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Zurich, Switzerland

Düsseldorf, Germany

• ~1'500 employees, 10 direct reports, ~$0,4b
• Publicly listed company, mgt. of key areas Finance & Controlling, Legal, IR, IS & M&A
• Responsible for Finance Strategy, chairman of the management board,
• Implementation of Finance & Controlling processes & tools, reporting structures & procedures
• Budgeting and continuous follow-up of key performance indicator achievement
• ERP based risk management & project controlling, Internal Control & Assurance

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• ~150 employees, 10 direct reports, ~$1b
• Successful implementation of SAP in South Africa & Southern Africa countries
• Development & implementation of „Change Strategy“
• Target setting & continuous follow-up of Local Division Unit on key performance indicators, forecasting & budgeting
• Shared Accounting Services & Outsourcing of the Cluster Finance with 20% cost reduction
• Taxes management & optimization, reduction of effective tax rate

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• ~70 employees, 7 direct reports, ~$7.5b
• Strategic & operative Controlling, Business Planning
• Support in the development & implementation of the global Division strategy
• Target setting & continuous follow-up Local Division Unit on key performance indicators, forecasting & budgeting
• Leadership of the global BU & Local Division Controller teams, Division IS
• Risk Reviews / Management

Zürich Area, Switzerland, Headquarter Shanghai

• ~20 employees, 5 direct reports, ~$1.5b
• Strategic & operative Controlling, Business Planning
• Support in the development & implementation of the global Division strategy
• Key support for the build-up of the China footprint for the global Division
• Turnaround of Robotics business, reduction of more than 2000 employees globally, profitability improvement of EBITDA from negative to double digit
• Target setting & continuous follow-up Local Division Unit on key performance… Show more

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• 6 direct reports
• Implementation of Financial Planning for ABB Group including balance sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow forecasting and simulation
• Additional funds analysis
• Capital Structures, WACC
• Analysis of Net Working Capital changes on ABB Group level
• Valuations of operational units, ratio trend analysis and Benchmarking

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• 5 direct reports
• Strategic & Business Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, target setting and Follow-up
• Leadership of global BU controller team
• Tax optimization projects and outsourcing projects
• Legal Entity Financial Management, Reporting & Accounting
• Interface to external auditors

Zürich Area, Switzerland

• 1 direct employee
• Development of Shared Services Processes & methodologies
• Implementation & Follow-up of Shared Services in ABB countries (top 24)
• Development of business plans and target setting for the ABB Shared Services Centers
• Budget determination for Shared Services (global)
• Introduction of a global “Process Measurement Systems”

Baden, Switzerland

• Introduction of ABC System for process improvement at Mercedes-Benz Denmark (Wholesale & Retail)
• Introduction of a performance measurement system & ABC at Mercedes-Benz USA
• Major process improvements in the Warehouse Mgt. processes of the North American Spare-parts business for Mercedes-Benz
• ABB Shared Services concept development & implementation

East London, South Africa

• 1 direct report
• Maintenance & development of the Group Product Costing System
• Accounting & Reporting, factory controlling
• Budgeting & Forecasting, Measurement systems and target follow-up
• Joint Venture studies & strategy development
• Outsourcing feasibility studies

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting, Controlling, Tax, Production, Macroeconomics, Diplom Kaufmann

Activities and Societies: Burschenschaft Alemannia

High School, English, History, Mathematics, Politics, Abitur

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