Finance & Controlling Expert
Jack Wolfskin
- Controlling: investments, OPEX, CAPEX, forecasting, 1-3 year budgets, preparing reports for owners and management
- Support group consolidation of 13 entities
- IFRS 15 and IFRS 16, implementing Fast Close
- Developing BI systems for sales controlling
- Calculating purchase price differences during closing
- Restructuring after acquisition by Callaway Golf, USA - switching sales reports including margin analysis, account and cost center mappings, changed P&L/balance sheet structure, reconciliations from IFRS to US GAAP
- Preparing ERP rollout - MS Dynamics AX and SAP: processes, data structures, chart of accounts
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
4 monthsMunich, Germany
Co-CFO / Senior Finance Expert
New Flag GmbH
- Finance and controlling projects including BI systems
- Top-down group consolidation of 7 companies
- Analyzing tax reports versus tax payments
- Building P&L for products, sales channels, key accounts
- Analyzing customer contracts, pricing and return agreements
- Determining reclassifications for cost centers
- Investment controlling: budget variances, postings by month and cost center
Aug 2016 - Jul 2018
2 yearsFinance Manager
Crane XOMOX
- France: finance and production controlling, etc., including full operational accounting, HR, payments and administration; setting up new suppliers and customers including payment terms, credit limits, credit analysis and monitoring, dunning
- Export financing: creating and reviewing letters of credit etc. for sales to Africa, coordinating with sales on financing; weekly and monthly reporting to HQ in the USA, leading weekly meetings on quarterly figures including customer and margin analyses
- Budgeting and forecasting with Hyperion HFM
- Month-end and year-end closing with QAD and HFM
- Lindau: setting up shared services for the French finance area, outsourcing payroll and taxes in France, installing accounting in Lindau, documenting/communicating process changes; periodically taking over Finance Manager duties
- Both locations: SOX controls: analysis and updates, internal audits
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
4 monthsBochum, Germany
Finance Manager
Harman Connected Services GmbH
- Preparing and supporting audits for 2014 and 2015 financial statements as part of operational bridging
- HR: monthly review of payroll, handling secondment of employees from India to Germany
- Developing tax optimization strategies
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
1 monthLübeck, Germany
Finance Consultant
Erasco/Continental Foods GmbH
- Analysis and optimization of sales processes / support for key accounts: campaign planning, support, sales controlling
Jun 2015 - Nov 2015
6 monthsMünster, Germany
Interim Manager Treasury
COMPO Expert Gruppe
- Established treasury in a carve-out after the sale of PE Triton to XIO, responsible for treasury planning across the whole group
- Managed a syndicated loan in the hundreds of millions
- Cash pooling
- Established 13-week and medium-term liquidity planning
- Introduced short-term factoring
- Executed weekly payment runs in SAP
- Controlling and financial planning, assisted with closings
- Assisted with financial statements, consolidation, and annual audit
- Negotiated new credit insurance
Apr 2015 - May 2015
2 monthsBerlin, Germany
Consultant
Egmont Ehapa GmbH
- Analysis and development of improvement potentials in outsourcing standard finance processes to India
- Process optimization
- Assisted in resolving legacy cases – accounts receivable, billing
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
2 monthsHartha, Germany
Financial Controller
Trimas Germany GmbH
- Operational finance management
- Controlling and monthly reporting to head office including variance analysis
- Month-end and year-end closings
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 yearsCologne, Germany
Lecturer Finance/Controlling
Hochschulen Fresenius, ISM
- Courses in IFRS and international controlling in German and English
Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
2 monthsCologne, Germany
Consultant
Unknown
- Process optimization NAV 2013 / US-GAAP
Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
3 monthsBerlin, Germany
Consultant
Unknown
- Development of financing concepts – bonds, mezzanine, factoring, in collaboration with an audit firm
Apr 2014 - Sep 2014
6 monthsVienna, Austria
Finance Manager
DIC Europe GmbH
- Payments / treasury, currency hedging
- Expansion of production controlling for the new plant in Vienna
- Optimization and automation of finance and administration processes
- Implementation of fast close
- Improvement of monthly/quarterly reporting to the sub-group headquarters in the USA
- Integration of isolated Excel solutions into Navision
- Compliance & SOX
- Updating transfer pricing documentation in the group
Feb 2013 - Dec 2013
11 monthsBraunschweig, Germany
Head of Controlling
Essilor GmbH
- BI: development and roll-out of an integrated planning software with Cubeware Cockpit for sales to gross margin by customer and product
- Management of corporate planning including presentations for the HQ
- Selection, concept and roll-out of a sales reporting system with QlikView
- Business partnering with sales, marketing, HR etc.: analysis of sales pipeline, CRM data, KPIs, restructuring
- Production controlling
- HR and supply chain controlling
Jan 2011 - Nov 2012
1 year 11 monthsMettmann, Germany
Commercial Director
TechnikService24 GmbH & Co. KG
- Restructuring: ERP implementation, integration and migration of all key processes to MS Dynamics NAV
- Cost and process optimization, among others in IT, HR, purchasing, using Six Sigma
- Involvement in social plans / partial plant closures
- Creation of business cases and negotiations with major customers – top trading companies and manufacturers
- Preparation and execution of vendor due diligences
- After insolvency, took over commercial management for the insolvency administrator, sale and winding-up
Feb 2010 - Jan 2011
1 yearBerlin, Germany
Head of Finance
Medici Arts b.v.
- Cash management, ensuring liquidity – daily cash flow planning, creditor negotiations, sales pre-financing, M&A: vendor due diligences, sales negotiations
- Audits, development and implementation of restructuring measures to maintain operations, supplier negotiations, rights transfers to Germany
Oct 2009 - Jan 2010
4 monthsLudwigshafen, Germany
Consultant
Pfalzwerke AG
- Cost optimization in purchasing and fleet: analysis, identifying opportunities, presentation
Apr 2009 - Sep 2009
6 monthsCologne, Germany
Consultant
CROUZO
- Web-based literature distribution: business plan, presentations
Oct 1996 - Mar 2009
12 years 6 monthsFinance Director / Controller / Head of Controlling
TASCHEN GmbH
- Set up group consolidation in MS Dynamics NAV
- ERP implementation NAV: selection and migration from DOS system to NAV accounting and controlling at HQ; international roll-out including invoicing, HR, etc.
- Financing & treasury: bank loans, ABS, project financing
- Equity controlling including stores, audit trips
- Concept and implementation of MIS, PPS, and CRM systems
- M&A: acquisition and integration of a distribution company in Spain
Sep 1995 - Jul 1996
11 monthsBerlin, Germany
Commercial Director
Bertelsmann / GrundyUfa TV Produktions GmbH
- Commercial management
- Optimization of marketing, merchandising & music production, setup of a contract database and budgeting, negotiations with licensees
Mar 1994 - Mar 1995
1 year 1 monthDüsseldorf, Germany
Consultant
Droege & Comp. Unternehmerberatung
- Optimized business processes and reduced costs in multiple projects in the financial institutions, manufacturing and retail sectors – department stores, FMCG and convenience
Summary
Down-to-earth, hands-on, structured, action-oriented and team-oriented
Internationally experienced Finance & Administration manager and consultant with broad expertise: Accounting / consolidation, finance and treasury, M&A including PMI and carve-out, FP&A and controlling including factory controlling, change: restructuring / process optimization / change management, ERP implementation, IT project management, HR management and controlling, supply chain.
Industries: Automotive, chemicals, services, energy, FMCG, apparel, retail, aerospace, mechanical engineering, media, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, software / e-commerce.
Start-ups, mid-size companies / subsidiaries of corporations, up to EUR 25 billion in revenue
Skills
- Group Financial Statements / Consolidation Under Hgb, Ifrs And Us-gaap With Up To 13 Legal Entities
- Controlling In All Areas - Investments, Production, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Hr
- Finance And Treasury In International Groups: Syndicated Loans, Factoring, Abs, Interest And Currency Management, Hedging Up To Eur 20 Million, Liquidity Management
- Change Management, Restructuring: Developing And Implementing Process Optimizations And Cost Reduction Programs Across All Business Areas As An Internal/external Consultant
- M&a: Due Diligence, Company Acquisitions And Divestitures, Carve-out, Post-merger Integration
- It: Developing And Internationally Rolling Out Bi And Other Systems For Accounting, Controlling, Procurement, Production, Sales And Hr - Specifications, Budget, Milestones, Controlling, Stakeholder Management, Roll-out
- Hr Management For 250 Employees, Leading International Teams Of Up To 25 Employees/8 Direct Reports
- Responsible For Purchasing With An Annual Volume Of Eur 10 Million
- It Systems: Sap R/3 Fi/co, Oracle Netsuite, Ms Dynamics Nav And Ax, Datev, Sage, Infor M3, Siteline, Qad, Egecko, Psi Penta, Unit4, Magnitude, Blackline, Hfm Hyperion, Professional Planner, Lucanet, Workday, Cubeware, Qlikview, Ms Office
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
AdvancedSpanish
IntermediateEducation
Jun 1990 - Dec 1993
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PhD in Economics · Economics · Cologne, Germany
Oct 1985 - May 1990
Universities of Münster and Cologne
Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Cologne, Germany
Certifications & licenses
CINA Certificate In International Accounting: IFRS
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