Finance• Leading the Management Services Department (CFO) inkl. IT and HR• Leading the 6 headed Group Finance Team with headquarter in Basel and 2 international subsidiaries. Sales volume CHF 450 Mio.• Responsibility, lead and participation-->Quarter- and year-end closing-->Consolidated financial statements-->Multi country tax returns and legal reporting requirements-->Coordination and collaboration with house banks, ensuring sufficient credit range-->VAT compliance in all 7 registered countries• Responsibility and management of the controlling• Organisation, management, and moderation of financial processes • Participation during the business and strategic planning• Lead, responsibility, and participation in financial planning (budget process, forecast and KPI)• Management and maintenance of an efficient and meaningful reporting for sales, margins, and operational costs.• Analysis and provision of important facts for decision making of CEO and administrative board• Introduction and implementation of an internal controls system (ICS) including improvement and rectification of problematical processes• Collaboration implementing the European strategy IT / Digitization• Head digitization project (Budget CHF 4.5 Mio.). Replaced legacy ERP. Focus on eliminating media disruptions. Implementation of GS1. • Responsible for the structure, maintenance, and replacement of the IT infrastructure especially of the ERP-System (SAP / BW / Business Objects)HR• Lead and responsibility of the personnel administration including execution of payroll• Introduced flexible working hours regime, a time-recoding system, and a personnel regulation.• Standardisation and modernisation of all employment contracts

•Promoted to provide critical SAP business and financial process expertise in startup environment after EMEA Headquarters relocation to Basel; implemented seamless transition of accounting team: o Reduced Day Sales Outstanding (DSO) by 80% by redesigning aging/bad debt process. o Introduced controls which improved billing process and eliminated inaccurate supply chain invoices. o Eliminated 4 days of work during month-end closing by introducing automated pre-profit elimination process, automated Cash Flow report and removing redundant reports. o Enabled reclamation of 100% VAT balance by overhauling declaration process. o Acted as change management champion to clarify path forward during centralization project. o Produced high quality and timely reports despite staff turnover.•Develop, document, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) to manage month-end reporting and to ensure financial data integrity.•Produce accounting memos following Novartis Accounting Manual and IFRS revenue recognition clause.•Facilitate regular communications with CFO, Head of Sales, US-based Finance Director, Head of Supply Chain, and sales representatives to report data, resolve accounting issues, review balance sheets, and enforce proper billing and revenue recognition procedures.•Serve as main contact for all financial inquiries within organization; interface regularly with BPA and Supply Chain to provide guidance on revenue recognition, VAT processing, and quality control.•Prepare business case simulations to analyze customer leasing contracts, installment payments, and bad debt recovery.•Own contract and calculate monthly revenue share for Genprobe partner.•Manage reporting for Financial Consolidation Reporting System (FCRS), pre-profit elimination, accounts receivables aging, and customer credit limits.

• Managed technical month-end closing and reporting for Basel-based Novartis legal entities.• Served as SAP champion and internal consultant between business units and IT programmers.• Acted as primary contact for SAP CO, PS, and IM modules; ensured appropriate company structure represented in SAP.• Selected as leanCAR Project Manager: facilitated transition to process-oriented organization by reengineering capital appropriation request (CAR); directed efforts of 8-member, cross-functional team; met monthly with CFO steering committee to review status reports; partnered with IT to design and implement global SAP tool; reduced approval time by 50%.• Delivered successful outsourcing of accounting function:o Trained Romanian-based partner on corporate master data maintenance processes; provided quality control oversight.o Conducted annual performance reviews for 3-member remote team.o Created master data maintenance SOP.

• Produced executive summary for CFO.• Developed monthly financial reports, expense forecasting reports, budgets, and estimates to support management decision making.• Created detailed forecasting models to support budget and estimate process, and to drive optimal resource allocation.• Coordinated month-end closing tasks and budget/latest estimate cycles with departments and served as subject matter expert for finance-related questions.• Provided early warnings on issues and enforced compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.• Led monthly meetings for 20 Basel-based financial coordinators to review result and budget deviations.• Served as Project Manager for 3-member team to define user requirements and create SAP budgeting tool following ICE methodology; implemented tool for 50 Controllers.• Delivered training on SAP capabilities and local financial processes (budget/latest estimate, CAR, SLA, and e-Pro).• Supervised automated accrual process "COMIRD"; reviewed CAR documents; conducted ad-hoc cost analysis; designed cost center structures; resolved purchasing system issues.

• Compiled, analyzed, and reported financial data in complex, post-merger environment.• Utilized Minto Pyramid Principle to coach Controllers and department managers how to prepare high quality budget deviation comments.

PC Support and enhancements to MS Access application “Target Rates”.