Interim Finance Director

10/2010 – 7/2014

• Finance Business Support Manager/Director for a client’s business units (500 MioUSD).
• Deliver enhanced Management Reporting, and group consolidation (over 50 entities).
• Validate FINMA compliance and requirements , follow up with auditors.
• FP&A reporting development, Financial consolidation implementation and reviews.
• Extensive valuation, DCF and analysis tools development, enhancing understanding of underlying elements for potential acquisitions or joint-ventures.
• Design consolidated wealth overviews and various monitoring dashboards.
• Generate performance dashboards versus financing costs.
• Prepare and present board packages on all financial and operational aspects

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Microsoft Dynamics Nav, Change Management, Finanzdirektion, Controlling, Steuerberatung

11/2006 – 10/2010

• Finance Business Support Manager/Director for a client’s business units (500 MioUSD).
• Deliver enhanced Management Reporting, and group consolidation.
• Execute Working capital efficiencies (decreased from 19 down to 9 MioUSD).
• FP&A reporting development, Financial consolidation implementation and reviews.
• Extensive valuation, DCF and analysis tools development, enhancing understanding of underlying elements for potential acquisitions or joint-ventures.
• Generate performance dashboards versus financing costs.
• Prepare and present board packages on all financial and operational aspects

Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Lean Prozesse, Finanzdirektion, Controlling, Steuerberatung

11/2004 – 10/2006

• Motivated a team up to seven persons involved in accounting, FP&A, credit & collections, sales operations and performances reporting. (Turnover 140 MioUSD).
• FP&A business partnering with product management, sales, marketing and managing director.
• Standardised management reporting and co-operation across departments.
• Successful integration of all financial activities from Asia Pacific to the European headquarters.
• Redesigned finance functions and processes after multiple restructuring.
• Developed and implemented a simplified revenue recognition matrix for field sales reserves.
• Streamlined and documented processes for compliance for Sarbanes Oxley.

SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT), Finanzdirektion, Controlling