Cécile Schöppner Email & Phone Number

Germany

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Managing risk from trade receivables and DSO development. Objective is to align market needs for trade terms and credit limits with group objectives. Excellent credit management history: despite the wide geographic spread and turbulent economic times in the last decade, there has been no major credit loss in the last years.

Monheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Main financial contact for 11 companies (Locations: France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia) between the local finance departments and the finance & legal departments of headquarter/Analyze IFRS monthly and quarterly statements by entity (Cash-Flow, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet)/ Year-end-closing both with local teams and corporateauditors/ carve-out process of 5 companies/ Support the local teams in the Group Accounting Guidelines

Wickede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Locations: Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Spain and UKMonthly consolidation for Europe: comprises 6 legal entities, derivation of US-GAAP P&L and balance sheet. Achieved a 4 days decrease of period-closeHands-on with Oracle Financials,General Ledger, ADIOracle Implementation and TuningFinance planning and analysis for EuropeSales controllingCash-flow development & inventory control by country

Germany

Monthly reporting including variance-analysis, activity-analysis, cost driver-analysis, cash-analysis, operating profit, market segmentationProject controlling: monthly project review with each project leadQUARTZ-training for project leads (40) and admin clerks (8)Yearly budgeting by profit-center, to determine the different hourly rates for quotationsQuarterly and yearly statements

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

Implementation of project- and venture controlling for foreign activities (Spain, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic) for „International Bids“, interface between central controlling of Star One AG and foreign partners (Spain, Switzerland, France)Supervision of the budgeting for German public tendersBid delivery for the national WLL-licences in the Czech Republic:Business plan as a part of the bid documentation in cooperation with the Czech partner (5 weeks in Prague)Business Plans

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

Decentralisation of the credit collection to each BUTraining and roll-out of decentralisation of the bank guarantees proceduresExecution and supervision of trade credit insuranceMonthly reporting (A/R, financial guarantee management, actuals vs budget by profit center)Implementation of a new reporting systemLeading the budgeting for 1999 and 2000 with the new reporting systemDue diligence reviewParticipation in a project group “Finding a new ERP for GTIE International”

Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Area

Dunning (yearly € 70 mn) in cooperation with project leads of subsidiaries and central A/R reporting.Reduction of DSO by 20 days over 18 monthsFunctional lead for billing and financingResponsible for: Guarantee management, trade credit insurance, project financing, foreign country financing

Murr, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Implementation of credit management at Knoll International GmbH, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Education record

Dipl.Betriebswirt Fh