Thomas Hala
Interim Manager Finance and Controlling
Experience
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
2 monthsAustria
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HUBER + SUHNER GmbH
- Preparation and support for year-end closing at the Austrian branch
Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
1 monthInterim Manager Finance and Controlling
KLINGE PHARMA GmbH
- Advising on process for received customer prepayments
May 2024 - Nov 2024
7 monthsCareer Break / Further Training
- SAP S/4HANA FI/CO training (self-study)
- Advanced Excel skills
- IFRS accounting training
- Improved French language skills
Nov 2022 - Apr 2024
1 year 6 monthsAustria
Interim Manager Finance and Controlling
HUBER+SUHNER GmbH
- Leading finance and controlling
- Preparing monthly and annual financial statements under HGB and Swiss GAAP FER
- General ledger accounting
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Product costing
- SAP ERP ECC FI/CO key user
- Supported company start-up including SAP ERP ECC implementation
- Presentations to management
- Contact for auditors, tax inspectors, banks
- Commercial support for the Austrian branch
Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
1 year 7 monthsHead of Finance, Authorized Officer
HUBER+SUHNER GmbH
- Leading finance and controlling
- Member of country management team
- Planning and running the year-end closing process
- Preparing monthly and annual financial statements under HGB and Swiss GAAP FER
- General ledger accounting
- Presentations for management team
- Contributing to budgeting and forecasting
- SAP ERP ECC FI/CO key user
- Ongoing cash management
- Updating transfer pricing documentation
- Contact for auditors, tax and customs inspectors, banks
- Preparing property sale
Jan 2009 - Dec 2020
12 yearsHead of Finance and Controlling
HUBER+SUHNER GmbH
- Leading finance and controlling
- General ledger accounting
- Planning and running the year-end closing process
- Preparing monthly and annual financial statements under HGB, Swiss GAAP FER and IFRS
- FI/CO subproject manager for SAP ERP ECC migration
- SAP ERP ECC FI/CO key user
- Contributing to budgeting and forecasting
- Presentations to management
- Due diligence for acquisitions
- Implementing digitization projects (purchase-to-pay, automated bank statement program)
- Contact for auditors, tax and customs inspectors, banks
- Supporting restructuring measures
- Implementing Cash Management Pro banking system
- Integrating external payroll service with existing finance system
- Preparing transfer pricing documentation
- Preparing tax process documentation
- Developing internal control system
- Ongoing cash management
- Implementing profit transfer agreement
- Evaluating international VAT chain transactions
- BAAN IV key user
- Posting and reconciling payroll
- Ensuring intercompany financing
- Preparing and submitting e-balance sheets
- Updating travel expense policy
Apr 2003 - Dec 2008
5 years 9 monthsController
HUBER+SUHNER GmbH
- Preparing annual and monthly financial statements under IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER
- Liaison for group controlling in Switzerland
- Planning and running budgeting and forecasting
- Variance analyses
- Expanding cost accounting
- Preparing transfer pricing documentation
- Developing internal control system
- Enhancing BI tool
- Presentations to management
May 2002 - Apr 2003
1 yearController
EMTEC MAGNETICS GmbH
- Assisting with monthly closing under HGB
- Participating in annual inventory count
- Variance analyses
- Assisting in developing going concern concepts
Mar 1997 - Apr 2002
5 years 2 monthsFinancial Analyst, Plant Controller
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GmbH
- Monthly and quarterly revenue and cost reporting for COF (Consumer-oriented Fabrics)
- Running budgeting
- Variance analyses
- Member of project team for European gliding forecast system implementation including training domestic and international staff
- Preparing monthly global plant reporting and reporting to global manufacturing head
- Presentations at national and international meetings
- Preparing product reviews
- Project member for ERP migration to J.D. Edwards
Sep 1996 - Oct 1996
2 monthsControlling Intern
HOLLISTER ULC
- Various controlling tasks
Summary
With 28 years of experience in operational and strategic finance and controlling, including leading accounting and controlling teams and serving on management teams, I have extensive knowledge of accounting under HGB, IFRS and Swiss GAAP FER, overhead controlling, budgeting, product costing, reporting, and implementing ERP systems and digitization projects. My hands-on approach, strong focus on quality and affinity for ERP systems (especially SAP) have made me an experienced finance, controlling and SAP expert.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryItalian
Elementary Education
Oct 1992 - Jul 1996
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Diploma in Business Administration (FH) · Business Administration · Germany
Sep 1989 - Feb 1992
Kreissparkasse Ebersberg
Bank Clerk (IHK) · Germany
Certifications & licenses
Certified SAP User in Financial Accounting SAP S/4HANA 2023
WBS-Training, WBS LearnSpace 3D
Certified SAP User in Management Accounting SAP S/4HANA 2023
WBS-Training, WBS LearnSpace 3D
Certified SAP S/4HANA Key User FI/CO
WBS-Training, WBS LearnSpace 3D
Excel Academy
Digitalneu GMBH
Mining Financial Model & Valuation
Corporate Finance Institute
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