Acted as Finance Business Partner for the Digital Marketing organization at the global Bayer Pharma HQ. Worked directly with top management and their team leads.• Monthly reporting and quarterly planning for 7 functions with annual spend of 130m€• Subject matter expert for Finance aspects in project to set up “Cell & Gene Therapy Translation Center” ecosystem (business case NPV of ~75m€)• Merged financials of four functions with 90m€ annual costs into two new departments• Updated and simplified cost allocation to brands across 80 cost centers• Represented Finance function in monthly management team meetings

Contact point between worldwide Pharma organization and Investor Relation specialists at the global Bayer HQ.• Streamlined content of Investor Relations Briefing Book for Bayer and Pharma CEO• Updated Briefing Book during four quarterly reporting processes• Prepared information for five investor congresses• Analyzed Investor Relation reporting practices of 15 Pharma companies

Management Support to Strategic Marketing Head for Cardiovascular brands at the global Bayer Pharma HQ. Supported organization during peak sales years of Xarelto (4.5bn€ Net Sales p.a.) and worldwide launches of Kerendia and Verquvo.• Re-built CV Budget Management team o Hired 5 new team members o Set up monthly reporting and quarterly planning processes o Oversaw complete re-build of macro-driven CV Budget Excel file o Trained and developed team members to become proficient finance business partners for ~140 colleagues in global CV organization• Approved move of team member to global CV product launch tracking role• Set up and managed internship program which hired 10+ Pharmacy students• Project Manager for global CV part of internal Johnson & Johnson collaboration audit• Represented global CV Marketing function in Resource Flexibility project• Organized monthly management meetings with HQ & regional participation• Organized quarterly Townhall meetings for worldwide CV colleagues

Expert for all financial topics concerning Adempas & Verquvo development programs which are partnered with Merck. Set up & ran yearly strategic planning process for global R&D organization.• Managed financial aspects of development collaboration between Bayer & Merck o Quarterly billing of ~50m€ R&D spend o Aligned R&D Forecasts & Budgets (~200m€ p.a.) in Joint Financial Committee o Prepared input to successfully complete internal & external audits o Provided insights into program costs for R&D management meetings• Coordinated R&D input for Pharma 15-year strategic plan (~3.0bn€ R&D spend p.a.)

Process owner of quarterly Forecasting and yearly Budgeting processes for Pharma region APAC (incl. Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, South East Asia & India) with ~0.6bn€ sales p.a.• Created Forecast and Budget presentations to explain business development, risks and opportunities to global Pharma organization• Set up flexible P&L reports for monthly reporting and quarterly planning • Acted as planning system support to 10 APAC countries• Provided financial analyses for 10 Marketing colleagues in regional HQ

Coordinated quarterly Forecasting and yearly Budgeting processes for worldwide Pharma business (~12bn€ sales p.a.) at global divisional headquarter.• Responsible for quarterly Forecasting & yearly Budgeting processes• Coordinated yearly divisional target setting• Provided financial tracking for division-wide cost saving project• Supported go-live of new reporting and planning system landscape at Pharma

Supported Pharma China country Controlling organization to facilitate knowledge exchange and improve collaboration between local and global Controlling.• Improved reporting effectiveness by automating Excel files• Provided insights into product royalty calculation and set up calculation templates

Supported quarterly Forecasting and yearly Budgeting process for worldwide Animal Health business (~1bn€ sales p.a.) at global divisional headquarter.• Created planning presentations for divisional and sub-group management• Represented Animal Health at project to set up new planning & reporting system landscape for all Bayer Healthcare divisions• Financial support for two M&A projects• Contact point for Investor Relation questions