Freelance strategy consultant, senior advisor, and interim manager

1/2023 – offen

- Took BTBverse from an idea to software product with active users within 6 months
- Launched proprietary web app for creators and brands
- Won 40+ customers and started generating revenues
- Designed and prototyped [...](-Hyperlink entfernt-) website from scratch

Produktdesign, Finanzierung, Software Design, Product Owner, Gründungsberatung

8/2022 – 12/2022

- Worked very closely (daily check-ins) with and reported directly to the newly installed CFO Rahul Raswant and helped him getting to speed in several issues
- Structured and executed a workforce reduction program in close collaboration with the CEO Simon Black, CFO and HR, realizing cost savings of ~€10m (~80 FTEs)
- Supported the fundraising stream which resulted in a €60m debt raise from Kreos
- Implemented an widely automatized monthly financial reporting to advisory board and shareholders, reducing time to prepare the monthly reporting from ~20 days to 1 day
- Led the 3 FTEs of the strategic finance team on an interim basis
- Harmonized and improved internal financial systems, reducing monthly manual data reconciliation effort by >50%
- Structured and prepared the transition from an external financial reporting vendor to an in-house setup
- Designed a new forecasting model for PPRO Group that has been implemented

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Controlling, International Financial Reporting Standards, Strategische Kommunikation, Mediation, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Projektmanagement, Projektmanagement - Personalmanagement, Reporting

9/2018 – 3/2022

- Conducted 15+ commercial due diligence projects (total deal value of >€1b) and 10+ strategic projects for private equity investors and both international and local strategic players
- Managed 5+ of these projects as the sole project leader steering up to 6 people simultaneously
- Led 10 client pitch presentations, thereof winning 6 with a total engagement revenue of >€2m
- Regularly managed projects simultaneously with different stakeholder groups from different time zones
- Prepared and conducted 100+ expert calls with industry experts from diverse industries and nationalities
- Conducted 35+ recruiting interviews with talents from Europe; 10+ recruiting workshops at target unis
- Lead author for 10+ go-to-market / thought-leadership articles and white papers creating numerous leads

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- **Client types:** private and growth equity funds, payment acceptance providers, card issuers, card schemes, alternative payments methods, digital and physical merchants, marketplaces, SaaS providers
- **Project types:** buy / sell side commercial diligence, tech diligence, corporate strategy, go-to-market / sales strategy, market entry strategy, product strategy, target operating model, M&A (buy / sell side)

Storyboards, Strategisches Management, Kommunikation (allg.)